It is yet another sports season with most events being organized and played at their peak level. Sure, fans find their specific sport of interest entertaining. However, many also take this entertainment to another level. They do this by visiting their favorite online bookies to do a little betting on these events. If they win, the icing on the entertainment cake. If they lose, well, they live to win another day.
Speaking of entertainment, they teach many things beneath the fun and thrills. One feature that makes this knowledge unique is that you can apply it to different facets of life. For instance, you can learn many things from the famous movie franchise – Star Wars.
If you look beyond the entertainment purpose of the movie, you’ll discover many things to be learned. In addition, you can apply this acquired knowledge to various day-to-day activities like sports betting. This article will highlight four things the Star Wars Movie franchise can teach you about sports betting.
1. There Is Nothing Like Luck
You probably would have the impression that betting is all about luck. True, luck is a factor that can affect the outcome of bets for some time, but these moments are usually short-lived. In the long term, luck is not a factor. That means it takes more than luck to bet and win consistently.
Other factors like experience, knowledge, etcetera may also be at play.
According to Obi Wan Kenobi (1977), “in my experience, there is no such thing as luck.” When you apply these words to sports betting, you will realize that it is a game that is based mainly on skills, although luck can factor in a few games.
Therefore, you should be careful not to get carried away by a few lucky wins, and neither should you dwell on bad luck in a few games. The best way to measure the success of sports betting in the long term is the profits you have made and your ability to place the bets in a manner that beats the closing odds.
2. Sometimes, What You See Is Deceiving
Have you ever wagered on a team to win because they have lesser odds and hence are the favorite to win even when you know deep down that their opponent may snatch the win? In the end, the opponent won, and you lost your bet. Most experienced sports bettors can relate to this scenario.
“Your eyes can deceive you; don’t trust them.” Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi gave this advice to a young Luke Skywalker in the first Star Wars Movie. In that scene, he told the young lad always to follow his gut feelings and not be fooled by the illusions and tricks that would distort his visual perception.
To thrive in sports gambling, you must rely very much on your gut feelings and not on what you see. The “gut feeling ” is often fueled by underlying skills like learning and experience. So, sometimes they tell us things we cannot see with our eyes or beyond what we see. You should also know that gut feeling can be wrong at times.
3. The Future Is Never Certain
As an experienced sports bettor, you probably cannot count the number of times you have analyzed before placing your wagers. In your analysis, you may have looked at historical data and any other relevant data-mining treat profits, searching for a pattern.
If you are looking for a pattern by doing your analysis, you will definitely find one. However, there is no guarantee that the patterns you find are guarantee that something will happen in the future because the future is very difficult to see.
When you look at the wise words of the small wise green figure, Yoda, “Difficult to see, always in motion is the future,” you will discover that it is impossible to predict the future 100 percent.
4. Know When to Call It Quits
One essential knowledge to have as a gambler knows when to walk away. Walking away is very hard, especially when you have lost a lot. Naturally, you will want to win back those losses before calling it quits. However, having the discipline to walk away after having a bad session is very important to be a good gambler.
The opening scene of The Last Jedi drives home this point. When the evil First Order sent a Dreadnought to destroy the Resistance base. Despite General Lela Organa’s order for evacuation, Commander Pae Dameron kept going till they destroyed the Dreadnought’s point defense cannons.
However, this action left the team and ship suffering significant losses. Ultimately, Dameron was demoted to captain for defying a direct order and not knowing when to walk away.
Conclusion
There are many lessons to be learned from the Star Wars film franchise. A few of them related to sports betting have been listed above. If you’re a sports bettor, do well to apply this knowledge to your gambling. May the force be with you!