Online Betting Guides

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Online sports betting is a popular pastime, it brings to watching sports an extra element of excitement and is much more convenient than running into the bookies whenever you feel like a flutter. Better yet, if you are willing to consider the odds, learn more about how to combine bets, and use bonuses wisely, it can be quite lucrative. Wagering is not just a case of picking the winning side, it is a mixture of experience, looking for the most favourable odds and finding the best promotions as well. You can move between markets and betting lines as you become more experienced, boosting your potential payout compared to basic single wins.

The Different Type Of Online Betting

Online betting falls into five major categories and depending on what you enjoy the most will determine what things you will need to consider most to get the most from maximising the potential winnings whilst betting online.

Sports Betting

One of the most popular forms of online betting is sports betting. Traditionally sports betting is betting on the outcome of a particular sporting event which may involve the outright result say win, lose or draw or for greater profits on your bet you may decide a team will win by a certain amount.

Most recently sports betting has evolved and technology allows for you to place all different types of bets. You can, for example, bet in-play that during say a world cup football match that a certain player will score the next goal.

Casino

Casinos are a very popular form of online gambling and there are hundreds of different types of casino games that you can play and literally thousands of online casinos to choose from.

Slots

Slots & Casino typically go hand in hand and it’s rare to see a casino site that doesn’t offer slots games for its players. Slots have evolved immensely over the last decade and a lot of the slots games that you see in the pubs and casino halls are available online.

What you may not know is the odds of winning at an online slots site are significantly higher than what is offered at the land-based casino.

Poker

Poker is extremely popular and is widely viewed as more of a game of skill than luck. If you decide to play in an online poker tournament the great thing is that someone at the table will win, whereas in slots and casino games the odds are weighted in favour of the casino.

The element of luck in poker is all about the hand that you are dealt with by the dealer. The great thing about poker is given practise and skill, a great poker player can win even though they have been dealt with what many would see as a losing hand.

Bingo

Bingo has evolved from something that appealed to an elderly audience and was something that was deemed as a bit old fashioned to one of the largest past times among under 30s.

Land-based bingo halls in the US have rebranded recently to appeal to a younger audience and the technology has evolved so that it’s now possible to play bingo on your smartphone from the comfort of your own home.

Most Important Things To Consider With Online Betting

Software – The software used by the online betting companies can vary in quality, therefore, impact your playing experience, but most importantly the odds differ greatly from one casino and slots game to another. Check out our gambling software guide to get more details on this important part of online betting.

Other Type Of Online Betting

Spread Betting

Matched Betting

Lottery

Scratch Cards

About Joe Kizlauskas

Joe is a seasoned iGaming copywriter and speaker who has been in the business since 2015. He's written more words on all elements of Casinos, Slots, Bingo & Sports Betting than he likes to remember, and he's contributed material to a number of well-known brands. Joe may be seen playing 5 a side, at the gym or playing games on his Playstation when he is not writing.