Betfair.com is a player-to-player betting site where instead of pitting your wits against a bookmaker, you take on another punter. Betfair’s role in the setup is to create a forum for these bets and their commision is about 5% of the winner’s profits, but this can change to 3% dependant on how much you stake.The first thing you will notice when logging on to the site is just how smooth everything is: Betfair makes extensive use of Flash The home page is full of information and yet doesn’t appear to be over cluttered, although sometimes annoyingly does not appear. On the left hand side you’ll find links to all the markets on which you can back.

Before you can lay or take bets you’ll need to register with the site and give yourself a username. To all intents and purposes your username seems to be superfluous as all of the bets on the site are effectively anonymous : unlike rivals such as Flutter and Play121, Betfair’s odds are not tagged with their layer/taker’s i.d.

Types of betting available at betfair.com are numerous you can bet on games, sports,football matches, pokers results even horse betting is allowed at betfair.com

Money Issues at betfair.com

The minimum bet is 2 GBP with no maximum specified. The currencies supported at Betfair are: AUD, CAD, SGD, DKK, EUR, GBP, HKD, NOK, SEK, USD. (Languages supported: English, German, Italian, Cantonese, Danish, Mandarin, Swedish).
Note: USA residents can not join BetFair

DEPOSITS
Minimum deposit at Betfair is £25 or currency equivalent. Use your Visa, Mastercard, Electron, Solo, Delta, Maestro, Laser (Ireland), Switch PayPal (UK only), Neteller, Moneybookers, BT Click&Buy, MoneyTT, MoneyWorld, 8-Pay, Western Union, Bank Transfers or mailed Personal Cheques.

WITHDRAWALS
Withdrawals take 2-5 days even back to the card you deposited with but you can also request a cheque or bank transfer – there is a small (bank) fee for bank transfer withdrawals.