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A scoreboard settles one. Your group settles the other.
BetOpenly and Poll both cut out the bookmaker, and both let you name your own terms. The split is what happens after: BetOpenly settles sports results automatically from the final score, while Poll settles whatever question you wrote by asking the group.
Poll compared with BetOpenly
What you can bet on
Poll: Any yes or no question you can write, sport or not.
BetOpenly: Sports markets, plus pools, survivor pools and player-prop contests.
Who sets the price
Poll: You and your friends agree the terms. There is no line.
BetOpenly: Users do. Anyone can post their own line and odds, matched peer to peer with no bookmaker.
Who settles the outcome
Poll: Everyone who wagered votes, and the majority decides.
BetOpenly: The platform, automatically from the final score. No vote, no social pressure.
What the fee is
Poll: A small percentage of winning payouts only. No public figure.
BetOpenly: 1% of the total pot, paid by the winner. Losing wagers pay nothing.
Where the money sits
Poll: The stake is held until the bet settles, then pays out onchain.
BetOpenly: A custodial segregated bank account, ring-fenced from company operating funds.
Finding someone to take the other side
Poll: Only works if a friend takes it.
BetOpenly: An open marketplace, and you can take a fraction of a bet rather than all of it.
BetOpenly changes things from time to time. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
What BetOpenly does better
BetOpenly is the better product for serious sports betting. Settlement is objective and automatic from the final score, so no friend group has to agree on anything, and their rules are deliberately blunt about it. They publish an exact fee, 1% of the pot charged only to the winner, which is more than Poll does. They run conventional US bank rails with identity verification and tax reporting, which suits people who do not want a crypto wallet, and they carry real marketplace liquidity plus formats Poll has none of.
Pick BetOpenly if
You bet sports seriously, you want a result graded from the scoreboard rather than by your friends, and you would rather use a US bank account than fund a wallet.
Questions people ask
What does BetOpenly charge?
1% of the total pot, paid by the winner. Losing wagers pay nothing. Some single-leg player-prop entries carry a higher fee.
Who decides the result on each?
BetOpenly grades sports bets automatically from the final score. On Poll, everyone who wagered votes on the outcome, which is what lets Poll handle questions no scoreboard can answer.
Can I bet on something that is not sport?
That is the main reason to use Poll. BetOpenly is built around sports markets and graded results. Poll takes any yes or no question, including the ones only your group cares about.
Other comparisons
How Poll stacks up against the rest, including where they win.
- ComparisonPoll vs WagerLabOne tracks the bet. One settles it.
- ComparisonPoll vs RounderSame argument. One of them pays out.
- ComparisonPoll vs FinalCallA tracker remembers. It does not pay you.
- ComparisonPoll vs BroThrowOne suspends you. One already has the money.
- AlternativePolymarket alternativeTheir team picks the markets. You pick yours.
- AlternativeKalshi alternativeAn exchange lists contracts. You have an argument.
- No longer availableBetU alternativeThe app is gone. The bets do not have to be.
- ComparisonPoll vs BettorEdgeNo house either way. Different other side.
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