The betting industry has grown to heights never imagined before and it looks like the industry will grow even more. One of the main reasons why the industry has stayed relevant is because new and exciting products are always being introduced from time to time. One such product is Virtual Sports Betting, which is one of the newest innovations in the sports betting industry world over.
Virtual sports betting involves betting on virtual events such as Football (soccer), Horse racing, Dog racing, Motor sports, Tennis, Basketball among other sports. Not all sports are covered in virtual sports but please note that more and more sports are beginning to be offered in virtual sports. Sportingbet is the first SA betting site to offer virtuals, and they offer virtual sports betting on a number of games including Instant Football, Virtual Football, Virtual Tennis, Instant Horses, Instant Speedway, Instant Velodrome and Instant Trotting. This article however takes a look at Instant Football and Virtual Football, showing how to find these games and how they work.
Instant Football
Instant Football is an exciting virtual game which is based on soccer, the game gives you access to instant On-Demand footballing action. Unlike other virtual games where matches are pre-planned, Instant Football allows you to pick two teams randomly. After selecting the fixture, odds will be assigned to the chosen teams for you to be able to bet. Please note that you are offered team statistics which will enable you to make informed bets, these statistics include:
Strength
Average Goals
Last 6 games
Instant Football matches are more fast-paced as they only take a maximum of 1 minute and 45 seconds to complete. There are no half time breaks, and the video stream plays continuously giving you highlights from both the first and second half with no breaks in between.
Unlike in real soccer betting where you are provided with several betting markets, Instant Football only gives you a few markets to bet on namely:
1X2
Under/Over Total Goals
Full Time Exact Scores
Half Time Result
Asian Handicap
Match Total Goals
In order for you to find these games, you must visit the official Sportingbet website at https://sports.sportingbet.co.za/en/sports and click on ‘Virtual Sports’ on the top menu. You will be redirected to a virtual sports page where you must click on the Instant Football link to access the game.
Virtual Football
Virtual Football is a soccer virtual game which comprise of a 16 team league here you will find a league comprised of 16 teams. The league comprises of European clubs from various elite leagues, some of the clubs you will be betting on are Manchester United, Real Madrid and several others. The league is modeled like a real-life football league and matches are played in a round robin format whereby the teams will face each other twice, home and away. Virtual Football matches play on for up to 2 minutes and there is a 20 second half time break.
Virtual Football games are played out in scheduled match days which means that you will be presented with the video streams to a particular match day and you do not choose the matches yourself. You have access to the statistics which will help you when you are betting, at the end of the match day, the table is automatically updated to show the current standings.
The game will obviously not give you as many markets as the real sports but you can expect to get a considerable amount of markets including:
1X2
Double Chance
HT Results
Over/Under Total Goals
HT Exact Score
FT Exact Score
BTTS
Asian Handicap.