The Beginners Guide to Sports Betting
Source: The New York Times In today's world, sports betting is exploding. States across the country are beginning to legalize sports gambling and there are seemingly unlimited options for placing bets. Lock It In is the first blog dedicated to teach and assist the average gambler to help them bet responsibly and warn them of pitfalls to avoid while doing it. They're many lessons to be learned, but we'll start at the top. Welcome to the beginners guide of sports betting. 1. Betting with Units Let's talk about units. Units are a metric used by sports bettors that represent the size of someone's bet. In order to bet responsibly, it first helps to create a bankroll, or the amount of money you're willing to risk and lose while gambling. This should be an amount of money you are comfortable losing. The first rule of gambling is the mo...