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Do you prefer live betting over pre-event betting? Would it depend on the sport you were betting on?

I like live betting more because sometimes game-changing events occur, and if I bet before the odds change accordingly, I get really good odds (compared to the chance of me winning). For example, in the fourth round match in the Aus Open between Zhang and Keys, I got very generous odds when Keys injured her legs before my sportsbook could change odds accordingly.

Definitely depends on the sport but I like to bet before the match starts on the underdog and then play the favorite live if I want to at the point. Never like to lay coin on heavy favorites before match start.

I love both betting. Pre-event betting for my prediction bet and live betting for  cover if my bet gonna lose. But it's hard to find a gambling site that have GOOD live betting.

It surely depends on the game because some time you will get better odds before match start so if your very sure than you go for it or during live match we will get sometimes very big odds so it purely depends on game. So for bet more during live match.

It matters on how you analyze the games. Obviously, for example if you are betting on a game before it starts , then you get accordingly, however when you bet live and assuming you bet on the team playing better than you get odds accordingly. I have had more success in live, as I am able to judge games better that way.

Yes, during live match betting will have more success than betting before match start based on my experience so for. But some times I bet before the game if I'm very sure about the winning team to bet better odds because once match start than odds may go down.

i prefer live betting coz i love low risk gambling over high risk one. its better to be much safer than sorry but sometimes i bet pre-event when i feel the odds are good and if i feel the chance have around 50-50 chance to win and i may bet on the other team too LIVE if odds for the other team went good

I prefer pre live betting most of the time, simply because it's easier to make your pick. Live can be good to cover your loss though.
Prelive on a team that you are very sure about will usually get better odds too.

I like both but I prefer to put bets before the start of the event as I don't normally have the time to live bet. Also, you can't make parlay bets live, which is why I bet on them prior to start.

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Yep, I managed to get a very generous 1.52 moneyline on Serena Williams when she was trailing 0-2 in the early game. If I had betted before the start, I would had managed to get around 1.3X only.

I like live betting more, you have more control over your own efforts
Of course there is always a risk and there is always money in the game you can lose.
But it also lies at the odds you have.

i play in live mode, only to betfair.com and generally only if the game is particular . Example, if play Barcelona against the last team of liga, and later xx minutes Barcelona lose, i bet to loser  ;D
But live bet is dangerous with more site, because you wait more time for accept the bet (betfair accept in 5 second)

i like both ways of betting on sports.

but in most of the times i only do pre-event betting, because i don't have time to follow up with the whole match and it is better to put my bet down before it all starts and be done with it.

but that's just my preference.

what said is perfect i myself most of the times go for live inplay betting and the games like barcelona , arsenal and other big teams if you bet live inplay you get more better odds to bet then offline or pre match bet. and not only soccer , cricket and other sports also you get good odds to bet on live inplay.

Depends on the sport as well as the game, and many other factors. If I can't get access to a reasonable amount of stats and information about either team playing, that's a sign for me to stay way. I must admit, I am a big fan of in play live bets. You can win a whole lot of money this way. And of course, it's really fun to watch a game, and then place a few in plays.

I prefer pre-match betting cause the odds is higher than live betting, and i will do some arbitrages if my pre-match betting will be lost, so i will have chance to keep my principal, which is the key of sports betting. if my pre-match bets go well during the match, i won't do arbitrages cause i can make profits as more as possible.

My biggest wins have came from Live betting so for that reason I do prefer Live betting over pre-match. I do however bet more pre-match.


Unless you have a bot and a big bankroll arbitrage to any kind of value is next to impossible in my experience. You prefer pre match because of bigger odds? That isn't always true, when the game starts the odds can change massively in your favor over pre match if the other team or player gives a surprise or two.

I guess it depends on what sport. For example, football is very popular.
I think there is a lot gambled on live football.
But that applies to multiple sports, I think.

I prefer a bet pre-match, especially the great odds and secondly I'm quite busy if it should follow the course of the match

I normally just bet before a game starts, if I'm going to take the time to research the games I wanna get the best odds possible if I'm going to make a bet. There can be money to be made on live offerings but a few times I have started to try and hedge what I think is a losing bet, that turns out to have won. Meaning my first bet was right and my live bets are wrong. I would rather go with my gut & research and just let the match ride. When live bets are profitable for me is when I back my original bet with more btc.

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I mostly do betting on soccer matches so the pre match prediction can't be always right prediction as lots of factor can effect on what way game result will go. So i prefer live betting rather than pre match betting. And also during live match, we can get higher odds if on start the strong team get back by some goals.

It depends on the type of sport, the current form of the team and the players. Sometimes it works but sometime you can be failed. I prefer live betting on sports only if both teams are equally strong and if its difficult to predict the result.

Some of the bets you just can't bet on live and are only available before the match begins like which player is going to make the most runs, total sixes in a match etc. So I'd say that every sports gambler bets both ways, live and before the match.

Not that mate, on sports book like bet365 and sometimes on cloudbet, you are able to bet on live-in-play sports on such events like sixes, runs in next over ad all. Yes, coin toss cant be done in play :P

I Normally used to prefer pre-event betting but that was until I found out live betting existed and clearly it's the better one since even if you calculate each situation on any sport, a lot could change halfway the game so live betting will surely save you some more bucks along the road as comparison to the pre-event betting. Also IMO it doesn't depend on the sport itself.

When I am free, I usually check the team news a few hours before the scheduled playing time and then make the bets. I only make live bets when I have come late and the games have already started.

I really like sports betting. especially with football, sports betting. all of that is very exciting for me. 8)

I do live betting a lot on soccer and NBA. But those picks are not suitable for posting because odds and lines are changing every second, especially for NBA.
More interesting for me is that my live betting stats have bigger ROI than my pre-game betting and odds on live betting have bigger bookie margin than pre-game.

Yes, I do agree live betting will reduce our loses compared to pre-match batting but some times we may not get opportunity to bet on winning team or we will get very less odds because since the match start itself match might have become one sided so we may get a good odds otherwise it is sure best way to bet.

You may get slightly less odds during live bet on most likely winning team but it will save us from losing our bet. So 90% time bet only during live match and so for I got a very good % of winning my bet. I really like this feature to bet in sports.

well yah u will tends to win easily on live bets however u also need to beware of the very low odds u receive so u may need to end up have to win 10 times in a row just to cover a loss. so if u r in a losing streak, it can be very hurtful for u.

That is correct and that's why we shouldn't rush to bet in all the matches during live but we should bet only on those matches we are confident and can get some decent odds. Some time during the match odds will go up and we should enter that time to get more profits otherwise wait for next match. I will bet on match only if I can get at least around 1.5 times otherwise I will not go for it.

yah i would suggest to bet with good odds and not just any matches u think will win. if 1.2 or 1.3 i feel that it is better to skip it. i will also choose odd like 1.5 etc.

I like to use live betting as a watch to hedge a bet I wagered
before the game started.

Also it can be a good way to get a bet down on a game that you didnt
originally like but after seeing a few possessions and if the crowd is dead
or whatever you can get a bet down

And how exactly this depends on the sport?

I don't like to bet during an event. I try to calculate and do research before I bet and letting your emotions go while match is on contradicts that principle.
So my advice is - unless you know what your are doing, and your judgement is clear don't bet during the match, ever.

As a general rule betting prior to the start of a game/match is going to give you better/tighter odds because there is a higher volume of bets prior to the start of a game, making offering bets after the game has started to be much more risky to the sports book. At the very least, the sportsbook will probably (also) have a much lower maximum betting limit.

From an entertainment point of view however, live betting can potentially make watching a sports game much more fun then pre-game betting can, especially if you bet on some of the props that are available in live betting.

This is probably one of the best reasons to bet in live betting, especially if the team you bet on is ahead by a lot and are afraid that the other team might be able to stage a comeback (this would result in the other team winning having longshot odds which means you would not need to give up your entire profit to hedge).

i like live event cause i get to see how the teams and if they r on form for that match. this will make me more focus on the games too.

Yes I choose live betting..  Because we can analyse the game then.  But ofc the odds would be less.. It doesn't matter for me.. Since I gamble for fun

With live bettings you can win big but also can lose big.
If you have a good strategy is good to bet on live events.

Most of time make a list of 6 teams before the matches and guess win, lose or draw.

yup, that is why live bet is very favourable for a lot of people. if u r quick to react to changes in real time, you are able to benefit from it, however live bet also have it high risk, you get lesser odds and u need to win a lot more in order to cover a loss.

I definitely prefer pre event betting since I usually bet on games I'll be watching and I want to watch them at peace and not thinking about anything else. However I must admit that in some of these cases the thought of upping the bet or bet something different, like spread cross my mind multiple times but I never bother to actually go and place the bet. I can see how many could prefer the other way around, following a game and get "inspired" by it hehe.

I prefer live betting on sports rather than pre-event betting. At least you can watch the sports now unlike pre-event betting where you have to wait for the event to start. Nowadays, live betting is common so I do not like to rush to place my bets.

I like live betting more because its fun to watch and bet on your favorite team of the match, its of course more risky. Its more risky but the odds are mostly much better than gambling before the game.