How to use a betting tips website

Free betting tips websites like Betdistrict are popular among punters who are looking for previews or predictions to help them make their betting choices on a daily basis. However, and I`m speaking from experience now, few bettors really know how to use and take advantage of the advice provided by these websites. Some people are reluctant to follow any advice, thinking they are better than everyone else or simply believing tipping websites are some sort of scam. Other tend to follow the picks blindly, lashing out at the tipsters if things don`t go their way. The best approach is somewhere in the middle, and I won’t deny that I am using it myself. So, how can you properly use a betting tips website in order to maximize your profits?

Let’s start with a simple insight on how betting tips portals work. Usually there is a tipster competition set up by the site administrators, where all kinds of punters (known as tipsters) compete for monthly prizes. They have to write a number of previews and if they are successful, they get a prize at the end of the month. Better tipping websites like Betdistrict also use editors. Editors post daily picks independent of the tipster competitions, aiming to provide the best previews. They are not necessarily better than the tipsters, actually there`s a big chance that a couple of tipsters are better than the editors – however, editors are committed to provide top class previews on a regular basis, with the best possible information on every pick they make. Of course the good tipping websites also provide a lot of guides and general betting information, but we`ll stick with the tips in this article.

The first thing you should do is, of course, take a good look at the matches of the day just to test the field and see what you like. A couple of games will jump to sight, you`re going to start analyzing the match, thinking … you know the drill. In the end you`ll be left with a couple of matches that you really like, maybe a couple that you like but not that much. At this point, accessing a tipping website will surely give you great help and added value. The best thing you can do is start looking at what other people (tipsters, editors) are saying about the matches you already analyzed. Me, this is what I`m looking for: tips on matches I already gave a proper analysis myself. Of course, your opinion should stand strong and you must not be moved simply because a tipster is going against your predicted outcome. However, if you find solid written previews they can reinforce your opinion or make you take another look at the game, lower the stakes or drop the bet all together. Additionally, there`s always the chance to find information you missed on, which is a huge factor. Of course, after this I always like to take a look at some other tips, maybe I can find a great betting opportunity that I previously missed. But if I do, I will not go on and bet without me taking a look at the match myself and making a proper analysis. At the end of this journey you should be left with the best betting choices, and betting tips websites would have helped you in that regard.

Tipping websites also provide you with other kind of useful information for your daily betting, such as odds and prices. For example, it`s important to know where are the best odds for your bet or for the sport you usually bet on. Getting the top price is always very important and I have always found this useful in tipping websites until I became a webmaster myself and started knowing the sports betting industry like the back of my hand. Of course, there are bookmaker reviews which are also helpful, but that`s another topic and I said I will stick strictly with the predictions part.

Other important suggestions:

• Quality of previews matter more than tipster record (except if the tipsters has winning or losing record of impressive proportions)
• Short time tipster profit / loss has virtually zero relevance
• Tipsters / editors are not necessarily better than you
• No matter what the overall record is, every tipping website will have losing tipsters and winning tipsters. In time, try to find the best tipsters on a website and put a little bit more trust in their previews

In the end, the first and foremost thing you should remember is that YOU have to make your decision in the end, it`s your money we are talking about here. Tipping websites can and should help, they will bring you information, show you opportunities, make you weight your choices more carefully, but in the end (and I don`t want this to sound as us trying to absolve ourselves from responsibility) the analysis and final decision should be yours. If you know how to use us, that should help create a win-win situation. This is what we strive to achieve here at Betdistrict, so what do you say we go on and do exactly that?