New Posts For Thread: Why do most punters lose ?https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/28935933/why-do-most-punters-loseImpatience ?Expect too much ?Must have a bet ?Lack of discipline ?What ?betting on things that have a higher percentage chance of winning than the odds suggest. obviously the bigger the difference between the two figures, the better the bet is. theres no way to "know" the chance of something happening, nobody knows thathttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/28935933/why-do-most-punters-lose?post_id=532610659#532610659betting on things that have a higher percentage chance of winning than the odds suggest. obviously the bigger the difference between the two figures, the better the bet is. theres no way to "know" the chance of something happening, nobody knows thatMon, 27 May 2013 19:37:00 -0500but what does make a profit?https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/28935933/why-do-most-punters-lose?post_id=532610447#532610447but what does make a profit?Mon, 27 May 2013 19:18:15 -0500most punters dont win, simply because they dont want to. they dont want to bet on what makes a profit, they want to bet on what gives them excitement.they want to bet on what they are about to watch and they want to bet on what they want to happen.cohttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/28935933/why-do-most-punters-lose?post_id=532610421#532610421most punters dont win, simply because they dont want to. they dont want to bet on what makes a profit, they want to bet on what gives them excitement.they want to bet on what they are about to watch and they want to bet on what they want to happen.coMon, 27 May 2013 19:17:04 -0500https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/28935933/why-do-most-punters-lose?post_id=532610015#532610015Mon, 27 May 2013 18:44:30 -0500Question should be how do most punters win?https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/28935933/why-do-most-punters-lose?post_id=532609691#532609691Question should be how do most punters win?Mon, 27 May 2013 18:25:38 -0500Okay. Good luck. Try not to think about it when you're off on holiday!Oh, and when you get back, you might want to put a weekly deposit limit on your account, just so that you're strictly limited in how much you can lose..https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/28935933/why-do-most-punters-lose?post_id=516945381#516945381Okay. Good luck. Try not to think about it when you're off on holiday!Oh, and when you get back, you might want to put a weekly deposit limit on your account, just so that you're strictly limited in how much you can lose..Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:32:49 -0600yea ive done it,,its just like you said ive flushed shyteloads down the pan that surely some of it is stuck there waiting to be clawed back,,,but nah im flushing it straight down to the sewer with a power jet leaving it nice and clean ready to returnhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/28935933/why-do-most-punters-lose?post_id=516944771#516944771yea ive done it,,its just like you said ive flushed shyteloads down the pan that surely some of it is stuck there waiting to be clawed back,,,but nah im flushing it straight down to the sewer with a power jet leaving it nice and clean ready to returnTue, 28 Feb 2012 13:18:12 -0600Until your holiday, why don't you just withdraw your money, since you're clearly still flushing a load of it down the pan.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/28935933/why-do-most-punters-lose?post_id=516944491#516944491Until your holiday, why don't you just withdraw your money, since you're clearly still flushing a load of it down the pan.Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:11:40 -0600cooee youre right ,,,its just that the chase is on and ive been losing my mind ,,i know im doing wrong betting in nearly every single race.....im on holiday soon for a month and when i return i will forgett the losess im chasing and get back to normahttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/28935933/why-do-most-punters-lose?post_id=516944049#516944049cooee youre right ,,,its just that the chase is on and ive been losing my mind ,,i know im doing wrong betting in nearly every single race.....im on holiday soon for a month and when i return i will forgett the losess im chasing and get back to normaTue, 28 Feb 2012 13:02:37 -0600Because we are too thick to trade like some people I have discipline to not put on more than 2 bets on weekend footy in shops, but online u just see the odds on all the games in decimals and you go crazy and want to bet your winnings after another tihttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/28935933/why-do-most-punters-lose?post_id=516943473#516943473Because we are too thick to trade like some people I have discipline to not put on more than 2 bets on weekend footy in shops, but online u just see the odds on all the games in decimals and you go crazy and want to bet your winnings after another tiTue, 28 Feb 2012 12:46:40 -0600