While baseball does not garner the fanatical attention and huge crowds given to football and basketball, this summer’s baseball action has been good for bookmakers thanks partly to the added convenience of on line wagering which allows bettors to place their wagers from anywhere they might happen to be via their new mobile devices. Never before in history has it been so easy to make a bet.
Baseball is known a ‘America’s Pastoral Sport’ and each summer hundreds of thousands of fans go out to the ball park to enjoy an afternoon of major league baseball along with a hot dog or two. The game in general may seem a bit slow, but, when the action does finally get started, it can be very exciting to watch.
Unlike in the past, a baseball fan can actually take his SmartPhone, IPad or any of the other new devices coming out all the time right into the ball park with him and place his wagers while enjoying the game in the open air.
The best thing about baseball as far as the bookie is concerned is that it takes place during a time of the year when there is not much else going on to wager on in sports. Even when football and basketball and hockey and all the rest are out of season, we still have multiple baseball games being played almost every day during the season.
And the wagering opportunities are many and varied where baseball is concerned. After betting of the outcome of the game, bettors can also wager on the over and under, the series price, the various matchups… and, of course, everybody’s favorite the Grand Salami. Oh yeah, don’t forget the odds to win the division titles and then the World Series which keep on changing throughout the season.
The biggest difference in betting on a baseball game as opposed to football or basketball is that your players are required to wager on the Money Line or ‘ML’ as opposed to playing teams against the spread or ‘ATS’. Players are simply picking the winner and the price paid is adjusted depending upon which team is the favorite or the underdog.
The smart bookie will take advantage and keep his players interested all year round in order keep them playing with you by promoting baseball betting at every turn so as to boost his or her ‘hold percentage’ during what is traditionally known as the off season.
