bwin Sportsblog - Betting Tips - The World of Connected Events

What exactly is a connected event? Well put quite simply, it is one event that is connected to another where the outcome of one event impacts on the outcome of another. These happen in everyday life and they also happen in sports betting as well. For example to quote an example in everyday life, if you had a very bad car accident that left you seriously injured then it is clear to see the connection here with losing your job or having to pack in your job. These events are clearly connected. So if you went into a bookies to place a bet on a double (no bookmaker would ever offer such a bet or lay one) of this nature then you would be refused simply because the events are connected. If a bookmaker did in fact offer you odds of 66/1 on you losing your job and 100/1 on you being involved in a serious car accident then when the first event happens then the second is far more likely to happen. So the bookmaker would allow you individual bets on each event but would not allow a double where the money from the first bet carries over into the second bet. A sporting example of this could be Wayne Rooney to score for Manchester United and for Manchester United to win. These events are connected and even though bookmakers may allow a bet of this nature, the odds will be very restrictive simply because of the connected nature of the events. It is never a bad idea to look out for connected events because they can be very lucrative if you can spot subtle ones that bookmakers may have missed.