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If you've ever visited a horse racing track, then you would have seen the bookies plying their trade around the course. On big race days, they are extremely busy. So it's easy to assume that being a bookie is a walk in the park, with untold riches waiting for those daring enough to try a new career. But the truth is rather more mundane. For the start, the set-up costs can be eye-watering. Then there's the constant competition, especially from the big boys, who have the power to undercut you.

The vast majority of sports bettors taker a flutter at the weekend when watching their favourite team. Whether they win or lose is of no importance, as the wager was just aniother means of adding more enjoyment into the mix. However, many make elementary sports betting mistakes that mean, even before the start of the game, they have disqualified themselevs from any chance of winning. Here we've listed the most common of these, as well as offering advice on how to change towards a better system.

From the earliest days of sporting competitions, players, teams, and fans have always enjoyed serious sporting rivalry. The sheer will needed to win, with all its sacrifices, is a huge driving force. As a result, over the years, a number of these duals and conflicts have become famous and are even well-known by those who don't follow sports. The desire to win, along with the prestige can drive both players and fans to extreme forms of behavior, as well as some ugly forms of cheating.

Though there's probably a lot of match-fixing going on in many sports, tennis has attracted more than a fair share of betting mafia attention. Due to the nature of bigger bets being allowed in Asian countries, the potential profits are that much bigger than for European sports gamblers. With huge sums of winnings at stake, the easiest means of fixing a match is to encourage the players themselves to lend a hand in the process, especially with so many tennis players struggling financially.

So much of a sports makers money comes from bets on the big sports of football and basketball. And sports like tennis are often overlooked. But take a while to study the form of the players, the surfaces played on and the rules, and you'll see that there's plenty of value for profitable bets.