So what betting exchanges are there? There is, of course, the Betfair exchange and Betdaq exchange, but, we also have WBX, Betsson, and MyBet. The all important thing about betting exchanges is that there is sufficient liquidity in the market. This means there has to be plenty of participants with an equal ‘weight’ of money backing and laying. That said, Betfair.com is the biggest in these terms and Betdaq.com is the closest runner up. This post will compare Betfair to Betdaq by investigating the similarities and differences between these titans of online betting exchanges. This will be achieved by looking how the odds compare, how betting behavior differs, uncovering the main practical differences, how they compete on cost, and how technically advanced Betfair is compared to Betdaq.

How do the odds compare on Betfair and Betdaq?

One way to show how the odds differ would be to show you a screen print of the odds available on each site.  But, that wouldn’t be up to date.  To get the really good feel for the difference in pricing it is easier to visit the Betfair and Betdaq.  Open each in a separate web browser window and compare the live odds for the same event (hint,  if you use Microsoft Windows right click the bottom tool bar, there should be an option to tile the windows vertically, side by side).

There is strong price competition between Betfair and Betdaq.  You should see after doing some research that Betdaq can only match the odds available on Betfair on the most popular events.  This is because only these events can draw in enough participants to match Betfair.  Betfair has a larger user base than Betdaq: at the time of going to press. There is no reason for this situation to change.

Betfair's features compared to Betdaq's