BETDAQ is the second largest sports betting exchange in the world. BETDAQ is operated by Ladbrokes International plc. BETDAQ matches in excess of £75 million worth of bets around the world each week and they provide markets for a range of international sporting events at a starting rate of 5% commission.

Basic description

Betdaq’s core product is its Betting Exchange, enabling customers to bet against each other by either backing or laying outcomes at prices they determine. As all betting exchanges, this business model eliminates the financial risk borne by bookmakers, so odds are often better than those offered by traditional bookmakers. Betdaq earns a commission on the net profits of any individual customer on each market, regardless of the outcome of the event.

Sports, markets and odds

Betdaq covers a large number of sports (and other events), including American Football, Athletics, Australian Rules, Bandy, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Chess, Cricket, Cycling, Darts, Football, Gaelic football and hurling, Golf, Greyhound Racing, Handball, Horse Racing, Ice Hockey, Poker, Rowing, Rugby, Snooker, Pool, Swimming, Tennis, Winter Sports.

The number of leagues covered is very important. Almost any sports competition will be available to bet. Regarding markets, there’s still some room for improvement. Main markets are of course available but in general bettors can find more markets on Betfair than on Betdaq. As an example, at the moment we were writing this review, F1 only had one market available (Drivers Championship Winner), while Betfair had more than 5 regarding the championship, and 8 more on next race (still not shown on Betdaq). The same happens on many sports.

Usability

As on any exchange, Betdaq sets the events and markets and customers set the odds they want to back or lay.

When you want to place a bet and you find the odds you want (meaning other users are willing to accept the opposite bet at the price you want), you click on the desired odds, set the stake and if there is enough liquidity your bet will be matched. If there is not enough liquidity (there is not enough money to cover your winnings from opposite bettors) part of your bet can be matched and part can be left unmatched (your whole stake could be unmatched). Unmatched bets keep open until other bettors place new opposite bets that could match them. You can cancel your unmatched bets at any time, before they are matched. You can also chose to void them when the event starts, or leave the, running during the event.

Liquidity is still a problem on Betdaq. Even on major leagues and events (Spanish football, Premier league, and so on), liquidity is much less than Betfair. As an example, let’s consider the match between Athletico Madrid and Espanyol (it is now less than 10 hours before the match). Although odds are quite the same, liquidity is much lower on Betdaq, as you can see on the next image.

Cash Out

The cash out button introduced by Betfair to lock profits or limit losses is not present on Betdaq’s website. If you want to use this feature you have to rely on third party software or the Betdaq+ mobile application, available for iphones and android devices.

Other tools

Betdaq has also developed a Desktop application called Betdaq Trader. This application allows to perform more advanced tasks than on the web page. There are also some third party applications that provide different ways to place bets and more options, like cash out.

Fees and commissions

Betdaq charges a commission on your net winnings on a market. If you have a net loss on a market you do not pay commission. Commission is calculated by multiplying your net winnings by each user’s commission rate.

BETDAQ operates a layered commission structure; the more you bet, the lower your rate will be. The standard commission rate is 5%, but it can be reduced as low as 2%, depending on the points you have earned.

Discounts

BETDAQ commission bands start at 5% and go down on 0.1% steps as you earn points. One point is earned for each £25 won or lost across exchange markets. At the end of each week the points you have earned in the previous seven days will be multiplied by 1 minus your % discount in the week and that total will be added to 85% of your total from the previous week to give a figure that determines your rate for the next seven days.

You can check your current commission rate and your current Betdaq points at the “my account” link.

A summary of the commission rate table is:

Banking options

Betdaq accepts most commonly used credit and debit cards (Visa, Visa Electron, Visa Delta, MasterCard and other).
They also accept Neteller, Skrill, Paypal and Paysafecard, as well as bank transfers.

With the exception of credit cards and Paysafecard, Betdaq does not charge their clients for any deposits made to their accounts. All Neteller, PayPal and Skrill deposits are free. The maximum deposit limit on your account will vary depending on how long you have been a customer with them and whether you have successfully passed security checks.

Customer service

Betfdaq offers a help center where users can search for help, read answers to frequently asked questions and watch demo videos.

Customer support can be contacted by email helpdesk@betdaq.com, or by phone. You can also contact other areas depending on you specific problem (accounts@betdaq.com or events@betdaq.com).

No live chat is available.

Bonus

Bonus and free bets are sometimes offered by Betdaq. Customers receive offers by email for certain events or leagues.

Currently the following promotions are available:

• 30 Euro free bet or 50% commission back for new customers
• 0% commission on multiples
• Commission free for Saturday’s first match (English Premier League)

Summary

Betdaq is a betting exchange that allows to bet for (back) or against (lay) on a great number of sports, leagues, events and markets.

Betdaq’s liquidity is sometimes low and this is currently one of their main disadvantage over other options. This can result in slightly lower odds than other exchanges or bookmakers and the inability to place large bets. Of course this is not always the case and smart bettors can find value here.

Betdaq’s fees are 5% as a maximum, but can be reduced as far as 2%. There are no other fees. Users must always consider fees in their calculations.

Matchbook is a sports betting exchange who claims to have liquid markets and low commissions to offer all punters a competitive advantage over betting with a regular bookmaker or other betting exchange alternatives. Matchbook has been in operation since 2004 and primarily focuses on US sports. However, the company was acquired in 2011 by a group of investors with background in the UK sports wagering and banking sectors and their goal is to become a similarly significant player in the European and Asian betting markets.

Basic description

Matchbook’s Betting Exchange enables customers to bet against each other by either backing or laying outcomes at prices they determine. As all betting exchanges, this business model eliminates the financial risk borne by bookmakers, so odds are often better than those offered by traditional bookmakers. However, their earnings differ from traditional exchanges that only charge commissions on winning markets; Machbook charges a 1% commission on each bet you place, applied to the win amount on winning bets, or the lesser of the stake or potential win amount, for losing bets.

Sports, markets and odds

Matchbook still does not cover a lot of sports or markets. In fact, they focus on liquidity, one market and sport at a time and they ensure they have critical mass along with the best price and liquidity before adding any further markets. Currently, sports covered are: American Football (NFL AND NCAA), Australian Rules, Auto Racing (NASCAR and Formula 1), Baseball, Basketball (NBA, NCAA and International Games), Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts, Cricket, Cycling, Golf, Ice Hockey (NHL and KHL), Horse Racing, Rugby, Soccer (Football) and Tennis.

The number of leagues covered is also not high. At the time of our review only three Tennis competitions were available, while Betfair was offering 13 options. Basketball only has a few NBA propositions, while Betfair is offering more than 30 local competitions. Football matches from “Copa Sudamericana” were not offered (at least not live or the day before).

Regarding markets, usually just the basic match odds, Asian handicaps and over under are covered, with not so many variants to choose.

Usability

As on any exchange, Matchbooks sets the events and markets and customers set the odds they want to back or lay.

When you want to place a bet and you find the odds you want (meaning other users are willing to accept the opposite bet at the price you want), you click on the desired odds, set the stake and if there is enough liquidity your bet will be matched. If there is not enough liquidity (there is not enough money to cover your winnings from opposite bettors) part of your bet can be matched and part can be left unmatched (your whole stake could be unmatched). Unmatched bets keep open until other bettors place new opposite bets that could match them. You can cancel your unmatched bets at any time, before they are matched. Unmatched bets are voided when the event starts.

Matchbook does not always have much liquidity on football, tennis or many other sports. On very big football or tennis leagues odds and liquidity are good enough, but sometimes their odds a bit worse than on other sites when it comes to other football, tennis or other sports competitions. However, when it comes to US sports (NBA, NHL, MLB) Matchbook is a serious contender to any other exchange or bookmaker and has commonly the most liquid markets and the best odds. They are working on improving non-US sports.

Fees and commissions

Matchbook charges a 1% commission on all your bets. This commission rate will be applied to the win amount (profit) on winning bets. For losing bets, it will be applied to the lesser of the stake or potential profit/liability amount.

Examples:

You have backed Bayern Munich at 3.76 for a stake of €10.

Bayern Munich wins the match (You win your bet)

• You will pay €0.276 in commission – 1% on your profit of €27.60)

Barcelona wins the match (You lose your bet)

• You will pay €0.10 in commission – 1% of your €10 stake because this is the lesser of your stake (€10) and potential profit (€27.60)

This commission is not a good alternative for trading, as you will pay commission on every bet, and not on the market result. This situation also poses difficulties to arbers; many alert services or calculators don’t know how to make these calculations. However, having only a 1% commission makes it very good to find surebets. Currently Matchbook is offering odds at 4.5 and Betfair at 4.4 for the same market. And after applying 1% and 5%, odds turn to 4.465 and 4.23 so the advantage increases significantly.

Banking options

Matchbook accepts most commonly used credit and debit cards (Visa, Visa Electron, Visa Delta, MasterCard, Maestro, and other).

They also accept some electronic wallets and prepaid vouchers, including Neteller, Skrill, Instadebit and Paysafecard. These methods are free, except for Paysafecard which costs 2.5%.

In order to withdraw money, bank transfers are also allowed, with a minimum cost of $35. Other withdrawals are generally free, although they can charge if the deposit or withdrawal frequency is deemed too high.

Customer service

Customer service can be contacted by telephone (UK and Ireland) and by email. They also have Twitter (@TeamMatchBook), Facebook and Youtube accounts.

They offer live chat.

Bonus

Matchbook usually issues promotions. Right now a $ 25 free bet is awarded to new subscribers. Some markets have reduced commission, such as tennis live markets which are currently commission free until December 31, 2014, or 0.5% on soccer Asian handicaps.

Summary

Matchbook is a betting exchange that allows to bet for (back) or against (lay) on sports, covering the biggest leagues and events and most common markets.

Matchbook is a very strong exchange on US sports and liquidity and odds are usually high (compared to other betting exchanges) on these cases. However there’s still a lot of room for improvement on other sports and leagues.

Matchbook fees are quite low, considering only 1% is applied to your winnings. This is the lowest commission you can find anywhere. However, you must take into account that commission is also applied on losing bets.

Arbvestor.com is the latest online surebet alert service. With just over two months from launch, Arbvestor provides surebet alerts for pre-match events. They are still under development, and have plans to increase functionality in the short term.

Main features

Arbvestor displays surebets for future events, collecting odds from 24 bookmakers and exchanges. The service brings arbs for football, basketball and ice hockey and several markets in a clean design. Markets include 1X2, money line, handicaps, totals and some cross markets arbs.

Regarding periods, they cover fulltime (with and without overtime), halves on football, quarters on basketball, and periods on hockey.

The service still needs work to be a strong contender to other alert services. Currently the list of sports, markets and filters available are not what experienced arbers may need.

Special features

After you log in, you see the main view with a list of surebets, sorted by percentage. This list can also be sorted by kick off time. The arbitrage list displays each arb on a row with almost all relevant information clearly organised inside. Each arb shows the sport, arb percentage, league and teams, time until kick off, and legs (market outcomes and bookmakers involved). Next to the arb percentage you can see an arrow up or down only after a recent change.

By clicking on the arb, the detailed arbitrage view is displayed. This detailed view includes bookmakers, markets, outcomes and odds involved on each leg, and also offers a list of other options (other bookmakers with lower odds that could also create arbitrage opportunities). On the detailed arb view you can go back to the arb list or you can open the arbitrage calculator and navigate to each bookmaker – if the Betfinder extension is installed.

Betfinder not only navigates to the bets of an arb, it also logs you into the bookie’s website. For that to work, you need to put the credentials for each bookie that you have an account with into the preferences. After clicking the “Go” button the Betfinder open new tabs on the web browser and find bets on each bookmaker. After setting the stakes to bet, just hit the “set amount” button and the values will be transferred to the bookie page betslip.

Arbvestor offers a basic bookkeeper application to record your bets and other transactions across your bookmaker accounts. You can record each bet from Arbvestor’s calculator.

Filters

Arbvestor provides a left vertical pane with its main options, which include filters. The filter section allows users to set some conditions to select arbitrage opportunities. These conditions include:

• the arbitrage minimum and maximum percentage (from -0.1 to 14.9 or unlimited)
• the minimum and maximum kick off time (from now to 2 months or unlimited)
• the sport (right now only one sport or all sports can be selected)
• the bookies (right now only one bookie or all bookies can be selected)

There is also a checkbox where you can choose to display only arbs within your bookies, as set on your preferences.

Customisation

Users can set general settings, including:

• share settings between computers and devices
• toggle arb notifications
• arb percentage threshold
• main currency
• time zone

Finally, users can set their bookmaker accounts from the list of bookies managed by Arbvestor. For each bookie, users can set the username and password (to enable autologin), the commission type and percentage, a custom URL and the currency. Currencies can be selected from a list which only displays each bookmaker’s allowed currencies; however it seems some currencies are missing (such as USD for bwin or bet365)

Calculator

Every surebet can be calculated on the built in calculator. Users must specify the total stake or the stake for one of the bet legs (outcomes) and the calculator will calculate other stakes, the arbitrage percentage, return on each bet and profit (or loss).
The calculator does not allow users to change the odds. It supports commissions (as set on your preferences) and rounding (but rounding is managed by Arbvestor and cannot be configured).

Support

Customer support can be contacted using an embedded message form on the application site. There is also a basic user manual on their site, as well as a FAQ page.

Arbvestor participates in Arbusers forum where they post information and answer users questions. In this forum they have a specific board with 4 threads at the time of our review.

They have a facebook and Google+ page.

Subscriptions plans

Arbvestor can be used for free and it displays arbs below 0.6%. There are several paid subscription plans:

• 1 day: 12 EUR
• 1 week: 19 EUR
• 1 month: 119 EUR
• 3 months: 90 EUR per month (269 EUR)
• 6 months: 77 EUR per month (459 EUR)
• 1 year: 59 EUR per month (699 EUR)

All plans include the same features. Payments can be done by Skrill or bank transfer.

Supported bookmakers (as of November 2, 2014)

Currently Arbvestor supports 24 bookmakers, but they promise more coming soon. The list is:

12BET
188BET
24HPOKER
BET365
BET-AT-HOME
BETDAQ
BETFAIR
BETVICTOR
BWIN
CORAL
INTERTOPS
INTERWETTEN
JETBULL
MARATHONBET
PAF
PINNACLE
SBOBET
SMARKETS
STANJAMES
TIPICO
TITANBET
UNIBET
WILLIAMHILL
YOUWIN

Smarkets is a betting exchange that offers a secure and transparent platform for trading on sporting, political and current affairs events. The company was founded in 2008 by a team of finance and software engineering professionals and is backed by a consortium of private investors. As an exchange, Smarkets facilitates peer-to-peer betting where users set their own odds and bet against each other not only before an event starts but right up until the end of any event.

Basic description

Smarkets is a betting website that allows users to place bets against other users. They facilitate person-to-person betting where odds are decided by users, not by a bookmaker. They offer markets in all major sporting events as well as current affairs and politics.

Sports, markets and odds

Smarkets covers a large number of sports (and other events), including Football, Horse Racing, Golf, Cricket, Tennis, Basketball, Rugby Union and Rugby League, Baseball, American Football, Motorsports, Handball, Volleyball and Ice Hockey.

The number of leagues covered is very important. Most sports competition will be available to bet. Regarding markets, there’s still some room for improvement. Main markets are of course available but in general bettors can find more markets on Betfair than on Smarkets. As an example, at the moment we were writing this review, Manchester City vs Swansea city offered 17 markets, while Betfair had more than 71. The same happens on many sports. Anyway the number of markets is decent.

Usability

As on any exchange, Smarkets sets the events and markets and customers set the odds they want to back or lay.
When you want to place a bet and you find the odds you want (meaning other users are willing to accept the opposite bet at the price you want), you click on the desired odds, set the stake and if there is enough liquidity your bet will be matched. If there is not enough liquidity (there is not enough money to cover your winnings from opposite bettors) part of your bet can be matched and part can be left unmatched (your whole stake could be unmatched). Unmatched bets keep open until other bettors place new opposite bets that could match them. You can cancel your unmatched bets at any time, before they are matched.

Although on major leagues and events (Spanish football, Premier league, and so on), liquidity is not a problem, minor events usually have very low liquidity. Considering Uruguay Open Men’s Singles Quarter-finals (Tennis challenger) that will take place in less than 10 hours (at the time of this review), all four matches have no odds available. The same happens with Davis Cup World Group final (Monfils vs Wawrinka)

The web site design is nice and clean and it’s really easy to find events and place your bets.

Cash Out

The cash out button introduced by Betfair to lock profits or limit losses is not present on Smarkets website.

Fees and commissions

With Smarkets users only pay fees when they win a bet. They take a flat 2% commission from users’ net winnings on each market. Users can place as many bets as they like in a market and they will only be charged on the net winnings of those bets; not for each bet they placed.

This is a really low fee compared to other Exchanges. Only Matchbook offers a lower commission, but it is applied also on losing bets.

There are no other fees or commissions regarding betting.

Banking options

Smarkets accepts most commonly used credit and debit cards (Visa, Visa Debit, MasterCard and Maestro).

They also accept Neteller, Skrill, as well as bank transfers.

Deposits are free except for credit cards that charge 2.5%. Withdrawals are free.

Customer service

Smarkets offers live chat at the top of all pages. Users can use it to get a quick response to any of their questions when they are online.

There are other alternate contact method. You can contact them by email (support@smarkets.com), by telephone (+44 207 617 7413) and by post.

There is also a FAQ page on the site.

Bonus

Bonus and free bets are sometimes offered by Smarkets. However these offers are in general very limited. Currently Smarkets is offering a welcome bonus for new subscribers. The bonus is just EUR/GBP 10 or USD 20 (it’s also available on other currencies) when you deposit twice this amount.

Summary

Smarkets is a betting exchange that allows to bet for (back) or against (lay) on a great number of sports, leagues, events and markets.

Smarkets liquidity is sometimes low and this is currently one of their main disadvantage over other options. This can result in slightly lower odds than other exchanges or bookmakers and the inability to place large bets. Of course this is not always the case and smart bettors can find value here.

Smarkets fees are 2% flat and there are no other fees. This is really its main advantage over other exchanges.

OddsPortal is a web site with a bunch of tools for amateur and professional bettors. It’s one of the most visited sites on the world wild web – Alexa ranking around 10,000 – and provides odds comparison, bookmakers information, users’ predictions, sure bets, value bets, in-play odds, dropping odds, blocked odds, best handicaps, moving margins, live scores, past results and standings.

Main features

OddsPortal is a great tool for every bettor who wants to take advantage of all available information about betting on a single site. Most tools are provided for free. The number of sports covered depends on the tool you chose, but can include any of the following:

• SOCCER
• BASKETBALL
• HOCKEY
• HANDBALL
• BASEBALL
• AMERICAN FOOTBALL
• RUGBY UNION
• RUGBY LEAGUE
• VOLLEYBALL
• FLOORBALL
• BANDY
• FUTSAL
• CRICKET
• SNOOKER
• DARTS
• BOXING
• BEACH VOLLEYBALL
• BEACH SOCCER

Odds comparison

The odds comparison tool shows best odds for each outcome in a market from a lot of sports. You just need to choose the sport, and the site displays events and best odds for the main market.

You can then select a particular event and you will be able to compare any market. If you hover the mouse over any odds, you can see the odds history for this particular outcome.

Dropping Odds

The dropping odds feature is a great tool to get valuable information to place your bets. Follow Dropping Odds and make use of the latest betting market trends. The “Drop” column in the dropping odds table indicates percentage of odds decrease, calculated as an average from all odds that were decreased compared to their starting value. The box with a yellow background serves to label starting and current values of odds that were amended since their release. Use dropping odds to your advantage – simply bet with bookmaker who hasn’t caught up with the latest market trends.

You can filter which situations you want to be displayed, selecting the sport or using a time range filter (last hour, last 12 hours, last 24 hours), the number of bookmakers where odds have dropped (from 10% to 50%) and the market.

Blocked Odds

The Blocked Odds feature is very similar to the dropping odds, but it shows events where some odds are not available to bet anymore. You can check the number of blocked bookies and investigate the last active odds. You can use blocked odds to your advantage by betting with bookmakers who haven’t caught the latest market trends.

You can filter which situations you want to be displayed, selecting the sport or using a time range filter (next 12 hours, 1, 2 or 3 days) and the number of bookmakers where odds have dropped (from 25% 50%, 75% or 100%).

Best handicaps

Make the most of handicap betting with Best Handicaps tool. It offers comparison between usual handicap and an actual live handicap. As soon as a usual handicap differs from its expected standard zone Best Handicaps tool examines it and displays particular handicap under the Handicap Tab. Both best handicaps and selections addressed are highlighted in bold for better identification with suggested bookmaker listed to the right. Using Best Handicaps tool helps monitoring divergent margins across all bookmakers.

Moving Margins

Use Moving Margins to monitor handicap margin movements. All handicap margins are in the usual range throughout the market. The moment margins diverge out of their usual zone, the tool displays changes in the Moving Margins table. For enhanced identification Moving Margins are highlighted in bold to make all movements evident. Check Moving Margins to take advantage of better odds at better margins to your benefit. You can filter by sport.

Value Bets

Value bets provide tips on matches that you can bet on with mathematical advantage. Value bets are calculated from bookmaker’s market difference in comparison to its competing companies. This type of betting should lead to long-term profits. The “Odds” column indicates biggest betting odds available, while “Value” calculates mathematical profit you can take advantage of. The “Prob.” column explains the likelihood of winning the bet.

You can filter by sport, value (greater than 1.2, greater than 1.4, or all) and odds range (1.01 to 10, 10.01 to 20, greater than 20 or all)

Sure bets

Most Surebet Monitor visitors know what surebets are. Make certain profit from sports with surebets, (arbitrage bets), by placing one bet per each outcome with different bookmakers of a particular event.

This Surebet tool is quite limited. It only shows 10 surebets and no filters can be applied. They only list surebets for the next 7 days.

Other features

If you like to follow tipsters, OddsPortal offers a Community section, where you can follow other users and see their predictions. You can select top users by number of predictions, ROI, and sports. You can also find popular users (number of followers), active users (active predictions) or users by country.

OddsPortal offers other features quite common on other sites, such as live scores, past results and standings. These tools are a good complement to have all information on a single site, although they are not useful regarding betting.

BetExplorer lets visitors browse through statistics for football, hockey, basketball, handball, volleyball and baseball. Once you finish selecting your bets, you can find the best odds thanks to odds comparison feature which processes betting odds from 50+ bookmakers. You can either find the best odds for one single bet or for multi bets.

Main features

At BetExplorer users can

• Find sports tables, stats, results and fixtures for at least 10 seasons back
• Compare betting odds from 50+ bookmakers
• Create coupons selecting many bets, helping you find the highest odds for multiples
• Personalize your list of bookmakers, or easily switch between several bookmakers groups (online, Italian bookies only etc.)
• Find out what other users recommend
• Follow soccer live scores and get alerts for selected events

BetExplorer has information about Football, Basketball, Hockey, Handball, Volleyball and Baseball.

The site is easy to navigate. A top menu allows users to select the sport, while a left menu bar help us chose the function (results, next matches, odds filter, odds movements, my selection, hot favorites, streaks, live scores)

Results and Next matches

These sections show the results of recent matches and the schedule for next matches, for the selected sport. Results firstly displays results from yesterday matches and Next matches firstly shows today matches. However, users can change the date and see older matches, today matches and future matches. In fact, these sections provide past results, live scores, schedules and odds (for future events) on the same page.

In the next picture you can see Alaska Aces won the match against Utah Grizzlies 4-3 at extra time, Kalter and Vipiteno are still 0-0 10 minutes after the game started and Oshawa Generals will play against North Bay Battalion later this day.

You can notice that this page also provides the odds for each live and future events for one market. It shows the best odds for each outcome in the main market for the selected sport.

You can then select a particular event and you will be able to compare odds on many markets.

Odds comparison

After selecting an event, you will be able to compare odds on any market. The site will display odds from lots of bookmakers for the main market, but users can browse any other market (Over/Under, Asian Handicap, Draw no bet, double chance, etc.). If you click the mouse over any odds, you can see the odds history for this particular outcome.

Users can add any outcome on any market to “My Selections” (up to three)

Odds filter

The odds filter feature allows users to select a list of events (for the selected sport or for all sports) where bookmakers offer odds between two specific minimum and maximum values. Minimum value can be chosen from 1.00 to 5.00 (in 0.05 steps) and maximum value can range from 1.05 up to 5 (in 0.05 steps) or 999. Events can be shown for the next 2, 4, 7 or 14 days.

Users cannot chose the market. The markets offered are: 1X2 for football, hockey and handball, and home/away for basketball, volleyball and baseball.

Next image shows odds between 1.30 and 1.35 on any sport for the next two days.

Odds movements

The odds movements feature is a great tool to get valuable information to place your bets. This page shows Dropping Odds and displays the latest betting market trends. The “Drop” column in the dropping odds table indicates percentage of odds decrease. The box highlighted shows current value for the dropping odds and when user hovers over it, the page shows the initial odds value.

You can filter which situations you want to be displayed, selecting the sport or using a time range filter (last 2 hours, last 12 hours, last 24 hours, last 48 hours or unlimited), the date of the events (today, today and tomorrow, next 7 days or anytime) and the number of bookmakers where odds have dropped (from 30% to 70%). During our review the “unlimited” time range filter did not work.

Hot favorites

Find out what other users are betting on. “Hot favorites” feature gives you suggestions on popular bets from BetExplorer visitors, based on their use of BetExplorer.com website. It shows a list of events, and the number of clicks on certain odds, highlighting the ones with most clicks.

Streaks

Streaks is an interesting feature where teams with streaks (wins, draws, losses, etc) are shown, including the number of matches in the streak and the next matches.

There are many filters that can be used to take advantage of this feature, including:

• Wins
• Draws
• Losses
• No wins
• No draws
• No losses
• Best/Worst teams (best and worst Points/Games ratio)
• Best/Worst offense (Goals/Games ratio)
• Best/Worst defense (Goals received/Games ratio)
• O/U 2.5 streaks (teams with over 2.5 or under 2.5 streaks on their previous matches)
• Best/Worst O/U 2.5 teams (Over/Under 2.5 matches/Games ratio)

Some streaks depend on the selected sport. If hockey is selected, the O/U streak changes to O/U 5.5, and some markets disappear (such as draws on basketball)

Other features

BetExplorer offers other features quite common on other sites, such as live scores, past results and standings. These tools are a good complement to have all information on a single site, although they are not useful regarding betting.

We want to share with you our recent interview with Mr. Stanley Ng, Asianconnect’s General Manager. After the interview we include a review of Asianconnect’s brokerage services.

Asianconnect interview

SBM: Hello Mr. Stanley Ng. Thank you very much for you time. What can you tell us about Asianconnect history?

AC: As, no doubt, you are aware that Asianconnect has been operating since 2006, providing bet brokerage services to customers around the world and we’re confident of having established our name as a reliable broker, equipping all customers- old and new – full suite of solutions for their sports betting needs.

 
SBM: How would you describe Asianconnect services?

AC: Asianconnect provides its customers with many services to make betting an easier and more enjoyable experience: multiple sportsbook accounts, skype betting, AsianOdds tool just to mention. Our services can be described as:
EASY – we are proud bet brokers who always continue to find ways to make your betting experience easy. We aim to provide a one-stop shop for all of your betting needs, whether that be placing a bet or picking up your winnings.
FAST – we process withdrawals within five minutes of them being requested. Several payment gateways are always available for you.
RELIABLE – Our gaming license is legally authorized by the Government of Netherlands Antilles.

 
SBM: Can anyone subscribe to your service? Are there any restrictions?

AC: We do accept customers all over the world as we are not a bookmaker. We require a minimum turnover of 1 time of your deposit. We have no other restrictions.

 
SBM: What bookmakers and/or exchanges are included in your service? What currencies are allowed?

AC: We provide the best bookies in the Asian market such as SBObet, IBCbet, Pinnacle Sports, Eastern Dynasty, betISN and Singbet. All these are available in EUR and GBP currency. Our sports betting exchange is Matchbook which is available only in EUR currency.
We also offer Horse racing and casino products.

 
SBM: Do you have any plans to add more bookmakers and/or exchanges?

AC: We are constantly sourcing for reliable bookmakers to add on our profile.

 
SBM: Are the accounts at bookmakers anonymous? What information does the bookmaker know about each customer? Do users have user ids and passwords for each bookmaker?

AC: Yes, all accounts are set-up anonymously and all of our customer’s information are fully confidential. We will never pass on the information to third parties. Each user will have Username and passwords depending on their requested bookies. You can request an account for each book.

 
SBM: Why is it better to bet though Asianconnect than betting without using your services? What specific advantages do your customers have?

AC: Each of our services fits with each punter. Skype betting is an advantage for large stake bettors, we can help you maximize the odds when the book limits are low. If you want to bet on your own, you have the edge in comparing odds and transferring funds easily with our Multiple Sportsbook accounts.
We have recently launched Asianodds, the most powerful one platform betting tool available in the market.

 
SBM: How do bettors deposit/withdraw money?

AC: You may deposit or withdraw anytime using Moneybookers, Bank wire and Bitcoin.
For Moneybookers, we are giving one (1) free deposit upon registration. Succeeding transactions shall be charged accordingly:

• 3.2% shall be charged for deposit transactions;
• 1% shall be charged for withdrawal transactions;

No fee shall be charged for Bank wire and Bitcoin deposit and withdrawal transactions.

 
SBM: What happened to Neteller? Are you planning to work with them again?

AC: We are currently in contact with Neteller to fix everything.

 
SBM: Can users transfer money between their book accounts for free? Can you describe the process, speed and limits?

AC: Yes, we called that Book to Book Transfer of Credit. You only need to send a request via Skype or e-mail and it will be processed in less than five (5) minutes. This kind of service is FREE OF CHARGE.

 
SBM: How do bettors place bets? Do they bet on each bookmaker website?

AC: We will give you your preferred books credentials and will be able to place bets by yourself. Or you can use the Skype betting service.

 
SBM: What is the price for the service?

AC: Our brokerage service is completely free.

 
SBM: What is AsianOdds? Can you describe in detail how it works? How much does it cost?

AC: AsianOdds is the most comprehensive and functional betting tool available in the market. It compiles real-time odds of major Asian Sportsbooks. It assists members to stake their bets in the shortest possible time and achieving the best odds for their bets. With AsianOdds, you will no longer have to scroll various pages for the best odds, nor have to rely in any other odds checking websites. This most powerful tool is FREE OF CHARGE.

 
SBM: What is the Agency System?

AC: Asianconnect offers the Asian Agency System in which we can provide you an Agent account with the bookies we offer. It allows you to manage the accounts of the customers you send to us, all your referred customers will be in one Agent Account (depending on the Agent Account book you will get).

 
SBM: Are you offering any promotion at the moment?

AC: None, as of this moment. Everyone will surely be inform if there will be soon.

 
SBM: Thank you again Mr. Stanley Ng.

AC: You are welcome. I hope your readers will have the opportunity to try our services and find by themselves everything I’ve just told you. They won’t be disappointed.

Asianconnect services description

Asianconnect’s goal is simple: To make betting easy for its subscribers. Sports betting is meant to be fun, enjoyable and profitable. So Asianconnect have taken all the problems away.

Asianconnect provides its customers with many services, including multiple sportsbook accounts, Skype betting, AsianOdds tool, Agency system, transferring money between accounts, and other.

Multiple Sportsbook accounts

Asianconnect are betting brokers serving the Asian market. The company offers an insight into how online bookmakers operate and the way in which smart punters place their bets. They guarantee safe and secure betting.

One of the main benefits of doing business with Asianconnect is that they offer multiple sportsbook accounts, the reason being that punters can compare odds and go for the best price. Their bookmaking partners have been handpicked to meet all your needs. In a market with so many operators and relative ease of entry, a good reputation is vital for punters. Asianconnect now works with the following online bookmakers:

SBObet

SBOBet is an online bookmaker that has operations and licenses in both Asia and Europe.

IBCbet

IBCBet is one of the leading online sports betting platforms. It is one of the largest firms providing sports betting games.

Pinnacle Sports

Pinnacle Sports operates as a unique, low margin, high-volume bookmaker. It offers the highest betting limits.

Eastern Dynasty

Eastern Dynasty offers its customers value and has the ability to make high-stake bets fast and efficiently.

betISN

BetISN is one of the best private bookies. Competitive odds and thousands of games every month for members to choose from.

Singbet

SingBet is one of the biggest private bookies offering a huge number of games from Asia and other parts of the world. Offers good odds and high limits.

Matchbook

Matchbook is a sports betting exchange, driven by cutting-edge technology and a focus on offering value to its customers.

They also work with Citibet for horse betting.

Skype Betting

Enjoy 100% anonymity betting, higher stakes & best odds in the market for your bets. Imagine never missing out on a bet again and getting the best odds for all your bets. This is Skype betting.

Asianconnect is offering a simple solution for all your betting needs. If you have Skype or a phone, you can reach their customer service representatives who are online 24/7. They offer the highest odds for your bets of up to 500,000 euros. But there’s a whole lot more to this service. With skype betting you can:

• Stake 20X the limit
• Get the best odds for all your bets
• Place your bets anytime, anywhere
• Get paid in five minutes

Asianconnect has a dedicated team which is on hand to cater to your betting needs. As long as there are Asian sportsbook odds, you can count Asianconnect to deliver.

The service is totally free of charge and is available to all customers with a minimum bet of 300 euros.

AsianOdds

Since its launch in 2006, Asianconnect have looked at a host of ways of making life easier and more profitable for punters. They’ve introduced Skype betting, while one of their more recent developments has been the introduction of AsianOdds. AsianOdds is a powerful tool where real-time odds from Asian companies are compared and displayed to enable fast betting. These are among the key features:

• Fast and accurate odds on betting from Asian bookies
• Real-time odds from top six Asian sportsbooks
• Displays best sports betting odds at all times
• Fully customizable games on screen
• One click login for all accounts

Here is a product where the best odds available at any time are shown in a specific column. This makes it is much easier to identify the best odds, and can make the difference between you getting 3.5 or having to settle for 3.0. It’s all about giving you an edge. The kind of edge which bookmakers have had for years.

AsianOdds shows real time odds from all bookmakers covered by AsianConnect. Users can see the best odds available at each bookmaker and place a bet with a single click. No need to search and compare.

It also displays the maximum stake accepted by each bookmaker which allows users to place bets larger than the maximum stake accepted by your bookmaker, simply by splitting this bet on a number of bookmakers.

Matchbook is not covered by AsianOdds.

Deposits and withdrawals

Asianconnect offers several methods of making deposits and withdrawals. Currently Asianconnect allows its customers to make transactions using Bitcoin, Bank Wire and Skrill. Neteller is no longer a valid option, but they are in contact with them to fix this issue.

Bitcoin transactions are immediate and free. Skrill transactions are immediate and the following fees apply: 3.2% deposit; 1% withdrawal. Bankwire transactions are free, but they take from 1 to 3 working days.

Agency System

Users can now have the chance to invest in an Asian agency system. Asianconnect offers the Asian Agency System in which they can provide you an Agent account with the bookies they offer. It allows users to manage the accounts of the customers they send to Asianconnect. All customers referred by the users will be in one Agent Account (depending on the Agent Account book the user gets).

The Agency system consists of three agent types:

SUPER MASTER AGENT

• Can deal with Asian Bookmakers directly
• Can create Master Agent Accounts
• Makes risk deposits
• Can pass risk to other Master Agents or Agents under him

MASTER AGENT

• Can create Agent accounts
• Can assume risk deposits

AGENT

• Can create player accounts

Horse Racing

Stake on your favourite racing events with a wide range of offers, and high payouts.

Citibet, a horse racing betting exchange is one of the products that Asianconnect puts at your disposal. A wide range of betting types and events throughout the world are offered on Citibet’s platform. As a betting exchange, customers have the option to bet against other players. AsianOdds is able to provide a trial account for you to test the platform.

Online Casino

The magic and glamour of the casino in your own home – only without the distractions. Enjoy IBCBET’s popular online casino games such as roulette, baccarat, slots and blackjack. These games are easy to play and lend themselves to betting online. Make SBOBET another exciting option if you’re looking for a regular choice or a live casino.

We want to share with you our recent interview with Mr. Adam Woods, PremiumTradings Manager. After the interview we include a review of PremiumTradings’ brokerage services.

PremiumTradings interview

SBM: What can you tell us about PremiumTradings history?

PT: PremiumTradings is a unique betting brokerage, established in 2011 by some of the pioneers of the online sports betting industry. Our goal was to create a place where not only betting syndicates but also private punters will be able to open high limit accounts and enjoy the best odds available on the market. Having accumulated many years of successful experience in soccer betting while specializing in Asian Handicap, we managed to establish a one-of-a-kind service which helps our growing community of satisfied customers to surpass their standard betting limits.

 
SBM: I’ve seen in your site that you are offering several services, such as PremiumAccounts, PremiumAgent, PremiumPool. How would you describe these services?

PT: During the years we have developed different betting solutions and unique services tailored the needs of the punters. Nowadays, our customers can take advantage of the following:
PremiumAccounts – designed to provide customers with betting accounts with all the best bookmakers around, some are impossible to access without an agent. All customers enjoy great odds and safe accounts where winning won’t prompt bookmakers to block or limit them.
PremiumAgent - gives you the opportunity to become an agent for a certain bookie. Customers can benefit from having friends who are keen on betting and earn generous commissions for all the players they bring in.
PremiumPool - The perfect solution for private individuals or investment companies, raising funds from members. All pool funds and member reports are handled by us, which makes achieving a good ROI ratio for the pool members extremely easy.

 
SBM: Can anyone subscribe to your services? Are there any restrictions? (such as countries, minimum turnover, etc).

PT: Yes, indeed! The service is available to everyone. Nevertheless, due to regulatory issues, we do not accept customers residing in the U.S.
In order to maintain the best service level for our customers, we aim the service only for those who are able to deposit a minimum of 500 euro. Yet, we do not enforce any turnover restrictions before withdrawals.

 
SBM: What bookmakers and/or exchanges are included in your service? What currencies are allowed?

PT: We can currently offer accounts with IBCbet, SBObet, Pinnacle, betISN, EasternDinasty, 1bet, 18bet and Singbet. In addition, we offer accounts with the following exchanges: Betfair (4% fees only!), Matchbook, BetDaq (2% fees!) and Foobet.
Cashing in and out is possible with all local currencies, throughout the world.
Some bookmaker accounts are available only with certain currencies. Please contact our support for additional details.

 
SBM: Do you have any plans to add more bookmakers and/or exchanges?

PT: At PremiumTradings we are constantly striving to expand our portfolio of bookmakers and exchanges! Whenever we have a new cooperation with a bookie, all our members are informed immediately.

 
SBM: Are the accounts at bookmakers anonymous? What information does the bookmaker know about each customer? Do users have user ids and passwords for each bookmaker?

PT: All accounts are under our company’s name, thus ensuring that no personal client information is exposed to bookmakers or any other third parties. All customers receive a unique ID and password in order to access their accounts and all abovementioned services.
For customers who do not wish to disclose their IP address, we provide a minimum-cost VPN service.

 
SBM: Why is it better to bet though PremiumTradings than betting without using your services? What specific advantages do your customers have? (such as better odds, higher limits, no voided bets)

PT: There are great advantages of using the PremiumTradings services:

• Getting access to bookies which require an agent
• Anonymous betting
• Using betting accounts without the usual hassles from bookies such as documents, turnover requirements, account limitation, etc.
• Beating the market limits with a unique Skype betting service for high stake punters
• Enjoying VIP service for all accounts under one roof
• Withdrawals are swiftly executed with no delayed or revoked payments, while the whole process is completely transparent and backed with financial reports and statements.

 
SBM: How do bettors deposit/withdraw money?

PT: All customers receive credentials for our website private area, where they can upload funds automatically, just like if it was a regular bookie. We accept deposit through Skrill, Neteller, TrustPay, Sofort (By Skrill), Bitcoins, EcoPayz and through bank wire transfers.
Withdrawal requests are submitted through our site or by mail, and are executed within minutes to hours!
We also support free transfers between accounts or between friends!

 
SBM: Can users transfer money between their book accounts for free? Can you describe the process, speed and limits?

PT: Transferring funds between your accounts is totally free. All that is required is that the customers submit a transfer form on our website, stating the accounts to transfer from/to and the desired amount. There are no limits, restrictions or limitation on the number of transactions a person can perform.
All transfers are executed within minutes to hours!

 
SBM: How do bettors place bets? Do they bet on each bookmaker website?

PT: Yes, they do. Members receive credentials for the bookies or exchanges of their personal choice, where they can place their bets by themselves.
If you choose to use our Skype betting service, there is no need for you to login anywhere, and our traders will hit the market limits for you!

 
SBM: What is the price for the service?

PT: Our service is totally free except for some small deposit fees we imply in order to cover our payment supplier costs:
First ever deposit is free of charge. All other deposits are charged according to the deposit amount:

• Up to €/£/$ 2000 - 3%
• €/£/$ 2,001 up to €/£/$ 10,000 – 2%
• €/£/$ 10,001 and up – better contact us first!

EcoPayz deposits are charged differently, depending on your jurisdiction.

Bitcoins and bank transfers are free of charge!
All our members enjoy one free withdrawal per calendar month, with no applicable amount limitations. A fee of 1% will be applied on all further withdrawals in said timeframe.

 
SBM:  What is Goal? Can you describe in detail how it works? How much does it cost?

PT: The Goal service is a unique tool allowing our members to get all market odds for pre- game and live games in one place, without the slightest delay.
Not only that, the maximum bet available in each of the bookies is displayed, making it easier for our members to understand how much they can collect.
And the best thing is that there is no longer any need to login separately for each of the bookies in order to place a bet – set the maximum spread you are willing to take and let our tool do the rest of the job: it will find where the best odds are and will place the bet for you!
The future of betting is already here – a personal broker which displays odds, searches for the best offer and places the bets for you with a single click!
The tool costs 0.15% of your turnover but discounts are available for high volume players!

 
SBM: Is there anything else you would like to highlight about PremiumTradings?

PT: We also run a couple of additional projects such as our tipsters project (where expert tipsters can give their tips and get rewarded for that) and the “Be our partner” project (place some bets for us and we will reward you with commissions or share percentages).
Nevertheless, if you have any additional ideas for cooperation – we will be more than happy to hear them!

PremiumTradings’ services description

PremiumTradings is a betting brokerage whose goal is to allow not only betting syndicates but also private punters to open high limit accounts and enjoy the best odds available on the market. They offer the following services:

Premium accounts

PremiumAccounts service enables you to easily set up a single account or multiple accounts with each and every one of the best bookies on the Asian market. High volume punters as well as light-duty punters will enjoy extra high limits per match, best odds, and a huge variety of sport events including early markets and live betting.

All accounts are discrete and your personal details, including your place of origin or nationality, are not disclosed to any bookie.

You get to manage all of your accounts under one roof. You can get detailed reports for your total balance with all bookies, comprehensive financial statements, and free funds transfers between bookies within minutes.

PremiumTradings works with the following online bookmakers:

IBCbet

SBObet

Pinnacle

betISN

EasternDinasty

Singbet

1bet

18bet

In addition, they offer accounts with the following exchanges:

Betfair (4% fees only!)

Matchbook

BetDaq (2% fees!)

Foobet

Premium brokerage (Skype Betting)

PremiumTradings has developed a friendly, intuitive, and dedicated Skype service, aimed at helping you place all your bets without the bothersome need to log into any account whatsoever. Their traders do not care if you are constantly winning, or if you are challenging them with 100,000€ bets. You can contact them online 24/7 to accommodate amounts that are sometimes 10 and 20 times the market limits with minimal or no effect on odds.

Goal

Goal is an amazing tool as it allows you to check market odds for all available events while logging into a single account. Whether it is pre-match or live betting and no matter which sport you like, Goal will display all available and updated odds. In order to make it even easier and more convenient for you, Goal will provide you with market averages in a straightforward manner and according to your preferences.

Goal also gives you the ability to place your bet with all available bookies in a single click. Goal presents you with all maximum bets the market offers, and it is ready to start collecting for you as soon as you confirm.

With Goal you can choose the maximum spread you are willing to take, your maximum desired stake, and Goal will do all the heavy lifting for you – it will search for the best odds within the spread you specified, and will try to purchase on your behalf the full amount you staked.

Deposits and withdrawals

PremiumTradings offers several methods of making deposits and withdrawals. Currently it allows its customers to make transactions using Bitcoin, Bank Wire, Neteller, Skrill, Sofort (by Skrill), TrustPay, EcoPayz.

Bitcoin transactions are immediate and free. Skrill and Neteller transactions are immediate and the following fees apply: 3% deposit (can be reduced to 2% or less depending on volume); 1% withdrawal (1 free withdrawal per month). Bankwire transactions are free, but they take from 1 to 4 working days.

Premium Agent

PremiumTradings gives you the option to become an agent for a certain bookie while earning generous commissions from all the business you can refer. The more traffic your referred customers generate, the more you earn.

Private punters or syndicates that have suitable financial resources can also take some of the bets on themselves.

Premium Pool

Whether you have many friends who want to share their betting account or accounts, or you are an investment company raising funds from members, PremiumTradings allows you to manage this pool of bettors. You can designate a Manager who will get a detailed report depicting the overall performance of the pool, while pool members will get a report regarding their shares only, without being exposed to other data.

Promotions

Cashback

If you choose Neteller as your preferred payment method, PremiumTradings will let you win on two fronts:

1. A Cashback worth 0.1 % of your monthly turnover for the first two months of the lifetime of your Premium membership.
2. VIP treatment

Refer a friend

For each newly referred friend who deposits minimum 500€, PremiumTradings will give you a commission of 0.1 % from your friend’s turnover for the first month of his play. The same applies to your friend.

BetBurger.com is an online service providing surebet alerts for prematch and live events as well as odds comparison. BetBurger is one of the newest alert services. It launched in March 2014 and was free for a month before becoming a paid service.

Main features

BetBurger displays surebets and middles, for live a future events. BetBurger collects odds from 56 bookmakers and exchanges (but considering clone bookies it covers more than 100). The service brings arbs for an important number of sports and markets in a modern and clean design. There are more than 20 sports, and markets include 1X2, money line, handicaps, totals and other.

They cover a high number of cross-market surebets, including many 3 leg arbs. Regarding periods, they cover fulltime (with and without overtime), halves on football, sets on tennis and volleyball, quarters on basketball, periods on hockey, different innings on baseball and other options depending on the sport.

Future and live surebets are show on different screens.

Special features

The arbitrage window displays each arb on a coloured border rectangle with all relevant information clearly organised inside. A green frame denotes a new arb and a red one tells the match is near to start. Orange means different rules and blue is used on live matches to indicate the interval. A yellow background is used on middles.

Each arb shows the sport, date, arb percentage a ROI, league and teams, period, markets outcomes and odds. Next to each odd you can see an arrow up or down only after a recent change. By clicking on the arb percentage, the surebet calculator pops up.

BetBurger can drive you to the bookmaker web site and select the event and market to place the bet, just by clicking on the desired odds. Depending on the bookmaker you will have the bet slip already filled or you will have to do it by yourself.

Besides arbitrage detection, BetBurger also offers odds comparison. By clicking on a specific outcome in the arbitrage window you will be taken to the odds comparison page for this event and market. In this page you can see the odds for each market (and all spreads or totals) and select any other market available.

BetBurger offers an accounting application to record bets and other transactions across your bookmaker and wallet accounts. You can record each bet from BetBurger’s calculator and manage other transactions such as deposits or withdrawals. The accounting application is only available to paid users and is no longer available after your subscription ended (not even read-only).

Filters

The arbitrage window has a filter section on the left where users can determine the conditions to select arbitrage opportunities. A set of checkboxes allows to enable or disable some features like automatic odds updates, sound and popup alerts, grouping surebets by events, filtering arbs with different rules or same bookmaker and showing 2 and/or 3 legs arbitrages.

Users can also specify the minimum and maximum values for many arbitrage items including arb percentage, middle percentage, odds, arbitrage age and ROI.

BetBurger can consider all available events or just the ones that will be played in the next minutes, hours or days.

Finally, users can chose which bookmakers to include and which sports and markets to be considered.

All these conditions can be grouped under a custom filter and saved with a name. You can define several filters and apply one of them at any time.

BetBurger also allows users to apply multifilters (more than one filter at a time).

In the arbitrage window, users can dismiss the information they no longer want to see by filtering the unwanted odds, arbitrage or events. Users can click a cross next to each odd to dismiss this specific odd. This is useful if for some reason this odd is incorrect and keeps showing inexistent arbs, or when you already placed a bet on this odd and cannot place the same bet again because of bookmaker’s limits. Users can also dismiss the whole arbitrage and even all arbitrages from an event (by dismissing the event).

Customisation

Users can set their email and password, define bookmakers to be used (and set their currency, rounding method and commission), define exchange rates, and custom filters.

Calculator

Every surebet can be calculated on the built in calculator. Users must specify the total stake or the stake for one of the bet legs (outcomes) and the calculator will calculate other stakes, the arbitrage percentage and profit (or loss) on each leg. Just be sure to click the radio button on the leg you want to set fixed, or the calculator will use the total stake

The calculator allows users to change the odds, and supports commissions and rounding (including different rounding on each leg). Users can also maximize profit for one specific outcome or calculate a balanced arbitrage.

Support

Customer support can be contacted by email and they provide a very quick response. Although there is no user manual, they have a Help area with information about how to use the site. BetBurger participates in Arbusers forum where they post information and answer users questions. In this forum they have a specific board with 5 threads at the time of our review.

In case users find a wrong arbitrage, they can notify BetBurger with the horn icon under the arb percentage. This action will dismiss the arbitrage (for the user that pressed the horn) and warn other users who see the same arb. After pressing the horn you must indicate the type of error, to help BetBurger support on how to correct it.

Subscriptions plans

BetBurger offers 3 subscription plans.

• Prematch: Its price is EU 80 per month
• Live. Its price is EU 150 per month
• Prematch + live: Its price is EU 200 per month

There is also a free subscription which only shows arbs below or equal to 1%.

All plans (except the free plan) include the same features. You can freeze your account for 1 to 4 weeks, to extend your subscription in case you won’t use it.

Payments can be done by Skrill.

Supported bookmakers (as of September 1, 2014)

The Surebet Monitor challenge

Powered by Smart Bet Tracker

Sponsored by Pinnacle Sports

The Surebet Monitor challenge | powered by Smart Bet Tracker | sponsored by Pinnacle Sports has already launched. This monthly competition will give away USD 200 to the winner. Each monthly challenge allows participants to predict the correct score of more than 50 top league football games during one month and will award credits depending on each prediction. Credits will be awarded by an online application after each game is finished. You can subscribe and check all details about the contest at http://challenge.smartbettracker.com.

The prize is USD 200 and participation is free!

Each user must subscribe to the challenge and provide some basic information in order to be able to make predictions. After confirming subscription, each user will be able to make predictions for all football games included in this month competition.

Registering is really easy. After pressing the Sign up now! button, just fill in the registration form, providing your name and email, country, birthdate and Pinnacle Sports Client Id. You must provide a valid and active Pinnacle Sports client id in order to be eligible for the prize (Check the terms and rules). If you received an invitation by email, subscribe by following the link, as this can provide you an advantage.

As soon as you register you will receive an email with instructions to confirm your registration. You won’t be able to login until you confirm your registration.

Did you miss February competition? Don’t worry. Subscribe now. Subscriptions will allow each user to participate on all future monthly competitions while they last.

Participate for free. Subscribing and participating is for free. Just by subscribing you are entitled to place predictions on more than 50 top league games and are eligible to win USD 200 for free. Surebet Monitor subscribers and Smart Bet Tracker subscribers have a slight advantage, having the chance to predict the score on 3 extra games. Smart Bet Tracker professional (or higher) subscribers have the chance to predict on 6 extra games. Every participant has the chance to pay a small USD 1 fee (up to USD 6) to be able to also predict on these 6 extra matches.

You must predict the correct score for all games available and you will get credits depending on your bets and the result of each match. Credits will be awarded depending on your predictions and matches results. An exact score correct prediction will award 2 credits. Predicting the winner will award 1 credit.

You can place you predictions up to 1 hour before each game.

The monthly prize is USD 200 and will be paid by Pinnacle Sports to the winner. The winner will be the participant who accumulated more credits. In case of draw, the first subscriber will win the prize. The prize will be paid on the Pinnacle Sports account of the winner. Terms and conditions apply. Check at the contest Website (http://challenge.smartbettracker.com/terms).

Transparency is a key feature.

• Number of participants and prize: Everybody can see at any time the number of users participating. This information is available even for non-subscribers. Check: stats
• Participants and ranking: Everybody can see at any time the list of all users who are participating, and the current ranking. This information is available even for non-subscribers. Check: ranking. No personal information is displayed. Just the username and country of participants. Information regarding this contest includes the position, credits awarded and the date the participant confirmed his subscription.
• Predictions privacy: Predictions are private. Only you can see your predictions while predictions for a match are still available. This means nobody can copy your predictions.
• Predictions transparency: Predictions are public once a match does not allow more predictions. All participants can check other participants’ predictions. This is only allowed for each match where prediction period has ended. This means every participant can check all predictions and control that rankings are accurate. Check: ranking (if you are a participant and are logged in, you will see a link to each participant’s predictions)

Don’t miss this opportunity. The sooner you register, more chances to win. First subscribers will have better ranking than other subscribers with the same number of credits.

Terms and conditions

• Players must provide valid Pinnacle Sports Client Id.
• Players must have an active Pinnacle Sports account in order to receive the prize.
• Players must have a verified Pinnacle Sports account in order to withdraw.
• Only one account per player and per household, any attempts to use multiple accounts in order to gain an unfair advantage will invalidate all connected entries.
• Players must place a minimum of 1 bet with their Pinnacle Sports account during the competition period to qualify for any prize.
• All prizes will be paid directly into the Pinnacle Sports accounts of the winners.
• The total amount of any cash prize must be wagered at least 3 times (3x rollover) before the prize amount may be withdrawn.
• The tracking of results and the accuracy of the final results is the responsibility of the host website, not of Pinnacle Sports.
• In the case of any disputes, the decision taken by Pinnacle Sports shall be final.
• In the case of abuse or fraud, Pinnacle Sports reserves the right to cancel the competition at any time.

The first edition of the Surebet Monitor challenge | powered by Smart Bet Tracker | sponsored by Pinnacle Sports has finished. During February we held the first competition and we gave away the first USD 200 to the lucky winner. Grumsi has confirmed that the prize was paid immediately after the competition ended.

Each monthly challenge allows participants to predict the correct score of more than 50 top league football games during one month and will award credits depending on each prediction. Credits will be awarded by an online application after each game is finished. Read our detailed description of the competition at this article

Following the perfect organisation and decent interest of the 1st round of the contest – Pinnacle agreed to continue the contest for the next month and increased the prize pool to 250 USD!

Previous edition

The previous edition of the Pinnacle Challenge ended in February and awarded USD 200 to Grumsi. The top ten standings were:

Some changes

We have decided some changes to make the competition more interesting

• The prize has increased to USD 250. We will keep the first prize in USD 200 and will add a second prize (USD 30) and third prize (USD 20)
• We will add some consolation prizes. Participants ranked between fourth and ninth position will receive free extra bets for following month’s challenge: Fourth: 6 extra bets, Fifth: 5, Sixth: 4, Seventh: 3, Eighth: 2, Ninth: 1
• We added more credits to the credit system. 1 credit for guessing one team’s goal, 2 credits for guessing the winner of the match, 3 credits for guessing the winner AND the exact difference or one team’s goals, and 4 credits for a correct score.

Don’t miss this opportunity. Subscribe now!

Terms and conditions

• Players must provide valid Pinnacle Sports Client Id.
• Players must have an active Pinnacle Sports account in order to receive the prize.
• Players must have a verified Pinnacle Sports account in order to withdraw.
• Only one account per player and per household, any attempts to use multiple accounts in order to gain an unfair advantage will invalidate all connected entries.
• Players must place a minimum of 1 bet with their Pinnacle Sports account during the competition period to qualify for any prize.
• All prizes will be paid directly into the Pinnacle Sports accounts of the winners.
• The total amount of any cash prize must be wagered at least 3 times (3x rollover) before the prize amount may be withdrawn.
• The tracking of results and the accuracy of the final results is the responsibility of the host website, not of Pinnacle Sports.
• In the case of any disputes, the decision taken by Pinnacle Sports shall be final.
• In the case of abuse or fraud, Pinnacle Sports reserves the right to cancel the competition at any time.

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On March 3rd, 2015, Pinnacle Sports announced new ownership with an ambitious strategic vision for significant global expansion backed by cutting-edge product development. After the deal – concluded in August last year – it is expected Pinnacle Sports’ expansion into regulated markets, including Asia, along with significant upscaling of IT infrastructure. This announcement gave us the perfect excuse to write this article about Pinnacle Sports, summarizing their key advantages over most of its competitors.

The deal

There’s very little official information about the new ownership deal. Pinnacle Sports has issued this press release on their web site. They have also twitted “Very excited to announce new ownership and strategic vision” at their Twitter account. And that’s all. The identities of the new owners remain a mystery.

If you surf the Web looking for more information about this matter, you won’t find anything relevant; just the same words on Pinnacle’s statement over and over and over; and the confirmation that the sale was overseen by Las Vegas based M&A firm Alternative Trading Partners (ATP). No details about the deal value or the buyers, who were advised by London law firm Mayer Brown. Even the biggest gambling sites have nothing else to say about it.

Almost all gambling forums have open threads about this topic. Many bettors have great expectations about this deal especially about Pinnacle Sports’ announcement to expand into regulated markets, hoping the bookmaker will return to UK or even to the US. However, radio silence on this topic. On the contrary, other bettors are concerned about the possibility of new strategies that could change Pinnacle Sports’ open mind regarding high stakes bettors, winners or arbitrage bettors. However, Paris Smith, Pinnacle Sports CEO, assured that the fundamental principles that make the brand so unique will not be compromised.

Pinnacle Sports was established in 1998 to offer a unique gimmick-free alternative to other bookmakers. By simply focusing on offering the best odds and by welcoming winning players, the company has established an unparalleled reputation with players. This professional approach has helped Pinnacle Sports become one of the Internet’s largest online gaming operators.

The company is fully licensed and regulated by the Government of Curaçao which requires the company to have the funds available to honour the winnings of its customers at all times. The Pinnacle Sports brand is a product of PinBet Malta, Susan Court B1, Triq il-Prinjolata, Ta’Xbiex, Malta.

Let’s point out Pinnacle Sports’ main advantages:

• Best value odds
• Winners welcome
• Highest limits
• Arbitrage friendly

These principles put Pinnacle Sports far away from most European bookmakers who seem to fear sharp bettors.

In the next paragraphs we will explain these advantages. And we will do it borrowing Pinnacle Sports’ own words, taken from their website. We have just organised all ideas in a single article; we totally agree with their concepts. The whole betting community hopes they will remain unchanged.

Best value odds

Pinnacle Sports offers the best value by adding the smallest “margin” to its odds. It’s similar to how retail works: shops add a mark-up (a margin) to the real cost of the product to make a profit. And while some shops are cheaper than others, Pinnacle Sports always offers better value – adding less of a margin – than other bookmakers.

Margins are expressed as a number above 100%, with 100% meaning that there is a market with no “edge” for the bookmaker. For major soccer markets our margins are 2% compared to an industry average of 6%. Offering the lowest margins, customers get better odds. And while the individual odsds are important in one-off games, the difference in margins – aggregate odds – has a huge impact on long-term profitability.

Margins are an easy way to see that Pinnacle Sports offer the best odds, even when compared to Betting Exchanges (when their commission is taken into account). When you make a basic comparison of Betfair’s odds adjusted for 5% commission on winnings against Pinnacle Sports gross margins it is clear who offers you better value.

Another big drawback of exchanges is the lack of liquidity – the amounts available to bet. With exchanges, liquidity is simply a reflection of the number of ‘layers’, i.e. people who want to offer odds. These diminish in proportion to market popularity, and mean that you might not be able to bet as much as you want. The liquidity also impacts market efficiency and ultimately, limited liquidity means even worse odds.

Winners welcome

Pinnacle Sports’ Winners Welcome policy is very straight-forward. They do not limit, discriminate or close accounts of successful players, and here is why:

• Their business model is focused solely on maximising volume irrespective of whether this is generated from profitable players
• They need sharp players to help tighten their odds as they do not take positions
• They have the confidence in their traders to focus on managing odds, not players

Highest limits

In order to maximise player volume, and maintain a healthy business, Pinnacle Sports offer the highest bet limits online. Their 2014 World Cup final limits should convince anyone sceptical about their claims to offer the biggest betting limits online. The handicap limit for the final was offered at $1million (or equivalent in different currency) per bet.

Crucially players can bet at the maximum limit, wait just a few seconds, then rebet for the same amount, to build almost unlimited positions. Their limits are the same for everyone – they do not discriminate. This guarantees market liquidity, one key reason why they offer better value than exchanges.

Limits are clearly displayed at all times on the betting pages for any given event on the members’ side of Pinnacle Sports, and are exactly the same for all players. How many other bookmakers are that transparent?

Though their maximum betting limits are the highest online, Pinnacle Sports also cater for the smaller bettors, offering minimum stake amounts of just $1 (or the equivalent in your local currency). No matter how small your stake, you should still bet with the best odds available to maximise your return.

Arbitrage friendly

• They do not discriminate against arbitrage players.
• They do not apply limits subjectively.
• They will not close accounts because of arbitrage activity.

Their unbeatable value odds make Pinnacle Sports the most prominently featured bookmaker for arbitrage opportunities. While other books take a negative view of arbitrage, the confidence they have in their trading staff is one of the reasons why they do not fear arbitrage action. As long as bettors abide by their general rules, Pinnacle Sports accept the bets, and don’t discriminate whatever the motivation – they manage odds, not players.