In Spain football betting (apuestas futbol) is a very popular pastime. The Spanish love to gamble and for them to be able to combine it with their favourite sport is just too good an opportunity to pass up.

Spanish people love sport; they live and breathe it, especially the men. Despite their mañana reputation, the Spanish are in fact a very energetic people. If you have ever been on holiday to Spain that soon becomes obvious, they never seem to go to bed. Every town holds at least one full fiesta a year, and during those fiestas, they do not appear to sleep. For a week, everybody goes to bed in the wee hours. At the weekend, it is not uncommon for people to still be partying at 6am for 2 or 3 nights in a row. The Spanish have energy to spare and they use it to play sports, especially football.

Every Spanish town with a population greater than 4,000 has a full sized football pitch that is ran and maintained by the town hall. These pitches do not sit there unused, many of them are floodlit and it is not uncommon for games between local town teams to start at 10pm.

The Future of Apuestas Futbol

Betting in Spain, like so many other things, is a little different from in other countries. You do not see betting shops in Spain, they are banned from High Streets although those laws are changing. However, the Spanish gamble, in fact a last percentage do so every day. Most do it legally on the lottery. However, there is also plenty of underground gambling going on. A lot of football betting takes place casually between friends in bars and local football supporter clubhouses.

With gambling laws in Spain, as they are without a doubt the immediate future of apuestas futbol lies on-line. Yes, the Spanish will continue to bet amongst themselves, but given half a chance, they will also bet on-line. Those European based sites that take the time to translate themselves into Spanish and build phone Apps will be the ones to gain the lion's share of this growing market.

YouWin offers a full apuestas futbolservice. Spanish residents and citizens can legally register with them and bet on football on a site that is written in Spanish.