Best Asian Bookies 2024

Better Odds

Many Asian bookies operate on lower margins than European bookies. For example, on coin flip bets, UK bookmakers often offer odds of 91/100 (bet 10 to win 19.1). Asian bookmakers often offer the same bet for 19/20 (bet 10 to win 19.5).

Live Betting

Typically, Asian betting sites are specialists at in-play football betting. Asian bookmakers regularly offer more odds and markets than any of their European or North American focused counterparts.

Asian Handicaps

Asian handicap betting is very popular, especially in football where the draw is a fairly common outcome. In these markets, Asian betting sites offer a boost or reduction to the number of goals scored by a team that is added to their actual total in a match.

For example, in Premier League football, Southampton and Leicester City has -1 / +1 Asian Handicap odds. This means that Southampton have a one goal disadvantage, whilst Leicester have a one goal advantage prior to the start of the game.

For a Southampton win to pay out, Southampton need to win by a 2-goal margin. However, for a Leicester City win to pay out, a draw or a Leicester win by any margin would be enough.

Asian handicaps often offer much better value than standard 1×2 outright markets and also make betting more exciting because it removes the possibility of a draw.

Smaller Markets

At Asian bookies the most popular betting markets are no doubt soccer markets such as the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, and UEFA Champions League.

However, at Asian betting sites you’ll also find a plethora of Asian football competitions and smaller, regional competitions in less popular sports such as field hockey.

Debit/Credit Card

Most Asian bookies accept debit or credit card to fund your account. It’s convenient and makes it easy to keep track of your funds.

PayPal

PayPal is one of the most recognisable e-wallets in the world and many Asian betting sites accept this method. PayPal makes it easy to transfer funds from across different betting accounts and has an outstanding record of safety and security.

PayPal does have restrictions and is not available in every country. Be sure to check with the site you intend to use to check if they allow PayPal as a banking method. Other commonly accepted e-wallets include Skrill and Neteller.

Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are becoming more and more popular and are now accepted by more and more Asian bookmakers. Cryptocurrencies provide anonymity and security that is enjoyed by sports bettors across the world.

Every Asian bookmaker is slightly different and they each accept different banking methods. Be sure to check the site you want to use has your preferred banking option before depositing.

Decimal Odds

In this odds format odds are always listed as a positive number, usually with decimals, and represent the total return (stake + win) a winning ticket will pay for each unit staked. For example, decimal odds of 1.91 mean a bet of $1.00 would win $0.91, plus returned stake of $1.00.

Hong Kong Odds

This one the simplest odds format to deal with. Hong Kong odds are always presented in a positive number usually with decimal points. These odds represent how much a bettor will be paid, in addition to stake, for each unit wagered.

So, for example if the odds are 0.710 you’re betting on a semi-heavy favourite and will get paid $0.710 in winnings for each $1.00 staked. If the odds are 2.340 you’re betting on an underdog and will be paid $2.34 (plus your stake) for each $1.00 risked if the bet wins.

Indonesian Odds

Indonesian odds are very similar to American odds but they display as 100’s instead of decimals. For example, +134 American is 1.34 Indonesian and -250 American is -2.50 Indonesian.

Negative Indonesian odds show how much you have to bet to win a single unit, so -3.45 odds mean bet $3.45 to win $1.00 profit. When Indonesia Odds are positive it shows what the winnings would be on a single unit stake. So, for example, +1.430 in Indonesian odds is risk $1.00 to win $1.43.

Malay Odds

Malay odds are expressed as either a negative or positive number that is never greater than 1. Unlike all other odds formats that use positives (underdogs) and negatives (favourites), Malay odds are reversed. Negative means underdog and positive means favourite.

When the odds are negative this represents how much you need to bet to win 1 unit (example: -0.750 means bet $0.75 to win $1). When the odds are positive this represents how much you will win on a 1-unit stake (example: 0.670 means $1 bet to win $0.67).

No matter what odds format you use, payouts are the same. For example, betting odds in decimal format 1.90 is the equivalents of Hong Kong odds 0.90, Indonesian odds -1.111, and Malay Odds 0.90. The difference is in how the odds display.

If you are ever confused by the odds offered at an Asian betting site, you should be able to change your settings to your preferred choice. Alternatively, you can use our SBO.net odds converter.