Why soccer betting

Soccer betting has recently overtaken horse racing as the most popular sport for betting. Millions can be staked on football matches on any weekend and when there is a big game on like th FA cup final in the UK. Or when a country is playing a big international match at a major tournament like the World Cup.

Soccer betting also only has 3 outcomes so you have a 33% chance of selected the right result. This is not the case in many horse races where there are fields of anything from 3 up to 16 or even more. Although on the big races like The Grand National or the Kentucky Dertby in America huge amounts are staked on these.

Also today with the TV coverage that football attracts games are on at different times so that allows punters to have more different bets on different matches. For example in the UK we have games kicking off at lunchtime on a saturday then the 3 o clock games then teatime around 5.30. Then there are games on sunday. Add that to the games that are broadcast right around the world and there are a lot of times that punters can bet on live games.

I believe that soccer betting is more down to judgement then luck. More skill is involved. I fyou watch alot of football and know which teams ate playing well and were teams are in the table and know a teams ford then you can have a good shout of knowing which way a game is likely to go. Where in racing there are any number of variables that have to be taken in to consideration.

So if you are an avid football watcher, or follow a team you have a decent chance of winning at football beting. The problem arises because punters dont really have alot of money to risk or put on a team or teams to make a decent sum back. SO although you can win more often the returns might not be that great.