Soccer and tennis are by far the most followed sports by bettors. However, several other lesser known sports and leagues also benefit from sports betting. In this article, we will explain how niche betting can help you win more, for a modern bettor.

How to profit from betting on minor sports?

A niche sport is the exact opposite of what is called "mass sport". These sports have a small following and not that much media coverage. Therefore, they are sports that one can be interested in as a bettor.

Because of the low statistical data available on these sports, very few bettors are interested in them. Niche betting odds are much more difficult to set by bookmakers, which increases valuebets.

From the statistics on sports betting disciplines, it appears that soccer is the sport that attracts the most bettors, in this case the Champions League. Eastern European championships, for the most part, have a very low following and are therefore classified as niche markets.

Niche sports are increasingly offered by bookmakers. Not all of them are interested yet, but some bookmakers specialize in niche disciplines. This allows them to diversify their offers and offer several events that punters can predict on. For example, the odds offered by Winamax are very competitive. In any case, before making the choice of your bookmaker, you should compare the offers of the different sites in order to find the one that would allow you to make the maximum profit.

Most bookmakers have very little information about niche sports, so they can't always set their odds right. If you are a niche sports bettor, this is where your advantage lies. You are usually more knowledgeable than the bookie and therefore have a leg up on them.

To find the odds for mainstream sports like soccer and tennis, bookmakers often resort to specific tools. They therefore manage to offer, a week in advance, the odds for these matches. For niche sports, it is quite different because there is less information and they have more chances to make mistakes on the odds. They open the bets just hours before the game, as the schedules for these sports are not always known in advance. So you need to be ready to bet at any time and fairly quickly. Bookmakers often wait for bets from confirmed punters to adjust the odds initially offered.

The lack of knowledge of these bookmakers for niche sports could be a very important weapon for you to beat them. So you need to specialize in these types of sports for it to benefit you more. It should also be noted that the bookmakers remain just as vigilant on this point. They usually expect relatively low betting values. Betting a large amount of money on a single event, therefore, could arouse attention and the consequence is that the odds will be lowered at the earliest.

There are several sports that are not well publicized and therefore not as well known to the public that you can specialize your bets in. Examples include US sports (baseball, NBA, etc), Fantasy League, eSport or political elections. Your expertise in any of these sports will help you earn more.

Advantages and disadvantages of niche sports

It has to be said: being a bettor on niche sports may well have some disadvantages, but the expected advantages weigh much more heavily on the scale.

The first advantage to be mentioned here about betting on niche sports is the possibility of finding valuebets, i.e. large odds errors. This is almost inevitable given the limited knowledge that bookmakers have of these sports. Therefore, specializing in niche sports is a great advantage for you.

As an expert for example in Lithuanian soccer , you can easily and often see your capital grow. You will take advantage of the weaknesses of the bookmakers to win more. Therefore, betting on niche sports has the advantage of being quite profitable.

One thing that might be regretted with niche sports is that not all leagues are always offered by bookmakers. This is one more reason to specialize in a particular type of niche sport. The offers of the bookmakers are also relatively limited. But then again, many bookmakers open up niche betting, which is also to your advantage.

To take advantage of niche sports betting, you often have to bet fast, fast enough to secure your odds. Betting sites end up balancing their odds according to the trends of the bettors.