What does betting mean? Is it possible to make money on bets? How long ago did the first professional players appear? Where is it better to bet on sports and how to become that privateer? Let’s find out a little lower.

History of the origin of sports betting

Let’s start with the term betting. What is it in simple words? Betting is sports betting at bookmakers.

Bookmakers offer a line, that is, a set of bets, on sporting events. Players, in turn, make bets on these events with the bookmaker.

The rules are simple:

If the player guesses the outcome of the event, he increases the financial investment. They are multiplied by the coefficient offered by the bookmaker.

If the player does not guess the result, the money goes to the bookmaker.

By the result, we mean not only the exact score of a certain game, but also various indicators.

Betting on sports has become known to mankind since the first sports competitions, which were held in antiquity. Although it is officially believed that sports betting first appeared in the middle of the 17th century, the place of the first bet in the world is still a controversial issue.

The British believe that it was they who invented betting – that this concept has come into use since the first bets on horses in England. The French also remind that the first bet seems to have been made in 1651 at horse races in Boulogne.

The modern look of the bet was acquired in the 80s of the last century, when bets were accepted by phone. Then, licenses for accepting online bets began to be issued, and in 1996 the world’s first online bookmaker saw the light of day.Then it was hard to believe that bets would be accepted from any place on the planet where there is Internet. And in the 2000s, mobile applications began to come into use.

The advantage of betting over other gambling

In addition to betting, there are many other gambling games such as poker, slot machines, blackjack and others. What is the advantage of sports betting? First of all, in the ability to independently analyze sports events. In other gambling games, the luck factor comes to the fore, while in sports betting, the analysis of the following points:

  • team history,
  • squad situations,
  • physical condition,
  • weather factors,
  • motivation of opponents
  • information about coaches and judges,
  • personal meetings of rivals.

A player who has the above information may be more competent in the sporting events he has chosen than the analytical center of a bookmaker. After all, he focuses on his own assessment of the situation, different from the bookmaker, which allows you to choose valued (overvalued) positions that bring profit over a distance. In addition, the player can use additional services, which further increases his knowledge of a particular match in comparison with bookmaker analysts. Here is a list of just a few services:

  1. bookmaker line scanners;
  2. services with sports statistics;
  3. calculators;
  4. bookmaker comparison services.

How to become a professional bettor

Now let’s deal with the term “capper”. Professional bettors, or cappers, are players who are professionally engaged in sports betting and have income from this activity.In addition, a capper can not only make a profit from bets on their own, but also increase the bank of subscribers for money.

What does an ordinary player need to become a professional bettor?

No matter how trite it may sound, but first of all, you need the same desire. The player must understand that betting is becoming the main craft of his life, and only his income and opportunities depend on it.

In addition to desire, of course, experience is needed. It is difficult to imagine a professional with up to a year of experience in betting, and it is also difficult to assume that a gambler without financial literacy can make a profit at a distance in sports betting.

From experience comes the third sign of capper – knowledge. There is nothing to do in professional betting without them.

It must be remembered that profitable bets are not for everyone. Someone already at an early stage understands that betting will not oust his main craft from life, and betting will be more like entertainment. Having made such a decision, you do not need to set the goal of making money on sporting events. Enjoy the game itself, have fun and enjoy the excitement.