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Youbetme is a social betting application for mobile devices. The app is currently available for free on iOS, and will soon be available for Android devices, and via web browsers. It was developed by Social Bet, Inc. (founded in 2012) on the premise that any occasion can be turned into a social bet, and to make casual betting easier and more enjoyable – encouraging camaraderie and fun among friends. Youbetme is the first mobile, social betting exchange that lets people bet on anything, from anywhere, in a matter of seconds.

Youbetme works via SMS or native smartphone application to enable users betting with each other - a wager on the World Series, a friendly game of golf, or even the outcome of a beer pong game - to be more manageable and enjoyable. A rating system provides accountability for wins and losses so that bettors can manage their street credibility, and that of their friends. As a universal one-stop platform for social media enabled players, Youbetme includes real-time feeds for all professional sports, Facebook integration, peer-to-peer text message betting, an exclusive patent-pending “QuickBet” feature via SMS, and the ability to add spectators to a wager to amp up the social quotient.

YBM supports the latest iOS, and soon will be available on Android mobile devices and tablets, as well as laptops and desktops through a web interface.

Features

 * System provides a wide variety of bettable events
 * 'Custom Bet' allows users to create events for wagering
 * 'Prediction' allows users to guess or predict anything and any outcome
 * Settlement of wagers and reminders
 * Reputation management
 * External API for building an ecosystem

Examples

 * Sports (Golf, Football, Basketball, Soccer, Hockey, Baseball, NASCAR, Horse Racing), real and fantasy
 * Popular culture (The Bachelor, American Idol, The Oscars)
 * Custom bets
 * Price at close for a stock (e.g., Twitter [TWTR] above $40)
 * Mom won't make it home by dinner time