is sport betting learnable game?

[Rey86]

i m wondering if sport betting is a learnable game in the same way other gambling games are

i.e. in blackjack there is the basic strategy you can learn,also there is always the card counting technique

in poker im not aware but im sure there must be some techniques as well

 

i don not know what applies to  sport betting, 

are there rules,techniques and things you can learn in order to make profits?

are the stats,which are free and available all over the web,any usefull or its like the roulete where they make no impact to the outcome,so the casino dont mind to provide it to the players

by having monitors over the tables?

 

discuss

[Sir Puntalot]

@Rey86 Of course anything can be learned if you have the will and discipline to do it, but sports betting is different.

Blackjack Basic Strategy - lots of people think they know this, but you'll be amazed how many get it wrong and you only need to make a handful of wrong decisions to make that low 0.25% house edge roar into a 5% edge. I was sat next to someone in the MGM a couple of years back who said he knew how to play basic strategy, yet refused to surrender or take another card every time when he had 16 against the dealers 10, or JQK  

Poker - there's a hell of a lot of skill here, but to be honest you're often playing the player not the cards.

Sports Betting - oh jeeesus where do I start!  

One thing you must have is discipline or you're doomed, this means managing your betting bank properly and being patient. The other major thing you must have which can take quite a long time, is the understanding of value, overround and how to compile your own odds, which is often a gut feeling to an extent, but of course based on stats and form.

I've often tried to explain in quite simple terms what value is, and I'll repeat it again here.

Liverpool are playing Norwich at home and are fully expected to win....

Would you back Liverpool at 1.01? If not, why not.

Would you back Liverpool at 1.05? If not, why not.

Would you back Liverpool at 1.10? If not, why not.

Basically, there is always a point where you will back that team and the odds dictate the bet, not the team. So where's the line? Apply that to each bet and you won't go far wrong.