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Apr- 2010 -2 April
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 “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 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 March
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 week’s article regarding teams that draw away from home…
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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 “Season Summary”…
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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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18 March
Singles Or Doubles Which Makes More Profit
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, with…
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17 March
What Would You Like?
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 what I am doing. If…
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16 March
Profiting From The Champions League – Part 4
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 just as many as we…
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15 March
Backing Jockeys – A Bookies Benefit?
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 showing the top…
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12 March
The Cheltenham Festival 2010 – Gold Cup Trends
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 and how to maximise these…
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11 March
System, Let’s Make A Winning One! – The Final
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 or non-favourites. 68% of…
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10 March
The Sporting World Outside Cheltenham
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 all-time greatest boxers in action.…
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9 March
5 STEPS: Step-by-Step Guide To Knowing When A Losing Streak A Broken Betting System
Trying to determine whether your betting system is broken or just in a losing streak is the stuff of a bettors nightmare. Questions start spinning around you mind. Should the losing streak be this long? I’ve lost most of my profit, should I stop now? Has the system stopped working? What I hear most frequently is that bettors lose all…
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8 March
Making A Profit Automatically
Guest post by Malcolm from GHB Today we have a guest post from Malcolm at GreyHorse Bot. The GreyHorse Bot is software that allows you to automatically find selections or  to choose your own selections manually and have the bot place your bets throughout the day. It is one of the most comprehensive commercially available betting bots that I have seen…
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5 March
Champions League Preview – Part 3 (And Some Tips!)
As we enter the second half of the knockout matches, it is worth remembering that teams who appear to have no chance of qualifying into the quarterfinals can produce outstanding performances and throw the form book out of the window. The Champions League has a history of shock results and unlikely comebacks – no more so than Liverpool´s reversal of…
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