The increase in popularity in online sports betting is an unstoppable phenomenon, new technologies and the Internet give access to reach a greater number of users.

The most successful sport is football, reaching 70% of sports betting. Every day new users who are looking for fun enter the world of betting and, of course, earn some money. This is easy to understand, especially with the hard times many have been going through, which is not advisable is to play money desperately , as it rarely works out well.

We must take into account the risk that can take on playing without the necessary experience and ignoring many terms that should be known and known by professional bettors, something that is really important.

Impatience is often a bad companion to enter the world of betting, we want to get results soon and, above all, in the case of beginners they skip certain necessary terminology.

Something that we must not forget is that the bets are basically based on something as simple as chance, but it can help us to have certain information. One of the most used terms is "Stake", but what is the Stake?

Definition of Stake:

We are facing a fundamental concept in the world of betting and that is directly related to the forecast. Clearly, the stake is the element that can give us more or less confidence in the bet and that directly affects the results.

In the gaming platforms we can find an index that has a value scale that goes from 1 to 10, something that depends on the confidence that exists in a certain bet. The highest Stakes have a 10 on the scale and the lowest is 1.

These values ​​are what the users select without considering how secure the bet is, where it allows us to choose "the amount of money we are willing to risk". With an example we can see it something clearer:

• If a user is convinced that a football team will win a match, he can put a Stake rank of 8 to 9.

• In case we are not very convinced of the results of the game, the logical thing is to put a range of 1 or 2. The normal thing is that we should keep in mind that the benefits are usually equal.

It is necessary to remember that the safest bets are usually the worst paid and that the most risky bets are where you get more benefits if you hit.

We are dealing with a concept, the stake, which is one of the most important, since using it optimally can lead us to place bets more securely and increase profits.

In spite of this, as is normal, different opinions can be found in favor or against this term of the stake, since its use is generally important to emerge unscathed from the bad spells that may or may appear in the game before or after.

The experts in sports betting are clear that there are 3 basic ways when using the Stake to achieve benefits.

• Using the Stake in a constant or fixed manner : This way it always grows from the same firm, it is one of the easiest methods, it consists of using the same value independently of the bet. In this type of bet is not considered the profitable or not that can be a bet.

• Growing Stake : Using these, our bankroll percentage goes up by increasing the Stakes.

• Stake decreasing : The bankroll goes down when increasing the Stakes, this is a mode that is hardly used, not following the logic of sports betting.

The last two types of Stake are considered Stake variables, which consist of giving different values ​​in the bets according to what we appreciate, where our skills or knowledge come into the picture. Many experts think that the best system of this value is the variable, where the values ​​that are most used are between 2 and 3.

This value has a great relationship with the difference that can be given between the two probabilities. The more positive difference, the better results we will obtain. There is the opinion in many cases that this value is only valid to penalize the highest odds and gain more confidence when we bet.

There are many strategies to follow, but one thing we must be clear about is knowing how to calculate what to bet depending on this value:

We must start from the basis that we should not bet more than 10% of the money you deposit in your bankroll. The value of Stakes that is most used is from 2 to 3. This is the way in which we will obtain the scheme of the percentage that we are going to use in the following values:

• From 1 to 3 you have to spend a maximum of 1.5% of our Bankroll

• From 4 to 7 you must spend up to 4% of Bankroll

• From 8 to 10 we talk about up to 7% of our Bankroll

When it comes to this point, we must make it clear that another concept that we will find in the world of betting is the Full Stake, a term that refers to the percentage of our bankroll that we are going to use in the bet. Something that we must have clear is that it should not exceed 10%. The best hairpin to bet on is between 6 and 8% according to experts in the sector.

Even so, other points of view exist, for many the "Stake" as a concept tends to be distorted, being used in most of the bets as if it were a picks . Something that makes us wonder if users know how to use this value correctly.

For many users, the Stake refers to the money that is bet and has no relation with the confidence in the bets. Although the Stake is a good way to have control of the winnings of the bets that we make.

TO BE CONTINUED!!

We will discuss “The discretionary methods in the selection of the Stake” in my next post.