LIVE STREAMING
Back in those days when LIVE betting wasn't so complex and most bettors were focused on placing pre-match bets, LIVE video streaming wasn't considered a very useful feature - therefore most online betting sites weren't thinking of wasting time and money to implement it. Since LIVE betting started to become very popular among bettors and enjoys a spectacular growth, LIVE video streaming began to be implemented as well.
Some major names in the online betting industry decided to introduce the LIVE video streaming feature in order to offer their customers the possibility of placing LIVE bets while watching LIVE video streams.
One of the first online bookmakers who added LIVE video streaming was Bet365. Their LIVE video streaming coverage started to become better and better and now they offer hundreds or even thousands of live VIDEO streams/month from various sports: starting from popular events from football/ tennis and up to table tennis or beach volleyball. LIVE streaming is fast, with a good video quality, which can be watched at the right side of the live betting event or in a new and separate window. The best thing about LIVE streaming provided by Bet365 is that it's available for FREE for all the registered customers, without paying a fee.
Unibet, William Hill, Bwin, Bet-at-home, Betfair, Expekt, Vbet, Betclic, Sportingbet and Paddy Power are other online bookmakers where you can find an amazing variety of live video streams from all major sports and competitions: Tennis Wimbledon, UEFA Champions League, Europa League, Serie A, Brazilian Leagues, horse racing, basketball, darts, snooker, volleyball and more.
The good thing about LIVE video streaming is that it enables the possibility of betting on some certain types of LIVE bets that you might not normally bet on without watching the video transmission. An example: betting on tennis game points or game winners is a waste of money if you can't watch the player's performance from that moment and analyze carefully if he has any chances of winning.
Since online betting is in a growing and continuous development, the bettors now have the chance to bet from their mobile phones/tablets and even watch LIVE video transmissions on the go. Unfortunately, not all the live streams are available on mobile/tablet, but online bookmakers are constantly adding more and more.
As was mentioned before, Bet365 offers its LIVE video streaming service for free to all the customers, meaning that you don't have to pay any money for it, but it has some requirements. In order to watch a LIVE video stream of a horse race, you need to place a bet on that specific race. For the rest of the LIVE video streams (other sports) you don't need to place any bet, but you need to have at least 0.01 USD into your account. Some online bookmakers require to place a bet within the last 24 hours in order to watch a LIVE video stream, others don't offer their LIVE video streaming services to all countries (e.g. Bet-at-home and Vbet don't offer live video streaming for some south-eastern European countries). In order to find out what the exact requirements are, it's recommended to contact the customer support service of the online bookmaker you use.
Overall, live video streaming is a very useful feature which certainly will be implemented by all online bookmakers in the near future. Until that moment, you can enjoy the live video streams from the popular bookmakers and have enjoy your favorite events.
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