Betfair Exchange

One of the leading global platforms for exchange betting, offering strong liquidity, competitive odds and access to a wide range of sports markets through MadMarket.

How to create an Edge account to access Betfair Exchange?

1

Create A
MadMarket Account

Click ‘Get Started’ to register your account.

2

Open an
Edge account

Access their odds via the Edge platform.

3

View
Betfair Exchange Odds

Compare bets with other bookies and exchanges.

What sports can I bet on Betfair Exchange?

Betfair Exchange gives players access to major exchange betting markets through Edge, including:

What steps to follow to use Betfair Exchange via Edge?

To access it through Edge, there is no need to open a separate account. Instead you can simply:

  • Go to the Edge platform.

  • Do this by opening a MadMarket account, which gives you access to multiple platforms through Edge.
  • Compare odds with other top bookies and exchanges before placing a bet.

What is Betfair Exchange?

It is a peer-to-peer betting exchange where players can back or lay outcomes rather than only betting against a traditional bookmaker.

In simple terms, how it works is by matching bettors against each other. One player can back a selection to happen, while another can lay that same selection and take the opposite view.

Since it was established in 2000, it has reached the status of the world’s top betting exchange.

It’s still pretty much in number one spot 25 years later, which speaks volumes.

The volume of bets and wagered amounts over those years are a bit mad (in a good way), with a wide range of events and competitions offered across the top sports around the world, as well as some niche ones.

In football alone, the number of markets available is vast and varied, and you can even find a variety of them in badminton. Particularly for sports like football, there aren’t many sites that offer better liquidity on the market.

 

MadMarket’s Edge Sports Trading Platform offers these amazing markets from Betfair, alongside several top Asian bookmakers and other exchanges.

 

This multi-platform access is one of the reasons why MadMarket is an outlier in the betting sphere, with over 15 bookies and/or exchanges available with one login, including Betfair.

Trading on Betfair

The exchange gives players the option to ‘back’ or ‘lay’ an outcome using their odds available via the Edge platform. This can increase trading opportunities and help players build their position around price movement.

 

With aggregated liquidity and some of the best odds available on the market, Edge sets itself apart as a multi-bookie betting platform.

Betfair Exchange Football Betting

This gives players access to a wide range of football markets, including match results, goals, cards, corners and player statistics such as shots, shots on target and tackles made. What a result!

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What else is offered on Betfair Exchange?

As well as being a betting exchange, they also offer a range of other services for those who are looking for an all-round experience from casino, bingo, or poker – in addition to the sportsbook and betting exchange platforms.

 

These are all available to access if you have a Betfair account and the casino and poker services operate like standard online websites, whilst the sportsbook operates as a traditional soft bookmaker offering odds with lower margins to players who bet against the operator directly.

 

Whilst having all these options can be advantageous to players with one login, the betting exchange is the biggest advantage of Betfair, and odds from it are accessible via the Edge platform.

Betfair Exchange FAQs

Find quick answers to common questions on how it works, commission, football betting and account access through MadMarket.

It's a peer-to-peer betting exchange where players can back or lay outcomes instead of only betting against a traditional bookmaker. This gives users more flexibility when trading prices across a wide range of sports markets.

Its deep liquidity across major sports markets, especially UK and Irish horse racing. It is also popular for tennis and football, where strong exchange liquidity can help players back, lay and trade positions.

By matching bettors against each other. One player can back a selection to happen, while another can lay the same selection and take the opposite position. Through Edge, MadMarket customers can view the platform's odds alongside other bookies and exchanges.

MadMarket customers can access its odds through the Edge platform, so they do not need to manage a separate Betfair Exchange login directly.

The commission is usually charged on winning bets, rather than losing bets. Through MadMarket, players can compare Betfair Exchange prices on Edge before placing a bet.

Yes. The platform gives players access to markets such as match results, goals, cards, corners and selected player markets, depending on availability through the Edge platform.

Betfair Exchange lets players bet peer-to-peer by backing or laying outcomes against other users. Betfair Sportsbook works more like a traditional bookmaker, where players bet directly against the operator at fixed odds. Through MadMarket’s Edge platform, players can access Betfair Exchange odds specifically and compare them with other bookies and exchanges.