SharpEddie47
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Pulled my annual betting records and segmented by month.
The pattern is stark.
October through February: highest volume, most markets, most hours spent.
June through August: lowest volume. Sometimes weeks without a significant bet.
The obvious explanation: the NFL season runs September to February. Football and basketball schedules are fullest in winter. The sports calendar explains the betting calendar.
But I've been thinking about whether the calendar is the full explanation or whether it's a convenient cover for something else.
The shorter days. The fewer social commitments. The more time spent indoors.
If I moved to a country with a different seasonal sport calendar: would my betting follow the sport or follow the winter.
I don't know the answer. The correlation between sports calendar and winter is too complete in my own experience to separate them.
Has anyone else tracked this. And does it feel like the sport is driving your winter betting or does the winter seem to be driving something that the sport happens to provide the vehicle for.
The pattern is stark.
October through February: highest volume, most markets, most hours spent.
June through August: lowest volume. Sometimes weeks without a significant bet.
The obvious explanation: the NFL season runs September to February. Football and basketball schedules are fullest in winter. The sports calendar explains the betting calendar.
But I've been thinking about whether the calendar is the full explanation or whether it's a convenient cover for something else.
The shorter days. The fewer social commitments. The more time spent indoors.
If I moved to a country with a different seasonal sport calendar: would my betting follow the sport or follow the winter.
I don't know the answer. The correlation between sports calendar and winter is too complete in my own experience to separate them.
Has anyone else tracked this. And does it feel like the sport is driving your winter betting or does the winter seem to be driving something that the sport happens to provide the vehicle for.
