Frequently asked questions

BetFinder is a free betting research dashboard. It scans live markets across more than a dozen sports and shows one honest, most-likely-to-land pick per game, alongside exchange and UK bookmaker odds. New here? Start with the getting started guide.

BetFinder.live is operated by JMHB LTD, a company registered in Scotland, company number SC802251. You can contact us at [email protected], and the full details are in the Terms of Service.

Yes — everything on BetFinder is free to use, and the board is browsable without an account. Signed-in users see a Free or Pro tier label on the account chip, but no feature is locked behind it today; paid subscriptions are marked as coming soon.

Never. BetFinder is a research tool: it never takes, places or holds bets, and it never handles your money. When you decide to bet, you do that yourself at a bookmaker or exchange of your choosing — the betslip simply copies your selections and opens their site.

Yes. BetFinder is for adults aged 18 and over only. The board is publicly viewable, but the 18+ rule applies to everyone under the Terms of Service, restated in the footer of every page. Creating an account means confirming your date of birth, and anyone under 18 is permanently blocked. Help and self-exclusion tools are listed on the responsible gambling page.

From the publicly credited sources listed in the footer of every page: Betfair Exchange, The Odds API, football-data.org, football-data.co.uk, OpenLigaDB, ClubElo and The Rundown, with tennis ratings derived from Jeff Sackmann's Tennis Abstract data. The sports coverage guide explains what each sport shows.

From live prices at the Betfair Exchange and major UK bookmakers, refreshed through the day. Each pick shows the best available price, and the odds chip displays both decimal and fractional formats — the odds guide walks through how to read them.

It is BetFinder's calibratedestimate of how often that pick would land, with the bookmaker's marginstripped out — an honest chance, not the flattering number a bookmaker's price implies. A 64% pick should land roughly 64 times in 100. The probability and confidence guide covers this in depth.

Because they follow strict honesty rules: probabilities are calibrated and margin-free, unpriced selections show Awaiting price instead of a guess, exchange expected value is shown net of commission, and the headline is always the most-likely-to-land pick rather than a tempting longshot. Every logged pick is also settled against the final result.

By design. A value betonly appears when the best available price genuinely beats BetFinder's fair assessment of the chance; when the market is priced tight, the honest answer is an empty list, and BetFinder will not pad it with marginal picks. The value bets guide explains what makes the cut.

It means the betting market for that event has not properly formed yet. Rather than show a guessed number, BetFinder leaves the row blank until real prices arrive — the percentages and odds fill in automatically once they do. See awaiting price in the glossary and the betting board guide.

Yes. Every pick BetFinder logs is settled against the final result once the event finishes, and accuracy is tracked — including whether the stated win percentages match how often picks actually land.

No. Betting always involves risk, and no statistic can guarantee a profit. The probabilities describe how often outcomes should land over the long run — individual bets can and do lose, so never stake more than you can afford to lose.

No — the board, sport views and match pages are all browsable without signing in. An account adds the signed-in features: a confirmed 18+ age check, the account panel and a default bookmaker that powers the betslip's one-tap Place at button. The getting started guide walks through signing in when you are ready.

Football, tennis and horse racing in the most depth, plus cricket, basketball, rugby, golf, darts, boxing, esports, MMA, baseball, motorsport and American football — around fourteen sports in all. The sidebar lists every sport with current events and a count next to each; the sports coverage guide has the full picture.

Yes. Games that are under way show a green LIVE pill, and their odds and picks refresh automatically roughly every 15 seconds while the page is open. The live odds guide explains how in-play games behave on the board and the betslip.

Build it yourself on the betslip: arm the Build accapill on the board and tap rows to add each game's pick as a leg. The standalone Build accumulator view has been retired — to have a plan worked out, use £ Path, the bankroll planner that compares an honest, +EV-gated accumulator plan against singles and stakes only when there is a genuine edge. The accumulator builder guide covers both.

Laying is betting against an outcome on the Betfair Exchange, and yes — the Lay toggle on the board flips every row to its best lay. The lay numbers are deliberately conservative: the lands percentage always rounds down, never shows above 99%, and expected value is calculated net of commission. Start with the lay betting guide.

Yes. Open the account chip at the bottom of the sidebar and pick one under Default bookmaker— None plus ten UK bookmakers are available. Your choice powers the betslip's one-tap Place at button; the account and settings guide shows where everything lives.

Yes — the site is fully responsive. On phones the desktop sidebar becomes a drawer plus horizontal sport and competition strips, and everything from the board to the betslip and the £ Path planner — where you build an accumulator — works with one thumb.

With Google or Discord — one tap on Continue with Google or Continue with Discord. There is no password or email form; your account is created automatically the first time you sign in.

Only your email address, display name and avatar from Google or Discord, plus the date of birth you confirm during onboarding. The Privacy Policy sets out the full detail and your rights.

No — your date of birth is fixed after you first submit it, because it backs the 18+ age check. If it is genuinely wrong, email [email protected] and we will look into it.

Through the BetFinder Discord — the join link sits at the bottom of the sidebar — or by email at [email protected].

The responsible gambling page lists free, confidential help: the National Gambling Helpline, GAMSTOP self-exclusion, blocking tools and deposit limits. Betting should stay fun — if it stops being fun, stop.

Some bookmaker links can be referral links, which means BetFinder may earn a commission if you open an account through them. This never changes the odds you see or the order of any recommendation — picks are ranked on the numbers alone, as the betslip guide explains.