{"id":409,"date":"2016-10-17T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bettingwebsites.org.uk\/?page_id=409"},"modified":"2022-01-27T14:57:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T14:57:45","slug":"mobile-betting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bettingwebsites.org.uk\/articles\/betting-guide\/mobile-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mobile\"Being able to place bets on your computer in the comfort of your own home is always useful. It is certainly a step up from the days<\/a> of needing to actually travel to a bookmakers shop to place a wager.<\/p>\n

Nowadays, however, even firing up the computer seems a hassle,\u00a0 with 80% of users choosing to use mobile and smaller screen devices to access the internet in our leisure time.<\/p>\n

Whether you use mobile betting to keep track of your bets when you are out and about or sat at home while watching a game on the TV, the platform has become the most important betting experience for many of us.<\/p>\n

How Does Mobile Betting Differ from Desktop?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The big difference, logically, is the size of the screen that you will be looking at.\u00a0 Mobile phone screens are not as large as the screen on your computer and so most betting companies mobile websites and apps are a simplified version of the desktop site.\u00a0 In reality, however, there is not much between mobile and desktop these days apart from the look and the way we interact with the site.<\/p>\n

The layout may well be simplified on mobile but it will still offer the same features and functions that you will be used to seeing when on your PC. That means important areas like live betting, live streaming (if available), cash out, banking, ante-post markets, offers, etc., will still be available.<\/p>\n

Of course with smaller screens less information can be shown.\u00a0 Bookies do a good job of condensing menus on mobile with icons, but this still means that navigating the site on mobile requires more clicks or scrolling than on desktop.\u00a0 Some people love the simplified view of a mobile bookie whereas others prefer to have all the markets available at once on the desktop.<\/p>\n

It is common to love certain sites on desktop but not on mobile, and vice versa.\u00a0 There are many sites I prefer to bet on when using a desktop but I can’t stand their mobile app, and others where I hate the desktop version and love the mobile app.<\/p>\n

Some apps and mobile sites are also more graphic heavy and data hungry than others, and beause of this I even use different sites depending on whether I am on WiFi or a mobile network, preferring no-frills sites when the data is limited and I want to get a bet on quickly and richer sites when trying to stream over WiFi, for example.<\/p>\n

As always, having a few different betting accounts allows you to take advantage of different bookies when using different devices in different ways.<\/p>\n

Benefits of Mobile Betting<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"\"It’s ten minutes to go until kick-off but there is no need to rush down to the local bookie shop on the High Street, you don’t even need to get home and turn your computer on, just get on your mobile device and place your bets.<\/p>\n

There are many benefits to betting on mobile, a lot of which are subjective and will be personal to you.\u00a0 Here are some advantages I find with mobile betting:<\/p>\n