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What are bets with positive expected value?

Bets with positive expected value (or +EV bets, from the English expected value) are those in which the mathematical probability of winning and the potential profit exceed the cost of the bet. In other words, these are bets that will bring you profit in the long term, even if the specific results may be unpredictable.

A particular case of bets with positive expected value is betting on overvalued odds (value bets).