Is Gambling The New Favourite “Sport” Of The World?
While sports participation continues to grow throughout the world, with many of the smaller countries now putting teams forward for such events as the Olympics, as well as the emergence of Far East golfing stars to name but a couple, there is speculation that sports betting is becoming the “new sport of the world“. It seems that whatever event is happening, anywhere in the world, someone will be runnig a book on it and it will be available online - and often in play!
In the UK, you are now able to bet on the number of corners in one football game , the first booking, a handicap score and many many more weird and wonderful bets. On the downside, this has opened up sport to the gambling cartels, who appear to have found a way into the centre of sport on a number of occasions. There have been suspicious bets on horse races, on tennis matches, baseball games and football games alike. Hard as it is to prove, it seems obvious that various sports have been infiltrated on a number of occasions - but that has not put off the traditional armchair gambler!
As gambling income continues to grow and betting becomes more and more accepted in a whole range of social situations, it seems that the industry looks set to grow and grow. Such has been the phenomenal growth in the industry that it is in itself becoming a sport - although not one that you would ever see at the Olymipcs!
Like any “sport” there are numerous skills involved, and there needs to be a certain element of interest in the sport to get the best out of it. While we are hearing about stranger and stranger bets - some of which come in - there are new markets opening on an almost daily basis. In effect, where there is a potential for two different views, there is a potential betting market, and it wont be long before someone finds it!