How To Bet
How to Bet on the World Cup
Different ways to have a flutter on the 2010 World Cup!
Golden Boot / Top Goalscorer
Written by Dave Allan Friday, 22 January 2010 03:22
The winner of the Golden Boot is the player who scores the most goals in the 2010 World Cup and is commonly referred to as the Top Goalscorer. The odds can be quite volatile especially in the early stages with two early goals catapulting a particular player to the head of the betting.
Pre-tournament 2006, Brazil's Ronaldo and Adriano were the favourites by virtue of the fact they played for the team most fancied to progress the furthest in the competition but having made a slow start their respective prices drifted out and it is only now that an educated bet can be placed on who will finish Top Goal Scorer.
Exchange Betting
Written by Tony Friday, 22 January 2010 02:59
If you thought normal fixed odds betting was complicated then spare a thought for those who wish to enter a totally different world of the betting exchanges – Betfair.com and Betdaq are the best known exchanges and it is place where any punter can become a bookmaker.
It can be a little difficult to explain – indeed many a marketing copywriter has attempted to put this simple concept into easily digestible words but all have failed. The best way to explain it (and I am not an accomplished writer by any means) is that on the exchanges you can bet on an outcome not to happen.
If you think England will fail to win their group you would lay them to lose. Meaning you would be hoping USA, Algeria or Slovenia will win the group ahead of England.
The beauty of the exchanges is that it allows you to lay off some of your liability in-play or in-running as it is sometimes called.
Double Result Betting
Written by Tony Friday, 22 January 2010 02:41
If you strongly fancy a team to win outright, the odds may not be quite what you want i.e. the price is too short. For example, Brazil were long odds-on to beat Croatia in this year's World Cup and they duly won (albeit not very convincingly). The bookmakers and betting exchanges such as Betfair.com offered pretty skinny odds on Brazil winning the game in 90 minutes during the 2006 World Cup.
In an attempt to negate the shortness of the price punters are offered the opportunity to get involved in another market. Commonly known as half-time / full-time betting or double result betting. If you do fancy a team to win convincingly, it is fair to assume you expect them to be winning at half-time and also to be winning at full time –hence the name of the bet. This explains the term double result as well because in effect you are betting a double on two results – your fancied team to be leading at the interval and still to be leading at the end of the game.
Correct Score Betting
Written by Tony Friday, 22 January 2010 02:19
Correct score betting involves the 'simple task' of guessing the outcome of any 2010 World Cup game over 90 minutes play. Statistically the most common scoreline in World Cup matches is 1-0 but consequently it will always be the shortest odds -commonly around the 5/1 mark. Now, in the first raft of matches at Germany 2006 a quarter of all games finished 1-0. Holland beat Serbia by this margin, the mighty Brazil overcame Croatia by the odd goal, and Portugal only managed one goal against Angola while of course England saw off Paraguay by that correct score. The beauty of correct score betting is obviously the bookmakers have no idea of what the final number of goals is going to be and by using football knowledge any punter can have an edge over other bettors.
In-Play World Cup Betting
Written by Tony Friday, 22 January 2010 02:13
In-play World Cup betting, sometimes referred to as in-running betting is having a bet during a World Cup match and is an interesting and volatile add-on to football betting. The availability of all the games on TV adds to the opportunity to square up to other punters is the reason why this type of betting has caused an explosion.
Betfair.com offer the largest range of in-play 2010 World Cup markets in the world.
In-play betting gives traders the chance to bet throughout any match from the first whistle to the last kick (or penalty kick).
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