Snooker Betting Guide

Betting On Snooker

Snooker is played across the UK and is a popular choice of sport to bet on for seasoned bettors. The regularity of tournaments, regular TV coverage and relatively simple rules make it a great sport for betting.


Snooker Origins

Snooker is a cue sport and is thought to have originated in the late 19th century in India. Devised by serving British Army officers who were stationed there at the time and deriving from the popular game of billiards. In 1884 the first set of rules were made and snooker became a sport in its own right. The sport of snooker has grown and arguably enjoyed it's heyday, in terms of public recognition, between the 1970s and 1990s. The sport was heavily broadcast on the BBC and not just the tournaments, there were entertainment shows like Pot Black and Big Break. Snooker game shows that attracted large peak time viewing figures. The sport is still broadcast on terrestrial television but perhaps not with the following it once had.

Snooker has competitions played across the world, with top professionals earning millions of pounds from tournament wins.


Snooker Rules

Snooker is played on a rectangular table decked out in green cloth/baize with six pockets (holes) to pot the ball into situated at the corners of the table and either side of the central point. The aim of the game is to pot the balls into the pockets to score points, with each ball attributed different points values. These points are accumulated until either no balls are left or the total value of the balls left on the table is more than the difference in points between the two players at which point one player may concede. The player with the most points wins the frame, the name for a single game in snooker. To be declared the overall winner players normally play to the best of a certain amount of frames. For example: The best of 35 frames meaning that the player who wins 18 frames first will win.

Balls and Points

There are three different types of balls in snooker:

White Ball

Also known as the cue ball, the white ball is the ball that the player hits with their cue to play it into the other balls in the hope to pot them or to situate the white ball in such a way that it is difficult for the opposing player to either pot or hit a ball

Red Ball

The red ball is worth 1 point and the order of play dictates that players must pot a red and then a colour ball and then a red and so forth until all the reds are off the table. They then move onto the colour balls

Colour Balls

Colour balls vary in points totals (see below) and when potted if reds are still on the table are placed back on the table. If all the reds are potted and a colour is then potted it will stay off the table.

Colour balls have the following points value and, once reds are all pocketed, they must be played and sunk in this order:

  • Yellow: 2 points
  • Green: 3 points
  • Brown: 4 points
  • Blue: 5 points
  • Pink: 6 points
  • Black: 7 points

The black ball carries the most value in the game and is the final ball to be potted on the table.


Snooker Tournaments

There are many, many tournaments and competitions in the snooker world. Each of these providing ample betting markets. Some of the main ones are:

  • World Grand Prix - February
  • Players Championship - February/March
  • China Open - March/April
  • World Championships - April/May
  • World Cup - June
  • UK Championships - November/December

Betting Markets in Snooker

There are multiple markets available for snooker and it isn’t uncommon to see over 100 different markets for the big games. Some of the more popular markets include:

Match Winner: Betting on the winner of the match

Handicap Betting: One of the players start with a virtual lead or deficit. See more on this here.

Total Frames: Bet on how many frames there will be during the match

Correct Score: Bet on the final score of the match, good for those of you who like high odds bets

Match Centuries: Bet on how many centuries will be scored, you can also bet on individual player centuries

147 Break: Bet on whether either player will hit the maximum 147 break

Tournament Winner: Away from the individual match markets you can also bet on overall winner for tournaments/competitions

With so many markets and multiple players that you could potentially bet on how can you profit from betting on snooker? Well there is one way that you can make a profit from the many free bet promotions that are advertised by bookies and that is through the technique of matched betting.


What is Matched Betting?

Matched Betting is a way of taking advantage of the hundreds of free bet offers dished out by bookies. Although it has betting in the name there is no real gambling involved as, unlike normal betting, we cover all possible outcomes of an event. This means regardless of the result we can make profit and turn those free bets into real cash!


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