WantMyBet is a new social betting and tipping app for soccer fans

Social betting was massively hyped a couple of years but in the end sports bettors decided to stick with the bookies and most of these companies disappeared. Paddy Power even trialled a Facebook betting app that would allow you to share bets and compete agains your mates on Facebook but very few people used it so it ended up on the scrapheap. Theses failures haven't deterred another company from trying to crack the social gambling market with a new app aimed primarily at betting on the English Premier League. Here's what we know about the WantMyBet app...

• A native version of the app can be downloaded from either Google Play or the Apple App Store.
• The app covers a wide range of leagues throughout Europe, including the Champions League, League One and Two, Italian Serie A, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1 and the EPL.
• The app allows members to input their betting tips and comments so you can see which football teams are favoured and why.
• You can also share your betting predictions on Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter and potentially win cash prizes.
• Tipsters betting histories are viewable so you only need to take betting advice from profitable tipsters.
• There is a tipsters leaderboard where you can win cash prizes if you beat the bookies.

 

They are legal as long as they don't facilitate online gambling between friends. Sharing betting tips and information about who you think is going to win in an NFL or NBA game is not illegal.