BETTING ON BASEBALL
In this article we'll discuss bwtting on baseball, one of the most popular sports in the United States, which also attracted many fans from other countries - such as Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Netherlands, Italy, Australia etc.
First of all, the origins of baseball seem to be uncertain, some say it has origins in France, others say it has origins in England, but the real fact is that it was first played (with codified rules) in New Jersey 1846. If we go deeper and analyze the origins of this sport we find out that baseball strongly resembles a very old Romanian game called "oina", although nobody can clearly say if baseball evolved from it or not.
The Major League Baseball (MLB) known as the most popular and watched professional baseball league all over the world gets a lot of attention from online bookmakers and baseball fans. Millions of bets are placed every year only on this league, therefore online bookmakers are putting all efforts in adding many betting markets and special promotions for this league and sport. For example, Paddy Power is one online bookmaker where new MLB money back specials and promotions can be found each week.
If you never placed online bets on this sport, but you want to try it, we can say that most online bookmakers deliver a great variety of markets that you can use. Let's see some examples:
o Money line;
o Total and Run line;
o 3-Way Handicaps;
o Game total;
o Team total;
o Most hits, total hits, team hits;
o Innings totals;
o Innings lines;
o Double result;
o Game total odd/even;
o Team total odd/even;
o Total runs 5-way;
o Lead after x innings;
o Last to score;
o Extra Innings Yes/No.
Apart from these major markets, you can find many other special markets, such as: when will most runs be scored, player performance (total bases, total hits, total strikeouts etc.), starting pitcher etc. Bet365, Paddy Power, William Hill, Ladbrokes and Unibet are excellent choices for placing online bets on baseball.
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