BetVIP – The Bitcoin Bookmaker For The New Football Season

The feast of international football that was the 2014 World Cup was perfect for the June launch of BetVIP, the world’s first licenced bitcoin sportsbook. Beyond lacing up a pair of boots and actually getting on the pitch itself, sports betting is the most immersive way to experience a game. With over 3,500 accounts opened since unveiling, the site clearly went some way to satisfying this obvious demand to become more involved.

Through operating exclusively in bitcoin, BetVIP have established a unique place for themselves within the betting market. The benefits of using the currency – the fast transactions, the low cost of bitcoin exchange and its cross-border nature make it a perfect fit for sports betting, as events becoming increasingly global spectacles.

For those with suitably whetted appetites for even more football after the tournament in Brazil, you’ll be pleased to hear that returns for the top three European domestic leagues are right around the corner.

Starting this Saturday, the English Premier League will be the first to resume. Last season’s edition saw four different teams look legitimate contenders at various stages of the season, eventually going down to the last day, where Manchester City took all the spoils by a tiny margin.

So how are the teams shaping up this time around?

Man City made a few savvy additions to the core of their title winning squad in Fernando, Eliaquim Mangala and Bacary Sagna, but a limp 3-0 defeat to Arsenal in the Community Shield mean they have been pushed out to a 3.10 price to retain their title.

Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea are preferred at 2.70. Despite a trophyless return to Stamford Bridge last term, the captures of Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona and Diego Costa from Atletico Madrid have turned a few heads.

Elsewhere, there is plenty of excitement at Manchester United, where incoming manager Louis van Gaal arrives with much fanfare. They are 5.25 to make an immediate return to title-winning form. Arsenal are priced at 6.75, with a convincing Community Shield success and the arrival of Alexis Sanchez giving them reasons to believe.

Spain’s La Liga saw Atletico Madrid improbably upstage Real Madrid and Barcelona to scoop the grand prize last year. Responding to Atleti’s challenge to their authority, the El Clasico duo have immediately strengthened with the respective signings of James Rodriguez and Luis Suarez.

Rodriguez will line up alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale at Real and Suarez with Neymar and Lionel Messi at Barcelona. BetVIP believe this will be a two-horse race, reflected in their respective 1.85 and 2.05 prices. At 12.00, there is less confidence that Atletico can repeat their remarkable feat this time around, especially without last year’s top-goalscorer Diego Costa.

Over to Germany’s Bundesliga, where Bayern Munich appear to have increased their overarching dominance that saw them win a successive league title at a canter by  acquiring the best player in the division not to play in their own colours, Borussia Dortmund’s Robert Lewandowski.

As such, Pep Guardiola’s men are being made heavy favourites at 1.15, but you should never underestimate Jurgen Klopp’s Dortmund. The signature of striker Ciro Immobile, scorer of 22 goals in 33 games for Torino last year, could help BVB fans forget about the departed Lewandowski. They are priced at 7.50 to upset Bayern’s supremacy.

If the promise of all this has got you eager for even more, BetVIP’s comprehensive range of individual matches, in-play markets and other sports means there’s plenty to get your teeth stuck into. New customers can take advantage of a 100% first deposit bonus with BetVIP, There’s simply no better time to open your account and get involved with bitcoin betting.