Honestly it doesn't feel like betting on these early games will make me any richer, looks like there is a chance I will most likely end up losing the money there and I rather not do that at all. I get that it is not going to be easy, and there is a potential for a risk, but as long as you do what you need to do, there is nothing wrong with that.
Obviously it is not a simple job, you need to end up with a solution for it, and the solution is that I will not bet on these games just yet, nothing big at least, I could bet a very tiny amount just for test, like 10 dollars, to see how the teams are doing. However, the bigger bets should come later on when teams finds their feet and can play the way they will normally play.
You are not forced to do it, let alone gambling there is always a risk and that must be understood by people like you, if you don't want to do it at all it won't hurt the casino either, it's a good idea to learn about gambling first before playing and gambling in casinos even if you use small bets or using a demo account if there is no problem for testing , because testing never hurts
As long as you feel safe playing gambling and playing games at the casino with small money, that already shows that you are willing to accept the risk whatever happens, but it's better not to play because you see other people being successful at gambling or successful in getting rich by playing gambling. playing for yourself will be better and use the money you can afford to lose it.