Betfair

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betfair.com The biggest betting exchange in the world Odds generally better than at standard fixed odds bookies Back available odds or lay against the outcome of an event Order your preferred odds from the market Integrated sports betting, casino, poker room and arcade games using a single account Covers most local SA sports events including horse racing, cricket, rugby and golf

Betfair Betting Exchange, Casino and Poker Room

For those not familiar exchange betting, it's pretty straight forward and many people say that once you have bet at Betfair, it becomes your first choice when checking odds or looking for a value bet.

The main difference between Betfair and fixed odds bookmakers is that they allow you to not only back a selection, but lay the selection, and in effect bet against it. So if you think a team or horse will win, you back it. If on the other hand you think it will lose, you lay it.

Betfair truly revolutionized the online betting industry and in fact won the Queen's Award for Enterprise, in the Innovation category, during 2003 and again in 2008. This is one of the most honorable business awards in the world.

UK registered customer are betting against other Betfair customers. If you are registered with Betfair from outside the UK (e.g. in South Africa) you are betting directly against Betfair rather than other Betfair customers.

Betfair does not accept Rands but that should not deter South African players from signing up.

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Sports Betting Markets

For South African's these is hardly a sport or event that is not comprehensively covered on Betfair, You will often find some of the best odds on offer, all  Southern Hemisphere and Northern Hemisphere rugby as well as South African, Irish, Australia, USA, Canadian and UK horse racing. Needless to say they cover every major soccer league and gold tournaments. South African racing betting customers in particular have loved Betfair for their wide selections and excellent odds.

Special Features

• Often the best odds available - you will soon see as you start to compare
• Betfair has fully integrated your sports bets, casino games and poker gams into a single account facility
• Easy transfer of funds for South African customers
• Betfair understands the South African marketplace well, having been one of the very firs UK bookmakers to carry not just SA racing but other sports as well
• Their technology is excellent and extremely user friendly - most of it is developed in-house
  

Promotions and Sign Up Offers

Sports Bonus £25 free bets

Casino Bonus 100% First Deposit Bonus, up to £50

Poker $150 sign up bonus

Arcade (New) Bet £5 get £5 back

Payment Methods

Easy and safe to deposit and withdraw money from South Africa including:

• Credit card (Visa and Mastercard) as well as Amex 
• Low cost re transfers
• Neteller, Citadel, Moneybookers
• Electronic checks, and more

Casino Games

Casino

The Betfair Casino offers over 50 no-download games with two "lounges" that you can play in here. The Main Lounge offers more than 40 traditional casino games including slots, table games and video poker. The Zero Lounge offers just four games, but with a 0% house edge. The Zero Lounge, on the other hand, has four games to choose from - blackjack, roulette with no zero, baccarat, and jacks or better video poker.

In addition Betfair has recently added an Arcade and amongst the games in the arcade they have a few amazing new video slots. 

Live Poker

Poker

• Betfair have built their own live poker software
• Traffic levels are excellent - it is a very popular poker site in the UK and Europe
• $4 million in tournament prize pools every month
• $55k Sunday night guaranteed
•  Betfair pro's include Annette Obrestad and John Tabatabai in weekly tourneys
• Exclusive online qualifier for World Series of Poker Europe 
• Many loose and profitable cash games and tournaments
• Very good stats software as well as a real time hand buddy that helps you make your plays
  

Live support via chat, Toll free phone, Email (24/7/365)

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