{"id":1983,"date":"2019-01-15T17:05:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T17:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.americasbookie.com\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2019-08-19T00:32:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T00:32:18","slug":"how-can-your-online-sportsbook-help-you-win-more-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.americasbookie.com\/sports-betting-blog\/how-can-your-online-sportsbook-help-you-win-more-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can Your Online Sportsbook Help You Win More Bets?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sports betting at an online sportsbook is a rather simple process. You place a real money wager on a betting option that is posted on the book\u2019s betting board. If that bet is correct, you win. If that bet is incorrect, you lose a set amount of money that also includes a small commission for the book known as the \u201cjuice\u201d or the \u201cvig\u201d.<\/p>\n
Some sports bettors may look at a relationship with an online sportsbook<\/a> as adversarial. The bettor want to win money and the books want to take that money plus an extra piece for themselves. That could not be further from the truth. Online sportsbooks work on a very basic business model. If they payout money on half the bets they take in, while collecting a commission on the other half of bets that lose, at the end of the day they will still be ahead.<\/p>\n The main question you have to ask yourself is \u201chow can I improve my individual winning percentage across all of my sports bets?\u201d Even the top professional sports bettors in the world target 60 percent as a realistic expectation for their overall winning percentage. Sometimes they get hot with an extended run of winners. The top pros can also go cold with an extended string losing bets. As long as everything balances out in their favor in that 60 percent range, they will walk away profitable.<\/p>\n
\nThe reality of the situation is that there are far more sports bettors that lose on a regular basis than win. That is why there are so many online betting venues to choose from in a multi-billion-dollar industry. The biggest books in the sports betting industry make their money on the high volume of bets they take in over the course of the sports betting calendar.<\/p>\n