Internet Betting Exchange


Win Your Bets Before The Event Even Starts !

A person-to-person betting exchange revolutionises the way you can place your bets today. It acts as a brokerage allowing different customers to bet against each other. You will be betting against other people, not the bookmakers.

An online betting exchange will allow you to back your selection to win or lay it to lose.

On average, betting exchange odds are 20% higher than those offered by traditional bookmakers and you don't suffer the problem of having the size of your bets restricted.

A Betting Exchange also allows you to bet "in-running" or "In-Play" on the majority of horse races and football matches.

Although the Betfair betting exchange is generally the first online betting exchange that most people think of, there are many others who offer the same online betting chances and the odds at each betting exchange can differ quite significantly from each other. This discrepancy in the online betting odds creates opportunities for what are known as betting arbs or arbitrages.

Betting Arbitrage

A betting arbitrage is where the difference in the odds being offered by two or more Internet betting exchanges allows you to place bets on all the possible outcomes of an event and still make a profit, whatever the result turns out to be.

For Example: One betting exchange was offering odds of 11/10 for Didier Drogba to score at the weekend and another betting exchange was offering odds of 11/10 that he wouldn't score.

This difference of opinions, and consequently the betting odds, created a betting arbitrage where punters could back both possibilities and make a profit whether Didier Drogba scored or not

By placing £1000 at the first Internet betting exchange that he would score, you would get £2100 back if he did. That would be your £1000 stake and the £1100 that you've won. If Didier fails to score' then you'll obviously lose your £1000 stake.

By placing a covering bet at the second betting exchange of £1000 for Didier not to score, you would get £2100 back if he doesn't get on the scoresheet. That's your £1000 stake and the £1100 you've won for him failing to score. Of course, if he does score, then you will lose your £1000 stake.

But whether he scores or not, doesn't make any difference to you whatsoever, because as soon as you've placed your bets at the two betting exchanges....... you've already won!

Your total stake for both of the bets is £2000, £1000 at the first betting exchange for him to score and £1000 at the second for him not to score.

If he scores, the first betting exchange will pay you £2100 which is £100 more than your total outlay, a profit of £100.

If he doesn't score, the second betting exchange will pay you £2100 which is still £100 more than your total outlay, a profit again of £100.

That's what a betting arbitrage is, where you can place a bet to cover all the possible outcomes of an event and still show a profit, whatever the result turns out to be !!