Friday June 11th will be one of the most important World Cup betting dates in many years for any soccer betting fan looking to make an online wager. In just a little less than two weeks the sports betting world will converge at the newly constructed Soccer City in Johannesburg South Africa for the opening ceremonies of the 2010 World Cup, the biggest event in online wagering.
This year is no ordinary World Cup betting opportunity either. This is the first time in the history of sports betting that the mainstream online betting community will be placing online wagers on an event in South Africa. This is terrific opportunity for not only South Africa to put itself on the world sports betting landscape, but also the entire continent of Africa as well.
There has never been a major global sports betting event held on the continent, but at long last that shameful designation has come to an end. For a four week billions of sports betting fans will be focuses on the action in South Africa and millions of online wagers will be placed on the soccer that will be played there at the various locations around the country.
The first game of the World Cup betting action will no doubt draw plenty of interest and attract plenty of online wager action. As is tradition, the host team will play in the inaugural game of the 2010 World Cup wagering action. South Africa will host Mexico in the first match of what just might be the best World Cup odds event in the history of sports betting.
With the time change involved the game will be broadcast at various hours around the world, some of them not exactly ideal for fans looking to watch the games on which they’re going to make an online wager but nonetheless, this World Cup tournament will be the most widely broadcast –on television and online- in the event’s illustrious history.
The South Africa vs. Mexico matchup will be televised at 10 am Eastern Conference time in the US. The following day, Saturday June 12th, there will be a whole host of games on which to place an online wager and online wagering fans needn’t worry about the start times as it will be the weekend and work schedules be damned!