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Sure Bets

Sure bets refer to bets which can be placed with certainty, with a degree of insurance, therefore thus called ‘sure bets’: bets you can be sure of that will lead to a direct or indirect profit. Sure bets are to some extend synonymous to arbs, arbitrage bets and spread bets. The equivalence counts when one talks about the betting technique, a technique that differs from general sports betting, which refers more to gambling. Read more on that in our sure betting article

Sure bets are born due to the continues existence of inconsistent odds at different internet bookmakers. Bookmakers mostly disagree when it comes to odds compilation, as they do not share experience and knowledge but hire different employees to compile odds instead. Furthermore, it is common sense for each bookmaker to be competitive and remain competitive in the volatile market, in which they operate. If all bookmakers were owned by one company, the odds would probably be the same and sure bets would not exist.

Most bookmakers focus on sports gamblers, but some companies have found a way to make a living from sure bettors. A good example is Betfair. The only way to survive, for sportsbooks such as Betfair, is to set a standard text for each profit gained by the sure bettor, as they know they would otherwise go bankrupt, as sure betting is, in the long run, inherently very profitable for sure bettors.

Sure bettors who would only own an account at Betfair would lose in the long run as the tax outruns the profit. This is why Betfair, independently seen, is not a good bookmaker to those who do not understand the genuine practice of sure betting. Sure bets which exist inside a bookmaker like Betfair, are bad sure bets due to the existence of tax. Sure bets which exist due to odds-inconsistency at different bookmakers, are good ones, as other bookmakers have not installed tax regularities because they profit from gamblers, and thus taking advantage of high odds will become profitable for those who hunt sure bets.

Sure Betting

Sure betting is the technique by which a person takes advantage of sure bets (also called arbs, arbitrage bets and/or spread bets). Arbitrage betting and spread betting are synonyms. The definition sure betting can generally be explained as ‘betting with certainty’. Contrary to general sports betting (which is, factually, 100% equivalent to gambling), sure betting refers to placing more than 1 bet at the same sports match. To be more specific, when practicing sure betting, a person must place bets at all outcomes of one sports match, instead of just one. One does not place all bets at the same bookmaker, but at different bookmakers.

As we already explained in the sure bets article, bookmakers are inconsistent when it comes to odds compilation, and as a result of ongoing competition between internet bookmakers against the background of the hard, competitive and extremely volatile world of betting, they unintentionally create sometimes unusual high odds to stay ahead of the competitors.

A person who practices the art of sure betting will seek the highest odds for each outcome of the game by scanning all bookmakers, and in the end, place the bets accordingly. This way, he ensures himself of a guaranteed profit regardless of the outcome of the match, which is, in a nutshell, the theorem of sure betting.

Of course, this ‘odds scanning’ is not actually done by the sure bettor himself as this would take too much time (and frankly, as odds change quickly, time is of the essence when it comes to practice sure betting correctly), but conversely this is done by software programs, such as arbseek and oddsandbets. Read more about arb software programs.

Spread Betting

Spread Betting is a definition used to underline the importance of spreading bets when compared to definitions with equal meaning such as arbitrage betting and sure betting. What we are trying to say is that arbitrage betting, sure betting and spread betting eventually all have the same meaning, but that the inherent focus of the definitions is what separates the definitions apart from of course vocal and written differences in that spread betting advocates the spreading technique whereas sure betting focuses on the certainty of profit and whereas arbitrage betting underlines the …

The term spread betting first came up, as all betting definitions and the whole invention of sports betting, in the UK. Instead of placing one bet on one outcome you must spread your initial investment (the bet) on different outcomes in order to ensure yourself of an eventual profit.

Although spread betting refers to this actual investment spreading in order to yield guaranteed profits, the term now reminds me of another important factor that wasn’t addressed in the sure betting article.

Applying a correct spread betting strategy does not only depend on the spreading of the independent bets (short term focus), but also relies on the spreading of your bankroll at different bookmakers in order to act when the time has come to take advantage of an arb (long term). Spread betting thus does not only involve the successful spread of bets, but also the successful and continues spread of your funds as you need to have sufficient funds at each bookmaker when a given arb asks you to place a bet at a certain bookmaker.

As there are over 250 online bookmakers, it is very important to have as much accounts. To be a successful full time arbitrage trader you must have at least 40 accounts at 40 different bookmakers. To do the job part time, it is essential to have at least 15 accounts and 15 different sportsbooks. It is too costly to actually wait around for arbs to come. Instead, your waiting time must be near zero as time is money and money eventually can buy you time!

Out of those 250 internet bookmakers we have selected the 50 most ‘arb producing’ bookmakers (in other words, those bookies who produce high odds a lot). Visit our internet bookmaker page to create your accounts immediately. And of course, out of these 50 bookmakers, one bookmaker produces more high odds than another. These differentiations are made clear inside the Dominate Sports Betting Newsletter to which you are subscribed when you order the Dominate Sports Betting E-Book. The 4^th and 5^th email you receive from us gives you a list of the 10 most arb-productive bookmakers, followed by a list of the 20 most arb-productive bookmakers thereafter.

Arbitrage Betting

Arbitrage Betting is a term used to denounce the same practice or technique as spread betting or smart betting. Again, all these terms have the same meaning, the difference lies in the names of these definitions, the explanation is the same. If we would have to describe a difference we can only tell you that one would expect to think that in the term arbitrage betting, the word ‘arbitrage’ refers to arbitrary, which refers to the practice itself. Arbitrage betting (or spread betting, sure betting) is indeed an arbitrary practice in many different ways. First of all, bookmakers don’t like arbitrage bettors all too much, though they cannot bann people from doing it since it is legal. Second, arbitrage betting is arbitrary in the sense that it is a tricky practice in where you have to focus well and keep up pace. Third of all, arbitrage or arbitrary is often connected to the word seperation in other languages (a seperative judge, he who knows the rules and acts through them, a referee) and thus would point to the fact that with arbitrage betting you have to spread your bets.

Arb Software Programs

Without arb software programs, any potential arbitrage trader will never become a real one. It is unthinkable to search for high odds at all those bookmakers yourself. Computer scanning software programs such as Arbseek and OddsandBets deliver new arbs every minute, and they do not change their pace for any reason. This ongoing deliverance of new arbs allows us to apply the arbitrage strategy whenever we want to, and as much as we can. The world of arbitrage is already a very fast world in where a few seconds can decide the difference between a huge profit and a small profit as odds change a lot.

Arb software programs are relatively cheap and a necessary investment. Without them, you cannot practice the art of arbitrage betting, and the good thing is their subscription prices are low compared to the profit you yield with arbitrage betting in the first place, which is why we call them ‘relatively cheap’. Cheap and expensive are words, like any other general words, that can only exist because the opposite exists! Something can only exists if something else does not exist, language-philosophically speaking.

But let’s not get philosophical at the behest of the undying will to be right. Let’s focus on the arb software programs that actually exist, so you can make a conscious and correct choice meeting your own needs and demands.

We know that there are hundreds of bookmakers out there on the internet, but there also happen to be tens of arb software programs. We will make the choice a bit easier for you though and have already selected the two best software programs (and most used ones) to partner up with. These are Arbseek and Oddsandbets. Click on them to read more about each specific software program in order to make your choice.