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Are we entering the era of infinite markets in sports betting?

Every match now comes with more ways to bet on it than most people could name… A question that may be worth asking: Who decided this was a good idea?

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AI-driven pricing tools have collapsed the cost of launching a new betting market, turning a once-limited menu into something approaching infinite
Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are pulling sports-adjacent speculation into a parallel, fast-growing ecosystem – and regulators are still trying to catch up
Personalisation means the sportsbook is no longer a fixed catalogue; two customers can now see two completely different products
A wave of recent integrity scandals suggests market proliferation isn't a free lunch – the most granular markets are also the easiest to manipulate

Open a modern sportsbook app on a Tuesday night and try to count all the ways you could spend money on a single mid-table football fixture. You'll likely give up somewhere past two hundred. Corners in the first 15 minutes. Throw-ins before half-time. Cards, carries, crosses, next goalscorer, both-halves-both-teams-to-score…

A decade ago, the same match might have carried 30 markets, maybe 50 if the trader was feeling ambitious. Today, some major matches carry upwards of 1,500. 

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