The Internet and live telecasting of matches have made live betting immensely popular.

The main difference between live bets and normal bets is the punters can gauge the motivation factor of how the players will perform or the playing strategy – whether there will be three strikers or ‘a bus of defending players parked in front of their goalmouth’.

The greatest advantage in live betting is the punters have exactly the same information as the bookmakers as the matches are being played. There is also a chance for the punters to bet at better odds if the opening odds are too low. The punters can observe the development of the game and make decisions as the match unfolds. This gives the punters an opportunity to make a ‘U-turn’ and reverse a bet when the situation necessitates.

Live betting requires great discipline and patience. Emotion can run very high during a match and your decision can be just a click on the optical mouse. The following 7 golden winning rules must not be overlooked :

1. 100% CONCENTRATION

Live betting requires a cool and sober mind. You need to be focused and decisive while the match is in progress. A joke among punters is that it is not easy to do this on a regular basis if you are not single.

2. KEEP A COOL HEAD

Watching a match is an emotional roller coaster. How many times when :

* we are winning – we hope the referee will blow the final whistle fast

* we are losing – we hope the clock will tick slower

When the chips are down, guard against being swayed by emotion. Stay calm and assess the situation objectively.

3. IF YOU CANNOT BE DECISIVE, DON’T BET

You must be totally convinced about your decision. Don’t bet just for ‘interest sake’ or to relieve boredom.

4. UNDERSTAND THE BETS CLEARLY

Make sure you understand everything about the market you are betting on, especially special bets like total goals, number of corners, number of bookings. etc.

5. BET ON WHAT YOU KNOW

It is easier to determine whether there’s value at any point of the game if you are familiar with the teams, for example, whether the team’s tactic is to defend deep or has statistically won many corners due to its style of play, etc.

6. BE MINDFUL OF THE TIME OF YOUR BET

In live betting, the bet counts from THE TIME OF THE BET, for example, in the match between Arsenal and Birmingham. At 20 minutes, Arsenal was leading 1-0. You bet Arsenal to win at Asian Handicap -1/2 (Arsenal giving 1/2 goal to Birmingham). No further goal was scored and the match ended 1-0 in favour of Arsenal. Even though Arsenal won 1-0, your bet lost because you betted Arsenal to win @ AH -1/2 from 20 minutes of play till end of the game.

7. CUT LOSS WHEN NECESSARY

The typical mindset of most punters is to hang on till the last minute, hoping and praying that their team will not let them down.

Be decisive and cut your loss as soon as you realise the match is not flowing the way you have expected. Such decisiveness can save you bigger losses in the end.

CONCLUSION

In live betting, you must judge each situation on its own merits. Do not allow emotion to interfere with your judgement. This will only compel logic to fly out of the window, along with your cash.

By: Stanley O

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One of the best things about betting on football online is that you can compare football betting lines between different casinos. Even though betting lines are similar between football betting sites, there can be significant differences between the lines from one site to another. For example, the Over/Under for one site might be 42, while another might be 45.

Right there you’re looking at the difference of a field goal that may change where you place an Over/Under bet. Football betting lines will tell you two basic pieces of information: the Over/Under and the spread. The favored team is listed as a negative number: say -7. If the favored team wins by more than seven–and you bet on the favorite–than you’ll win the bet.

At a site listing football betting lines, you’ll find the line for every game playing Sunday, Monday, and Thursday, if applicable. A betting line site may also provide information on injuries and other information that could affect how bettors lay down their bets. With football betting lines, it pays to follow the game. There are a number of factors that affect a football bet that are out of your control.

For example, in poker, your own skill and the luck of the draw affect the outcome. With a game like roulette, it’s a game of probability–the same number is probably not going to hit twice in a row. With football, you have to rely on other people’s performances. Football betting lines are odds makers’ estimate about how each game will result. They want to bring in the highest number of bets–for both teams, not just the favorite–so the casino will not take a loss.

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African World Cup 2010 qualifiers include all the games played to determine the 32 finalists for the championship. FIFA World Cup will take place for the first time in the history in Africa, in 2010. Each nation on the continent dreams about this fiesta. However, what teams will qualify for Africa? The preliminary matches have begun on Saturday, 31 May, in Africa (Nigeria – South Africa can be watched live on Fifa.com) and the pressure is high with all the pickers on the continent: nobody wants to skip the historic event in 2010. Fifa.com wants to ask this question and of course, the answers will be numerous.

Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Egypt and Ghana, the four latest semi finalists of Euro 2008 are part of the favorites. An absence in South Africa would be for these teams a great disillusion. Morocco with Chamakh and Hadji, Mali with the three precious players Diarra, Keita and Kanoute, Guinea with Feindouno, Tunisia with Santos, Algeria with Ziani, Togo with Adebayon, Senegal with Sylva and Nigeria with Taiwo complete the list of serious candidates. The best arguments to convince are necessary as the debates are heated.

There are sites where you can express your opinions. You can express yourself taking into account fair play, respect, correction and common sense. You can express your arguments and discuss them with the other users. Fifa 2010 will be an exciting event for all the continents for sure, therefore a real source of excitement.
The first team will qualify for the World Cup, whereas the second one may play a barrage game. Qualifications start in September 2008 and finish in November 2009.

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