When you bet live, you can pick bets right up to the dying moments of the event you have selected. Yesteryear you could only bet pre-game. Let’s turn to football betting for an example. When you bet live you will find the typical pre-game markets such as 1X2, totals, several types of handicap options, first team to score and many more. However, when you bet live the odds on offer fluctuate throughout the said event.
The fluctuations are resulting from the live trader’s perception of the ongoing event. The live trader is working for the bookmaker offering you the live bets. Here we should mention that many sport books have done their statistical home work and use pre-defined algorithms too spew out betting markets based on a large number of statistical criteria’s. While this for sure is good enough to beat the average leisure punter it also leads to many interesting and profitable betting situations for the more cool, calm and collected professional. However, describing these money making possibilities are outside of the scope of this article. Rest assured though, we will have it covered.
You will also find bet types pre-game betting operators only simply could not deliver such as next team to score. Imagine a football game where say Lyon is leading Marseille 2-1 after 69 minutes of play. If you happen to watch the game on TV, and feel like Marseille is likely to get a goal any minute, then that is a feeling you can place a bet on. Simply put; to bet live is a much more dynamic betting experience than pre-game betting.
