Sports betting in Serbia

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Sports betting is one of the most common pastime activities, and many Serbian bettors opt for sports betting rather than casino games. All in all, Serbian players are welcomed with open arms on both domestic and international betting sites.

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Land-based sports books are legal and licensed in Serbia. The major providers of sports betting in Serbia are Balkan Bet and Atlantik, but the state lottery operator, Državna Lutrija Srbije also offers two betting products, TOTO10 and TOTO11, online as well. As of 2012, there were approximately 20 companies registered to offer betting services in Serbia. These companies ran a total of 1,208 betting outlets*. Since then, this number has only increased.

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Sports betting is very popular in Serbia, thanks in part to one of Serbia’s leading operators, MaxBet, striking a deal with SBTech in 2013 to upgrade its betting platforms. This allowed the company to offer a bigger variety of sports to its Serbian customers. As with most countries in Europe, football is the most popular sport to bet on. 토토 All legal horse race wagering in the country is conducted by the The Hipodrom Beograd, the Serbian Horse Racing Authority. They do not yet operate an online betting platform.

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Serbia's football team has a passionately supportive home crowd and has enjoyed moments of brilliance in recent history, including qualifying (as Serbia and Montenegro) ahead of favourites Spain in their 2006 World Cup group. The country also enjoys betting on its talented basketball team, which has repeatedly won medals in the FIBA EuroBasket competition and is currently ranked 11th in the world.

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And speaking of betting shops, sports betting is the most popular gambling activity in Serbia. As betting shops are on the majestic scale, betting on sporting events—primarily soccer (football) and others such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, and hockey—is convenient, unlike the limited facilities for casino gambling.

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