Harbinger, Good Or Great?

Guest post written by Darren Hudson-Wood It’s a question that now can never be truly answered but does Harbinger deserve to be called a “great” after his a scintillating King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes victory and subsequent retirement through injury. Or was that a fluke/flattering performance and how does his new rating compare with previous middle distance stars? Going into the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth…

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Is This The Most Dangerous Staking In The World?

Guest post written by Paul Micelli Although the overwhelming majority of sports betting enthusiasts prefer to make their selections based on traditional indicators such as recent playing form or the head-to-head records of two rival sides, there are a number of punters who prefer to implement betting systems in an effort to give them an edge over the bookmakers. Although…

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An Introduction to Sports Arbitrage

Guest post written by Brian from U Can’t Lose Hi, My name is Brian and I have been working in the world of Sports Arbitrage for longer than I care to admit…as this would confirm that I’m actually much older than I feel and that can only lead to depression at my lost youth (and hair!) 🙂 I will be…

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William Hill – The Bookmaker Review

Guest post written by Paul Micelli Founded in 1934, William Hill remains as one of the most instantly recognised names in the UK betting market. They currently enjoy a deserved reputation of being amongst the most reputable bookmakers in the business and now serve customers in over 175 different countries since their operation expanded to the internet in 1998. The…

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Designing Your Betting System Portfolio – Part 2

Today we are continuing to part 2 of the series that I began last month called Designing Your Betting System Portfolio. We are going to be looking at what SR and ROI would be needed in order to make a balanced portfolio. Originally I was going to use a portfolio of 5 systems but following your suggestions have decided to…

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What Bets Are Available for Snooker? – Part 2

Guest post written by Paul Micelli Last week we began to look at which bets were available for those of you who wanted to bet on snooker. We continue this week by looking at the remaining types of bets. Highest Break Betting One of the real joys of watching snooker is seeing players building massive breaks. Sports betting enthusiasts can…

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Prize Ratings Strategy – The Written Version

Today I am posting a written version of the monthly feature video. Following a discussion happening in the forum, I created a spreadsheet that rates a horse based on the prize money available in previous races and how far they came behind the winner. You can download this spreadsheet here. The idea was to create a simple method of calculating…

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Profitable Poker – Understanding Domination

Guest post by Mark Holland of http://www.sitandgoplanet.com This is the first in a series of articles in which I will be looking at aspects of poker which can improve the results of beginning to intermediate players. Based on No-Limit Texas Holdem each article will assess different areas ranging from general concepts through to specific hands / scenarios. They can be…

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Visualising Horse Racing Revisited

A while ago I posted an article about using more visual methods to help you find the winners. If you haven’t seen this article then visit Using Graphs to Visualise Horse Racing to read it. In that article we looked at using different ratings for each horse and seeing which clearly excelled in different areas. Today I would like to…

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What Bets Are Available for Snooker? – Part 1

Guest post by Paul Micelli Snooker presents a series of interesting betting opportunities that can be made at any stage of a major tournament. Although excellent value can be found when selecting an outright winner prior to a tournament starting, there are a massive number of other wagers available for individual matches and in-play betting. Outright Betting Outright betting offers…

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A Beginners Guide To Excel for Sports Betting

There are always a number of questions about how to use Excel for analysing your betting information, whether this is your bankroll management, selection management or system building. In today’s article I am going to take a look at the basic functions that you need to understand when using Excel, or any spreadsheet, for your betting. When you open Excel…

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The Dosage Method – The Alternative Analysis Tool

Guest post written by Ben Aitken from The Betting School Dosage had been around since the early 20th century when French researcher Lt. Col. J. J. Vullier published a study on the subject. Lt. Col. J. J. Vullier’s findings were subsequently modified by an Italian breeding expert, Dr Franco Varola, but it was not until the early 1980’s that dosage…

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Let’s Bet on Golf

Guest post by Paul Micelli Summer can be a fantastic time for finding less-than-obvious betting action. The past fortnight has seen us enjoying the drama of the 2010 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships and even though the England national football side has failed us yet again after our humiliating defeat to Germany last weekend, our cricketers continue to go from strength…

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Can making a profit be any easier?

Back in March we developed a betting system here at the Race Advisor. There were some suggestions made by a reader and today I thought I would revisit this system and see where we go with some of the suggestions made. The biggest suggestion was to look at favourites only and those who had odds of 3/1 or higher available,…

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Betting System Testing Results

Guest article written by the Betting System Guru! Each month we shall be bringing you the latest updates from the systems that we are testing. All the figures quoted below cover the period July 5th to July 18th inclusive. Betfair Pirate – Reviewer Sgt Marc Not a good period for the service with 10 losing days out of 14 and…

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Market Bias in 5f Handicaps

Guest post by David Renham from Racing Trends In this article I am looking to see whether market forces are the same at different course and distances. The focus is 5f turf handicaps (excluding 2yo nurseries) and I have concentrated on races with 7 or more runners. In order to investigate this area as thoroughly as I can, I decided to…

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Winning Golf Strategy

Guest article written by Paul Micelli An Overview on Golf Betting Talk about the subject of golf to most sports betting enthusiasts and the chances are that you’ll find an amazingly mixed bag of different opinions when it comes to making profits from wagering on major tournaments. As the 150th Anniversary Open Championship begins in earnest at St Andrews this…

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The Psychology of Gambling – Myth 3

I have already looked at two common myths in gambling, that it is possible to turn £10 into £1000’s and that bookmakers use inside information so you can’t beat them. Today I am going to look at another myth: The favourite has the best chance of winning so my best chance of profit is by betting the favourite This could…

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Arty’s Football Thoughts – Getting ready for the new English season

Guest article written by Arthur Browne The World Cup may be over but these days football never sleeps and I’ve already started looking at the picture for the new Premier League season. Arsenal still look a little short on the grit needed to take the title (especially if Fabregas ends up leaving) and Man United don’t look like they have done enough…

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Designing Your Betting System Portfolio – Part 1

Last month I wrote an article introducing the betting portfolio concept and I wanted to develop this idea. Like everything in successful betting you need to plan in advance if you want to have a nicely performing portfolio. This means deciding on the targets that you are aiming for in your systems and the quantity of systems that you are…

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