Betting sites & exchanges

Football odds only mean something when the operator behind them is licensed, so this section begins with the operator rather than the price. In Britain the single test is a Gambling Commission licence.

Exchanges trade under the betting intermediary licence, and their decimal prices come from other customers, not from a bookmaker’s margin. Beside them stand the best and newest sites, independent bookies, spread betting platforms and the high-limit and no-limit names.

Licensed operators happily use .com domains, which makes a web address worthless as evidence; only the Commission’s public register settles the question. Statute sets no ceiling on stakes in sports betting, so each operator fixes its own maximum.

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