The first leg of the Champions League Quarter finals could have been better for the English teams involve with both Manchester United and Arsenal facing difficult tasks in the second leg to qualify for the semi-finals. Looking back historically the team favoured by the result of the first leg match does not necessarily mean automatic ...…
A few weeks ago it was the Cheltenham Gold Cup and now it is the John Smiths Grand National. What an exciting week ahead! As with the Cheltenham Gold Cup I am going to look at some past statistics today and then will publish an article on Friday reviewing the big race at 4.15pm on Saturday ...…
Last week I looked at building power ratings using a fuzzy method. This week I am going to look at a different way of creating them. I am going to imagine that we are using the same four factors this week that we used in the last article. These were Speed, Race Preference, Class and Form. ...…
As the Internet opens up the bookmaking world, and bookmakers face fiercer competition from the likes of betting exchanges, more and more “sure bet” opportunities are starting to appear for followers of sports betting arbitrage – the practice of taking advantage of a price differential of two or more markets. Here is an example of what ...…
Guest post from The Betting School. The Betting School provide reviews and handicapping information for both new and old bettors. I have known their editor Darren for a long time now and have also been writing regularly for them for a number of years. Product Name: Greyhound Tipster Sectional Timing Supplier/Author: Bobby Burns Website: http://www.greyhoundtipster.com Price: Initial 7 day trial then £67.97 followed ...…
Guest post by DOC from Punters Paradise. Two weeks ago DOC started his series on whether you can make more profit from betting on singles or doubles. This week is the last chapter in the series. It is quite technical and if you have any questions as to what was done please feel free to leave us ...…
In today’s post I am exploring a possible way of using historical data to predict score lines. Next Tuesday and Wednesday sees the first leg matches in the 2009/10 Champions League, and it is at this stage of the competition that the psyche of the team can often change. Knowing that they are two ties away from the ...…
You have your selections but how do you know what odds you should take? Is it best to take any odds, only odds above a certain level or only odds below a certain level? In this post I hope to answer a few of these questions. How you choose to bet is a very subjective matter ...…
Last week we suggested a betting structure based on permutating a large number of selections into groups to reduce the staking expenses. Subsequently we have been asked to show an accurate way of calculating the returns, which we are more than happy to do and will use the basis of last week’s article regarding teams ...…
What is a power rating? A power rating is one figure that contains all the information necessary to analyse a race. It is a combination of all the factors that you have chosen to use to assess a race. A horse that has the best going rating is not necessarily going to be the best ...…
Guest post by DOC from Punters Paradise. Last week DOC began to look at whether you can make more profit from betting on singles or doubles and continues his analysis below. “It appears that the risk rises fairly dramatically with edge at small values of edge” It appears that the risk rises fairly dramatically with edge at small values ...…
Now that we have come to an advanced stage of all the domestic leagues, it is easier to interpret patterns in the results during the season to date, and take advantage of them. What we are trying to identify this week are teams that draw away from home far more often than the league average. ...…
It seems like a long time ago that I posted an article The Gold Cup Trends but it was only a week ago and now the great race is upon us. The opinion is split on the rivalry between Kauto Star and Denman, whatever happens it is going to be the most exciting race of the ...…
Guest post by DOC from Punters Paradise. The choice between backing singles or doubles may often come down to personal preference but the Devil is in the detail. Some background Back in the long ago, bookmakers were surly beasts who wouldn’t accept anything less than a treble on football bets (or so I’m told!). In this day and age, ...…
Today is going to be a much shorter post and very different to what I normally write about. I was wondering yesterday what I could give you that would really help you in your betting. Suddenly I realised that rather than sitting pondering this while watching Cheltenham, I should just ask you! So that is ...…
We already know 4 of the quarterfinalists for this year´s Champions League following, impressive results from Manchester United and Arsenal, Bayern Munich coming from behind to claim qualification at Fiorentina, and Lyon ruining Madrid´s 100% home record (and quite possibly their season). The four ties between them managed sixteen goals, and we hope to see ...…
Guest post by David Renham from Racing Trends This week I am going to look at an area of racing I rarely look into …… multiple betting on jockeys. Most punters out there will appreciate that backing jockeys “blind” is almost always the way to the poor house. To help illustrate my point, below is a table ...…
The build up to the Cheltenham Festival has been going on for a few weeks now and there are just a few days to go before the festival begins. I wanted to very much write something about the festival this year but I wasn’t sure what. I have seen lots of posts about free bets ...…
It is the third week of our system build and things have been going well. If you haven’t had a chance to read what we did in week 1 and week 2 then please have a look and send in your thoughts. Last week we ran a poll to see whether you would prefer backing favourites ...…
As the sporting focus of the country turns towards Cheltenham, there are still a few minor distractions in the sporting world to entertain us whilst the anticipation builds. There are important domestic and European football matches, the start of the Formula 1 world championships in Bahrain, the first test against Bangladesh and one of the ...…
