Sports Betting with Bozz: Outside my comfort zone
It was a pretty horrible week for me as far as bets are concerned. If you follow my main account, you know that I was struggling with a crashed server at work. It would seem that luck was not with me on a variety of fronts.
The good news is, I stuck with my plan to not bet like crazy as I have in the past. I only did a handful of bets and to some degree I tried to stay away from parlays. I say to some degree because I actually did horrible at not betting on parlays this weekend. I tried though and that is what counts. As long as I keep trying, maybe I can turn things around.
As you can see, I only place done bet through Draft Kings this past weekend. It was a parlay, and surprise surprise, it didn't pay out for me. Can you imagine that? Well, maybe next time I guess...
I really thought that this would be a high scoring game with lots of offense from the players I needed, but that just didn't seem to be the case. Okay, to be fair, Dallas beat the Vikings 40 to 3. I guess it is pretty clear my parlay players were on the Minnesota side of things...
As I mentioned, I stepped outside my comfort zone this past week and I decided to place a bet on a soccer match. Yep, you heard that right, I bet on a soccer match. Much to my dismay, USA ended up in a tie with Wales and that cost me. I almost feel like betting on soccer is harder than most other sports due to the propensity for ties in the game.
I guess I don't know too much about the sport because in my opinion a tie means you are still in the running. According to the articles I was reading the other day, they pretty much said USA fell short once again. I don't see it that way, but what do I know. If you lost you fell short, if you tie, you still have a chance. Am I wrong?
Looking at my other bets, you can see that I once again fell to the temptation of parlays. Parlays that didn't even come close to hitting. I really need to stop throwing my money away I think!
Once again, that Dallas/Minnesota game really did me in. I should have known better than to bet on the same game on two different platforms, but apparently I am an idiot! On the flip side of things, I tried to make my own parlay with college basketball scores and as you can see, I came pretty close to winning. I might have to start focusing on basketball more now that the season has started.
I apparently know a bit more about that than I do football. At least when it comes to betting. I wouldn't be shocked next week to see the majority of my bets happening in basketball games.
Who knows though, I might even bet on some more World Cup games. Got any good lines to throw me for the weekend? Let me know in the comments!
Sports Talk Social - @bozz.sports
You gonna bet on USA vs UK tomorrow?😄
I sure did. What a bummer of a game. I almost think that betting on soccer is harder than other sports because you have to account for ties. It's like that double zero on the roulette wheel.
If you'd be on tie yesterday, you'd be winning!!!
I was told that double zero on the roulette is an American thing, we only have the single zero. But the double zero seems to be catching on over here now, bet the casinos love it!!
Yeah, it definitely puts the odds in their favor. That was such a horrible game. I watched the end of it and it was just mind numbing. I think that is part of the reason that so many people find soccer boring.
Go Spartans..
Haha, I bet on them too, but I don't think they stand a chance. Especially with the game being in Happy Valley. If the defense shows up it could be a close game. Who knows.