{"id":385,"date":"2012-05-07T12:46:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T16:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?p=385"},"modified":"2013-08-19T01:02:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T01:02:01","slug":"bet-on-your-own-sports-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/library\/sports-betting\/bet-on-your-own-sports-team.html","title":{"rendered":"Should You Bet On Your Own Sports Team?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the so-called laws of sports betting that I hear all of the time is that you shouldn\u2019t bet on teams that you are emotionally invested in. If you care then you can\u2019t be objective, and if you aren\u2019t objective then you are making bad decisions &#8211; or at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/library\/sports-betting\/bet-on-your-own-sports-team.html#more-385\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Should You Bet On Your Own Sports Team?\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the so-called laws of sports betting that I hear all of the time is that you shouldn\u2019t bet on teams that you are emotionally invested in. 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