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Betfair World Cup Betting

Betfair is arguably one of the best known sports betting sites in the world, and their Word Cup markets stand up to their reputation.

Betfair are offering a free £25 bet for new account holders that gets credited to your account should you place a £25 bet and lose the wager. Think of it as a one-time “bet insurance” policy.

Besides sports betting, which is a big part of Betfair’s business, the company also offers Betfair Poker and Betfair Casino markets. Although relatively new, being founded in August 1999, Betfair has quickly grown to be a dominant force in the gaming and sports betting industry.

Betfair is a community-minded organization that chooses a Charity of the Year to be awarded a pound-for-pound match for every dollar the charity itself raises up to a £150,000 cap.

Betfair has some very unique betting schemes that are so cutting-edge they caused them to receive the Queen’s Award for Enterprise emblem in the Innovation category for 2003 and for the International Trade category in 2008.

All that is well and good, but I wanted to know what Betfair had in mind for punters interested in World Cup betting. Here’s what I found out.

Much of the interest among Betfair World Cup punters is in the outright winner market. But the European Group Qualifying markets, offering opportunities to bet on the winners of each group, are also attracting a lot of attention.

Other Betfair World Cup market offerings include betting opportunities to choose the top two teams for each group. This is a good option for those who are looking for some World Cup betting variety and don’t want to focus on simply picking the outright winner.

There are also markets for choosing which teams will reach the finals (Spain 3.15, Brazil 3.5, England 4.1. New Zealand, North Korea and Honduras are dead last at 170).

First Time Winner special markets (Yes 2.52; No 1.64), Final Four (Spain 1.9, Brazil 1.96, England 2.52, New Zealand 25) are also available as are several other special markets including the opportunity to nominate finalists.

Betfair has Spain as their outright winner favourite at 5.7. No surprise there. Brazil is listed at 6.2, and the oddsmakers have placed England at 7.

The odds change often, so be sure to visit Betfair regularly to see how your teams are doing and to place your World Cup bets.