The Next Cricket Match On Your Television Screen Can Fetch You Loads Of Money

Each cricket match, especially in a country like India, fetches crores of rupees in legal bets. You may ask about the quantum of money bet on cricket in India but to arrive at an exact number is a little impossible. There are sports betting companies that accept bets online from registered punters who pay using a credit card. Odds at such companies are not set by an individual bookmaker or a consortium but by the market: the odds change as the amount bet on or against a particular team or individual player grows. The growing cricket betting in India shows us more about India than about the nature of sport. Cricket is big in India and so is betting. That is why cricket matches are magnets for such huge betting opportunities. In contrast, golf is not a mass sport in India and there is no great interest in betting on it.

Betting is illegal in India and Indian credit cards cannot easily be used on betting sites. So, to access worldwide betting companies, an Indian punter has to have either a bank account or a credit card overseas, perhaps borrowed from a friend or cousin. Alternatively, he has to have legal status (as a foreign-exchange earner or non-resident Indian) permitting him to park money abroad. It is not an easy process. It is much smoother, however, to get in touch with a bookie in your town. Indian bookies run trusted client networks. Most of them are honest, in that, even if they cheat the tax man, they don't lie about the odds available and ensure payments are made on time. If a would-be punter is introduced to a bookie by another client, he can enter the circle, and must play by the rules.

Now, once you start betting, you have to have a strategy in place. For some free cricket betting tips, you need to log in at selected sites and start gathering valuable information.