What are the most popular bets among users in the online gambling industry?

With an account on the right online platform, you can bet on just about any event: the winner of the next US presidential election or the future British prime minister.

That said, sports betting and casino games remain the most popular among the eGaming community. Between them, these two betting categories account for more than 60% of the gambling market. Certain legal considerations explain this dominance.

The online casino market continues to grow

More and more players prefer to try their luck at an online casino. In France, for example, the change in the law on gambling in 2010 has opened up the market and allowed new categories of games to emerge. Poker, for example, is one of the online casino games authorised in the country. It is highly regulated and the platforms that offer this game are heavily supervised by the National Gaming Authority or ANJ.

A ranking of poker sites that comply with international gambling laws is necessary for anyone wanting to get started. Poker is one of those casino games where the player has a certain amount of control over the outcome of the game. However, to increase your chances of winning, you'd do well to learn the rules.

Instead of poker, you could choose to relax with slot machine games. In fact, this is the most popular type of game at the casino. The ease of playing and the high potential winnings have a lot to do with it.

Blackjack is the casino game that offers the greatest chance of winning. Each player plays against the house and not against the other players around the table. It is an incredibly simple game, hence its popularity. Finally, roulette completes the list of games that make casinos so attractive.

Sports betting as popular as ever

No betting category is more popular than sports betting. They have always dominated the others, by far and away. There are even peaks during major competitions such as Euro football and the World Cup. During the World Cup in Qatar, for example, almost €600 million was bet. The France-Argentina final alone attracted more than €51 million in bets.

People like sports betting for several reasons:

• Placing a bet is super easy, especially with the arrival of smartphones;
• You can place a bet from your bed with as little as €10;
• Betting money on our favourite teams is a way of showing our support for them;
• We have more control over our sports bets than we do over the outcome of a spin on a slot machine, for example.

Unfortunately, the figures show that most punters do not consult the detailed statistics. At best, they rely on superficial figures and at worst on their instincts. This is one of the reasons why people prefer to bet on sports rather than play poker or blackjack: they don't have to learn new rules.