Snooker Betting

Betting on snooker online has become increasingly popular as the game itself increases its popularity and international spread. Snooker originally evolved in late nineteenth-century colonial India - then the "Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire - among Billiard playing officers of the British Army. This new game was then exported back to England and the modern game of snooker was born.

Snooker betting has always been of paramount importance in the online bookmakers' arsenal of virtual sports-books flagged up and offered to their interactive betting members as far as we can recall. Traditionally betting on snooker has been acknowledged by the country's legion of online bookies as one of the conventional British punters' core sports in which to follow. And be seen to put their snooker bets money where their mouth is. Snooker is without question up there with horse racing, football, greyhounds and darts betting as resolutely English sports betting-important pastimes make no mistake.

Ever since Free Betting Online can remember snooker bets have been top billed in a broader sports betting context, aided and abetted by the participation of some of the ball-potting sports' most charismatic and personable 'characters' who went on to become household names across the sports betting globe and find further fame and fortune. The likes of Jimmy 'The Whirlwind' White and Alex 'The Hurricane' Higgins injected some much needed rock and roll to the otherwise jaded and historically staid world of professional snooker throughout their 1980s heyday, even inviting cockney music hall favourites, Chas 'n' Dave to get in on the act with their jolly, knee-slapping ditto that included the lines, '...snooker loopy, snooker mad' during the sports' televisual prime.

That was before the more languid and sterile Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry very nearly undid all the good work with their workmanlike endeavours around the green baize directly afterwards. However emerging from their very long and (with much respect) successful shadows, came a new but familiar breed of snooker superstar with swagger and attitude echoing that of White and Higgins in their pomp and splendour. Ronnie 'The Rocket' O'Sullivan again shook the now online betting world out of its stupor with his uncanny potting ability and engrossingly antagonistic persona in later years, as the newly virtual betting sport really got to grips with the internet's snooker betting age, that again opened up even more sports-book bets opportunities for a even wider - and newer - audience.

Snooker Betting with Free Betting Online

Until recently, these Imperial roots had a influence on where snooker was played most, with the game being particularly popular among Commonwealth nations such as the United Kingdom, Canada, an Australia. Today, however, snooker is a truly global sport, and one which is undeniably more popular than its direct ancestor, the old European game of Billiards. From its humble colonial beginnings, snooker has become a major spectator sport and Sports Betting market.

Snooker Betting Events

Major snooker tournaments are held throughout the year, with the season starting in the Autumn and ending the next Summer. These events generally consist of ranking tournaments and invitation events. Betting markets are normally available for the following snooker tournaments:

• Northern Ireland Trophy
  
  The Northern Ireland Trophy is a new invititational event scheduled in August for its first year.
• Pot Black Cup
  
  A product of the classic BBC television programme Pot Black, the Pot Black Cup is a snooker invite tournament usually held in the Autumn around about October.
• Snooker Grand Prix
  
  One of the eight ranking tournaments, the Grand Prix takes place in October.
• Travis Perkins UK Championship
  
  Commonly regarded as one of the more important events in the snooker calendar after the World Championship, the UK Championship is usually held in November.

   

  
• Masters
  
  The most important of the snooker invite tournaments, the Masters is normally held at Wembley at the start of the year (January and February).
• Malta Cup
  
  The replacement for the old European Open since 2004, the Malta Cup is usually held between January and February.
• Welsh Open
  
  The Welsh Open is a snooker ranking tournament that generally takes place towards the start of the year between February and March
• China Open
  
  The China Open is one of the major snooker ranking tournaments which takes place in the first quarter of the year between March and April.
• World Championship
  
  Traditionally held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, UK, the World Championship is one of the oldest snooker tournaments, dating back to 1927. The event generally occurs in the first half of the year between April and May.
  

Snooker Betting Options

There are a range of snooker betting options available online including outright win and live betting. For more details on the snooker markets and odds offered by individual betting sites, please see our Betting reference guide of online bookmakers.