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Well its been a while since my last post and this one is about a missed opportunity I had this weekend at the start of the Premier League 2013/14.

The story goes like this, I wake up on Saturday morning excited by the prospect of the new Premier League football season starting, So I pop down to the shops to buy a paper to get the latest team news and the into the bookies to pick up my betting slip for the days games. 

I settle down at home with Sky Sports Soccer Saturday on the TV for the build up for the upcoming games while also reading the paper to help me select my accumulator for the weekend.  After watching the build up and perusing the sports pages in the paper I decide on my picks for my bet and fill in my accumulator betting slip. For those that were interested I picked the following teams to win over the weekend, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham and finally Liverpool. So I went for what I considered the clear favourites and fortunately decided against adding Arsenal in as I don't think they have strengthened their squad yet. 

My betting slip completed its now time to pop out and do the weekly shop with the missus before the games kick off, with my betting slip tucked safely into my back pocket. This is when things start to go wrong! As is normally the way when we go shopping it never goes as quickly as I would hope, don't get me wrong I love spending time with the missus but don't have much patience for wandering around the shops especially when the start of football season is imminent. To cut a long story short I didn't get to the bookies in time to place my bet after getting stuck in traffic on the way back from the shops. 

Not a disaster I thought as probably saved myself a tenner by not placing my bet. This is when sods law kicked in and the results started rolling in, low and behold all of my selections came in. Frustrating to say the least even though it wouldn't have been a life changing amount of money to win but would have paid for the shopping.

The moral of this story is I decided to use some sense and place my bets on-line in future before being dragged around the shops. I already have a betting account but decided to register for a new one for two reasons, one being if I choose I can lay bets off against each other with different bookies and two I may as well take advantage of a sign-up bonus with a new bookie.

Before signing up I did some research and found a site called FreeBetDeposit they had reviews and details of free bets and 2013 promo codes from all the big bookmakers. In the end I decided to go with a name I know in Ladbrokes. Why not take a look at the FreeBetDeposit.com Ladbrokes review and details on the Ladbrokes bet £10 get 30 terms page, The review certainly swayed me and introduced me to some special betting features I didn't even know existed with Ladbrokes plus gave me the THREE10 Ladbrokes promo code I needed to get the £30 free bet.

Now I have my accounts set-up I won't be missing the chance to place my Saturday football as I'll remember to place it from the comfort of my sofa before having to head out knowing I won't need to pop down to the local bookmakers and fill in what can be a convoluted betting slip and queuing up to hand over my cash. Saying that maybe I have already missed my chance for a winning bet this season, Lets hope not! 




 
Sports betting is the act of determining sports results and placing an amount of money on with your chosen bookmaker before the sports is played where your prediction is normally done before the game takes place, Alternatively your bet is placed during the game or event using in-play betting sites such as Ladbrokes or Coral sports betting can be done between individuals or group of people. The main aim of this betting is to get a reward for predicting the future results of sports. On-line sports betting promote sports activities. It develops interest in different sports. It is somehow termed as gambling because it all depends on luck. No one knows what will happen in the future even if you are a genius. On-line sports betting is widely acknowledged and has gained momentum.

The majority of Sports bookmakers have come-up with web-sites where sports betting can take place on-line. They have obtained licenses to conduct the business genuinely. Websites have been developed to allow many individuals anywhere in the world to participate in sports betting. There are numerous sports involved in betting. Apart from football other sports include Golf, Tennis and Horse racing. These sports have got a lot of fans. In highly contested matches, many people put a lot of cash on the table for betting. When you bet and your betting prediction comes true, you win and take away your original betting stake plus the profit based on the odds you got. 

In on-line betting there is always a winner and loser. Hopefully the winner is you and not the sports bookmaker. The entire process involves a lot of risks. Betting websites can be a source entertainment to many where just the occasional small bet is placed on big events. Some gamblers make a living from it and treat it as their main a source of income. It takes a bit of courage to place a bet as you are ultimately having to put your money at risk. Those new in the field should do a lot of research before betting. Those who access sports betting websites can get free access to movies, games data and news relating to their sports betting. But for more information on the betting sports of your choice you can use sites such as BBC Sport or Sky Sports Indeed, it can plausibly be argued that sport betting on-line is a very fair game if used responsibly. Sometimes you gain or lose hence it is advisable to get prepared for anything.

On-line betting depends on different types of sports. People have their own preferred choice of sports. You may rely on one type of sport betting. Those parties involved in sports betting on-line, have a vast knowledge on different sporting events. They follow sports news keenly and even master different players of sports by name. For you to be a professional in on-line sports betting, you have to research deeply on all matters of sports. You should have a strong reasoning for predicating an outcome successfully.
 
Gone are the days where if you wanted to place a bet on the football, horses or dog racing you had to either pop into your local high-street bookmaker or indeed pop to the match or race it-self.

Don't get me wrong you can't beat going to the races or the match for fun and excitement of watching the event unfold live but using your local bookmaker isn't always the nicest experience. If you don't get the locals giving you the once over as you walk through the door you can have to watch the slots and roulette players cursing the machines as they invariably lose their hard earned cash.  Not to mention the ever more complicated betting slips you need to get right before placing your bet, not a problem if you are a regular but it can be daunting if you just pop in once in a blue moon.

Like many businesses bookmakers have had to evolve and move on-line and in so doing have made sports betting open to a whole new customer base. You can now bet from the comfort of your home on your computer or even from your mobile while watching the match down the pub.

Convenience is not the only benefit of being able to bet on-line though as a whole world of different betting options and sports are opened up for you to bet on. Of course you have all the usual suspects of Football, Horses, Dogs, Tennis, Golf and Rugby but also more unusual sports and events to bet on from chess all the way to the next Big Brother or X-Factor winner if that is your bag. You can do this all via a simple registration process and click of a mouse.

Earlier I mentioned watching the action live was one plus of betting before the advent of on-line gambling, Surprisingly you are via some of the bigger internet based bookmakers watch a lot of matches or races live through their websites once you have placed a bet so you can see the result of you bet happen on your computer screen. Not quite a substitute for being in the stand or at the side of the track but indeed a great feature if you choose to use it. This also opens up another on-line betting feature and that is pretty much exclusive to the internet and that is in-play betting. I'll go into more depth on this in a future post but in essence it allows you to bet while the match is going on and things such as goals happen and therefore change the pre match odds.

The idea of this blog is to introduce you to, if you like to have a gamble to what is available when betting on-line including reviews of the top features and bookmakers themselves.

What is important is that if you do choose to have a gamble is it should be fun and you should only gamble what you can afford whether that be in a betting shop or on-line.

Thanks for reading and please come back to check out future posts on the on-line gambling world.