Discover the Secrets of the Football Betting Industry

[00:03] Goal! What's that? What was that? What was that?

[00:19] How can a yellow card that Messi gets in one of Europe's stadiums Return a financial gain for a poor citizen in Africa

[00:33] That makes some rich Managed by huge commercial companies And famous players in the game get involved

[00:49] And doesn't need an effort or experience And analyzing the performance of teams and players sometimes And mostly depends on luck and good omen

[01:04] Some of its pioneers are famous people who want more millions While others are poor who're searching for a little money Let's discover football betting world

[01:35] This industry started in modern sports in early 18th century That were famous in Britain at that time Regarding the date of its entrance to football world, its thought to be the beginning of the previous century

[01:50] When it happened indoors, in alleys, and streets Until it became legal in England after enacting the gambling law It became more powerful with TV broadcasting of the matches

[02:07] And it reached its peak with internet's appearance that helped spread it more And attracted a new group of millions of people to start betting The bookie only needs to sign up to one of the betting platforms, websites, or apps

[02:23] That gives him a free account as a trial and getting using to betting And allows him to use different betting forms That evaporates if he lost, and doubles if he won

[02:38] He pays 10 euro betting for Manchester United's win for example The amount may increase to 30 euro or more if he won Or the euros go in vain if the team lost

[02:52] Winning increases according to the initial amount paid to enter the betting And the accuracy of the result, and the details that he's betting for That each team gets

[03:06] And the player who'll score a hat-trick And the main list and who'll participate from the substitute players

[03:18] And the number of penalties and others Some people prefer long-term bets like determining the winner of the league

[03:33] And he depends on the power of the team that he bet for and the previous results 2016 witnessed the greatest bet in football

[03:48] When a fan bet on Leicester City F.C.'s win of the Premier League After he predicted the foxes' win Although the predictions of winning the league was 1/5000 only

[04:14] The industry has its men and people who won millions Including Matthew Benham who made a fortune

[04:29] And later became the owner of the English club, Brentford And who found Smartodds company that specializes in data analyzing and consultations

[04:42] It has tens of apps and platforms Like SkyBet, BetFred, BET365, and many more

[04:54] It has millions of subscribers who want to gamble and earn This phenomenon isn't spread among the Arab leagues officially

[05:08] There are no local websites that specializes in betting Thus, the gamblers have to use international websites and platforms And deal with brokers who manage bets in their homes

[05:21] At the same time, football enthusiasts who don't want to bet and who love to give their predictions go to interactive football games

[05:34] And Football Manager and other games that have no earning Some players sometimes are forced to enter this market

[05:47] Or by influencing the game's result In favor of one of the entities

[06:01] An investigation for the English Union accused Arsenal's Swiss player, Granit Xhaka of his willfulness to get a yellow card after pressure from the Albanian mafia

[06:13] Coinciding with the increase of betting of him getting a card With amounts that reached 52 thousand Sterling pounds Paid in cryptocurrency

[06:25] Leaked his transfer to Atlético de Madrid news On one of the chat groups in Whatsapp That bet for his next destination

[06:39] And caused him to be fined 70 thousand Sterling Pounds In 2019 Daniel Sturridge, Liverpool's player at that time, was accused of

[06:53] Violating the betting rules because of leaking transfer news that almost happened Betting is gambling without a card, a dice, or a poker table

[07:05] It was one of the reasons why the game that's loved by many got deformed And changed the concepts of watching football matches The participant in it doesn't support a team for passion, love, or belonging

[07:18] To fast earning without any effort Which made some addict it until they became poor And their bankruptcy