Soccer Futures Betting
Soccer futures are popular bets at soccer betting sites that take a little longer to resolve than most soccer bets. For example, many soccer futures bets have to do with which team will win an upcoming tournament or championship. These bets don’t take forever to clear, but they are a little bit more long term than your average game day bet.
Best Soccer Betting Sites For Future Bets
All soccer betting websites offer futures bets for major events. The number of events that are available for futures betting varies from one site to the next, but you can find all the major ones at most betting sites. Large, international betting sites tend to have the most diverse lineup of soccer futures.
Soccer Futures Example
Soccer futures are pretty simple but examples always make things easier. In the following example, we have a soccer futures bet taken straight from Bet365 Sportsbook. Each soccer betting site displays its bets slightly differently, but the basic setup is the same no matter where you go.
Carling Cup 2010 / 2011 Outright Winner
Arsenal 8/15
Birmingham 4/1
West Ham 9/2
Ipswich 14/1
In this soccer futures bet, we have a choice of four teams to win the Carling Cup. The betting site in this example is offering payout odds according the likelihood of each team winning. The team that has the best chances of winning offers the lowest payouts while the team that has the worst chances of winning offers the highest payouts.
Arsenal is seen as a strong favorite to win the Carling Cup so their payout odds are 8/15. This means that if you wager $100 on them, you stand to win $53.33. The betting site knows that everyone would just bet on Arsenal if the odds were the same for every team, so they have adjusted the odds to make every team worth considering.
As we go down the list, the sports betting odds get better and better. A $100 bet on Birmingham would result in a $400 win if successful. A $100 bet on West Ham would result in a $450 win. At the bottom of the list, Ipswich has the greatest payout odds of them all. A $100 bet on them would result in a $1400 payout.
Major Soccer Futures Betting Events
One of the advantages of being a soccer fan is that there are plenty of games and major events to bet on. No other sport in the world has as many teams, fans, tournaments and opportunities for betting as soccer does. If you’re into futures betting, you will find many bets to choose from at online sportsbooks.
A few of the most popular soccer futures betting events include the following:
- Premier League
- Carling Cup
- La Liga
- Serie A
- FA Cup
- Ligue 1
- Bundesliga
- UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Europa League
- FIFA World Cup
These are just a few of the events on which you can place futures bets. Just remember that when you place these bets, your money is tied up until the bet is resolved. So if you plan on placing a big soccer futures bet for an event that won’t occur for a while, make sure to save some of your bankroll to hold you over in the meantime.