The Weekend Wager
August 6, 2010 by Darren Hall
Filed under Bet72 News
Welcome to this the latest Weekend Wager free betting column produced courtesy of the team at the Secret Betting Club
Each and every Friday we bring together some of the finest betting experts to give you some of the best tips, advice and guidance to help you out with your next 7 days betting.
1. Mike Says..
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In this column, Secret Betting Club co-editor and professional gambler Mike Bishop discusses some of the weeks most topical betting issues.
It’s all systems go this week as preparation for the new football season is in full swing. It may have only been just over 4 weeks since the World Cup ended but the early bird catches the pre-season worm!
We have been placing a whole host of ante post bets over the past few weeks with the expectation of collecting a profit this time next May. There are a number of pros and cons to ante post betting and on the negative side you are tying your money up for 9 months with these bets. On the flipside though, some of the football experts we monitor who do this make some outstanding returns. One football service in our Hall of Fame has a historical record of 253 pts (to a Return on Investment of 22%) from these long-term bets alone.
Who to Follow This Season
If you are looking for help choosing some experts to follow in the coming football season, we do have some suggestions for you.
A good place to start is our end of season guide for the 2009/10 season, which is split into 2 sections. Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this article via our website. You can also check out our article on the up and coming football services for this season here.
(Note - you need an active SBC membership to read all these articles)
We currently also have 5 football services in our Hall of Fame (our top rated services) as well as another 7 that we continue to monitor as ones to watch.
Shakespeare & Monkeys
Continuing our theme of historical figures and betting (See our Albert Einstein post), this week we have a very unique blog post connecting William Shakespeare, monkeys & everyone’s 2nd favourite past-time (which is betting by the way - no prizes for guessing the 1st fave!).
It explores the idea of randomness and how even the most ridiculous betting system can be profitable over a short period, simply through luck. The moral is that you make sure you test out anything thoroughly and over a longer period that just a few months before sticking your cash down!
Check out these other latest articles from our Blog this week
Mike’s Football Bets This Season
Linked in with my column below and the return of my football advice.
Until next week…
Mike Bishop
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There is also plenty written about Betting Laying Sports Club, The Sportsman, Hot Punters, Insider Mr X, Michael Callen, Sporting Life Trends, Sure Wins & Ultimate Tipster.
f you cant find a review on the service you are interested in, simply enter their name into the search the site box - chances are we have featured them in the past.
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2. Mike’s Football Bets
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Mike analyses the forthcoming football betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value. This is part of a season-long experiment to see the likely returns from such an approach and to build up a public record.
This week sees a little bit of a change in style for this section of the Weekend Wager as throughout the new football season I will be using it to highlight some of the best football bets that I find each week.
Last season I managed to pick up a 10.66 pt profit (13.58% ROI) from my mainly Asian Handicap football bets in the English Premier League, many of which I shared in this section. You can read more about my 2009/10 season record and my aims for this season at my blog.
Please do note this is more of an experiment than anything at the moment and I will be following with small stakes only - suggest you do similarly if you wish to follow!
As the Premier League doesn’t kick-off until next week, I am going to start-off by rounding up my pre-season antepost bets. Whilst betting like this does involve tying your money up for a full season, by being shrewd and trading you can lock in guaranteed profit at different points if you so wish.
In this column over the past few weeks I have already shared one ante post bet that I like on Stoke to finish in the top half of the table. They have a settled team and lots of under-rated players so the 7/2 on them with Paddy Power and Blue Square appeals.
Another bet previously mentioned is West Brom to be the top newcomer this season at 9/4 with Ladbrokes, who also go best price 4/1 on Newcastle to go straight back down. The top flight will be a lot tougher this year and with Mike Ashley in charge, they are never likely to be far from trouble. I was very tempted by this bet but instead have taken the 3/4 on arch rivals Sunderland to finish above them with Bwin. They are a settled team with a top goalscorer in Darren Bent and a top ten finish won’t be beyond them.
My final bet for the season is on likely whipping boys Blackpool who are 11/8 with VCBet to concede the most amount of goals this season. Considering how manager Ian Holloway loves his teams to attack, they can expect to be on the end of a few good hidings this season like Burnley last year. At the very least we can expect some cracking post-game interviews from ‘Olly’ - check-out these classics from Youtube… Not the best lookin bird, ranting and raving, and my fave - reacting to news his then Plymouth team are playing Real Madrid.
My pre-season bets
0.5 pt Stoke to finish in top half of table. 7/2 Ladbrokes
0.5 pt West Brom top newcomer 9/4 Ladbrokes
1 pt Sunderland to finish above Newcastle 3/4 Bwin
1 pt Blackpool to concede most goals this season 11/8 VCbet
Whatever you bet on, good luck!
Mike
Just to clarify, although we have members and some tipsters providing some free tips and systems, we are primarily a review service. Please dont expect miracles or read too much into this experiment!
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- The 17 combined racing systems that have produced a profit of over £3000 at just £10 stakes since the start of 2010 - all at Betfair SP!
- Advice on how you can compound your stakes to make your betting profits go further. 1 example football service has made £1000 grow into over £17,369 in just 3 seasons, whilst another racing tipster turned £1000 into £2925.45 since December 2008.
- The extremely affordable racing service that has made over 128 pts profit since Feb this year and is really impressing us with his great value bets! Find out who he is before everyone else.
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3. Herbie Goes Racing
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Herbie Fogg is the editor of Key Racing News, the incredibly useful punters’ aid - which delivers key market indicators and a host of useful information to your inbox, free of charge, by 8am on Saturdays and main race days. Racing news…with a difference.
The Rose of Lancaster Stakes (Group 3)
From the trends perspective 3YO’s do best in this (7/10), with Jukebox Jury the obvious choice in 2009. The classic generation though have been finding life difficult in weight for age contests lately, and their stand out candidate here is Green Moon who looked very progressive until suddenly finding it all a bit much at Ascot.
Prior to that Green Moon had beaten Red Badge, who himself beat both Distant Memories and Poet at Newbury on 17th July over 10fl on good ground. Both of these however should improve for testing conditions and as collateral form goes you’d want to take it with a pinch of salt. If Green Moon gives his running there could be little between them.
Class Is Class made sudden improvement LTO, settling much better in his 2nd time visor off 10fl pace, the time was excellent and if they’ve finally got the key he could be another Sir Michael improving 4YO. On ratings he looks closely matched with the ultra-consistent Distant Memories.
Of the others Godolphin’s Rio De La Plata is surely better on fast ground (I thought we’d established this at Haydock last year) and combined with the trip is likely to find his stamina stretched. South Easter hasn’t gone on and looks out of his depth. Les Fazzani though will relish the conditions and is likely to make this a proper test - anything that wins here will have to stay and Les Fazzani herself could take a bit of catching.
On paper there is little to choose between: Class Is Class, Distant Memories, Les Fazzani & Green Moon and any theory to hoist one above the other depends on guesswork and ‘if’s’. They are 5/1, 5/1, 4/1 & 5/1 respectively.
But in such a muddling field is there anything we’ve overlooked?
I think we should consider Poet, currently 14/1. He will love the conditions and there were distinct signs of revival at Newbury under the care of Clive Cox, who hasn’t had him long. He was a Group 3 winner last September for Aiden O’Brien and it would be no surprise to see him getting into gear with Meydan now firmly behind him.
The conditions are working out nicely for him and this is very much his time of year. If Les Fazzani really pours it on he’s not cast iron to stay, but we know he has the class and is around 3 times the price.
Poet looks each way value and to my eye, distinctly underrated.
Bon chance,
Herbie
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4. A Little Birdie Says…
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Roger Green of the Birdie Golf tipster service is the latest contributor to the Weekend Wager. Previously supplying advice under the Tipping Legends banner, he has been providing golf tips since 1987 and has spent his entire life working in the golf industry.
When will Tiger win his next tournament?
He shot 4 over after the first round at Bridgestone, which is a course where he has won 7 times previously. Of course there are still 3 rounds to go, so he can still win but he was as big as 9/2 for this event, and his price gets bigger as each event goes by. I am waiting for 7/1 plus in the weeks to come. Can he go through the rest of the season without winning?
And what about the Ryder Cup? Tiger still has not made automatic entry and it is looking like captain Corey Pavin will have to use one of his wild cards to put him in.
It is well documented that Corey and Tiger do not hit it off, but I am sure the powers that be will make sure he is included in the team. This of course assumes that Tiger makes himself available which according to some reports is by no means certain.
As the weeks go by the European team looks streets ahead of their rivals on current form. The Ryder Cup however is match play, which is a very different form of the game where you can carry some bad scoring holes, unlike stroke play.
Coiln Montgomerie has 3 wild cards to use. At the moment, Justin Rose is not qualified nor is Paul Casey and Ross Fisher. Surely they will be his 3 picks at this stage.
That means no place for Sergio Garcia, Henrik Stenson & Robert Karlsson. I have just got a sneaking feeling that one wild card could go to a Welshman, either Bradley Dredge or Rhys Davies.
Terry Matthews the owner of Celtic Manor is a huge sponsor of the European tour. He may be hoping for a fellow countryman to be in the team when the event is being staged in Wales for the first, and maybe only time. “Politics” has a big part to play in most sports these days and Golf is no exception
Europe are currently 4/6 to win and on form they are 1/7 in my book! No doubt 4/6 is good value, but then again it is match play!
For any information on golf or my service please contact me at birdiegolf@live.co.uk
Roger Green
That’s all for today! Have a great weekend…
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The Tipsters That Give You The Most Bang For Your Buck!
July 20, 2010 by Darren Hall
Filed under Bet72 News, Secret Betting Club
You’ve no doubt been tempted by the many tipsters and systems out there that promise to make you money betting, but very often the question is … How much money can they really make you?
Sure they might claim big winners and boast a high strike rate, but what about the losers that they don’t mention? Are the odds they claim realistic? And most importantly…What’s the bottom line profit figure?
It can be hard to get to the truth about tipster profits, but fear not because this is exactly where our exclusive and 100% independent SBC Tipster Reports can help you.
Our monthly Tipster Reports allow you to compare over 35 sports & horse racing tipsters like for like. For example….
- Want to know the best performing tipsters over the last 6 months?
- Want to know which tipster has the best monthly strike rate?
- Want to know which tipster gives you the most bang for your buck?
Our Tipster Report tells you all these things and more so you can get to the truth about who really makes money betting.
What’s more as we are 100% independent, you can be sure that what we say is the truth - we never take any commission or kickbacks (unlike many other review sites) for our reports.
Below we have listed just a few of our monthly report tables for you to check out. It is but a very small snapshot of the Tipster Report (and we have had to protect the service names included), but it should give you a good indication of how useful they are.
Read on to find out more but if you want to pick up our latest monthly reports, you can download them instantly once securing a Secret Betting Club membership.
Example Table 1 - Top 5 Tipsters by Monthly Strike-Rate
This table lists the tipsters who make a profit month-in and month-out. The top service here makes a profit in just under nine months out of ten! Not bad for consistency.
A service with a high monthly strike-rate is ideal for those of you who like to make a regular profit.
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Strike-Rate Comparison |
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Service 1 - 88% |
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Service 2 - 85% |
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Service 3 - 83% |
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Service 4 - 78% |
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Service 5 - 77% |
Example Table 2 - Top 5 Tipsters by Return on Investment (ROI)
A Return On Investment (ROI) figure is extremely useful as it tells you just how much you have to stake in order to make a profit. Therefore the top service here with a 41.72% ROI will make you £41.72 profit for every £100 staked.
A service with a high ROI is ideal for those of you who want to make the biggest return for your money.
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Service 1 - 41.72% |
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Service 2 - 32.82% |
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Service 3 - 32.72% |
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Service 4 - 20.43% |
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Service 5 - 17.70% |
Example Table 3 - Top 5 Tipsters by Total Return On Capital (ROC):
The Return On Capital (ROC) is another excellent marker to select the best tipster services as it helps put their profits into context. ROC calculates the profit in relation to the account sized required.
For example a tipster with a 100% ROC would generate a profit of £1000 from a £1000 starting point. Service 1 below therefore would have turned a whopping profit of £15,910 from only a £1000 starting point!
A service with a high ROC is ideal for those of you who want to know who will make their money go the furthest!
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Service 1 - 1591% |
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Service 2 - 837% |
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Service 3 - 714% |
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Service 4 - 508% |
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Service 5 - 480% |
More Than Just Numbers!
There’s more to betting than just stats, you need to know about odds availability, customer service and other practical issues of following a tipster. We also cover all these things and more in our monthly SBC Issues which include…
- A detailed description on each monitored service and our current thoughts on them.
- Ability to see which services we list in our ‘Hall of Fame’, those we can heartily recommend.
- Our unique SBC ratings for each service for everything from level of profits on offer to customer service.
- Details on the many specific savings, discounts and free trials exclusive to SBC members only.
That’s not all though, because as a member you also get the following benefits….
- Access to our members only website, which list all our past reviews and articles in A-Z and key word searchable format.
- Access to our back catalogue of monthly issues, dating all the way back to May 2006.
- Access to our members’ only forum, which is full of shared insight into the world of betting and tipsters. You can pick up valuable tips and experience from our helpful community.
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Free Taster of the Secret Betting Club
July 5, 2010 by Darren Hall
Filed under Bet72 News, Secret Betting Club
Bet72.com have teamed up with secretbettingclub.com to prvide a free special taster edition of their superb monthly publication.
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• Want more detail? We summarise key results for you, but if you want to dig a little deeper, you can spend time analysing our unique monthly spreadsheets which list the latest and historical performance of over 40 tipsters that we continuously monitor. These spreadsheets include performance ratings that you won’t find anywhere else.
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Your Must Read Football Tipster Guide
June 29, 2010 by Darren Hall
Filed under Bet72 News
Here at bet72 we have always been great fans of The Secret Betting Club. Honest, unbiased and top quality reviews across the world of betting systems and tipster services.
The web is awash with so called betting experts and you probably get a daily deilvery of emails about the latest betting system that will fund the purchase your next Yacht or even more unbelievably, cover the cost of filling your car up on a weekly basis (what is going on with these fuel prices?).
But how do you know if this latest system is genuine or just another scam?
Enter the scam-busters, Dan and Mike, take it away boys……..
Here at the Secret Betting Club we are working hard preparing the 49th edition of our renowned monthly reports.
We have some cracking information to share this month that we believe could fundamentally change your betting outlook.
The highlight this month is our much anticipated 2009/2010 football tipster review. This features our exclusive rundown of all the football tipsters we have monitored over the past season (and before) as well as those we recommend you follow at the World Cup and next season.
Not only this but we also highlight all the new up and coming football tipsters we advise members to keep an eye out for next season.
Some of the highlights of this special report include:
- The extremely affordable service that made 253 pts profit and a Return on Investment of over 20% this season. You would have almost doubled your starting bank if following!
- The service SBC members used to pocket up to £5,000 from £50 stakes. Read our full updated review in this month’s forthcoming edition. Best of all, by hunting around for odds, you could have done even better!
- The up and coming service only SBC members know, which that uses a complex mathematical model to provide clear and easy football tips.
In the last 6 months of the season alone and at £100 stakes you would have made an extra £2600 from just 140 bets!
If you want to find out just which football tipsters to follow at the World Cup and next season, you must pick up our latest edition due out next Monday.
To read this exclusive article without delay, make sure you sign up to Secret Betting Club ASAP.
Other highlights coming up this month include details on the following….
- The very low-key racing tipster service that has made 33.5 pts profit from only 191 bets so far this year. They have a great record dating back to November 2008 and only SBC members know who they are!
Pick up our exclusive results spreadsheet and discount as an SBC member. - The cricket tipster who although making a profit and attracting lots of interest, is not one we can recommend. Find out why in our exclusive article.
- The FREE! horse racing tipster that has made over 250 pts profit from just 455 bets since September 2009.
- The betting software being sold for over £2500 that you need to be very cautious about! Make sure you read our report to ensure you don’t lose out.
If you want to pick up the latest issue as soon as it’s released, signup today for your membership via: Secret Betting Club
In addition to all this, Issue 49 also comes supplied with the latest update of our SBC Tipster Report and Spreadsheet:
- The SBC Tipster Report Spreadsheet enables you to see exactly who the best tipster is from the 40+ services we monitor.
- Includes the ability to view performance over 6 & 12 months and all-time record.
- Rank and sort each service via numerous variables such as strike-rate, cost, betting bank size, losing runs, winning runs and return on investment.
- Find out who you should be following with your money. - The SBC Tipster Report features a detailed description on each monitored service and our current thoughts on them.
- See which services we list in our ‘Hall of Fame’, those we can heartily recommend.
- Includes our unique SBC ratings for each service for everything from level of profits on offer to customer service.
- Details on the many specific savings, discounts and free trials exclusive to SBC members only.
That’s not all though, because as a member you also get the following benefits….
- Access to our members only website, which list all our past reviews and articles in A-Z and key word searchable format.
- Access to our full back catalogue of monthly issues, dating all the way back to May 2006. That’s a full 48 extra issues for free!
- Access to our members’ only forum, which is full of shared insight into the world of betting and tipsters. You can pick up valuable tips and experience from our helpful community.
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The great news is that it costs less than 19p per day to join us here at the Secret Betting Club. When you consider the money you could make with the right information (and the money you will save by avoiding the scams), this is an offer you won’t want to miss out on!
You can also join with confidence as we offer a full 12 month money back guarantee if at any time you are not satisfied with our service. No strings attached so if you’re not 100% pleased with what we do for whatever reason, we will refund you in full.
Seriously, no small print and no hidden conditions. We passionately believe in only providing a service that you find useful.
To finally make your betting pay, visit: Secret Betting Club
Best Regards,
Mike Bishop and Dan Jones
Co-editors, Secret Betting Club
P.S. Discounts Galore:
As a SBC member you will also benefit from a range of exclusive discounts off many of the top tipster services that we monitor on your behalf. There is a variety of free trials, discounts on subscription fees and priority access for you to take advantage of.
Very often the cost of joining the Secret Betting Club will be repaid in full by these savings alone!
The Weekend Wager
June 4, 2010 by Darren Hall
Filed under Bet72 News, Secret Betting Club
Welcome to this the latest Weekend Wager free betting column produced courtesy of the team at the Secret Betting Club
Each and every Friday we bring together some of the finest betting experts to give you some of the best tips, advice and guidance to help you out with your next 7 days betting.
1. Mike Says..
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In this column, Secret Betting Club co-editor and professional gambler Mike Bishop discusses some of the weeks most topical betting issues.
England Expects…A Free TV!
That was the leading line this week from a fascinating article on all the many promotions big businesses are running this World Cup. Read the article in full at the Times website.
It turns out that Toshiba will give you your money back on any TV you buy now, should England win the World Cup.
Not a bad offer but it does conjure up images of high powered Toshiba executives frantically sticking pins in Wayne Rooney voodoo dolls to make sure they dont end up out of pocket. Or as the graffiti on one poster said “So basically Toshiba thinks England have no chance in hell of winning.”
Shareholders in Toshiba can rest easy though as it turns out they are just one company running such offers who have hedged the potential losses on such offers. Essentially, Toshiba have placed a large bet with bookmakers (or ‘insurance firms’ as they term them) to make sure should England win the tournament, they will cover any loss on their offer.
Not that these companies want you to know they are betting of course!
So it turns out that even at this highest corporate level, betting is rife and fully sanctioned!
In actual fact, these companies are doing similar calculations to what many of the tipsters we monitor at the Secret Betting Club do (but to much smaller stakes!)
That is observing the odds on offer and making percentage calls in order to make an overall profit or to ‘hedge’ their losses.
The World Cup is without doubt a great time to make money betting, whether you are Toshiba selling TV’s or Joe Bloggs starting out on his professional betting journey.
If you are keen to use this World Cup as a springboard for your own betting, then keep your eyes peeled for our extra special FREE World Cup Issue, due out next Wednesday. This will feature hand-picked advice and bets from some of the best football betting minds out there.
Until next week…
Mike Bishop
The Latest News On Whats Making Money Betting
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Issue 49 of the Secret Betting Club newsletter is out now and full of everything you need to make money betting. One of the highlights this month is our end-of-season football tipster report, which includes…
- Our new Hall of Fame service that at £50 stakes, would have made you over £5000 last season. An exclusive discount is available for SBC members.
- The existing Hall of Fame service, which over the past season would have doubled your starting bank. There is a special limited-time 3 month free trial currently on offer with this service.
- The antepost football specialist who made over £9000 to £100 stakes this season alone on his advice. SBC members save 40% off the cost of joining this tipster.
- Details and analysis on a further 24 football tipsters who we have monitored over the past few years.
All you need to find out which football tipsters you should follow to make money betting is in Issue 49. Sign up today to access it risk free with our 100% money back guarantee at http://www.secretbettingclub.com
2. The Next Week in Betting
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Mike analyses the forthcoming football betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value.
This week as part of my World Cup Betting focus I want to take you through a few of the tournament award markets, such as Top Goalscorer market (Golden Boot) and Top Goalkeeper (Yashin Award).
The Golden boot is always a very popular bet and with the ability to bet each way, it can bring big rewards if getting it right and life-time fame for its recipient. Remember Toto Schillachi? He came out of nowhere in Italia 90 and I can only imagine how big the odds on him pre-tournament must have been!
I have been doing my own research in this market lately and generally you can expect the top goalscorer to come from a team that reaches the semi-finals at least (giving them 7 games in total). Thus I fancy these three each way… Nicolas Anelka (66/1 with Hills), Alberto Gillardino (50/1 with Ladbrokes) & Luis Fabiano (12/1 generally). France and Italy maybe two of the lesser fancied teams this time around but I expect one of them to get to the semi-finals, while Brazil in my eyes have to be favourites.
If you fancy a more speculative bet how about combining the World Cup winning team with top goalscorer? A double on Brazil and Wayne Rooney is 80/1 with Paddy Power or how about England with Luis Fabiano at 140/1 at Betfair?
The Top Goalkeeper award is the Yashin (named after famous Russian cat - Lev Yashin) and is awarded based upon the findings of the FIFA technical study group (whoever they are!). Iker Cassilas leads the field at 5/1 but I fancy Brazil’s Julio Cesar at 13/2 with Totesport, who had a cracking season with Inter Milan. As an outsider how about France’s Hugo Lloris at 9/1 with Paddy Power - a very well regarded young player and a tad more sane than Fabien Barthez!
Another more fanciful market is the FIFA award for the most entertaining team, in which I like Chile at 20/1 with Boylesports. Heaven only knows how Sepp Blatter decides this award but with the Chileans lining up 3-4-3, we can expect goals at both ends, which should be bloody entertaining!
Whatever you bet on, good luck!
Mike
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3. Herbie Goes Racing
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The Investec Derby (Group 1), 4:00pm Saturday 5th June
It’s widely acknowledged the best horse going into the race is Jan Vermeer who has looked mightily impressive ever since a wide-margin G1 juvenile winner at Saint-cloud. Aside from a tricky draw, the only hole you can pick in him is the fact that this was not the plan and the race could conceivably come too soon. Given he won eased down at The Curragh you would think this unlikely to diminish his chance. He copes with any ground, looks the most likely winner and quite possibly is a class apart.
If you’re looking for something to take him on, your realistic options do seem fairly limited. Jan Vermeer was miles ahead of Midas Touch when they met and it feels most unlikely the form is about to be reversed. Meanwhile Frankie has chosen Rewilding, supplemented after Goodwood, who catches the eye, but the proximity of Prizefighting does nothing for the form, even if the latter has improved, and with good yardstick Simenon 7.5l back in 4th - the same distance he finished behind Chabal. On a line through Togiak (or for that matter Midas Touch) that puts Rewilding on a par with Bullet Train, or a little behind Midas Touch. Bullet Train himself is blighted by the proximity of Hot Prospect in the Lingfield Derby trial who was himself a further 3 lengths behind Coordinated Cut when they met 3 weeks before.
And with that in mind, the Dante has looked the best British trial and the horse with an excuse in that race was Workforce, who was highly-regarded going into the race but spoiled his chance by slipping the bit after carrying his head awkwardly. In an interview with Robert Cooper on Thursday morning Sir Michael confirmed they have sorted the problem and he goes there in good heart. That was his seasonal reappearance, he’s sharpened up since and goes to Epsom in excellent good nick, attracting good money the past few days and looking the best of the British challengers. The one concern is a lack of experience but the relatively small field should help. The simple strategy is to back them both.
Bon chance,
Herbie
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4. A Little Birdie Says…
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Roger Green of the Birdie Golf tipster service is the latest contributor to the Weekend Wager. Previously supplying advice under the Tipping Legends banner, he has been providing golf tips since 1987 and has spent his entire life working in the golf industry.
I know some of you like to be updated regarding the Ryder Cup which is just 4 months away and due to be played at Celtic Manor, which is currently staging the Welsh Open.
It is very interesting to see both how the teams are shaping up in advance of the tournament. The European team have 9 players from the points system, and captain Colin Montgomerie picks 3 wild cards. His opposite number, Corey Pavin, picks 4 wild cards
At the moment, 10 of the players who were in the European team are not qualifying by right. Amazing! This includes Sergio Garcia, Paul Casey, Padraig Harrington, Soren Hansen, Jimenez, Karlsson, McDowell, Justin Rose, Oliver Wilson and Henrik Stenson
Of course a couple may squeak in by right, but that will mean two more players will drop out of the list.
Casey & Harrington will surely be picked but what of the others? Will Monty pick a Welshman, perhaps Rhys Davies or even Bradley Dredge?
I am sure the sponsor and owner of Celtic Manor, Terry Matthews, will be expecting a Welshman in the team
In the US team, 6 of the 2008 team do not qualify at the moment.
They are Kenny Perry, Justin Leonard, Ben Curtis, Boo Weekly, JB Holmes & Chad Campbell. But remember Corey Pavin has 4 wild cards at his disposal.
What about Tiger? He did not play in 2008 due to his knee surgery, and at the moment he does not get in on the points system.
Will Corey pick him? It is no secret that they are not the best of friends on and off the golf course.
The more I study this years event, the more I believe it is going to be very close with the odds in favour of a Euoropean win. A bet on the tie might be the call in the end!
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Roger Green
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May 14, 2010 by Darren Hall
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1. Mike Says
2. The Next Week In Betting
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4. A Little Birdie Says
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1. Mike Says..
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In this column, Secret Betting Club co-editor and professional gambler Mike Bishop discusses some of the weeks most topical betting issues.
This week I want to touch briefly on the topic of betting systems as recently I have noticed a whole swathe of them popping up on the Internet, all baying for your cash.
Betting systems in my experience are like marmite (or vegemite for our Aussie readers), in that we either love or hate them and very often punters will be divided over how important they can be. Personally I love them, but only up to a point as whether they are focused on racing, football or water-polo, you really have to be so fussy about what you follow in.
Actually putting together a system that works on paper is pretty easy, the hard part is getting it to work with real money over a prolonged period of time. The selectivity comes in when you need to check out which systems actually are kosher and haven’t been curve-fitted to generate unrealistic profits. By curve-fitting I mean for example racing systems that with no apparent reason suggest you follow horses of all age ranges except for 5 year olds. There is no logic to such a ruling except for blatant curve-fitting.
Even worse in my eyes are those systems that are thrown together because they seem to make logical sense, applying a whole bunch of seemingly sensible filters to picking out a football or racing bet.
The problem is very often so many of these systems have no proven past results that actually state they work and it’s just the author assuming that they do. Following any system based simply on assumptions is a very quick way to the poorhouse. You are probably better off just going into the garden and burning a bunch of tenners!
I wanted to highlight this issue again this week as unfortunately there are plenty very dodgy systems that continually pop up month-in, month out. Very often they are here for just a few weeks, are expertly marketed and appear very genuine indeed. It can be very hard indeed to know exactly what to believe and I hate to see anyone being ripped off like this!
If you find yourself in this predicament of not knowing the systems to trust, then do stop to consider our service at the Secret Betting Club. We are wise to many of the system scams and also a good number that are worthy of your time and attention.
Don’t forget that our service also comes with a full money back guarantee so you can always try us out safe in the knowledge that you wont be out of pocket if you don’t like us (Although we doubt that will be the case!)
Until next week…
Mike Bishop
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2. The Next Week in Betting
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Mike analyses the forthcoming football betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value.
Most of the football leagues have now drawn to a close, but over the next couple of months there is still going to be plenty worth betting upon with the World Cup to look forward to especially.
This weekend the main event is the FA Cup Final, which sees Chelsea an extremely short 1/5 best priced (Ladbrokes, Paddy) to beat relegated Portsmouth. With such a lack of value, focus needs to shift onto other markets to see if we can spot something of worth. The 6/1 on Portsmouth’s Aruna Dindane with Ladbrokes to score at anytime stands out to me as a bit of a rick. He is Didier Drogba’s Ivory Coast striking partner, has a good record of late and is expected to play.
For those of you who like to play the Asian Handicap markets you can also back Chelsea to overcome the -2 line at a best priced 1.90 with Pinnacle Sports. Should they win by 2 or more goals, the bet wins and perfect for those of you confident on them racking up a huge score similar to their recent 8-0 and 7-0 victories.
World Cup fever also continues to build and you can check on the odds here for those announced in the 30 man initial squad to make the final 23 cut for South Africa. I wouldn’t be surprised to see 1 or 2 shock announcements make it and perhaps its worth considering any of Scott Parker (3/1), Darren Bent (7/2), Shaun Wright-Philips (3/1) or Michael Dawson (7/4).
Another shock this week has been England’s cricket team as they have cruised through to Sunday’s 20-20 world cup final in the West Indies. They will line-up against either the Aussies or Pakistan who face off today in the 2nd semi-final. I expect Australia to have more than enough for Shahid Afridi’s team and it should make for an intriguing final, especially considering the fact that England have never won a ‘World Cup’ tournament! You can back them to buck this trend at a best priced 11/10 (across the board). I think they might just win it as well so it could be time to book the open-topped bus for the celebrations!
Whatever you bet on this coming week, good luck!
Mike
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3. Herbie Goes Racing
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Totepool Aston Park Stakes (Listed), 2pm Newbury Sat 15th
All recent winners were priced 8/1 or less (14/14), and the vast majority had a prior top 4 finish in a Pattern race. The winner is invariably from a top flat yard and BHA rated 102+
Our short-list is: Claremont, Heliodor & Sabotage.
No word on the Godolphin pair from the gallops, Claremont sports a first time visor and has a host of G1 entries (Coronation Cup, Ascot Gold Cup, Irish St Leger) so clearly they hope he’s going places. Ditto Sabotage who has virtually all the same, and it’s interesting to see them being weighed in opposition to each other - no doubt, the first of many. The Hannon team think Heliodor comes here with a live chance and is up to winning a Group prize this year.
There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of pace on here and Heliodor will be buried mid div and held up since those tactics went down well at Newmarket last time up. On the face of it the shape of the race looks slightly against him, he’s never managed to look convincing in better company and is somewhat exposed. Meanwhile Claremont was an uncomfortable looking 3rd behind Jukebox Jury last seen out (hence the visor) where he was also keen. He’d be hard to fancy on the basis of that form, especially as his best for Andre Fabre was on softer ground.
Sabotage was last seen on the 2 mile turf course at Meydan picking up a valuable conditions race in good style on gd-firm. He gets a lot further than a mile five and Frankie may choose to inject a bit of pace and play to his stamina. That would put Heliodor back in the frame, give him some pace and something to run at. The Hannon yard are in great form and with their later season approach you always feel Godolphin will be vulnerable in a race like this - it’s been 10 years since they took it.
Others:
In the Lockinge we have the excellent prospect of the fully matured Zacinto taking on a fully primed Paco Boy. We all saw what Paco did recently, where he looked like a horse who is going to be a big threat in G1’s all season. Zacinto has been sparkling on the gallops - he put pulled well clear of Confront in a July Course prep (described as ‘electrifying’) and impressed again on the Al Bahathri last Saturday. Paco Boy was disappointing here last year but seemed a little off beforehand and was found to have an infected foot. Of course it was none other than Confront that he put firmly in his place at Sandown. There’s probably not much in and if you want to play in a race like this I think you’re probably best off simply taking the bigger price.
Elsewhere on the card one you might want to keep an eye out for is Richard Hannon’s Plume in the 4.15, 7fl Handicap. They really fancy this one and when it’s at Newbury (or Goodwood) that’s always something you to want to sit up and take notice of. Essentially they rate her a Pattern class horse masquerading as a handicapper off a mark of 80. I’ll hand you over to the great man himself:
“Plume has to be right there in the seven furlong handicap. She is still only rated 80 and we think that she is much better than that. She was working terrific a month ago and the Guineas was still very much in our minds, but she scoped badly so had to miss the race. She is right back on track at home, and if she is as good as we think she is she has to go close”.
Bon chance,
Herbie
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4. A Little Birdie Says…
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Roger Green of the Birdie Golf tipster service is the latest contributor to the Weekend Wager. Previously supplying advice under the Tipping Legends banner, he has been providing golf tips since 1987 and has spent his entire life working in the golf industry.
We are now approaching the busy time for golf with quality tournaments and good betting opportunities coming up on both sides of the Atlantic.
20-23rd May - The BMW PGA Champ at Wentworth. A prize fund of a mere 4.5M Euros!
27-30 May - Madrid Masters.
03-06 June - Celtic Manor Welsh Open Very interesting as of course this is the venue for the Ryder Cup in October.
03-06 June - The Memorial at Muirhead Village Ohio Quality event, but it will be interesting to see if any US players turn up at Celtic Manor if they are on the fringe of the US team
17-20 June - US Open at Pebble Beach California
Looking at the prize fund at Wentworth it really is amazing how much an “average” pro golfer can earn. I am not being rude if I call the following list “average”, of course they are top golfers but not by any means world beaters!
The figures are quite staggering really:-
Graeme Storm & Stephen Dodd nearly 4M Euros career earnings todate
John Bickerton & David Lynn nearly 5M Euros
Barry Lane & Bradley Dredge nearly 7M euros
David Howell nearly 10M euros
I always check the stats for both tours and interesting to see that Alvaro Quiros currently leads the European Tour stats for longest drive at 306.2 yards. I would recommend you also do make a note of the 3rd guy in the stats with an average drive of 304.4 yards, we have Seung-yul-Noh.
This Korean is just 19 yrs and is certainly one to keep an eye on!
If you have any points you wish to discuss re golf or golf betting, subscriptions etc. , please do not hesitate to contact me at birdiegolf@live.co.uk
That’s all for today! Have a great weekend…
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April 23, 2010 by Darren Hall
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1. Dan Says..
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In this column, Secret Betting Club co-editor and professional gambler Dan Jones discusses some of the weeks most topical betting issues.
Just what is value betting?
How much exactly would you pay for a plain old cup of coffee at Starbucks?
- Nothing, I’ll make may own and I like tea anyway!
- £2.00
- £5.00
- £20.00
Unless you’re particularly desperate, most people will say either A or B. We all have similar ideas of the value of a cup of coffee and so do Starbucks. Charging £20.00 for a cuppa will soon put them out of business, unless another Icelandic Volcano disrupts coffee supplies to the UK! But what has this got to do with betting?
It’s all about value…
The biggest transition I see in SBC members is when they stop thinking in just terms of what will win and start thinking about value.
Every bet offered up by a bookmaker or on Betfair has a chance of winning. As we saw with last year’s Grand National, even the 100/1 shots can romp home once in a while. The trick is to be able to have your own price on something that you can compare to the bookies.
“Price doesn’t matter as long as it wins”
I often read this on certain…ahem betting exchange forums and in relation to laying “It doesn’t matter what price it is, as long as it loses”.
Both of these sentences are utter nonsense. Price is everything.
How to Price Up a Bet
A good way to price up a bet is to convert the odds on offer into the implied probability of that bet winning. Implied probability is how often that bet is expected to win given average luck.
To work this out take 1 and divide it by the decimal odds on offer then times by 100.
For example evens is 2.0 in decimal odds.
1 divided by 2 is 0.5
X 100 = 50%.
So a bet priced at evens should win roughly 50% of the time.
0% means something will never happen.
100% means something will always happen.
Percentage Chance of Winning
The second part of value is to come up with your prediction of its chances of winning. If you think there’s actually a 75% chance of that betting, then you have a value bet.
To convert 75% back into odds, you divide 100 by 75 = 1.33.
In other words, you’re betting on what should be a 1.33 shot and you’re getting 2.00.
Doesn’t mean it will win, but take 100 bets like that and you will make money.
Naturally this assumes your estimation is more accurate than the bookmakers which is easier said than done.
Here’s some more examples to get you thinking:
- Man Utd are 1.50 vs Arsenal. The bookies imply a 67% chance of victory. Is there value there?
- Sunderland are 3.2 away to Hull. This implies a 31% chance of them winning. Is there value there?
- Jensen Button is 8.0 to retain the F1 title. This implies a 13% chance of him winning. Is that value?
- Betfair has odds of 1.71 on there being a Hung Parliament. This implies a 58% chance. Is that value?
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2. The Next Week in Football Betting
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Mike analyses the forthcoming football betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value.
Its hotting up nicely in the Premier League this weekend with the race for the title, 4th and relegation all likely to become a lot clearer come Sunday night.
I took in last weeks Manchester Derby in Sky’s new 3D format at my local pub, which was a terrible game, no matter what dimension you watched it in. With that in mind I cant have the best odds of 1.5 with Paddy Power on Man Utd to beat a resurgent Spurs this weekend. What I do think we will see is goals as United have to go for victory, but with only a best 1.7 being offered on over 2.5 goals, this does look a bit Danny Devito (on the short side).
My interest lies over at Stamford Bridge where Stoke are the visitors and they are a huge 22/1 with SBObet to take all 3 points. Chelsea should win this but the Potters are no pushovers and the odds of 1.86 on them with a 2.25 Asian Handicap is of interest to me. Only if they lose by a 3 goal margin or more do we lose here.
I must admit to also being tempted by Arsenal who are 2.02 with 5 Dimes to beat Man City at home on Saturday Evening. The Wengerboys have won 14 of their 17 home games this season, whereas City have won only 6 out of 17 away from home. After watching both teams last week though it would take a real leap of faith to back either of them, especially the home outfit given the fact Fabianski is in goal. Expect City to really test him with plenty of shots from distance and crosses, although he will probably struggle as it is simply kicking any passes back that come his way.
Turning to the battle to beat the drop and its hard to see either of Burnley or Hull picking up enough points to avoid relegation. Last year we saw the same thing with the teams going down doing so with a whimper.
Hull are a team full of Championship players and they host Sunderland who are in good form, having won 4 of their last 8 games. As bad as the Black Cats have been away from home, they should have enough to get at least a draw here. Especially with the likes of Bent in cracking form (8 goals in last 8 games) and goalie Craig Gordon finally showing why they paid £9 million for him. I like the +0.25 Asian Handicap on Sunderland with Paddy Power at a tasty looking 1.91. We win half if its a draw and collect in full if the Black Cats take all 3 points.
Whatever you bet on this coming week, good luck!
Mike
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3. The Winabobatoo Weekender
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Winabobatoo are English Premier League, Football League and Scottish Premier betting experts. Using their own excellent football system to often ‘Win a bob or two’ for their members, they are penning an exclusive Weekend Football Guide to help with your bets every Saturday and Sunday.
Winabobatoo Weekend Football Guide
Notts County won last week, but Fulham failed to score against Wolves, so our double lost unfortunately. The recommended bets to my members found 7 winners from 10, so let’s hope I can flag two winners out of two for you today.
The season is drawing to a close with just three weekends to go. We can sometimes get strange results when teams have nothing to play for but I strongly believe that contrary to much criticism received by players, that they are professionals and do their best almost all of the time. Having nothing to play for can often mean they play without fear and can actually perform better. The bookmakers generally reduce the odds of the “must win” teams because they know they will take money on those.
Today’s featured matches are Norwich to beat Gillingham, and Doncaster to beat Scunthorpe.
Norwich are promoted and a win here will see them lift the title. I’m sure they will want to impress in front of their home fans. Gillingham have been woeful on their travels and haven’t won away all season, conceding 44 goals along the way.
Scunthorpe ensured their Championship survival in midweek, so the pressure is off them now. Doncaster are in the top half of the table and have done well this season. Scunthorpe have been far better at home than away and have leaked 48 goals in 22 away games. Doncaster should win this game around 57% of the time, and their odds are 2.10, which makes them a good risk.
Recommended double: Norwich to beat Gillingham at 1.50, and Doncaster to beat Scunthorpe at 2.10. The double is available at 3.15 at the time of writing, with Ladbrokes.
I estimate the true odds of both games winning to be around 2.61, or 38%. The long-term yield at odds of 3.15 suggests we should get 120 points back for every 100 staked.
Good luck until next time.
Mike Lindley
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4. Skeeve’s Non League
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Skeeve is our resident non-league football betting expert who each week shares his best advice for this weekend’s domestic lower league action.
Hi everybody,
Another season is at it’s end - we still have a few play-off semi-finals, a couple of play-off finals and an FA Trophy final left of course, but as far as the regular season is concerned, that’s it folks. Let’s take a look at the stats for these free Weekend Wager picks:
| FREE | PICKS | STAKED | RETURNED | W-V-L | PROFIT | ROI |
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27 | 108 | 127.88 | 16-1-10 | +19.88 | 18.4% |
Not bad at all, but it could’ve been a lot better if April didn’t turn out to be such a horror month. I don’t like to use the ‘l’ word when it comes to serious betting (or, if you want, investing), but I was at +73 points profit for the season on April 2 (12.6% ROI) and now, three horror Saturdays later, I’m at +40 (6.3% ROI). Bad runs are perfectly normal, just like the good ones (you have to take a long-term perspective if you want to be succesful at this crazy job and my long-term results speak for themselves, that’s +503 points profit since December 2006, 14.1% long-term ROI; after an amazing 2009 that produced +200 points profit and a 25.9% ROI you simply have to expect a bit slower year), but when the bad run happens at the end of the season, you can either try and chase the losses (which I’m too old and too experienced for) on the last regular day of the season and in the play-offs - or try and learn as much as you can from that particular losing run and come up with another set of adjustments for next season (not to mention that I always change the size of my point/unit after a bad run - not by making it smaller of course - and that always proved to be profitable).
It wasn’t just a few missed penalties that would’ve turned more than a couple of OVER 2.5 GOALS bets into winning bets, a couple of red cards and two-goal leads turning into frustrating draws - I’ve made mistakes and I can’t wait to get my revenge on the bookmakers (I love fresh starts as some of you already know). But, I would be a bloody fool if I tried to force it and get all these lost points back by mid-May. Play-off games are the trickiest of all and if I do get involved, it will be a couple of average-stake bets only. And then, in August, it starts all over again and I’ll be smarter than ever, more experienced than ever and working harder than ever.
The membership and the waiting list are both closed btw - when I decide to reopen the waiting list, you’ll be the first to know. In fact, when I do reopen the waiting list, it will be open for SBC members only. Take care.
cheers,
skeeve
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5. A Little Birdie Says…
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Roger Green of the Birdie Golf tipster service is the latest contributor to the Weekend Wager. Previously supplying advice under the Tipping Legends banner, he has been providing golf tips since 1987 and has spent his entire life working in the golf industry.
Importance of checking tee times before placing golf bets
It is very important to check tee times for two reasons, and both are equally important.
The first reason is the start time as I will explain.
With all stroke play tournaments, players play in 3 balls in the opening two rounds. The same 3 ball play together in the first two rounds. A 3 ball having a very early start on day one, will have a late start on day two.
Many tournaments tee off at 7.0am (local time) or even earlier on the second day if the first round was not completed on day one.
Depending on which continent the tournament is being played in, early morning starters will be playing on slower greens (due to overnight moisture or dew). As the day lengthens and the sun gets high, then greens dry out and get markedly faster.
Early morning starters do have the advantage of spike free greens, particularly immediately around the pins. This coupled with the fact that the weather is often calmer earlier in the day, means these players generally have a good chance of posting a good score.
A player shooting 5 or 6 under early in the day is very often at or near the top of the leader board at the end of the day. This is of greater significance in the UK where the wind can get stronger during the day.
The second reason to look at the tee times is to actually check the three ball. Who is playing with who?
A rookie from the Challenge tour is unlikely to play to his best if stood on the first tee with Tiger Woods & Phil Mickleson!
The playing speed of players can have crucial impact on each golfers game. Continuous slow play by one player in a 3 ball can cause frustration, followed by lack of concentration and perhaps mistakes.
So before you place your bet, it may help if you :-
(1) Check the tee times to see the start times for the first two days and also note the composition of the 3 balls
(2) Short term and 4 day weather forecast should be checked
Both of these facts are so important if you intend betting on the outcome of a three ball (match betting).
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Roger Green
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April 16, 2010 by Darren Hall
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Welcome to this the latest Weekend Wager free betting column produced courtesy of the team at the Secret Betting Club
Each and every Friday we bring together some of the finest betting experts to give you some of the best tips, advice and guidance to help you out with your next 7 days betting.
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1. Mike Says
2. The Next Week In Football Betting
3. The Winabobatoo Weekender
4. Skeeve’s Non League
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- A look at doubles betting, how to make it work and also make your money go further. Includes our advice how to find the best odds for doubles betting.
- How to use the under/over goals market in the Premier League to find value bets
- A full guide to betting on your iPhone, how it can help and the apps and websites you need to know about.
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1. Mike Says..
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In this column, Secret Betting Club co-editor and professional gambler Mike Bishop discusses some of the weeks most topical betting issues.
Those of you who live in the UK wont have failed to notice that we currently have a General Election campaign taking place. As always during these times, we find ourselves being bombarded with different numbers, statistics and polls all designed to make us vote a certain way.
Well I’m certainly not standing for election but I thought I would provide you with some numbers of my own that should interest you from a betting viewpoint. Think of it as a party political broadcast on behalf of the Secret Betting Club if you will
Over 120 Services Currently Monitored
To start off with, did you know that here at the Secret Betting Club we currently monitor 120 different betting services and systems?
A full 32 of this 120 are either in our Hall of Fame or have a Recommended rating, meaning they are well worth following with your money. These are the very best services that we filter out for you to follow.
A further 13 also come with a Closely Monitored status, which means they show potential but require more time before a firm decision can be made. In addition there are also 5 different ratings services and systems we currently advocate.
That leaves another 70 services, all of which we are currently proofing in advance of a review from us in the near future. 17 of which are in what we call ‘testing’, which means they are currently being probed by our panel of experts. Thus there remain 53 further services who will no doubt come up for review before too long.
How This Helps You
The point I wanted to illustrate with all these numbers is just how wide our tentacles actually spread here at SBC. If you have an interest in a betting service or system, its very likely we will have an experience of it to share with you.
I know this is blowing our trumpet a little bit, but perhaps I have picked up a bit of the electioneering spirit this week!
Until next week…
Mike Bishop
2. The Next Week in Football Betting
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Mike analyses the forthcoming football betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value.
The race for the title and 4th position could well be over after this weekend with 2 crucial games, starting at Saturday lunchtime with the Manchester derby over at Eastlands.
Man Utd need three points badly but with Rooney unlikely to start the best price 2.51 (Pinnacle) on them looks fairly short. Their away record against top half teams this season reads as won 3, drawn 3 and lost 3, so with only a 33% win success rate it highlights the lack of value.
City on the other hand have done very well of late and have only lost once this season against Everton. Perhaps a good option is the 0 Asian Handicap on the home team (same as a Draw No Bet) at a best priced 2.16 from 188bet.
The other big game sees Spurs host Chelsea, with the home team buoyed from ending arch-rivals Arsenal title challenge in the week. Spurs have become very tough to break down at home since the turn of the year and have not lost at White Hart Lane since November. Chelsea I fear will have their work cut out and so the +0.5 Asian Handicap on Spurs at 1.98 with 188bet pays out as long as they dont lose.
Elsewhere there are 3 short home favourites in Birmingham (1.83), Fulham (2.22) and Stoke (2.18) to beat 3 struggling teams in Hull, Wolves & Bolton respectively. Stoke in-particular are of real interest as their record against bottom half teams reads won 7, drawn 2 and lost 0. With that in mind and against a Bolton side who always struggle away from home, anything above evens looks useful. As for Fulham - Wolves, it sees 2 very organised teams face up and its hard to see too many goals, and the under 2.5 goals is 1.74 with 188bet jumps out at me.
Whatever you bet on this coming week, good luck!
Mike
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Hearts managed to win for us last week in our single bet at 1.91. There are a few more opportunities this weekend to find a couple of games for a double bet.
We’re reaching the critical point of the season, where every match assumes much greater significance in the promotion and relation battles. Chelsea v Spurs and Man City v Man Utd are massive games. A win for Chelsea and a loss for United would see Chelsea 7 points clear with just three games to go.
One of our bets this weekend features a team at the bottom of the Premiership table. Take Fulham to beat Hull at 2.10 with Bet 365. Fulham have won 10 from 16 at home, whilst Hull have won none in 17 away from home.
Hull need the points and Fulham are safe but integrity is still apparent in football, and Fulham will play to win, and they should be too good for Hull. I’m sure Hull will raise their game as their Premiership survival is at stake but effort shouldn’t be good enough against the better class of Fulham.
Our second bet is in League Two: Notts County are taken to beat Morecambe at 1.57 with Bet 365. County are in a battle with Rochdale for the title, and by coincidence, play each other on Tuesday night. Morecambe have play-off aspirations but 48 goals scored by County in 20 home games should be too much for a slightly leaky Morecambe defence. They’ve conceded 34 goals on their travels, which is the 6th worst in the division.
Recommended double: Fulham to beat Hull at 2.10, and Notts County to beat Morecambe at 1.57. The double is available at 3.29 at the time of writing, with Bet365.
I estimate the true odds of both games winning to be around 2.76, or 36%. So we have the odds nicely in our favour.
Good luck until next time.
Mike Lindley
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4. Skeeve’s Non League
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Skeeve is our resident non-league football betting expert who each week shares his best advice for this weekend’s domestic lower league action.
Hi everybody,
If you thought you’ve heard someone yelling and howling somewhere in the distance last Saturday, it was me - last weekend’s bets all turned out to be heartbreaking horror stories. Missed penalties, two-goal leads turning into draws - you name it, I survived it last Saturday. Days like that happen from time to time, it’s basically part of the job, but it always hurts and if you’re smart, the only thing you can do is work you ass off, watch the match highlights instead of going to sleep, read the fans’ forums instead of cooking dinner and go through all the news articles instead of going out with your girlfriend or mates. I hope that’s it for the season as far as horror stories are concerned. Here’s one of the seven bets I’ve sent to my clients a couple of hours ago.
cheers,
skeeve
17/ 4/2010
BLUE SQUARE SOUTH
LEWES - Dorchester 1 (1.80 @Bet365) 4 units
These three points would be pure gold for Lewes - they’re in the relegation zone, they have one point less than Worcester who are just outside the relegation zone, but they’ve played a game less and a win against unmotivated Dorchester doesn’t really look like a mission impossible. Lewes have two wins and a draw in the last three home games (3:1 vs Welling, 1:0 vs Bromley, 0:0 vs St Albans), they’ve only lost once since they’ve brought in Gradwell and El-Abd on loan from Hayes (Gradwell missed the goalless draw with St Albans, but he’ll play against Dorchester, it’s an extremely important game for Lewes), they’re not that bad at home (six wins, seven draws, six defeats), they have a couple of very good midfielders in Wheeler and Keehan who is their best scorer this season and I wouldn’t be surprised if they (and not Worcester) manage to stay in the Blue Square South status after all. Dorchester are one of the worst away teams in the league, they have as much as fifteen defeats in twenty away games (only Weston have one defeat more than them), they have three consecutive 0:2 away defeats (0:2 at Braintree, 0:2 at Bath, 0:2 at Eastleigh) and they’re manager has announced he won’t field a full-strength team for this game - Dorchester are safe from relegation, they have some injuries (full-backs Hill and Critchell are both injured) and suspensions (another defender Bowles) to deal with and, well, here’s what their manager has to say: ”We are safe, I want to involve some of the lads on the periphery of the squad…Without being disrespectful to Worcester we have done our job and got to where we want to be, which allows us to change things accordingly if we so wish…We are interested in building for next season and we will change things by looking at one or two options. People deserve the chance to impress and I trust every one of the boys to come in and grasp the opportunity”. This could be a double-edged sword of course, but I don’t think Lewes should be at 1.80 (and even 1.91) - anything better than 1.60 looks great to me.
(1.91 at BoyleSports btw, 1.80 also at Bwin, Coral and also at Blue Square, Bet-at-home, BetFred, Expekt, Gamebookers, Paddy Power, Sportingbet, StanJames, Unibet…)
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April 9, 2010 by Darren Hall
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Welcome to this the latest Weekend Wager free betting column produced courtesy of the team at the Secret Betting Club
Each and every Friday we bring together some of the finest betting experts to give you some of the best tips, advice and guidance to help you out with your next 7 days betting.
CONTENTS
1. Mike Says
2. The Next Week In Betting
3. The Winabobatoo Weekender
4. Herbie Goes Racing
5. Skeeve’s Non League
6. A Little Birdie Says..
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The latest edition of the Secret Betting Club newsletter was released on Wednesday the 31st March.
Below is just a sample of what you can find in this latest issue…
- The excellent looking racing tipster who supplies advice the night before racing and has a fine long-term record. Perfect for those of you who work during the day!
- A look at doubles betting, how to make it work and also make your money go further. Includes our advice how to find the best odds for doubles betting.
- How to use the under/over goals market in the Premier League to find value bets
- A full guide to betting on your iPhone, how it can help and the apps and websites you need to know about.
- PLUS all our stats on tipster performance in our special report including…
The laying service that has made 365 points profit in the last 12 months.
The racing tipster who has made a 63% return on investment in the last 6 months.
The football service that has made over 200 pts profit this season alone (20%+ ROI)
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1. Mike Says..
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In this column, Secret Betting Club founder and professional gambler Mike Bishop discusses some of the weeks most topical betting issues.
Mike will return with his usual column next week…
2. The Next Week in Betting
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Mike analyses the forthcoming betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value.
A big sporting weekend ahead with both the Grand National and Golf Masters taking place, which both Herbie Fogg and Birdie Golf have covered excellently further on in this email.
That leaves me to highlight the other big events, namely the FA Cup semi-finals, which take place at Wembley on Saturday and Sunday. The first one sees Chelsea take on Aston Villa only 2 weeks after they humbled them 7-1 and they are now as short as 1.6 with Expekt to win once again. Its hard to see beyond Chelsea after their resurgence of late but whether you would go in so short is up for debate.
In the other game we have an even shorter favourite with Spurs a best 1.33 with Unibet to beat a Portsmouth side who have shown resilience of late in the face of real adversity on and off the pitch. Pompey will benefit from a number of key players returning but still its hard to see them upsetting the form book here.
Onto the Premier League we have a reduced card with only 6 games taking place this weekend. There are two key relegation battles with Hull 1.78 (Pinnacle) to beat a woeful Burnley team and West Ham in dire need of 3 points at home to Sunderland (the hammers are a best 2.1 with Stan James).
The Hull - Burnley game looks very much the archetypal ‘2 bald men fighting over a comb’ game (to borrow a phrase from the excellent Greg Gordon) as neither side is realistically good enough to stay up this season. I expect Hull to win but if they are as dire as when away at Stoke last week, then its hard to have too much confidence in them at an odds-on price.
The game that interests me is at Blackburn, where they face a out of sorts Man United side. Ewood Park has been turned into a fortress of sorts for Blackburn who have not lost there this year and over the course of this season, Big Sam has developed a strong team, with some talented players coming through. Considering the likes of Chelsea could only pick up a point there recently the 2.09 +1 Asian Handicap on Blackburn with SBObet looks value to me.
Elsewhere we also have the battle of the Europa League semi-finalists where I fancy Liverpool to easily have far too much for a likely weakened Fulham outfit. However the 1.33 best price on them to take all 3 points is far too short for me, but for the more confident of you, the -1.5 AH on the home team at around 1.90 could be worth an interest.
Whatever you bet on this coming week, good luck!
Mike
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Stoke won last weekend for us but Plymouth did a smash and grab at Doncaster and upset the double unfortunately.
Finding Value amongst the good teams playing at home this weekend seems quite difficult. The best prices aren’t with the same bookmakers, so it makes betting for Value amongst the doubles quite hard.
In the circumstances, I’ll be better off giving you a single win bet at a decent price.
Hearts aren’t world-beaters this season but they look too good for Kilmarnock in the SPL. I suspect one goal will be enough for Hearts as Kilmarnock have only scored 4 goals in 17 matches on their travels. Hearts have scored 17 at home in 15 games.
They’re available at 1.91 with Corals.
Hearts should win just over 56% of the time, which makes their true odds around 1.79.
Recommended single: Hearts to beat Kilmarnock.
Good luck until next time.
Mike Lindley
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4. Herbie Goes Racing
Herbie Fogg is the Editor of Key Racing News, a unique horseracing information service, which is free to join. Racing news…with a difference.
John Smith’s Grand National Handicap Chase (G3), Aintree - 4.15pm Saturday, 27th March
We carry a comprehensive free Grand National guide at Key Racing News - with the pattern of weights shifting the quick pick section looks as if it’s fast becoming obsolete, but the ‘detailed pick’ system should be as strong as ever:
After phase 1, the qualifiers for 2010 are: Snowy Morning, Big Fella Thanks, State Of Play, Character Building & Arbor Supreme.
In phase 2 we analyse the jumping record. 2 career falls eliminates Snowy Morning, 2 ‘unseated rider’ in 10 starts over fences removes Big Fella Thanks.
Of the remainder, Arbour Supreme and Character Building were bred in Ireland. My recommendation is to treble stakes on Irish bred compared to horses bred elsewhere.
State Of Play, 1pt win (20/1 with Hills or Ladbrokes)
Arbour Supreme, 3pt win (circa 20/1 Betfair)
Character Building, 3pt win (circa 20/1 Betfair)
I have also analysed the each way market for an option in this sphere and have found a further selection - a good trends match too, and certainly over-priced: King John’s Castle, currently 33/1. A close up 4th in this 2 years ago on good ground from 2lbs lower - he’s had a quiet prep and remains potentially well-treated against his best form.
King John’s Castle, 1pt each way (33/1 generally)
Bon chance,
Herbie
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5. Skeeve’s Non League
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Skeeve is our resident non-league football betting expert who each week shares his best advice for this weekend’s domestic lower league action.
Hi everybody,
Another four points lost last weekend unfortunately, let’s hope I chose the right bet (out of four picks I’ve sent to my clients a couple of hours ago) to be the free pick for the Weekend Wager readers this time.
cheers,
skeeve
10/ 4/2010
BLUE SQUARE PREMIER
Tamworth - (-1) LUTON 2 (2.04 @SBO) 4 units
Tamworth are actually on a pretty nice run, only one defeat and two wins in the last six, but that could actually help us with this bet - Tamworth won’t get relegated which means this isn’t exactly ‘to be or not to be in the Blue Square Premier next season’ match for them. If we take a look at Tamworth’s home games against top ten teams, we’ll only see one win (a shock 1:0 win against league leaders Stevenage two months ago), two draws (a goalless draw with on/off Oxford, 2:2 vs Wimbledon back in September) and as much as six defeats (2:3 to York, 0:1 to Rushden, 1:3 to Kettering, 0:1 to Crawley, 2:4 to Mansfield, 0:2 to Altrincham). They’re not really scoring a lot of goals at home, only 1.1 per home game, they’re one of the worst home teams in the league (only seven wins out of twenty home games) and, after all, this isn’t that confused Luton that barely managed to beat them 2:1 in October - this is a scary new Luton that trashes their opponents and scoring dozens of goals for fun. Luton have nine consecutive wins (3:2 at Hayes, 2:1 vs Forest Green, 1:0 vs Wrexham, 3:1 vs Kidderminster, 6:1 at Ebbsfleet, 8:0 vs Hayes, 4:0 vs Salisbury, 1:0 at Stevenage, 6:0 vs Grays), they’re the best away team in the league (only three away defeats so far - only one of those happened after September) and if we take a look at their away games at bottom ten teams, we can see one draw (1:1 at Salisbury back in September) and as much as eight wins (2:0 at Grays, 6:1 at Ebbsfleet, 1:0 at Forest Green, 1:0 at Eastbourne, 1:0 at Gateshead, 1:0 at Barrow, 2:0 at Histon, 3:2 at Hayes). Yep, plenty of narrow 1:0 wins, but not lately, they’ve been scoring a lot more goals in the last few weeks (34 goals scored in the last nine games!) and a narrow away win seems like a worst case scenario. Anything better than 1.80 for this asian handicap (we get our four points back if Luton win by one goal exactly) looks great to me.
(2.02 at 12bet and Mansion88 btw, 2.00 at Bet365, Ladbrokes and also at Canbet btw, 1.99 at Victor Chandler, 1.98 at Pinnacle, 1.97 at The Greek btw…)
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6. A Little Birdie Says…
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Roger Green of the Birdie Golf tipster service is the latest contributor to the Weekend Wager. Previously supplying advice under the Tipping Legends banner, he has been providing golf tips since 1987 and has spent his entire life working in the golf industry.
US Masters after Day One
Last week, I told you that Tiger had been “living” at Augusta and practising like never before. The result is that he is 4 under after the first round and as short as 2/1 to win the tournament. One can only stand back and admire the man. Will he win? I just have a feeling that yesterday he was on a real high and the wonderful response from the crowd boosted his adrenalin. Tough to keep this going all week, and not backable at 2/1!
The Oldies
What about Tom Watson! -5 on day one, and 60 years of age. Great to see, but can he hang in there? Most unlikely.
A quick mention for Sandy Lyle who was -3 after day one, which is incredible as his game has been in the doldrums for years. Will surely slip down the leader board today
Fred Couples, who is leading on 6 under! Now this guy can stay up with the pack. His golf on the Seniors tour in recent weeks has been top class and he is as short as 18/1 to win. Probably too many quality younger players around him in reality.
So where does the winner come from?
Phil Mickleson showed last week that form was returning and he is 5 under. Are we going to see Woods & Mickleson head to head on the final day?
Lee Westwood has had a great start and is also 5 under and 8/1 to win. Trouble with Lee is that he does not win as often as he should, and I cant help feeling he could end up a shot or two off the pace.
Ian Poulter is bang there at 4 under (one of my tips) so hopefully he will go on from here. Has the ability and confidence for sure. We are on at 40/1 and is now down to 14/1 in most books.
KJ Choi is 5 under and a real threat. His caddie, Andy Prodger is the making of this guy. Andy carried for Nick Faldo during his peak years!
Nick Watney is 4 under and has the ability to win. I put him up as one of my 10 to follow at the start of the year and his golf is on an upward curve.
YE Yang is 5 under and a major winner so no fears there. Schwartzel is 3 under and improves week on week. Can Kim win? Not sure he has the temperament to win the Masters.
So who wins? The great thing about betting on golf is that it is a “race” that lasts 4 days! You can bet in running, bet on the exchanges etc…
Lets be brave…We will leave out Woods & Mickleson. Also Westwood although he is top form. Level stakes on the following could provide the winner.
Poulter at 14/1
KJ Choi at 16/1
Nick Watney at 25/1
YE Yang at 28/1
Schwartzel at 28/1
Of course I hope that Poulter comes good or that our other pick, Ryan Moore shoots 6 under today!
Have fun watching and betting over the next 3 days. If you require any info about my birdie golf service, including subscriptions, please contact me at birdiegolf@live.co.uk.
Roger Green
That’s all for today! Have a great weekend…
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April 7, 2010 by Darren Hall
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Some great news as last week we released the 47th monthly Secret Betting Club issue, which we believe could be the best starting point for you to begin making money betting.
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- The racing tipster who supplies advice the night before racing and has a fine long-term record.
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- A full guide to betting on your iPhone, how it can help and the apps and websites you need to know about.
Perfect for those of you who want to bet on the go!
- A look at doubles betting, how to make it work and the greater profits it can bring you when done right.
Includes our advice how to find the best odds for doubles betting.
- How to use the under/over 2.5 goals market in the Premier League to find value bets.
Which teams should you follow in order to make a profit!
- PLUS all the stats on tipster performance in our special tipster report including…
The laying service that has made 365 points profit in the last 12 months.
The racing tipster who has made a 63% return on investment in the last 6 months.
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There is also plenty written about a variety of other tipsters (both the good and bad!) that we have looked into recently including:
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The Weekend Wager
March 26, 2010 by Darren Hall
Filed under Bet72 News, Secret Betting Club
Welcome to this the latest Weekend Wager free betting column produced courtesy of the team at the Secret Betting Club
Each and every Friday we bring together some of the finest betting experts to give you some of the best tips, advice and guidance to help you out with your next 7 days betting.
CONTENTS
1. Mike Says
2. The Next Week In Betting
3. Herbie Goes Racing
4. The Winabobatoo Weekender
5. Skeeve’s Non League
6. A Little Birdie Says..
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1. Mike Says..
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In this column, Secret Betting Club founder and professional gambler Mike Bishop discusses some of the weeks most topical betting issues.
One of our feature articles in the forthcoming 47th SBC issue (due out next week) focuses on the much debated area of ‘doubles’ betting. That is to combine 2 bets into 1 and to therefore increase your overall payout.
Now doubles (and trebles & other accumulators) are often touted as the type of bet that if done wrong effectively pay for your bookmaker to go on holiday each year (i.e. his profit!). That however is not always the case and in actual fact when done correctly, doubling up can rack up the profits far more effectively than singles.
In this months article we give the example of a fictional service that has a 50% strike-rate picking bets at 6/5. He picks out 2 bets per day so over 4 days and 8 bets in total he makes a 0.8 point profit. This works out as a 10% profit on turnover.
Now if he placed a double on his 2 bets each day, he would over the same period make a 1.68 pt profit. His total stake is again only 8 points but his profit on turnover has increased to 21%.
More than double his return from placing single bets only!
Of course this is quite a simplified way of looking at this but the basic premise is the same, that with the right analysis, betting on doubles can be a more effective way of increasing your overall profit on turnover.
Profitable Sources Still Needed!
Whether you bet on doubles, trebles or 10-team accumulators (good luck if that’s you!) you still need to have a profitable system or service in the first place.
Simply betting on doubles will not turn a losing service into a winning one, whichever way you look at it.
That’s where we come in here at the Secret Betting Club as we have an excellent source of winning approaches for your own betting. Many of these apply themselves well to other ways of making profit betting such as placing doubles.
You can find out more about doubles betting and our suggestions on how to squeeze the most value out of them in the next SBC issue, out next week.
Until next time…
Mike Bishop
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2. The Next Week in Betting
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Mike analyses the forthcoming betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value.
Back in the mix this week with a full Premiership card to get stuck into as we enter squeaky bum territory, that time of the year that separates the men from the boys.
Talking of which, that’s exactly how Portsmouth played in midweek, as a team of schoolboys completely our of their depth against a hither to out-of-form Chelsea. This was the worst possible preparation for their big clash against old boss, Harry Redknapp and his Spurs team in a game its hard to see past the home team for.
Spurs are a best 1/4 to win this, which may seem short but considering Pompeys woeful record against teams in the top half of the league (1 win from 17) you can understand the nature of the price. Still at 1/4 and for only 25% interest its not worth getting involved in as far as I am concerned.
One bet I do like is over at Stamford Bridge where Villa take on Chelsea in a huge game for both sides. Chelsea are suffering from injuries especially at the back and with Villa setup to play best away from home, I fancy the +1.5 Asian Handicap on Martin O’Neill’s side at 1.85 with SBObet. Villa are 4th in the away league table, having conceded only 12 goals in 15 games. With this bet we still win even with a 1 goal defeat for Villa.
Money has come in for Everton this weekend and they are now a shade over evens (2.1 with Stan James) to take 3 points away at Molineux this weekend. Wolves have actually started scoring lately but I feel they may struggle to break down a now settled Everton backline (the game against West Ham was the first time Wolves have registered more than 2 in a league game this season). As such I think the under 2.5 goals at 1.82 with Pinnacle Sports offers a touch of value here.
Everton have also won all 8 games in which they have kept a clean sheet and another option is the 5/2 on them to ‘win to nil’ at Totesport.
Whatever you bet on this coming week, good luck!
Mike
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3. Herbie Goes Racing
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Herbie Fogg is the Editor of Key Racing News, a unique horseracing information service, which is free to join. Racing news…with a difference.
Williamhill.com Magnolia Stakes (Listed), Kempton - 3.25pm Saturday, 27th March
Tom Tate looks to have finally found the ideal opportunity here for Suits Me, who is some way ahead of anything else declared for this in terms of ratings on sand. Fit from an all weather campaign, Suits Me has been running into the more highly rated Tranquil Tiger all winter (not to mention Gitano Hernando) and I imagine it must be a relief to all concerned to see no bigger fish lining up here.
Pitched in against genuinely smart types, Suits Me tends to just set things up for a finisher but this, especially away from Lingfield, looks doable. Lingfield is tough territory for a front runner, one of the hardest in the country (the 7th hardest when I last saw the stats). In Darryll Holland they have the ideal man for the carefully measured quick-slow-quick ride from the front at Kempton is a better venue.
The main option is Willie Haggas’ South Easter, although rather by default. With the others looking up against it and he looking fairly unexposed (totally unexposed on polytrack). South Easter actually managed to beat Gitano Hernando last year at Chester (thanks to a shocking hold up ride from ’shotgun’ John Egan…one of those rides you never forget). After that he was beaten 10.5 lengths in a Group 2 where all those in front went on to do very little. He’s never done anything on the flat rated within 7lbs of Suits Me (on Raceform weight-adjusted ratings). It’s his first run in a long while, and we have to take it on faith that he’s fit and at the likely price you would want to know for sure that he was.
Of the others Heliodor hasn’t been running to the same level, and after that you’re struggling to find anything else with a credible claim on the book. I wasn’t that impressed with Heliodor’s prep run and I expect Suits Me to be hard to beat here.
Suits Me - 2pts win
Bon chance,
Herbie
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4. The Winabobatoo Weekender
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Winabobatoo are English Premier League, Football League and Scottish Premier betting experts. Using their own excellent football system to often ‘Win a bob or two’ for their members, they are penning an exclusive Weekend Football Guide to help with your bets every Saturday and Sunday.
Winabobatoo Weekend Football Guide
I hope you were on last weekend’s winning double as we secured our 4th winning double in 7 since I’ve been highlighted two weekend games for you.
The Home Zone System, which is the source of the selections, has been performing extremely well with 26 winners coming from 33 matches since its inception to my Winabobatoo members last month, showing a profit of some 13 points to single win level stakes bets.
Unfortunately, there is only one match that satisfies the rules for selection this weekend, which means we can’t have our customary double.
Kidderminster are taken to beat Salisbury. They’re available at 1.80 with 7 different bookmakers at the time of writing. They were best priced at 1.85 earlier today but the weight of money from my members betting on the game has shortened it somewhat. This tends to happen with the Conference matches as the bookies start to run scared when they think we know something they don’t.
Kidderminster should win this game around 58% of the time, meaning their true odds are around 1.72. Backing them at 1.80 or bigger means the odds are in our favour and should secure us some long-term gains. Our betting objective should always be to place bets when the odds on offer more than cover the risk.
An example of a bad price this weekend is Man City v Wigan. Man City are 1.33 to beat Wigan. This means Man City would have to win 75% of the time for us to break even. Admittedly, City are strong favourites, but my numbers suggest they are only likely to win around 67% of the time, which means they are not worth the risk. Sometimes we have to sacrifice a few winners in order to find value. Finding winners alone isn’t enough. We have to find winners at prices that will secure long-term profits. This is the main difference in approach between long-term profitable bettors and long-term losing bettors.
Recommended single: Kidderminster to beat Salisbury at 1.80.
Good luck until next time.
Mike Lindley
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5. Skeeve’s Non League
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Skeeve is our resident non-league football betting expert who each week shares his best advice for this weekend’s domestic lower league action.
Hi everybody,
I promised I’d update the stats for these free Weekend Wager picks this time, so here we go:
| FREE | PICKS | STAKED | RETURNED | W-V-L | PROFIT | ROI |
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23 | 92 | 120.68 | 15-1-7 | +28.68 | 31.1% |
Not bad, right? You’re welcome.
If we take a look at all of my picks since the start of the season in August, we’ll notice the ROI is much lower (of course), but still well above 10% (and the season isn’t over yet):
| 09/10 | PICKS | STAKED | RETURNED | W-V-L | PROFIT | ROI |
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150 | 541 | 605.91 | 78-9-63 | +64.91 | 11.9% |
Here’s one of the seven picks I’ve sent to my client a few hours ago.
cheers,
skeeve
27/3/2010
BLUE SQUARE PREMIER
(0) CRAWLEY - Stevenage 1 (2.37 @Bet365) 4 units
Crawley are the third best home team in the league, they haven’t lost a home game since December 1, they have five consecutive wins in February and March (1:0 vs Cambridge, 1:0 vs Altrincham, 2:1 vs Luton, 2:1 vs Wimbledon, 2:1 vs Ebbsfleet), mostly against the best teams in the league, they’ve managed to beat all the serious play-off candidates at home except for Oxford (2:1 vs Luton, 2:1 vs Rushden, 3:1 vs York, 2:1 vs Kettering, 2:1 vs Wimbledon) and a 0:2 defeat away at the very same Stevenage wasn’t as convincing as it might look - Stevenage scored the other goal in the 95th minute btw, a draw wouldn’t have been an unfair result there. They have a very good striker in Ademeno who scored winners against Altrincham, Wimbledon and Ebbsfleet recently, they had two weeks off (their last game was a 2:1 win vs Ebbsfleet the Saturday before last) and I think they have a much better chance against Stevenage than these odds suggest.
Stevenage were on an amazing run not that long ago and they still have six consecutive league wins, but they’ve barely managed to beat depleted Histon 1:0 ten days ago, then only managed to grind out a goalles draw with Kidderminster in the 2nd leg of an FA Trophy semi-final last Saturday and then barely managed to beat already relegated Grays 2:1 away from home on Tuesday. Grays even took the lead and Stevenage weren’t able to find a winner until 86th minute. Fatigue could be an important factor in this game - Stevenage played three games in eight days (and they were far from impressive in all of them) while Crawley played none. Like I said, Crawley are amazing at home and Stevenage have had plenty of off days so far, especially away from home (the most recent are 0:1 at Tamworth and 0:1 at Rushden, both in February), they have nine wins, four draws and four defeats in seventeen league games - Kettering, Luton and Oxford have all been better than Stevenage on the road. After six consecutive league wins, they’re bound to lose a league game soon and an away defeat at an amazing home team that still has an outside chance for a play-off spot wouldn’t be that big of a surprise if you ask me. Anything better than 2.00 for this draw-no-bet (we make +5.4 points profit in case of a home win or get these four points back in case of a draw) looks great to me.
(2.38 at Victor Chandler and also at Paddy Power btw, 2.32 at Pinnacle, 2.25 at Sportingbet btw…)
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6. A Little Birdie Says…
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Roger Green of the Birdie Golf tipster service is the latest contributor to the Weekend Wager. Previously supplying advice under the Tipping Legends banner, he has been providing golf tips since 1987 and has spent his entire life working in the golf industry.
Tiger makes his comeback!
In 12 days time Tiger Woods makes his long awaited appearance on a golf course in the Masters at Augusta. Apparently he has been practising very hard in recent weeks, is hitting the ball sweetly and fully intends to win!
There has never been a sportsman with such a strong mental approach and it will be a brave man who bets against him. I for one will probably bet in running and wait to see just how he is performing after the first round.
He will be under huge pressure and rightly so in my opinion. Putting his personal problems to one side, he has made millions of dollars out of sponsorship and advertising. This has all been achieved on the back of his “clean image” and one could argue that he took this money under false pretences.
The Masters is covered by BBC in the UK, and it will be interesting to see how much footage of Tiger they get via CBS.
What are the chances of a non-American winner this year? Pretty good in my book, with only 3 Americans in the top 10 in the betting market
Current best prices of top 10 in betting are :-
Woods 9/2
Mickelson 8/1
Els 20/1
Harrington 20/1
Stricker 20/1
Casey 25/1
Westwood 25/1
Goosen 33/1
McIlroy 33/1
Ogilvy 33/1
How about leaving out Woods & Mickleson and betting the remaining 8 in the list at level stakes?
This would show a profit of between 13-26 points, assuming the winner is in this eight. I will be looking at the market in greater detail next week.
If you require any information on birdie golf, subscriptions etc please contact me on birdiegolf@live.co.uk
Roger Green
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