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\"baseball\"Baseball might be considered a \u2018slow\u2019 sport by some, given the large amount of time players spend standing around, but it can be just as captivating for any gambler.<\/p>\n

The baseball season is very busy, with each team playing 162 games before the post season even begins, with games available to bet on pretty much every day since they all play each other so much.<\/p>\n

The sport therefore provides a wide array of betting opportunities and the huge selection of markets can make for some exciting wagers.<\/p>\n

While the sport\u2019s epicentre is the United States, global interest in the sport means baseball betting is accessible to fans worldwide.<\/p>\n

How to Bet on Baseball<\/h2>\n

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At the very least, any online bookmaker should provide odds for Major League Baseball (MLB). This is by far the biggest baseball league in the Western world, with nothing else coming close. Some betting sites do branch out further than this though, covering the action in nations such as Japan, Korea, Mexico or even Cuba.<\/p>\n

While it is important to note that other high-quality leagues exist outside the US, it is the MLB that attracts the lion\u2019s share of the betting income. If you want to bet on the MLB, you should be aware that the regular season runs for about the middle six months of the year. Other nations, for example Japan, Korea and Mexico, have extremely similar calendars so you will find there is an absence of high-quality baseball during the northern hemisphere winter.<\/p>\n

During the warmer months though the action is plentiful. To those still rather unfamiliar with the sport, you might be surprised by just how many matches teams can play in half a year. In the Major League, every team plays 162 games plus some will play post-season games on top of this. This is not overly unusual either as over in South Korea, KBO teams face 144 regular season fixtures. What it means for gamblers is that the next baseball betting opportunity is never far away at all given many teams are almost playing on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

Main Bets on Baseball<\/h2>\n

Having so many fixtures packed together often means you cannot bet on a specific baseball match far in advance. A betting site will offer odds for a team\u2019s next game and possibly the one after that, but that will usually be it. It is a contrast to a sport like football where you can easily find odds a week or more in advance.<\/p>\n

As with the other big US sports, you can find betting sites using some of the North American betting terminology for their baseball markets. In these cases we will mention what they are and what their European market equivalent is.<\/p>\n

Match Bets\/Main Props<\/h3>\n

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The following markets are popular choices, many of which you will find across betting sites.<\/p>\n

One thing most have in common is that they relate to the entire match and therefore the performance of both teams.<\/p>\n