{"id":6161,"date":"2025-09-05T15:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/?p=6161"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:17:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:17:35","slug":"bankrolls-and-bet-size-are-keys-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/?p=6161","title":{"rendered":"Bankrolls and Bet Size are Keys to Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Most gamblers thinking that they key to winning is picking the right side, total or prop. But the real success comes when <strong>bettors understand how to manage a bankroll<\/strong> <strong>and utilize bet size or units<\/strong>. This will yield HUGE benefits over the course off an entire football season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6163 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Progressive-prizes-4thplace.png\" alt=\"Bankroll needed for sports betting\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Progressive-prizes-4thplace.png 520w, https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Progressive-prizes-4thplace-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>You need to start by setting a weekly, monthly or season bankroll of cash that is available to bet. Knowing where you start is a key.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once you know that, then making that bankroll last, using discipline and patience is a path to victory. Every bettor, pro or $5 guy, will go through a losing streak. It\u2019s inevitable. Even the best of the best only hit 6 out of 10 over the course of a season. Using a consistent unit size prevents a bettor from overspending on a single wager. Generally using 1%-3% of your bankroll would be one unit. It is easy to see that firing away with 25% of your bankroll on a play could kill your entire wagering season should the bet lose.\u00a0 Unit betting or flat betting helps protect your bankroll from significant losses during that unavoidable bad streak.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Bookmakers Minute is knowing your <strong>overall bankroll<\/strong> and using a <strong>bet size<\/strong> or unit, and avoiding digging into your pocket when the bankroll is exhausted. This will save you time and again and make betting on football more fun AND profitable.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding how to make a bankroll last though a losing streak is one of the keys to winning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[95,93,94],"class_list":["post-6161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-betting-minute-tips","tag-advice","tag-sports-betting","tag-tips","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6161"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6165,"href":"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6161\/revisions\/6165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.osgamembers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}