Sports betting can often be a time-sensitive affair of waiting and watching for odds updates to get the best value, while at the same time trying to examine alternative markets, watching live sports streams, checking the latest scores, or keeping an eye on cash-out opportunities. While most bettors somehow manage all of that on a single screen, it involves a lot of toggling between different tabs and apps, which is extremely cumbersome and can lead to missed opportunities.
A way to mitigate those inconveniences is to switch to a dual-phone setup, a great alternative for those who treat their sports betting as more of a craft than a hobby. Introducing another device into the picture means versatility and practicality over screen management, which, in turn, allows the betting process to be streamlined by keeping the research data separate from the actual placing of bets. The following is an in-depth look at why you should consider a second screen for betting.
Bigger Command Centre
Online bookmakers provide huge banks of sports betting markets. Some UK operators, for example, list over 1,000 markets for top matches. You can see the list of licensed UK sportsbooks at Legalbet, where experts review bookmakers and highlight the sports they cover best.
Legal betting sites in other countries also offer plenty of markets. So modern bettors constantly face a lot of information that needs sifting through. Breaking that heavy overload of betting market information away from statistics is a huge benefit of the two-screen betting setup.
With two screens, Phone A can be strictly used for just having a bookmaker app open, so it can sit on the live odds feed for a market. It’s ideal to have this remain open constantly to ensure that there are no delays in getting a bet placed, as having immediate access to the “Bet Now” button makes it easier to grab the odds you want.
Sitting alongside that would be Phone B, which can be thought of as the “information” phone. There are different setups for what the second screen can show. For some, it may be important to run a live stream for an event to help gauge what in-play wagers to make. Others may prefer to have a list of the latest scores open if they are watching multiple events, or it could be in-game metrics like Expected Goals/xG, as required.
This up-to-the-minute information provides immediate feedback on the value of the odds you are seeing on the initial screen.
Cutting the Lag
The lag between looking for current information and placing bets happens when you have to toggle between tabs or apps. When you have navigated away from one, the app or page will often need to refresh, which can introduce a frustrating delay. So, having one phone constantly open with the latest odds or cash-out offers will ensure you are constantly in touch and ready to react. Having two screens takes a process that’s incredibly clunky on a single screen and smooths it out, making it manageable.
Aggregating Odds: The Pro Move
The dual-screen setup is also useful for digging deeper into finding the best odds, which is more of a pro move. While the first screen has your regular bookmaker app open, showing the odds for an event, the second screen can open an odds aggregator or a secondary sportsbook to see if any better prices can be found, without losing the initial price that’s on the first screen.
Similarly, this could be done with two separate bookmaker accounts, scanning both screens to see which has the best odds. A more advanced dual-screen strategy would be hedging bets by having the second screen showing lay-bet options from a betting exchange. These are more odds-dedicated approaches, which means losing the value the second phone brings as a “research” tool.
The Common Setup
“Odds on one phone, statistics on the other” is the most common setup for a dual betting phone system. The key advantage of that is helping to reduce delays in getting the latest odds, particularly with live betting.
It’s a practical solution which makes life a lot easier, and as a further advantage, the second phone could be the one that handles all the personal calls and messages. This will help prevent any distractions or having to wait for pages to refresh on the primary phone, where those all-important odds are.
