Book Review: Fundamentals of Sports Betting

They say you should always do your homework, and it’s no more true than when it comes to betting. Before you decide to back a team or place a bet, many savvy punters will watch games, look at the stats and consult recent form guides. That’s simply a given.

But how effective is it to just have knowledge of the game itself? Sure, it’s important, but the majority of punters are missing one of the key fundamentals - the maths that dictate the difference between success and failure.

A fresh take how to become successful in the world of sports betting

Understanding the maths behind how bookies calculate their odds as well as the betting market itself often goes ignored, misunderstood, and leaves many of us scratching our heads.

Now there’s an answer to our woes, and that comes in the form of the Soccer Widow’s, Fundamentals of Sports Betting. Elena Schälike, aka the Soccer Widow lives by the slogan ‘if you can’t beat them, join them’, and that’s exactly what her book will do - make you into a real betting competitor, dead set on beating the bookies.

Fundamentals of Sports Betting centres around one basic principle - teaching your everyday punter the maths needed to compete with the bookmakers who set the odds and control the market.

This fresh take on how to become successful in the world of sports betting looks beyond the stats and the highlights reels, to focus on the core maths that will truly transform you into a betting winner.

Fundamentals of Sports Betting encompasses a few key areas such as: betting odds calculation, statistical terminology, risk control, the dynamics of the overall betting market, as well as how to understand cluster tables and finding the value in the odds.

Never has it been easier or more accessible to learn the core fundamentals behind betting and the maths that dictate the market

The book basically acts as a tell-all, comprehensive course on how to understand the maths behind sports betting. Split into two primary sections, the course begins by focusing on the odds itself before moving on to a discussion of the wider, overall betting market as a whole.

The book is neatly arranged into different chapters and sections that make it easy to break down. From guides on how to effectively calculate odds and risk management control, give way to demonstrations of how to use key tools to organise your betting.

It comes complete with a guide to key terminology as well as exercises that allow you to test what you’re learning in practice before you start to place bets with your new found knowledge.

Never has it been easier or more accessible to learn the core fundamentals behind betting and the maths that dictate the market. If you’ve been put off before, now’s your chance to have someone hold your hand through the tough stuff to find out what you really need to know how to make it work.

The book itself makes a bold claim that “it’s unlike any other you will find” out there on the market, and it’s right. Finally, an easy to digest, all-inclusive book on how to understand the maths that will set you and your betting apart has finally arrived.

You can purchase the Soccer Widow’s Fundamentals of Sports Betting from her website here. A small investment will reap big rewards and transform your betting as you know it!