Online sportsbook betting for most people involves betting the big three sports of football, basketball and baseball. Regardless of what your sport(s) are or your bankroll size is, the possibilities and opportunities are great at an online sportsbook.
Online sportsbook betting is a combination of a science, school, and a study more of human nature and public perception than actual sports knowledge. Just as a good investor doesn’t need a lot of expertise on the actual commodity that he is putting his money into, a good online sportsbook gambler simply needs to know a lot about gambling, rather than be a sports geek to be successful.
No sport has more mass appeal and knowledge at an online sportsbook from “geeks” than pro football. Pro football betting is far and away the most popular form of betting at an online sportsbook, with astronomical numbers of both gamblers and dollars wagered, and yet there is an incredible amount of unique or independent thought that is lacking from participants.
College football betting, the second most popular form of betting at an online sportsbook, has much of the same issues. While there is a highly knowledgeable group of handicappers and experts in the big three of college football betting there is also a considerable segment that is ignorant and makes sportsbook wagers based on little more than name recognition.
Pro and college basketball have both exploded in popularity at an online sportsbook, with the growth of sportsbook betting, but each attracts a different clientele, much like the case is with football betting. College basketball, just like college football, attracts a more hard core group of experts in sportsbook betting, while the NBA, much like the NFL, attracts more of a public feel to it at the online sportsbook. College basketball does, however, have a special dynamic that completely changes the landscape, which is the NCAA tournament, better known as “March Madness,” which is one of the most eagerly anticipated and wagered on events at an online sportsbook.
Baseball is a game that doesn’t draw a lot of online sportsbook activity, relative to the other sports, but yet has a serious niche following of very serious and effective gamblers. Much like college basketball, baseball draws a lot more sportsbook betting action during its October post season.