{"id":1343,"date":"2019-09-25T05:19:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T05:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aceperhead.com\/blog\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2019-09-25T10:11:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T10:11:45","slug":"playing-against-the-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aceperhead.com\/blog\/bookie-101\/playing-against-the-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Against the Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gambling has been around since the dawn of civilization and maybe even before that, maybe it\u2019s human nature, maybe it\u2019s just the most available form of entertainment for many, the truth is most people are turned on by the prospect of playing against the odds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Probabilities vs. Possibilities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ask any gambler out there, can you beat the bookies<\/strong>? And most will say yes even if they know this has not been the case for them. There are some success stories, don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019ve personally known of a few guys who are responsible for the demise of several small-medium online sportsbooks<\/strong>, so beating the bookies<\/strong><\/a> is possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reality for most people, however, is that although they may have a few winning weeks and some extended winning streaks at the end of the year, they will have lost more than what they managed to take out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is this?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the risk of having a few of my closest friends shun me for revealing a few secrets, the answer is because the betting odds<\/strong> are almost never based on real probabilities. Oddsmakers will come up with the real probabilities of a team winning and by how much, from there, they will decide what line has the best possibility of being popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By this last statement I mean, they set a number they believe players will most likely find appealing enough to bet on it, but this, has clearly been manipulated in favor of the bookies<\/strong>, they will always have a head start on gamblers because they know what the real probabilities were, but they can\u2019t predict the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The house always wins is a popular saying in casinos<\/strong><\/a>, and this is true for sports betting<\/strong><\/a> as well. Now, you shouldn\u2019t feel cheated, after all, probabilities are just that, probable outcomes, there have been countless times where the underdog defeated the favorite outright and even more times where the favorite fails to cover the spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See, if bookies posted the real probabilities of a team winning, then nobody would be interested, it\u2019s like watching a game you recorded while already knowing the result. The sports betting industry<\/strong><\/a> is considered to be part of the entertainment industry, therefore the oddsmakers<\/strong><\/a> will always seek to post lines that will raise interest on both sides of the game, not just on the most team most likely to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How do you beat the bookies?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most difficult part of learning how to beat the bookie<\/em> is being able to exercise self-control, and seeing it as a science and an art and not just a fun game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of the things you must consider:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n