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A year ago, if you told me that I’d check game odds, I’d have laughed at you. But here I am, checking football odds and bet markets during every single game. I went to my friends’ to watch the Arsenal vs City game last season, and they placed live bets on their phones between the goalposts.<\/p>\n

I was totally baffled by the situation.<\/p>\n

I was a sports fanatic thanks to my dad, and really the extent of my father and my neighbour’s interaction regarding betting was just a friendly wager. After showing the results of his bet placing frenzy, my friend Jake bet and explained to me that he placed 3 bets, 47 seconds prior.<\/p>\n

Why I Finally Downloaded One<\/span><\/h2>\n

I didn’t download the app because I thought I’d lose money or have to stare at it nonstop for updates. I was really surprised that having betting apps<\/span><\/a> on my phone actually began to organise my betting instead of the other way around.<\/p>\n

I finally gave up on the idea of having to go to a betting shop to place my bet for the upcoming game, because I had to work until 6:38 pm and the game started at 7:00 pm, I knew that by the time I’d finished everything I needed to do in order to get there, stand in line, and find a spot to watch the game, I would have already missed the first 20 minutes of the game.<\/p>\n

My colleague noticed my frustration and said: \u201cWhy can’t you use your phone?\u201d He walked me through how to use this app to place this bet right there in the company parking space. I placed my bet at 6:51 PM, and I was able to watch the match from the comfort of my home.<\/p>\n

What Actually Surprised Me<\/span><\/h2>\n

I would think the largest advantage of mobile betting is the speed of the bet. I think that is a large part of the reason, but I noticed something else very quickly that no one told me about.<\/p>\n

I started to track and budget my spending.<\/p>\n

When you physically pay cash for something, that money leaves your finances mentally. Mobile apps show you your past spending, your wins, your losses, your text history from the past 3 months, and as you open the app you have the ability to review it all any time you want.<\/p>\n

When I saw I spent $340 in March, it made me more careful in April, and I Budgeted around $115. I\u2019m not positive I would have noticed with cash.<\/p>\n

The Features Nobody Talks About<\/span><\/h2>\n

Convenience is talked about most with mobile betting, and understandably so. What about the other things that truly make a difference?<\/p>\n

The apps I have send notifications about matches that most people tend to forget about. Last week I forgot to look at the fixtures that Tuesday night had 2 teams of mid-table La Liga, and at 2:13pm I got a notification about that match. I was able to watch an entertaining match that I would have missed, and I made a small profit on this too.<\/p>\n

Comparing prices is a whole lot quicker through apps than walking between stores or phoning around. What used to take me almost 35 minutes to do now only takes 4 minutes.<\/p>\n

Some apps allow early cashout if you\u2019re getting edgy and your bet is winning. I\u2019ve used this feature once during a game where our team was leading 2-1 but were looking really shaky defensively around the 78th minute. Cashed out early and I was glad I did because we conceded an equaliser at 84 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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