In Play betting can be good for the punter.

One of the big advantages of online gambling is that placing your bets is more or less instant and several online bookmakers have woken up to this fact and are now offering “In Play” betting opportunities. Unfortunately it is not available for horse racing (it would be really useful to see how a horse is running before placing a bet) but it is available for a number of sports including football, rugby, tennis and golf to name a few. So how can this be a benefit to punters? The answer lies in the way in which the odds change as the play progresses. For example the other day we had Manchester United playing Manchester City in the second leg of the cup game United were odds on to win before the game but with 5 minutes plus extra time to go and the scores level a draw seemed a good bet so the odds on a United win were much better. How many times have United scored goals in the last minutes of a match? Quite a few; had you managed to place your bet on a United win 5 minutes before normal time you would have got good odds. You don’t need to wait that long of course; some matches have heavily odds on favourites before the game but if at half time it is still level those odds change. How about when Andy Murray went one set down in his semi final match against Cilic at the Aussie open? Most thought that was the end of Murray but he went on to win. The odds of him winning when one set down were considerable better than before the game. It pays to keep your powder dry sometimes and see how the game develops. In Play betting is available at all our recommended sites but we particularly like Paddy Power, Bwin and Ladbrokes but 888 and Willian Hill both offer plenty of opportunities.