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    BookieOweMe
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    Who has the best live betting?

    Specifically, for baseball, basketball, and football.

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    Climate
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    Crazy market.

    What is your definition of "best"?

    Best paying, best betting options, most betting options, most lines posted per game, continuous live lines, what?

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    Matchbook

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    pjesnik24
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    188bet, sbobet

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    Matchbook seems to be the best for Americans. Betfair is the best if you live outside US.

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    if you're talking about real football (aka soccer). Betfair by a mile

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    Quote Originally Posted by BookieOweMe View Post
    Specifically, for baseball, basketball, and football.
    sbobet,bet188,12bet , offsidebet (if you tail match stats, you can find lots of pros line. only basketball+soccer), sportingbet.com (basketball+soccer) , bet365(baseball+basketball+soccer) betfair (only soccer+NBA. it is not good at other us sports)

    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.Gonzo View Post
    Matchbook
    are you kidding me? it has disgusting lines like -125 / -165 nobody join to live market. I think americans don't interested.
    Last edited by gangeriver; 08-24-10 at 07:18 AM.

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    Seems like all the shops with decent live betting don't take U.S players.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikail View Post
    Seems like all the shops with decent live betting don't take U.S players.
    well you know who to blame for that!

    they say a country deserves the government they elect

    so what are you going to do about it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hareeba! View Post
    well you know who to blame for that!

    they say a country deserves the government they elect

    so what are you going to do about it?
    M-O-V-E Play LEGALLY at the mentioned shops. Except SBObet, I hear it doesn't matter where you reside (if US citizen) unless you have a 2nd passport.
    Last edited by trumpdown; 08-24-10 at 10:21 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gangeriver View Post
    sbobet,bet188,12bet , offsidebet (if you tail match stats, you can fins lots of pros line. only basketball+soccer), sportingbet.com (basketball+soccer) , bet365(baseball+basketball+soccer) betfair (only soccer+NBA. it is not good at other us sports)



    are you kidding me? it has disgusting lines like -125 / -165 nobody join to live market. I think americans don't interested.
    You don't see lines like this for NFL. NFL and major televised NCAAF have much higher liquidity than most Euro / Asian exchanges. Betfair is pretty poor overall for US markets. I agree MLB is poor Live on Matchbook along with NCAAB sans March Madness.

    Rule of thumb any major televised game for US markets Matchbook has better liquidity (although could definitely improve) You are correct in that it hasn't caught on like the rest of the world, but I believe it is slowly changing.

    For ie: just a couple years ago CR books like Bookmaker and 5Dimes didn't really have Live betting on commercial break. Now for major televised events they do. It is getting better, but not near the options you have outside US. Thus moving is a definite option for some......

    Quote Originally Posted by Hareeba! View Post
    they say a country deserves the government they elect
    Most all politicians are corrupt, but it is the corporate assassins and their cronies who rule this world not who or who isn't president.
    Last edited by trumpdown; 08-24-10 at 06:43 AM.

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    For Soccer or Horse Racing : BetFair
    For Any Others Sports : Bet365

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    Outside the US, definitely Bet 365 and Befair. Bet 365 have a lot more markets than Betfair but Betfair is great, good prices and the ability to lay to reduce your liability. I only wish there were more Americans on Betfair because there is not enough action on US sports.

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    Americans dont care about live betting, that is why must american oriented books dont have it.
    In Eurobooks it is a must have, is where they make more money, I dont remember any Eurobook that doesnt have at least 4 or 5 games a day.

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    If you can bet in SBOBET , than surely SBOBET.
    Try it.

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    interesting, I didn't realise Americans don't do much live betting. I agree bookmakers do make more money for live betting but that is because their margins are bigger in running and it give bad bettors more chaces to piss their money away, for the educated bettor though it offer more opportunities to make money and also allows you to cover your bets and lower your risk.

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    many european books have excellent live betting

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    Matchbook should be the best, but liquidity is rarely there.

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    Bodog.

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    Matchbook

    Matchbook is the best for U.S. sports.

    5 Dimes is okay.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Austin103 View Post
    Bodog.
    Agree. Often slow to update odds, so can get "bargains".

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    i like to use matchbook

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