Right now is one of the best times in sports all year. The NBA and NHL season are underway, college basketball just started and the NFL and NCAA football schedules are heating up with division and conference games. And they are all there to bet on.
All of these sports, with so many betting opportunities early in the season, are often a bankroll killer for many players. As we have preached on the Sportsbook Minute previously, the keys to win betting on sports revolve around bankroll management and flat betting.

With five major sports going right now, players often feel compelled to ‘throw a few dollars’ on a Flyers game or on a Duke Top 25 matchup because it’s on ESPN on a Tuesday night. Players need to realize, all of these wagers come out of the same bankroll! Over extended betting on other sports, especially meaningless games early in the season, can often lead to players digging into their pockets again on the weekend to bet college and pro football. Betting across all of the sports, especially early in the season, rather than focusing on football bets that are going to be made anyway, is a sure way to a zero balance.

And the sportsbooks know this. They offer college basketball bet boosts and NBA Single Game Parlays to entice you fire action on bets you didn’t miss at all back in September and October. They want you to burn through money won during the weekend on a random Kansas college hoops bet midweek so you’ll re-deposit to bet weekend football.

Don’t get sucked in by the size of the betting menu. Save those betting dollars for your football action. There will be plenty of time after the New Year, after the NFL regular season and College Football Playoff to bet on meaningful NCAA, NHL and NBA games.
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