Inplay wagering has transformed the sports betting market, but why? What changed in the last 20 years to reshape the sports betting landscape? This blog takes deeper dive into the history of sports betting and the changes we’ve seen in the last 25 years.
First, the old days of sports betting
Back in the 1900’s, before 4g technology, sports betting was limited to pregame wagers, halftime wagers, and some books offered bets in between quarters. For the most part, pregame wagering was king.
Bettors placed money based on information available at the time: historical data, injury reports, and weather for outside sports. There is definitely a science to it, but compared to inplay wagering, pregame betting is crude at best.
Each game is unique and while some do go according to prediction, most game predictions are off a little while some are completely off base. There’s nothing worse than making a pregame wager and in the first 5 minutes of the game your bet is toast!
Player injury, foul trouble, sickness, or just having a bad day…watching your wager crumble and die is disheartening. Now of course the opposite can be said when a wager goes as planned. But if we’re looking at what makes the most sense, ask yourself: Does it make sense to put in money pregame blindly based on historical data, injury reports, and weather reports? Or, bet on a game when it’s over 3/4’s over, seeing exactly how your team is playing, noting foul troubles, taking into account ingame injury reports, and a litany of other real time factors?
Introducing 4g
With the introduction of 4g technology the world completely changed! From self-driving cars to automated warehouses to real time communication updates with events happening around the globe. 4g changed the game for everyone and for sports bettors it opened a new door to a market that never existed before.
Within seconds, data is sent from a stadium to computers all over the world via API (automated programming interface). Casinos use these APIs to offer bettors current wagers based on inplay activity. By updating the lines so fast, casinos are able to take wagers up until the very end of a game. This new market is what Inplay Dogs monitors for sports bettors!
The Changing Times
The setup of inplay wagering (Spread, Moneyline, Over/Under) is the exact same as pregame, but with updated lines. These constant updates are what makes inplay wagering so special!
As games play out, gamblers can pick up wagers at unheard of prices! For example, let’s say a football game being played and the home team is a huge favorite, but as the first quarter goes – the visiting takes an early lead. Quite common really. A team with no chance comes in playing hard as hell for the first 10 minutes giving it all they got and for 10 minutes, they’re winning.
But as we all know, nothing lasts forever. Usually, the favorite will come back and kick the crap out of the underdog as usual. But here’s where inplay wagering is different than pregame. Let’s say that home team was a 3 touchdown favorite or -21 as a book would offer. Meaning they have to win by more than 21 points to win the wager. But after 10 minutes, they’re down 10. Now to win the wager the home team must score 31 unanswered points. That’s a big ask. Most teams just go for the win rather than being concerned about covering the spread for sports bettors.
With inplay wagering, bettors can watch those first 10 minutes to see if the visitors take the lead after giving it their best….then proceed to get the snot kicked out of them. But let’s look at what happens to the line while those first 10 minutes are being played.
When a line opens at -21 and the underdog scores a touchdown, the -21 will drop to -14. If the underdog scores another touchdown the line will drop to -7 on the pregame favorite. Keep in mind the favorite is losing by 14 at the moment, but the confidence is still there they will win the game. Just this time, the point spread has dropped. Now, the favorite can come back and win the game – and win the wager for the sports bettor without having to cover the -21 points.
Plain and Simple
The choice is obvious! Inplay wagering offers more specificity to wagering. Sports bettors can actually pre-order wagers based on inplay statistics using Inplay Dogs. Tell our system exactly what your dream wager looks like and a text will arrive when it happens.
All top 5 American sports are available for tracking with Inplay Dogs. Whatever your sports betting fancy is, Inplay Dogs is there to help. Simply give your virtual watch dog a request and the dog will watch 24/7/365 freeing up your time! No more sitting around and wondering when to put in a wager. No more watching for just the right time to jump in. No more wasting time on watching for events that never happen. Knowing what a good betting situation looks like and waiting for it to happen are two completely different thing.
Inplay Dogs is about saving sports bettors time. We offer a shortcut, plain and simple. All for just a few dollars a month. Sports never going to stop and neither will sports betting. Stop wasting time following sports in real time, there’s just no humanly way to do it. With all the games being played, no one could possible keep up with all that data.
Using Inplay Dogs will save gamblers the trouble and headache of attempting to make inplay wagering decisions accurately. Simply set up your requests and let the dogs do the hunting!