In-play betting adds another dimension to sports betting. You place bets while the event is being played. Most online bookies offer in-play betting on numerous markets and events and some will give up to the minute scores and other statistics. Some websites, such as Betfair and Bet365, offer live streaming video on certain events so you don’t even need access to a TV to join in the fun. However, the video streams are quite unreliable.

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Betting in-play can be useful when you are unsure about how an event will unfold, and so a punter can decide on which way to place his/her bet after watching at least part of the event. Some people use in-play betting to cut their losses or guarantee their money back (or even profit from) bets they placed before the event started, but this can sometimes backfire!

It is important to bear in mind that a lot of in-play markets get suspended (closed) before the end of the event. This mostly happens if the betting companies lose their live feed, and it happens surprisingly often, so it’s always best to be cautious. However, most stakes placed on suspended in-play events will be refunded, so you shouldn’t lose out. But remember – bets placed before the event will not be refunded as they are not classed as ‘in-play’ bets, therefore, if you are betting in-play to counter your initial bet you will still lose out!

With International Football taking over this weekend and the Premiership and Coca Cola leagues having a break I would like to give pointers on where some value will be this week on your Football bet.

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Austria host France in the first of the Groups World Cup Qualifiers and With France expecting to be around Even money I would go for them with their Squad man for man miles ahead of the Austrians, another good looking away side that will be a decent price and might be worth a punt is Northern Ireland who are away at Slovakia and although the Eastern Europeans will start the game hot favourites I am going to tip the Irish to cause a shock and come away with Three points.

Home sides should do well this week and I expect easy wins for Wales who entertain Azerbaijan, Poland who host Slovenia, Israel to overcome Switzerland and they will be a good price to win, And the Ukraine to beat Belarus in a local grudge match.

For all the people who like to have a flutter on Draws there are some very eye catching games that may well finish with both sides deadlocked including Hungary V Denmark, Georgia V Rep Of Ireland, and a banker in my eyes Montenegro V Bulgaria.

So with lots of games to get your knuckles into this weekend the only thing I can say is Good Luck and happy betting.

Recently voted ‘best bookmaker’ by a leading magazine, Coral bookmakers both on the high street and online really do run an efficient and professional set up that really is up there in my eyes.

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With over 1100 shops around the UK and also the owner of 2 greyhound tracks even if you are not online and live in the UK you can rest assure that a shop won’t be far away if you are looking to place a bet on any sporting event in the UK or anywhere around the world.

They cover all types of bets in whatever sport you are interested in whether it is Football, Horse racing, Greyhound racing etc. With all live in play options on all sports also.

The Ante post betting with Corals enables you to have bets on any future event such as the Australian Melbourne Cup in November, Next year’s Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup as well as all the Group 1 races that you might have been given a tip on but with all bookmakers nowadays they do not offer returns on future bets if the horse does not run after you placed your bet which is normally called ‘no runner no bet’ meaning you will lose your money if it does not start the race.

Joining up at the minute entitles you to a free £10 off coral so now is the time if you are interested in joining with Coral to do so.

They may be the biggest and most famous bookies in the world but betting with Ladbrokes is a little bit like waking up on Christmas morning and expecting a Scaletrix set only to get the cheap equivalent – it’s still works but it should be better somehow.

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To be fair the ‘Magic Sign’ is a victim of it’s own success these days. It’s massive achievement in getting a betting shop just about everywhere means they have had a massive job to refurbishing the shops when the law changed making betting more acceptable. Before that time many of their shops were tucked away out of sight or had their windows covered giving them a seedy aura and with such a vast estate they are still improving them. That said the new shops are very modern with all the elements you expect to find in a modern betting premises with plasma screens and the like, but even these have their problems.

Again it is success which is the problem. Often the shops are messy with used betting slips and Racing Post’s just left littering the shops but this is down to the fact ‘Laddies’ is nearly always busy and the staff are otherwise engaged in the important business of taking bests. And that is a big positive the staff and bet capturing system is very quick and efficient – it is very rare that even on the busiest of days you failed to get you punt on in time.

Bet365 was founded all the way back in 1974 and is a UK based company which has a headquarters in Stoke-on-Trent, with over 700 employees and well over 1.5 million customers dotted over 140 countries Bet365 is currently one of the leaders in many people’s eyes with a lot of Betting based surveys placing them in the Top 3 of internet gambling sites.

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Bet365 are offering some pretty interesting deals to new customers all the time but there current deals are very appealing, the first offer they are giving out is a 15% first deposit bonus of any amount up to $500. So if your currency is not dollars don’t worry because Bet365 accept over 27 different currencies so just work out what you will receive on your first deposit by just checking the exchange rate for your individual currency.
The other offer is just for UK based customers where you will receive up to £100 in free bets but you will get them in 4 different periods.

As a site Bet365 offer some great and competitive prices on all the big gambled on sports Football, Rugby, Golf, Horse Racing etc and if you are already a member of Bet365 you are not forgotten about as Promotions for existing customers include Bet365’s Big Match Correct Score free bet offer, a Football score cast refund, and you will win up to 60% bonus on Premiership accumulators bet on with Bet365.

They Bet365 have all the means of contact with online chat, Phone numbers and a fax number available to help you if you ever get stuck or cannot find a bet that you want to put on.

But all in all this site is very user friendly and has some brilliant Staff waiting to welcome you on board.

With the season now up and running and the teams now getting to grips with the English Football season let’s have a look at next week’s fixtures and give you what I think may happen next weekend.

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Home Wins
This week’s games where I think the home side will win start at Blackburn where new boys Hull visit Ewood park and I expect Paul Ince’s men to have too much for Hull City, Liverpool should beat Middlesbrough at Anfield after their impressive 1-0 win at Sunderland last week, Newcastle after their credible draw with the Champions Man-Utd at Old Trafford should start their home campaign off with a win over Bolton at St James Park.

Away wins
This week’s teams that have chances away from home include Arsenal who make the short journey across London to face Fulham and I think will win by at least 2 goals, Aston Villa travel to new boys Stoke City and expect more goals from Villas strike force in what should be an easy victory for Villa, Everton who had a shock defeat at home to Blackburn on the opening day travel to West Brom and although I expect the game to be very tight I think Everton will just nick it by the odd goal, and after their demolition of Portsmouth on the opening day Chelsea travel to Wigan and surely will have too much for the home side, expect a 3 or 4 nilvictory for Chelsea.

Draws
Man City V West Ham
Tottenham V Sunderland
Portsmouth V Man-Utd
I really cannot separate these sides and if I had to stick my neck out I would say that there is a strong chance they could all end up in stalemates.

The Beijing games may only have just finished but almost before that red London bus had opened and David Beckham had kicked that ball into the crowd (much like his performance for England the previous Wednesday) Coral.co.uk had already opened some Team GB specials for the London 2012 Olympics.

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Just before we get onto what’s on offer and if the markets present any value its good to see the firm used one of their best features on the home page to thrust these bets into focus. The ticker tape style text at the top of the page guides the eye to the latest punts on offer and it was through this the Great Britain bets were found.

First up on offer is how many gold’s will Team GB claim on home soil over or under 24.5 - both options at 5/6. After such a great Olympics with the Brits claiming 19 golds, a record in recent times, it is easy to get carried away on how much better they’ll do in four years. Can these athletes, many of whom will be new to the games, handle the pressure of a home crowd expectation? With that unknown the under option is probably safest.

The next market is similar but asks how many total medals, again over or under 64.5. Well the total this time, which was beyond all expectations, was 47 so if you take the 5/6 about more being won then you have to ask yourself were the extra 17.5 medals will come from so again the under seems prudent.

Bet 365 is fast becoming one of the biggest in the business which is largely due to all there great offers covering loads of sports which are good for the punters that like having bets on many different sports.

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They also offer great signing up offers on all the Bet 365 sites, Casino, Poker and their games site which change regularly so if this is your cup of tea have a look at what they are currently offering because you might be impressed, on the sports site from August 24th Bet 365 are offering a Free Bet Basket Offer where basically your first bet will be matched with a free bet of up to the value or equivalent of £25 - with a further 3 free bets available (up to £25 each) once you’ve placed an additional 5, 10 and 15 more bets with Bet 365.

For all American sport fans Bet 365 bonuses are fantastic with a double gaining you a 5% bonus on your winnings rising up to an incredible 45% for an eleven fold but being hones if you can pick eleven winners you deserve a big bonus in my eyes.

They have a live chat option for when it seems to not working correctly, over 13 different currencies which are the main worldwide currencies EUR, AUD, CAD, GBP, USD etc, 8 different languages to communicate in which is also a big help for the people that don’t speak English and caring staff that will make your time with bet 365 as pleasant as they can.

Paddy Power have become famous for their early payouts and cheeky novelty bets but is there any more to the Irish Bookmaker?

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Leaving aside their very clever personification of Paddy Power in the PR man of the same name, the Emerald Isle based firm have become one of the most visible in the UK. In a way they have took over the mantle of Fred Done, Chairman of Betfred, who was the first bookie to payout early on Manchester United winning the title, and taken it to a new level.

Their money back specials are probably second to none at the moment and they are very good a paying out on losing bets. That is to say that if they feel an injustice has been done then they will refund bets before the other firms have even drawn breath.

Novelty markets is a big part of Paddy’s PR drive and a way to infiltrate the common marketplace. Offing odds on things like ‘Who will die next in Coronation Street?’ means the company can appear on media outlets outside the usual stamping grounds for betting firms and in turn reach new audiences.

Their approach is also totally unique. Paddy’s website is full of cheeky copy taking the mick out of certain events or just making a satirical look at the world of punting. It makes for a highly entertaining read and is refreshing from firms just writing things to get you to bet – you feel that the Irish lot have made more of an effort to get your custom.

The world of on-line betting has become increasingly competitive over the last few years with firms always trying new ways to get you to choose their site - but who are the best?

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For shear variety and consistency in value bet365 have to come high on my list. There really is no one who can touch them for football betting with pretty much every league in the world catered for. As someone who likes a punt on the MLS placing a lucky 15 including my selections with the Stoke based firm allows me to get extra value should I win and three times the odds if I only get one result right. Payment is never an issue and the prices are always competitive and often available before most of the other firms.

For offers, novelty bets and general entertainment the cheeky chappies over at Paddy Power have to make the top three. The Irish bookies are second to none with early payouts and money-back offers, they also have more novelty bets than anyone else. The website is nicely set out and is entertaining reading with content thought about rather than just written to get you to bet.

And finally for content Ladbrokes are hard to beat. Sure their site is hideous to look at and not laid out brilliantly but they are a name you can trust and constantly have top names giving you tips for the big events both in video and audio.