The shadow of sports betting tips is ever
present. Just as in other sports there is always a risk of intentional
tampering, which is (and should be) prosecuted to prevent the competitive
and fair nature of sport from disappearing, in betting tips are well known,
which can allow a user to receive information before making his prediction and
unfairly put himself in a preferential position to win the prize.
But, what do we understand by a tip? What is
the relationship with the well-known "tipsters"? Is this figure
legal? What should a newcomer to betting know about tips so as not to
get into trouble?
A tip is understood as the passing of
privileged information to use it to our advantage when placing a bet. Although
it is impossible to reduce the presence of these tips, since the exchange of
information is common even among users who decide to enjoy betting with
friends or acquaintances, it is necessary to take into account the source of
the tip.
Tips in sports betting should always be taken
with a grain of salt. Not because of distrust of its origin, but because the
information is still a prediction and, as such, cannot be one hundred percent
reliable. Although it is almost always interesting to take these data into
account when making our predictions, we should not underestimate our
knowledge about the sport on which we want to bet if we want to have any
chance.
Tipsters have a lot to do in the dissemination
of these tips. The tipster in sports betting is a figure who is responsible for
providing information to users. Obviously, tipsters are experts in a
specific sport, they work in specific markets and the user must know in
which niche each tipster is an expert before using his information to place his
bet.
Furthermore, not all tipsters have the same
degree of specialization. If we add to that the fact that the forecasts are
simply an assumption, we must use the data we have obtained from the
tipsters with tweezers: as a guideline they can be very useful, but their
predictions are not a mantra.
To ensure that all users can have access to
information from these tipsters regardless of which bookmaker they place their
bets with, it is common to find advertisements from professionals who claim to
know everything you need to know to get your bets right, as part of each
bookmaker's community. Common sense should always prevail here, since a
good tipster will always give his advice so that you get your bet right and
will provide you with his knowledge, nothing more.
Providing others with your knowledge of a
certain sport so that others can get their bets right at the bookmaker
of their choice is legitimate, and your figure is recognized by bookmakers.
But, as everywhere, there are always tipsters who try to stand out above the
rest so that their advice is taken into account.
Here the user has to be cautious and not get
carried away by the words of the first tipster he finds. You should always
check what kind of events and markets the tipster is a specialist in,
take into account that he does not use ambiguities to cover his back in case
you lose your bet and that he says things clearly, with specific and
corroborated data.
Although many claim to be experts, not all of
them are specialists in what they say. We must know how to choose our tipster
of reference, and a good way to do it is to ask him specific aspects of the
sport on which we want to bet before letting him advise us. It is up to
us to take or leave the data provided by the tipster, but we must always keep
in mind that, no matter how expert a tipster is and no matter how many filters
he passes, his predictions have a margin of error.
Therefore, although the figure of the
tipster is legal and bookmakers have their own tipsters to put the
experience and background of these specialists at the service of other users,
we must be clear that all the information they give us should be used as
guidance, nothing more.
Obviously, tips in sports betting are
dangerous, especially if they are taken literally. Here is a short list of some
of the risks involved in betting tips:
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