Betfair

• The very best odds in the market
Betfair is the largest betting exchange in the world so of course you will find the best liquidity and biggest variety of bets here. The odds on the big International football leagues are just amazing. You won’t find better football odds than on Betfair – that’s for sure. The attractive odds is a result of Betfair having lots of customers who are willing to match and offer bets. On a betting exchange the liquidity is everything and Betfair certainly has managed to reach the critical mass for most of the bigger markets. Try out Betfairs odds – and you will be amazed.   

• A significant commission
Betfair is charging a significantly higher commission than their competitors. It’s only a few percentages but still – in the long run it can be a few bucks. But please don’t let that scare you away. First of all you won’t find as high odds on the other exchanges, secondly the commission isn’t that important if you are only betting for the fun of it. Betfair is better than the other exchanges in every aspect! Please take a look at our article about commission. Remember that if you are not a winning player you don’t have to consider the commission at all…

• Missing liquidity on  a few smaller markets
Despite the huge growth during the recent years you will still find a few markets where the liquidity isn’t that good. For instance if you want to bet on smaller sports like handball and badminton you often won’t find any decent odds on Betfair. Most of the very good markets are sort of “decided” by British betters and they have no interest in these non-British sports so the liquidity is not good. Maybe in a few years when the betting exchange concept has got a better footprint outside the UK we will see that change to the better.

If you are taking your betting just a bit seriously you have to try out Betfair. The odds are great, the live betting is a thrill, and the website is a pleasure. Maybe your way of betting is more suited for the way you bet on Betfair. Maybe you are better to pick losing teams than winning teams so “laying odds” (offering odds) could be much better for you? No matter what you have to try out the betting exchange concept because it’s so different from traditional betting and your chances of being a winning better have never been as good as when you are betting on Betfair.