Betting Made Easy: Betting App Popularity Skyrockets

Most of the movies that feature betting tend to be set in the days when betting was done in person at a betting shop or over the phone. Two such examples are Owning Mahowny (2003), starring the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman and Minnie Driver, and Silver Linings Playbook, the 2012 film which starred Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert de Niro.

Today, putting a bet on is so much easier than it used to be. Pretty much anyone who bets on a regular basis will have an online betting account with a bookmaker, or they’ll use one of the betting exchanges. The advantage of using a betting exchange is that there is no bookie as such, and customers can choose to lay (accept) bets as well as place them.

If you’re thinking about getting into bet trading, you may want to download a betting app to use in conjunction with a betting exchange. There are lots of betting apps out there, and they make it possible for users to place one-click bets and watch multiple markets at once without the need to flick through between different screens. With a betting app, it’s much easier to keep an eye on different markets and see where the odds could go so app users have an edge over the other exchange users who don’t use the apps.

Bet trading is approached with a different mentality to having the odd punt now on then on who might win the French Open at Roland Garros, or how England will do in the rugby World Cup. Instead of thinking about the particular sporting fixture and its outcome, bet traders are more interested in making profits on the movements in different betting markets, and the actual result of the event is of marginal interest.

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— Rugby World Cup (@rugbyworldcup) April 23, 2015

For anyone who is considering trying out their luck at bet trading, there are lots of apps that are available as a free trial. One such example is Traderline, which you can test out on a 30-day free trial before deciding whether to subscribe. Traderline allows you to use ladder trading, so you get a full depth view of the markets you’re betting on, and Dutching and Bookmaking modes allow you to place numerous bets simultaneously. Alongside the betting facilities, there are useful in-play stats which provide live data in real time and live charts which help you analyse market odds and trends. Added to all this, you can try out different features in ‘practice mode’ which means you’re not actually placing real money bets. This is handy when you’re trialling a new betting system.

The best way to decide if a betting app would help you lock in more profit is to try out a few different ones, and see which one works best for you.