The Simulated Reality League, also known as SRL, is a new virtual sport legally available in South Africa that consists of pre-match and live (in-play) betting options. The games are virtually simulated matches that follow real leagues from around the world, including fixtures and kick off times.
The games are based on real historical data from over 500,000 football matches. SRL was developed by Betradar, a sports betting feed site that most bookmakers get their odds through. In this article we are going to have a closer look at how the league works and where you can bet on it.
How the Simulated Reality League works
Using the power of AI and machine learning capabilities, the SRL reflect’s team form, stats, and match play based on historical soccer database and statistical output from over half a million actual soccer matches.
The AI then fully simulates full 90 minutes matches using the available data on teams to create a game that is very close to real life, on the statistics side at least. Thanks to all the available data punters can get some good analysis on form, league table position and more. This makes the SRL less random, more predictable and less like an RNG based game like Jika Sports. The league table also looks and behaves similar to one you’d find in real soccer leagues worldwide.
How to bet on the Simulated Reality Leagues
Betting on the SRL is the same as betting on a normal soccer or football match. You simply find a betting market you like and place your bet. There are hundreds of different betting markets available, all the ones you’d find for a regular match.
Whats separates SRL from other virtual sports is that by using the data available you can make more accurate predictions rather than just hoping to win. For example if Manchester United have scored 4 goals in their last 10 games, then a bet on over 2.5 goals would be a good call. However the odds do reflect this, as they would for betting on a traditional soccer match.
Where to bet
There are hopefully going to be several bookmakers in South Africa that offer betting on the Simulated Reality Leagues, but for now you are only able to play the SRL at Supabets. Who are offering new customers a free R50 for signing up, as well as a R10,000 deposit match bonus.
We hope to see more bookmakers offer the SRL in the future, a site like WSB would work fantastically well with the product but we’ll have to keep our fingers crossed.
Results, Stats and more
At present it’s somewhat tough to get results on the league. The latest Simulated League results can be found on the Betradar site. You can also view SRL fixtures, statistics, standing and head to head, which is perfect for planning your next bet. We hope bookmakers integrate this into their platforms as it would make the experience more seamless if contained on a single site.
Should you bet on the SRL?
The SRL is an interesting product and it has loads of potential. There are lots of improvements that need to be made though. We’d like to see more data included on the bookmakers, it’s a hassle having to bounce between sites for what is the same product. We’d also like to be able to watch these matches play out somehow. It’s worth having a bet on the SRL if you are interested in the concept or there is little else to bet on.
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