Football betting is a big deal worldwide, but more so in the United Kingdom. By the United Kingdom, I am referring to England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. Being home to arguably the best (and most recognized) football leagues in the world, the (EPL) English Premier League (and other smaller leagues) draws thousands of fans seeking to cash in on the seemingly lucrative world of football betting. The city of London alone is home to five EPL teams.
Football is undoubtedly England’s national sport. Governed by the Football Association (FA), the sport generated £468m in 2019 alone. Most of this was through merchandising/sponsorship, licensing, and broadcasting rights. Of that £468m, approximately £410m was invested into the game.
When it comes to sports betting, a lot of revenue is generated. This figure stood at £5.89b ($7.32b). Almost half of that is thanks to the game of football.
The vast majority of novice bettors choose to try their luck blindly, betting on their favourite teams to either win or score a couple of goals during the match. Just because you’re a fan of Manchester United, it doesn’t mean you should only bet for them to win. Statistics have proven this not to be the case all the time. Even favourites can lose matches. Statistics reveal that out of all bettors in the U.K., almost half of them bet on football (45%). The rest of them concentrate on tennis (the second most-popular sport for bettors) horse-racing, golf, cricket, and U.S. sports such as basketball and American football (NFL).
Football tipsters, as they are known in the U.K. generally offer a wide variety of bets. Examples include Over/Unders, TTO (total team over), TTU (total team under), handicaps, moneylines (ML), and many more. Betting generally involves looking at past performances of teams and predicting the outcomes of the matches. There’s also something known as accumulators, or accas. In the U.S they are known as parlays. A simple definition is a bet where multiple selections are combined into a wager and wins only when all selections are correct. Accumulator bets are very popular with football tipsters as they can offer the possibility of winning a much larger amount from one ticket. The reason for this is that accumulator bets combine multiple bets into one, multiplying the odds. One can end winning up to 200 times (for example) what they staked. The problem is that it’s extremely difficult to even win half of your bets with that. A number of football tipsters offer accumulator bets with 3 or 4 selections to increase the likelihood of emerging victorious with their bets.
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