Responsible Gambling

Many studies have shown that the percentage of those affected by sports betting is a modest one, but this thing does not mean it should be taken lightly, one should be aware of the risks of becoming addicted on sports betting and especially the risks of losing the money.

Try following a few important pieces of advice before starting to bet.

1. It is extremely important to establish your allowed budget for one day’s betting, week or month. Establishing a budged over a period of time will help you better asses the risks and it gives you time to prepare the next betting strategy while taking a break in case of a failure. In case you have lost the established budget, take a break while waiting for the next allowed budget.
2. Never bet from your working place. This thing can affect the efficiency at your working place can can also cause problems, plus more time spent on betting can easily cause addiction.
3. Establish a target, a sum that you wish to win in a certain time span, but try to be realistic. So when you reach the sum wanted, take a break and enjoy the money won. Never enter the game with bigger stakes, establish a new budget with stakes you can afford to lose at that moment.
4. Take a break each time you have the chance. Regardless you are successful or continuously losing, it is good to know when to take a break. The break should be as long as you feel necessary to think clearly, without being influenced by the loses or winnings.
5. There is no such thing as safe bets or 100% winnings, the only bet of this sort is the one in which you do not bet and remain with the money assigned for the stake. Regardless how safe a match might seem, never throw in all the budget on that particular bet, learn how to manage your money so to bet on the entire period the budget was established for.
6. Never try to make sports betting a job, there are only a few bettors around the world that managed to constantly win in order to live on the money won, it takes patience and an outstanding discipline.
7. When you managed to win fabulous sums of money, try to withdraw them and enjoy them. In sports betting there are good periods, just like bad ones, for this reason everything can be unpredictable, do not try to continuously bet when you are winning, withdraw the money.
8. When the money has ended, do not make the mistake of believing that you can recover it all. The attempts to recover the money can only bring you more loses. Most bettors, when losing money, can not judge properly and analyze the situation, for this reason it is recommended to avoid recovering the money.
9. Do not dream of trusting the tips offered by websites or other bettors, it is important to analyze for yourself all the matches that will be played.
10. Never borrow money for sports betting, it represent money that you can not afford to lose. Borrowing money for sports betting can ruin your social life. Try and keep calm and always be in control over the situation.

Of course, in theory everything is easy, we mostly fail in applying these rules and for this reason seek professional help when you feel you have lost the control over the situation. There are non profit organizations or even paid ones that can help you fight the addiction or other problems caused by sports betting.