Known as "America's pastime," baseball is the second most popular sport in the United States and the 7th most popular sport worldwide. Professional baseball in the United States is played by the teams that make up the Major League Baseball.

Established in 1876, the MLB is the world's premier baseball league and the game's top professional sports league.

Betting on baseball

Baseball is one of the easiest games to play, and anyone can learn the rules and bet on it. Even though its popularity has decreased a little in recent times, it is still one of the most popular games in the United States.

With a regular season and over a hundred games played, it's never too early to start thinking about placing a baseball bet for next season.

Betting on the MLB

There are currently around 30 franchises in the MLB across both the American League and the National League.

Major League Baseball wants its fans to believe in parity, that every team starts the season with a chance to win the World Series. The MLB draft helps rebalance the franchises and is a good equalizer of luck. The order of teams within each group, such as Wild Card Series losers, Divisional Series losers, etc., is determined first by revenue-sharing status, and then by the reverse order of the regular season standings. Make college baseball bets with bwin.

Then there is the competitive balance tax. This is the fancy name MLB gave to its soft salary cap, which penalizes teams that spend too much on players. The competitive balance tax, or CBT, has been around since 2003, and the current threshold is $230 million.

The regular season begins in March and ends in October. It is possible to bet until November if you add in the playoff games. Long-term betting on the winner of the World Series is already available for the upcoming season.

Recommended MLB betting

If you are a bettor who prefers to play game by game, you will probably already know that there are approximately 170 games per season to determine the World Series winner.

For a recommended bet on an MLB game, there are countless factors to consider that can handicap a baseball game.

For live betting, the fact that a baseball game usually lasts about three hours is an opportunity to bet on those with the current "hot hand."