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Betting in the currently globalized world has become a normal activity among many people. Over the recent past, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of people engaged in betting in different sports. Young and the old have in the recent past developed unprecedented interest in betting and as things stands, betting in different sports around the world is becoming part and parcel of human life. Betting companies around the world are also increasing in order to accommodate the huge number of gamblers and make money from the ready market. Amidst this increasing interest in betting, Ice hockey betting is also gaining ground among gamblers around the world. However, much is not known about this sport in many parts of the world especially in places where this sport is not played. This article is meant to elucidate more about ice hockey, how to bet in this sport, major leagues and the best sites with which to bet. How Ice Hockey is played Ice hockey is a sport like any other played in ice during winter. This sport is mostly played in parts of North America and Europe. It is among the fastest sports in world and the most exciting to watch. The basic organization of this sport is such that the number of players is 6-5 outfield players between two teams each with a goal tender. The essence of the sport is to score goals more than your opponent. It is played for one hour in three sessions of twenty minutes each. The fun part of this game is watching players pass the ball between one another at a very high speed as they wrestle to score goals. Popular Ice Hockey leagues The International Ice Hockey Federation is comprised of 74 members around the world clustered into two; amateur and professional levels. The most popular league with which ice hockey betting can be done is the National Hockey League. This league is the biggest and it is played in North America by thirty teams from the United States and Canada. The league is split in two groups; Eastern and Western Conference. The most competitive teams in this league include: Toronto Maple, Montreal Canadians, Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers. The star players in these teams with whom gamblers of ice hockey can rely on while placing their bets include Sidney Crosby, Patrick Kane, Henrik Lundqvist and Jonathan Toews. The second most popular league is Kontinental Hockey League founded in 2008 and comprises of 28 teams mostly from Eastern Europe. This is also a potential league for betting. It has performing teams such as Dinamo Moscow, Zagreb Medvescak, Dinamo Minsk, Jokerit Helsinki and SKA St. Petersburg. The other popular leagues include Swedish Hockey League which comprises of teams such as Malmo Redhawks, Modo Hockey and Vaxjo Lakers, the American Hockey League which has teams such Manchester Monarchs, Utica Comets and Hershey Bears. There is also National Collegiate Athletic Association which has competitive betting odds. Why Ice Hockey Betting? There are numerous reasons as to why people bet on a particular sport. Often, the reasons varies from the attachment one has on the sport he or she chooses to bet on or the popularity of the sport, odds offered and the ease with which one can predict the winner. Ice hockey is a very interesting sport like soccer and so finding attachment to a team as it is the case in soccer is not hard. In any betting, it is normally necessary to do a little research about a team before placing a bet. To do this, one has to visit the team's website to find more information specifically on previous record of the team. In ice hockey leagues, all the teams have websites in which previous performances against a particular team are shown and as such it is easy to make predictions. Like soccer, ice hockey season runs throughout the year with plenty of games to watch and bet. Thus betting in ice hockey can be done throughout the year and gamblers can make as much money as they can correctly predict the outcome of the games. Additionally, ice hockey betting can be done in very many sites through an online platform. The most famous sites includes Bet365, Sbobet and Will Hill which on a daily basis offers exciting betting odds calculated on probability basis with the most likely team to win awarded little odds. There are endless ways to bet in ice hockey which include; predicting scores at various stages of play, full time scores and predicting whether it will be a home win, draw or away win. There are also exciting odds for predicting the correct scores and whether the scores will be over or under 5 goals. More importantly, ice hockey games are streamed live from various Television channels and lovers of this sport can follow the game's proceedings from the start to the end. Ice hockey betting is the best because one can place a bet with any amount he or she is willing to bet with. Conclusion Betting on various sports is becoming a part of daily activities of people around the world. More importantly, it is necessary to elucidate more on sports like Ice Hockey betting online so that gamblers and lovers of sports can have varied options to place their bets. There is no doubt that ice hockey is one of the most exciting sport that people around the world needs to watch and bet on. This is because the sport is played throughout the year and like other popular sports, predicting the outcome of ice hockey games is not hard. All one has to do is to visit the sites of the various teams, go through their history and make a decision on how to place the bet. In fact, ice hockey offers the best betting odds and numerous ways with which one can bet including predicting the half time scores, full time scores, correct scores or home and away wins. In a nut shell therefore, ice hockey betting is the best opportunity for gamblers to make money by putting their money where their hearts are as well as supporting their beloved teams. Alex Greene are Senior Editor at Sports Intensity, an online sportsbook review site dedicated to providing objective sports betting advice to the sports betting community. Visit their website at: http://gambling-and-sports.com
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