Is it worth to bet on NBA and which bookmaker to choose?

Even in case of a small plus yield we are able to win a lot. Why NBA?

There are many people on the world who are NBA lovers, but only few of them are able to set tips on the results. It took us some time to find on the web NBA tipsters which are able to obtain yield at the +10% level. Is it therefore worth to bet on NBA?

I think it is, but there are few “buts”, in our opinion if you are able to obtain yield at the level of 5% plus, you should bet. Many professional tipsters are satisfied when they are earning and when yield is in the two digit range, however in case of commercial leagues even +5% is a good result. Why so? Few important aspects which give advantage over playing on niche markets are:

1. It is possible to play on singles with high stakes.
2. Many matches in a season.
3. Bookmakers set high limits on commercial leagues. An example is Pinnacle Sports, which has strict limits on NBA handicap maximum bet $20 000, for win $10 000 and for sum of points $5 000. In case of niche sports your limit may often not be higher than $100 and in case of frequent wins, it may be drastically lowered even to $5.
4. You can find many info on a match with great number of statistics for instance on espn.com. You only have to interpret them quicker and better than bookmakers.
5. The possibility of watching almost all the matches live, also on the bookmakers’ websites for instance in Unibet through live streaming.
6. Each match is available to bet on live betting, therefore we can always close a bet, play contra or middle or even surebet.
7. Bookmaker’s margin is low and oscillates around 2-5%
8. Odds decrease slowly. In case of niche in 1-2 minutes odds may be lowered even by 50% or taken out of offer in case of NBA there is no such quick reaction of bookmakers.

Bookmaker’s offer and NBA

Practically all Internet bookmakers have NBA in their offer. Although there are many significant factors thanks to which we are able to select the best ones. What is important for a tipster which want to win in betting? Of course solvency of a bookmaker, the highest odds, live betting, and high limits for big players.

Than a question is there one bookmaker who would offer everything comes? I have to disappoint you the one does not exist because there is none, although there are few leaders on the market. We’ve looked through those which in our opinion are the closest to ideal and each professional player has an account with them. We have take into account the same matches (Atlanta vs Cleveland and Dallas vs Detroit) odds from exactly the same minute. We calculated bookmaker’s margin and below we give you offered odds:

1) Pinnacle Sport - without a doubt has the highest limits in the web (handicap $20 000, win $10 000, sum of points $5 000). Generally, the lowest margin on the market at the level of 2.4% and the best odds. Very good mobile app. A disadvantage is weak offer on livebetting, which is often blocked probably because you can play on high amounts of money, in few minutes Pinnacle can accept bets on the amount of few million USD.

Example:

match 1

Atlanta Hawks                               vs.                     Cleveland Cavaliers  
Handicap +5,5 (1,980)                                             Handicap -5,5(1,925)

Margin = 2,45%

match 2

Dallas Mavericks                            vs.                     Detroit Pistons
Over 203,5 (2,03)                                                    Under 203,5 (1,877)

Margin = 2,54%

2. Sbobet - asian bookmaker which specialises in asian handicaps. Good odds with low margins and high limits up to $10 000.

match 1

Cleveland Cavaliers                         vs.                        Atlanta hawks
Handicap  -5,5(1,94)                                                   Handicap +5,5 (1,96)

Margin = 2,57%

match 2

Detroit Pistons                                 vs.                     Dallas Mavericks
Under 203,5 (1,85)                                                    Over 203,5 (2,03) 

Margin = 3,32%
 

3. Unibet - known Internet bookmaker with a good offer on NBA. Limits are lower around $500-$1000. Higher limits available once asked. Usually traders from Unibet agree to make higher bets but it can take up to 20 minutes. Moreover Unibet TV offers NBA livestreaming.

match 1
Atlanta Hawks                                   vs.                   Cleveland Cavaliers
Handicap +5,5(1,91)                                                  Handicap -5,5 (1,91)

Margin =4,71%

match 2
Dallas Mavericks                                vs.                        Detroit Pistons 
Over 203,5 (1,90)                                                          Under 203,5 (1,92)

Margin = 4,71%

To sum up:

Always play on the highest odds at renown bookmaker at which there will be no problems with payouts. Above we have shown Atlanta - Cleveland as an example. In this case Pinnacle offers the best odds (1.9800) for Atlanta, handicap at +5.5, but exactly the opposite for Cleveland -5.5 are odds of Sbobet which is at 1.94 level. It is only an example and in other match it could change and odds may be the most attractive for instance at Unibet.