Michael Wilding
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Apr- 2010 -15 April
Trainers With 2 Runners In A Race – The Profitable Angle
Guest post by David Renham from Racing Trends One dilemma that faces punters from time to time is when a trainer runs two or more runners in a race. Do you take the obvious option and back the shortest priced runner? Or do you look for some âperceived valueâ by backing the outsider of the pair? Whatever you decide I would…
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14 April
A Review Of The Reviewers
Today I would like to get your opinions. There are many betting system sellers and there are also many websites who test these systems. It is of course important to have people testing and reviewing the systems but who they are and is their opinion worth listening to? As far as I know there has never been a review of…
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13 April
The Truth About Purchased Betting Systems
Some of our loyal readers have got in touch and said that I should write a little bit about betting systems. When they first began to bet they started with systems. A lot of these systems failed and the few that worked then began to fail just a few months later! What is the truth about using purchased betting systems?…
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12 April
The Changing Seasons
The title of this article doesnât refer to the change from winter to spring but rather the change from the National Hunt season to the Flat season. This happens around April every year and means a turbulent time for people who use form as a guide for their selections. I always think that the change over effect actually starts in…
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9 April
The Grand National Race Analysis
It doesnât seem long ago that I was looking at an analysis of the Gold Cup. Like the Gold Cup analysing the Grand National is a very hard task as all of the runners are of a high quality. Earlier this week I looked at a few of the trends of the Grand National. When I opened the race card…
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8 April
Automatic Betting
Guest article by Colin Magee from Betwise. Iâd been interested in automating the betting process for some time prior to the emergence of the Betfair API and writing Automatic Exchange Betting, but making the process reliable was a challenge. Â Betfairâs API created a robust way to programmatically access market data and place bets via the exchange, but there was still…
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7 April
Cricket â The Liverpool Victoria County Championship
As the first daffodils of the spring appear, it is time to look forward to the glorious summer of cricket ahead â weather permitting! The national team has tests against Bangladesh and Pakistan to look forward to, as well as a series of one day internationals against Australia. However, for the domestic county teams, an even busier period lays ahead…
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6 April
Champions League Matches – The Weeks Preview
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 progression. It is generally better…
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5 April
Past Statistics Of The Grand National
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 in detail. There is…
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2 AprilAdvice
POWER HORSE RACING RATINGS: Winning With Your Own In 5 Simple Steps
I first wrote this blog post nearly a decade ago based on an experience I had with Dave Schwarz, someone who had a profound impact on the way I look at horse racing, and who’s advice and ideas I’ve often taken into my own approaches. It began with this blog post about making a power rating using a fuzzy logic…
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1 April
Sports Betting Arbitrage For Beginners
As the Internet opens up the bookmaking world, and bookmakers face fiercer competition from the likes of betting exchanges, more and more âsure betâ opportunities are starting to appear for followers of sports betting arbitrage â the practice of taking advantage of a price differential of two or more markets. Here is an example of what this means. Every bookmaker…
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Mar- 2010 -31 March
Greyhound Tipster – A Betting School Review
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…
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30 March
Singles Or Doubles, Which Makes More Profit – Chapter 3
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 a comment and we…
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29 March
How To Predict Score Lines In The Champions League Quarterfinals
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 final of the biggest…
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26 MarchAdvice
VALUE BETTING: Knowing When The Odds Are On Your Side!
Everybody talks about value betting being the only way to make a long-term profit. If you’re not sure what value betting is, this article will clear it up. So you’ve found your selections, but how do you now know if the odds on your selection are you on your side and offering betting value? There are a lot of different…
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25 March
How To Calculate Permed Bets
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 weekâs article regarding teams that draw away from home…
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24 MarchStrategies
HOW TO: Make Your Own Horse Racing Power Ratings
We are all used to horse racing ratings, but what about horse racing power ratings. At it’s most complex, a horse racing power rating is a figure that contains all the information necessary to analyse a race. It’s a combination of all the factors needed to assess a race. However, any rating that has combined multiple ratings, or pieces of…
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23 March
Singles Or Doubles Which Makes More Profit – Chapter 2
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 of edge…
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22 March
How To Profit From Away Draws
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. By using the âSeason Summaryâ…
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18 March
The Cheltenham Gold Cup Race Analysis
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 season. Is it going…
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