Fights, races, and ball-sports (football, baseball, basketball…) get bet on all the time. It started out with old uncle shady spending half his check at the track and the other half in the bar drowning his loss afterward, or dad putting a few bucks on so-and-so to knock out such-and-such in round three.
But nowadays you can bet on ANY sport online from anywhere in the world, and yet I still don’t see anyone betting on figure-skating, bodybuilding, snowboarding, swimming… However, I did see a surfing category on Sportsbook when I went to find an example for the link above.
This begs the questions – what makes a sport good for betting? I’d love to read your thoughts on this late-night curiosity of mine.
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A sport worth betting on has to have two things: A winner and a loser.