GAA Hurling

Hurling is one of the most popular sports to bet on in Ireland and is older than recorded history, with early adaptations of the game thought to have been played around 3000 years ago. The modern rules were created in 1884 when the Gaelic Athletic Association and GAA still host the biggest hurling competition in the world - the All-Ireland Championship. The tournament contains teams from across Ireland and a team from New York.

At LiveScore Bet we offer a range of hurling betting markets from in-play betting to outright bets on major tournaments including the All-Ireland Championships.

Hurling Betting Markets

We offer a range of betting markets for hurling. If you are new to hurling betting, then it is similar to betting on other sports such as football betting – making it an easy sports bet to understand.

Match Result

This is a market that is offered across most sports. It is a simple bet where the bettor places money on what team they think will win the match. For better odds, multiple-match bets can be combined to create a double, treble, or accumulator.

Handicap Betting

This is another bet that is common amongst other sports betting markets. Within this bet, the bettor chooses a team to give an imaginary points handicap to one team and places money on whether the team can overcome the handicap or not.

For example, if team A is considered the better team and team B is the underdog, then the bettor may place a handicap of –1 point on team A. If team A go on to win the match by more than 2 points then the bettor would win their bet. Alternatively, the bettor could place a positive handicap for team B of +1 and if they get beat by less than 2 points then the bettor would win the bet.

In-Play Hurling Betting

We offer in-play betting on GAA hurling, so anyone can place money on the outcome of the game while following the action. We offer in-play betting on a range of markets including match winner.

Click on the matches to see the full range of our in-play hurling betting markets.

Hurling Competitions to Bet on?

As the GAA run the biggest tournaments in the sport of hurling, we only offer markets on GAA tournaments. Some of the major hurling tournaments below.

All-Ireland Senior Championship

The biggest event in hurling that a bettor can bet on Is the GAA All-Ireland Senior Championship. The tournament features Inter-county teams that compete from across Ireland with hopes of becoming an All-Ireland senior champion. After changes to the format, there are now two trophies that teams compete for - the Sam Maguire Cup (the major trophy) and the Tailteann Cup. This gives bettors ample opportunity to gamble on their favourite GAA Hurling team.

16 Counties compete to win the Sam Maguire Cup - while 17 teams compete In the Tailteann Cup. The winner of last year’s Tailteann Cup will gain automatic qualification to the Sam Maguire Cup, while the remaining spots in the tournament are decided by the results In the following provincial championships:

• Leinster
• Munster
• Ulster
• Connacht

Sam Maguire Cup

The winner and the runner-up of each provincial championship qualify as first and second seeds for the Sam Maguire Cup. The remaining eight places in the cup are decided by the highest-ranked teams at the conclusion of the leagues. Four qualified teams play 3 matches in a round-robin containing four groups. The tournament then enters a knockout stage the teams that qualify first go straight into the quarter-finals and the runners-up go into the preliminary quarter-final. The All-Ireland Final usually takes place in July.

Bettors can bet throughout the Sam Maguire Cup on a range of markets including match betting, outrights, and in-play betting.

Tailteann Cup

Teams that don't qualify for the Sam Maguire Cup Qualify for the Tailteann Cup. The format is the same as the Sam Maguire Cup, however, If New York does not qualify for the major tournament, the Sam Maguire Cup, they will join the preliminary quarter-final.

The final takes place at Croke Park and is also usually played In July. With LiveScore Bet our customers can bet on the entire tournament.