Sports Betting Tips

While other sports have gained ground in the sports betting scene, soccer remains the number one sport wagered on by players worldwide. Always popular in Europe, soccer betting has spread to North America with the rise of the MLS, as well as in Asia and Russia, particularly with this year’s World Cup betting for South Africa 2010.

Similar to other sports such as baseball and hockey, betting on soccer includes a money line labeled for each side, with the key difference being that players can actually wager on the tie. This option separates soccer from other sports because with the option available to wager on the tie, a popular result, the ability to push is therefore eliminated. For example, in hockey and baseball one team has to win eventually, regardless if it is in regulation time or within the nine innings required for baseball. Therefore, the chances of winning when betting on either sport is 50-percent, or one out of a possible two results. Betting on soccer however gives players only a 33-percent chance of winning, or one out of a possible three results, which are wins for either side or a draw. Players can also bet the traditional over/under for soccer, just the same as they would all the other sports, as well as betting on team totals. Betting team totals means that each team is given an individual over/under number, and the player has to choose whether that squad will get over or under for total goals scored.