Sport
In winter, the sports life does not stop, there are enough directions where a bettor can actively place bets in bookmakers. Several winter sports are added to many year-round sports. Below we will consider some of the most promising winter destinations for successfully playing sports betting.
How to bet on winter sports from hockey to curling can be found in a separate review.
Content
- Hockey
- Biathlon
- Ski race
- Ski jumping
- Curling
- conclusions
Hockey
Although hockey tournaments are active in autumn and spring, ice battles are in high demand among bettors in winter, being considered the most popular winter sports destination. This is especially true for two such tournaments as the KHL and the NHL. These are two tournaments similar in format, where the National Hockey League has better pros, which provides higher performance and less variation in the level of play between the leaders and total outsiders of the tournament.
How to place bets on the KHL and betting on the NHL is described in detail in the “Hockey” section, where you can highlight several common similar important points:
- A huge number of matches, which is why almost every team experiences 2-3 game crises per season: the ability to notice the decline in the team's game allows experienced bettors to bet wisely against them;
- The tournament takes place over a large territory, which is why the teams play in a series of matches at home and away: clubs that fail the start of the home series gain a lot in subsequent home matches, the teams that performed powerfully in the first games of the away series can then significantly slow down due to fatigue;
- The clubs are divided into conferences and divisions – the most fundamental struggle takes place between teams from the same division, where there is a direct struggle for reaching the playoffs, etc.
An attractive line for hockey matches is offered by several bookmakers at once: Betcity, 1xBet, Parimatch.
Here you can bet not only on the main types of bets, but also a large number of statistical options, combined offers, on players and special bets.
Biathlon
This sport starts in the first winter month and ends in March. The biathlon season consists of 9 stages, each stage includes several types of races:
- Relay race;
- Individual: sprint, pursuit, mass start, classic.
When analyzing the selected race, the bettor must take into account several important points:
- Where the race takes place: at home, athletes demonstrate unexpected results due to increased motivation;
- Weather conditions: strong winds significantly reduce the chances of success for “snipers” and give an advantage to strong sprinters;
- Snow features: sticky, viscous snow brings the current physical condition of athletes to the first place;
- The characteristics of the race track: how many steep climbs and descents, exactly the steep climbs at the end of the race can allow more physically strong biathletes to snatch victory, etc.
A good line for biathlon is set by 1xStavka and Betcity.
It will be possible to bet on various options:
- Winner of a race, tournament;
- Who will lead after the first firing line;
- Leader's gap from second place;
- Who will be higher from the proposed pair of opponents;
- Which athlete from one country will perform better, etc.
How to place biathlon bets correctly can be studied in a separate review.
Ski race
In terms of its popularity, cross-country skiing is not much inferior to biathlon. The main difference between these two sports areas lies in the shooting range. It is they who make a big confusion in biathlon when choosing a bet: after all, even a tough “sniper” can unexpectedly shoot badly at one of the tournaments and show a weak result. In cross-country skiing, everything is simpler, here you need to know several important points of analysis:
- Weather;
- Track characteristics;
- The current level of the athlete's performance: this is clearly reflected in his recent results, where it is important to take into account which tracks he trained on before the start of the season, on the “native” routes the skier often shows strong results;
- Motivation to fight: the next stage takes place at home, one of the leaders begins to gradually lag behind his direct competitors in the overall standings, etc.
Experienced bettors are more advised to bet in the framework of cross-country skiing in comparison with biathlon, here everything is more predictable.
An attractive line for this sport is offered by the same bookmakers as for biathlon, where you can add Parimatch and the League of Betting.
Ski jumping
The season begins at the end of November and ends at the end of March. This sport is not so popular with bookmakers and most users. All this is taken into account by experienced bettors, conducting painstaking pre-season preparation, knowing that there are no tough professional ski jumping analysts in the offices, and this leads to frequent mistakes in the line.
When analyzing the next stage, it is worth considering:
- The current overall standings: this will allow us to understand the motivation of athletes to fight, when an equal opponent has a little come off on points, this greatly stimulates the lagging behind;
- “Native” springboard – before the start of the season many athletes prepare on one of the springboards, which allows them to subsequently demonstrate their maximum results on it;
- The direction and speed of the wind is one of the most important points, because with a tailwind, the jump is farther, a strong crosswind knocks down the balance, etc.;
- Technique of execution – the judges evaluate many components: how did you get off the springboard, whether there was a touch of the ground with your hands when landing, etc .;
- If from stage to stage the athlete adds in technique, then you can consider the rate on his performance.
Many bookmakers put an openly weak line on ski jumping. In this regard, the bookmaker 1xBet stands out.
Curling
This winter sport is overlooked by many, but curling betting can be very rewarding if you study it and start following the events that are going on.
In curling, two teams of 4 people each throw heavy special stones in turn towards the target. The main task is that there should be more stones in the target, as close to the center as possible. In this sport, a lot depends on throwing stones – skip.
When analyzing the upcoming match, there are a few things to keep in mind:
- The level of the thrower and his current form;
- How long the team is in the current line-up – there is a lot of turnover in curling;
- At the first stages of national team tournaments, BC analysts make frequent mistakes – this is a consequence of the fact that every year the national federations present strongly updated rosters, it is difficult for analysts to understand their level of performance before the start of the tournament.
Each team plays according to its own strategy, trying to knock the opponent's stone out of the target and put an obstacle to its opponent in the form of several successfully thrown stones along the target's border.
Choosing an office where it is better to bet on curling, you should again pay attention to the several above-mentioned bookmakers: Betcity, 1xBet and Parimatch.
conclusions
Classic winter sports are seasonal, which is one of the main reasons for their low popularity among bettors. But it is seasonal sports that are the weakest point of bookmakers due to the lack of professional analysts on them. All this leads to frequent mistakes in the line, which increases the chances of success for experienced bettors.
