What Sports Are Most Popular for Betting in Africa?

Popular sports in Nigeria

According to statistics for 2023 in Nigeria, the most popular sports are:

1. Football (soccer)
2. Basketball
3. Cricket
4. Rugby

Popular sports for betting in Ethiopia

In general, the statistics on the popularity of sports for betting in Ethiopia is the same as in Nigeria (the above list is relevant for all regions of Africa)

If you study the statistics above in more detail, you will notice that the most popular sport for betting is soccer. It is many times more popular in search queries than other sports.

Betting on soccer at a bookmakers: features and strategies

No one doubts that soccer is the most popular sport. Naturally, bookmaker offices pay more attention to this sport - the soccer line is traditionally larger than lines in other sports, in addition, it is characterized by a more impressive list, most often has a smaller margin and much higher betting limits. What do you need to know if you want to bet on soccer? How to bet on soccer matches online? We tell you only the most important things.

The line of bets on soccer includes many options: bets on the outcome (victory of one of the teams or a draw), on the number of goals (from 0-0 to "hockey" results), on various forfeits, on the exact score, on the number of corners, yellow cards, fouls, shots on goal, substitutions, bets on the authors of goals, on the outcome of the first and second halves, etc. Betting on soccer is popular all over the world, and a good bookmaker offers more than 100 betting options for each match of a typical soccer championship. Not as many options are offered to punters on more modest league matches, but all the most popular ones will definitely be represented in the line.

Advantages of betting on soccer

• High betting limits. Given the fact that soccer is the most popular sport, the soccer line is traditionally characterized by the highest betting limits. Large fonts give to bet on one match up to 10 000 - 50 000 dollars. Even on the list of important fights is often allowed to bet more than on the main outcomes of competitions in other sports.
• Low margin. In conditions of fierce competition bookmakers are forced to extremely high odds on soccer, in order to at least something to stand out against the background of other offices. Thus, in many bookmakers' offices quotes for soccer are 5-6 points higher than, for example, for hockey and volleyball.
• A wide lineup. Whatever bookmaker's office we are talking about, its soccer line will certainly be larger than the size of the rest of the sections, and often - taken together. For the most important events, such as the World Cup, European Championships or Champions League, the lineup of one match can take up two or three pages of the line, and in the list of proposed types of bets can be found the most diverse and unexpected offers, up to betting on which team will throw in the first out.
• A large number of television broadcasts. Among other things, soccer is also the most televised sport in the world, so you will always have the opportunity to watch your bet play out on TV. This opens up a great opportunity to play live, which skilled players will certainly appreciate. The strategy of betting on soccer in live is not much different from the strategies in other sports: here you also need to have excellent knowledge, closely follow the broadcast of the match, notice any changes in the course of the game and promptly respond to them with a timely bet or cancel the option, which seemed successful initially.
• The advantage of team sports. Due to the fact that soccer is a team sport, various unpleasant surprises in the form of poor health of any athlete or someone's weak form affect the final result is not as obvious as it happens, for example, in tennis. That is why many experts consider soccer bets to be much less risky than bets on tennis, where in case of one of the players' ill health you can lose all your money in an instant without any struggle.

How to choose a basketball bet?

Losing and disappointment in betting is inevitable if you don't analyze the potential outcome.

Current team form

Having studied the statistical indicators of the opponents, it is possible to imagine a possible scenario on the parquet. In particular, it is necessary to take into account:

• Average performance by quarters and halves
• The number of fouls
• Effectiveness of blocked shots, rebounds and steals
• Free throw realization rates
• Statistics of head-to-head matchups.

Composition and leaders

Quite often the game is built around the leading basketball players. It is the leaders who score the most points, determine the free throw shooters, and direct the individual players on the floor.

If a leading player of one team is injured or disqualified, betting on a win or a plus forfeit for the other team looks quite reasonable.

Motivation

If the outcome of the match will not affect the team's tournament position, the leading players are given a rest, the coach can release the reserves and experiment with the lineup or formation.

In this case, betting on basketball with a plus handicap of the underdog looks more preferable than the victory of the favorite.