Cricket - a guide to trading on Betfair
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/ Betfair Education / 28 April 2008 / Leave a comment
The spread of cricket through the former colonial world means the sport is played throughout the year. This leads to widespread TV coverage and international appeal for betting on the sport.
The very nature of cricket - long periods of play, games turning in a matter of balls or even nail-biting finishes - makes the sport ideal for trading. Just the like the prices of shares rise and fall, so can the chances of each result in a cricket match. Ride the fortunes of the team in control, switch allegiance to take a profit before the game changes course.
No longer restricted by bookmakers forcing you to pay for changing your position in a game, Betfair give you control - control over what price you want to take, how much you wish to bet and if and when you want to close your position.
Traditional betting is all about the final result - backing a horse and cheering it home, betting on a cricket result and sitting it out until the very end. That's the way it has always been - which is great if you back enough winners, but what about taking a profit early when the result's in your favour and saving yourself the sweat later on?
Betting should always be enjoyable whether you treat it as a pastime or something a little more serious. If you are keen to find out what else you can do on a cricket match, then read on...
