“Both update fast enough to bet during basketball, where the score changes by the minute,” says Jonathan Cooper, a multi-decade sports bettor who - like everyone we spoke to - said these two books are the best for live betting, especially since you can enter bets and cash out mid-game, which isn’t an option on every book. ➼ If you’re primarily betting on basketball, pick FanDuel or DraftKings. Red and green arrows next to the bets show how the odds are trending in real time, and, once a game begins, virtual bet tickets update to reflect how many points you are away from winning.
Little team logos next to each bet make it “easy to decipher who’s playing,” says longtime bettor Daniel Ortega. FanDuel is a good book for beginners, mostly because it’s the easiest to use. To figure out the differences and what to avoid, we spoke to ten sports gamblers. Each sportsbook’s app works the same way - people 21 and up can wager as little as a buck or two on sporting events, from rugby to auto racing. Seven sports-betting companies, or “ sportsbooks ,” set up shop - BetMGM, BetRivers, Caesars Sportsbook, DraftKings, FanDuel, PointsBet, and WynnBET. In January, online sports gambling was legalized in New York.
