Bet on 2016 Kentucky Derby online: Five sites where you can bet on the race

LOUISVILLE, KY - MAY 6: Cathryn Sophia with Javier Castellano up wins the 2016 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on May 6, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Horsephotos/Getty Images)
LOUISVILLE, KY - MAY 6: Cathryn Sophia with Javier Castellano up wins the 2016 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on May 6, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Horsephotos/Getty Images) /
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Looking at five sites where you can bet on the 2016 Kentucky Derby online

There are many great traditions when it comes to the Kentucky Derby, the Run for the Roses and the most famous horse race in the world. There is is the fashion that comes with it and the big hats just as there is also the signature drink in the mint julep. However, perhaps the most time honored tradition is to be on the biggest horse race and the Kentucky Derby to try and pick the right thoroughbred and win some money.

While there have always been off-track betting parlors to where bettors don’t have to be at Churchill Downs to put down money on the Kentucky Derby, one of the great things is just how easy the Internet has made betting on horse racing. There are so many sites that you can find that are either offshore betting or even what amounts to online off-track parlors.

Betting on the Kentucky Derby online is so popular that they even advertise it on the official Kentucky Derby website.

As such, here are five sites where you can bet on the 2016 Kentucky Derby online:

1. TwinSpires

2. bet365

3. Derby.com

4. Xpressbet

5. Bovada

Those are all sites that have odds and the options to set up accounts, put money on your account, and then place your bets on the horses that you think are going to be the winners. So now that the 2016 Kentucky Derby is here, let’s get to winning on one of these sites!

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