Ladbrokes #Getaprice Explained

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5 August, 2024

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As the way we watch, interact with and bet on sports is changing, so too must bookmakers to avoid being left out in the cold, abandoned by a fast-moving industry. That’s where Ladbrokes #Getaprice comes into it. In the past punters had to haul themselves down to the local betting office to place their football bets before 3.00pm on a Saturday afternoon and be back home again in plenty of time to follow the progress of their accumulators.

It was a simpler time, but a much less exciting one. We’re glad things changed and with the growth in popularity of internet betting and mobile betting apps, players can now make their bets at any time and from anywhere. If you are at home all you have to do is access your home computer, make picks and pay for the bet using your credit/debit card. You’d then be paid any winnings by the same method, all without leaving the comfort of your living room. Mobile betting changed things up again and you can now punt when out and about, providing you have a strong internet connection.

Games of note take place every night of the week on most occasions, including Premier League, Champions League and Europa League and you can get involved pre-match, or watch the live TV coverage and decide when to join the party thanks to in-play betting. A bet is now as exciting in the final few minutes as it was before kick-off.

Social Media

The way football fans discuss the game and their betting success/near misses has also changed and instead of meeting up, most pre and post-match analysis takes place on social media, including Twitter. Check it out for yourself if you are on Twitter, simply type the name of your team into the search bar on matchday and you’ll find pages of team news, opinions, betting advice and gossip. When the final whistle blows the masses rush to their phones and computers to gloat or point the finger of blame.

Football, betting and social media are all about opinions and how strongly you value yours, so they work beautifully together. It didn’t take major bookmakers long to pick-up on this, of course, and when realising football fans were using Twitter before, during and after big matches to voice their opinions and hold fiery debates, marketing teams and traders across the board decided it was time to act and get in on the action. Some have been quicker on the uptake than others, but it’s now possible to combine your betting with social media use.

Modern football punters really are spoiled for choice when it comes to markets on the beautiful game with more offered than ever before. You can have your say on the winner of the match, correct score, handicap, corners, total goals, time of first goal, player to score last and just about everything else you can imagine.

No More Restrictions

We say ‘just about’, as backers were always restricted to betting on what traders thought made for an interesting market, but not anymore. Sportsbook users had to play what was given while exchange gamblers could make their own markets and opportunities. Something had to change to level the playing field, and we’re delighted to say it did.

Ladbrokes is one of the most ambitious and forward-thinking bookmakers of our times and they proved it again by responding to the social media hype and the need to bridge the gap between sportsbook and exchange betting. Their solution to both was to launch their exciting new #GetAPrice promotion which puts you in charge, giving punters the chance to play trader for the day. Sold under the strapline ‘You pick it. We price it’ #GetAPrice is a Twitter offer that allows us to come up with a betting opportunity and put it to the traders on social media @Ladbrokes using the handle #GetAPrice.

So, for example, if you have trawled through the various markets on a live match and nothing quite does enough to take your fancy, or perhaps you have a great idea for a bet that would be really interesting and fellow punters would love to join you in gambling on it, you can put your thoughts to the trading team. If they like it, think others will too, and there’s nothing too similar already available, Ladbrokes trading team will thank you for your thoughts, quote you a price for your unique bet and get it added to their website, meaning you and others can now place bets on it.

Example

It’s great to bag a winner you thought of all on your own, but it’s also pleasing to see others agree and jump on your selection. Who knows, if it proves popular enough your idea could end up a permanent fixture on the football page in matches. Let’s use an example to give us a better understanding of how this all work…

Rangers v Celtic

The Old Firm Derby as Steven Gerrard takes on Neil Lennon in Glasgow in what’s sure to be a fiery encounter. You can add fuel to the flames with a bet that’ll see you combine a host of different markets. Let’s say you expect a home win for Rangers in a derby cracker, your bet could look like this…

• Rangers to win
• Over 3.5 goals
• Over 10 corners
• Both teams to score
• Ryan Kent to provide an assist

Now, normally that bet wouldn’t be accepted as it’s related and for many years bookmakers didn’t allow you to combine different markets from the same game. In fact, with many top firms, you still can’t, but at Ladbrokes, you can. Simply add your selections to Twitter, send them to @Ladbrokes with the handle #GetAPrice and the trading team will look over your bet. If they like what they see and think others will too, they will then Tweet you back with a price and how to complete your bet on their website. You’ll now have a multiple you have created, it’ll be there for others to bet on and it’ll also give you an interest for the majority of the game.