A lot of people I know have taken to betting on sports, mostly football, and a lot of them have won big. Naturally, after seeing all of these guys win I figured I would give it a shot. As I am not an intrepid sort of guy I decided to place one dollar bets on European football teams. And I have gone on, since then on a 24-0 streak. 24 bets 0 wins. And I really think I know a lot about football, maybe that is why I just bet on what I think are sure winners, I should have been more adventurous.
The first time I lost on the last game, because I spread the bet over two days. After that I have mostly lost the bets after the first or second game. Except once when I lost a complete bet in the last eight seconds of the Sporting Lisbon- Santa Clara cup game, which was the only game remaining to win my bet. I usually bet on eight or ten games and I bet on the big teams that are mostly expected to win. This has failed me miserably.
So today I decided to bet on only two games, two games I was sure that the teams I bet on would win. The winnings would be meager but at least I would end that losing streak. So I bet on Arsenal and Benfica. Arsenal played away at Brighton and Benfica at home against Braga. Both had incredibly good odds of winning. The results were as follows:
As you can see neither of the two teams I bet on winning, won. This just kind of gives me the idea I am not made for sports betting. But I am going to give it one last shot, I am betting on a Liverpool home game against a weak team, OK, I know Manchester United are a weak team, but sometimes they can surprise you, so no, I will wait for a team that is way down in the table. If I don't win that bet, I will just call it quits.