Does a friendly bet make watching soccer more exciting for you?

[Rubel007]

The feeling of enjoying a match with betting is unlikely to be the same without betting. When I used to bet and try to enjoy a match live I used to wait before the match started. Different excitement worked in me in any situation of my team. I enjoyed the match as long as it lasted. But when I don't bet I don't have any excitement to watch the match. I find no joy. I have no interest in watching any game without betting. There is no problem with the bet amount being small.

[MUGNIA]

What definitely makes you excited is watching football with a bet, where we will be anxious if our team loses, it's not a matter of $1 or a drink, but the taunts from friends won't stop until the next match and we win the bet.

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What definitely makes you excited is watching football with a bet, where we will be anxious if our team loses, it's not a matter of $1 or a drink, but the taunts from friends won't stop until the next match and we win the bet.

We have also kinda same experience when we played bet with friends specially when we loose in one match we tried and tried again because the bet amount wasn't too high some time the bet is only about to pay the foods bill and some times a few bucks. And yes what you mentioned that is true that the taunts from the friends won't stop until the next match and we win the bet.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

Just as we have friendly bet, we also have in in the matches as well to see that some are actually friendly, when we are into doing something, then we finds it more fascinating for us to go after that same thing because of the prerogative idea have over it, so because of these kind of mentality, some will because of that make sure that they watch a match because they want to get many benefits from doing that.

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i heard of these people who killed themselves due to gambling debts. i saw a thread about the kid who used the money meant for school fees in a casino, he lost and was very afraid of his parents to know. he jump from the building. crazy stuff but it happened, i think that was from Nigeria.

this is what happens if kids take gambling seriously while they spend money they didn't earn. its best to just bet with friends at least friends will understand you were just kids.

You saw in a thread I saw in my neighborhood that a college boy made sui*cide attempt as you said the kid did.
I think for stopping these incidents we the parents and as well the gambling peoples should be aware that the peoples who don't know the money management I mean the underaged peoples and the people who can't afford the fund for gambling those shouldn't be in the gambling. And if we saw some person doing these things we should immediately warn him.

[KingsDen]

Watching soccer with friends brings a different exciting feeling. Now it is not just about what we stand to gain or lose from the bet placed with friends, the conversations during and after the match with friends creates that exciting feeling. There is nothing to lose here. Even if I lose the bet, friends are still there to lighten up the atmosphere with jokes, humour or sarcasm.

[joniboini]

I personally don't do that, but I know somebody who regularly does this. I don't think they bet with something serious like their lifesaving though, so it's all for fun. I watched football matches for entertainment, and most of it came from tactical battles or memes. If the match is boring I don't think betting wouldn't make a huge difference for my enjoyment, even if I won my joy comes from winning a gamble instead of watching the match and analyzing it.

I followed a funny account like troll football for memes. Memes somehow give me excitement more than watching the match itself (especially if it's boring for me). Some people take things too seriously though.

[Igebotz]

I personally don't do that, but I know somebody who regularly does this. I don't think they bet with something serious like their lifesaving though, so it's all for fun.

What you think is not serious may be serious to someone else. The problem is not always the amount used for the betting, but rather the disappointment of not winning. Some people will turn the fun into a misunderstanding just because they lost. This is why it is critical to understand your friend in order to avoid situations that may lead to misunderstandings with them.

In my opinion, there is no reason why friends should bet against each other. There are many bookmakers, so betting on a betting platform is always preferable to betting against a friend. After all, someone can still enjoy a football match without betting against a friend. 

[Rubel007]

Watching soccer with friends brings a different exciting feeling. Now it is not just about what we stand to gain or lose from the bet placed with friends, the conversations during and after the match with friends creates that exciting feeling. There is nothing to lose here. Even if I lose the bet, friends are still there to lighten up the atmosphere with jokes, humour or sarcasm.

It certainly gives a different feeling when watching a football game with friends. Where there are various discussions about the match and there are some who present various facts and figures to defeat a friend in various ways. But I think there is a difference between this excitement and particularly the excitement of watching the game by placing a bet. I feel more excited than any other bets when I watch a game with friends.