Why Are There No Sports Betting Platforms? Seems Like An Obvious Use Case For Smart Contracts.

[swartz]

To my knowledge, there isn't a single decentralized platform out there yet to bet on sports. How awesome would it be to simply match bets on the blockchain without charging the juice you normally pay at a sportsbook. This should be a massively popular thing, why doesn't it exist yet? Can anyone point out the projects that are the most far along so far?

 

[poliq]

I've always thought this would be an excellent use case as well.

Would be cool to bet some Bitcoin on the Conor/Khabib fight this weekend without going through a centralized sportsbook.

 

[versal567]

On https://777score.co.uk/ you can enter your own bid/ask, at the price you pick, and if a counterparty bet matches up with your bid/ask, you effectively pay no vig and you get the price you asked for. This platform works pretty well for me

 

[Jeorge Waters]

I am a huge gambling lover and I was really happy when cryptocurrencies appeared because using them for gambling is an amazingly convenient thing. Now, with all those new regulations it is getting a bit more complex and you need to follow the news but it is not that hard because you can find articles like https://www.mittenmachen.com/how-israels-crypto-regulations-affect-igames/ relatively easy, but still, just don't forget to spend some time on it.