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= January 30 =

Importance of the Super Bowl in European sports betting
What role does the Super Bowl play in European sports betting? Is it a significant factor compared to European sports events around that time? --KnightMove (talk) 08:08, 30 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I looked at the sites listed by Hudson Reporter under the title "2024's Best European Betting Sites: Top 10 Online Sportsbooks in Europe (Update)". The top one, MyStake, has the sports categories Soccer, Basketball, Tennis and Ice Hockey. The next, Freshbet, appeared to be a clone of MyStake. The third, Gxmble, told me I had been blocked for trying to access them; same for Winstler. Cloudbet required me to sign up before they would let me see what they were about, which I chose not to do; same for MrPlay and Everygame. Betonline closed the window as soon as it opened, and so did Sportsbetting.ag. Goldenbet appeared to be running the same software as MyStake, but all in German and as far as teams sports were concerned restricted to Fußball. So I could see only one and its clone and another semi-clone, who all appeared to be blissfully unaware of American football. --Lambiam 23:21, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
 * It might be interesting to know how many Americans bet on soccer. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:31, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, we do have our own league here in the US (MLS), so that is almost guaranteed to attract some betting. And I know I hear at least a few murmurings around the World Cup. But I presume that you are really asking about Americans betting on other countries' domestic leagues. "Do Americans bet on the Premier League?" (and such). --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 14:03, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for that research. I now have seen that Goldenbet at least ranks American Football in 11th place... so, it's not completely ignored, but not particularily important. --KnightMove (talk) 06:49, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * A quick Google search shows that all the major British bookmakers (such as Betfred and Ladbrokes Coral) are advertising betting on the Super Bowl. Alansplodge (talk) 18:16, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I expect that most European gamblers have no idea when the Super Bowl is held if they even know what it is and could not mention even one participating NFL team. --Lambiam 21:50, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The Super Bowl is shown live in England on ITV1, our main commercial channel, as well as on Sky UK. Exhibition NFL matches at Wembley Stadium generally sell out, but domestic American football has been less successful, see BAFA National Leagues.
 * In gambling terms, by far and away the most popular event in Britain is the Grand National, a 4¼-mile horse race in which the animals are required to jump over enormous hedges and water obstacles, so the chances of an outsider winning are quite high, the course being littered with fallen jockeys and loose horses. An estimated 13 million people placed a bet on the 2023 race being almost 20% of the UK population. Alansplodge (talk) 12:52, 1 February 2024 (UTC)