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4. The Winabobatoo Weekender

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We’ve had a couple of successful weekends with the doubles I’ve been giving you, so we will continue in the same vein. Morecambe and Leicester won on the weekend before last to give us a return of 2.80 for our one point stake, and Newcastle and Blackpool both won last weekend to return 3.45 for a net profit of 4.25 points overall.

The method is based around my Winabobatoo ratings and is called the Home Zone System. Full match ratings for all games played are available to my 300 members. Membership is limited to 300 and I have no vacancies at the moment but there should be room for new members for the 2010-11 season. If you wish to know more or join the waiting list, please visit the website – details are shown below.

The ratings have flagged 7 games as satisfying the rules for the Home Zone System this weekend. We’ll take Notts Co to beat Hereford at 1.53, and Rushden to beat Kettering at 2.00.
Those odds are currently available with Corals and Stan James at the time of writing and return 3.06 to a one point stake. Please visit oddschecker to see who has the best odds available at the time you place your bet.

I estimate that the true chance of both teams winning is around 39%, which equates to odds of 2.53, and we are being paid out at 3.06, so the odds are in our favour.

Recommended double: Notts Co to beat Hereford and Rushden to beat Kettering.

Good luck until next time.

Mike Lindley

5. Skeeve’s Non League

Skeeve is our resident non-league football betting expert who each week shares his best advice for this weekend’s domestic lower league action.

Here’s one of the five picks I’ve sent to my client a few hours ago.

cheers,

Skeeve

27/2/2010

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Altrincham – Grays OVER 2.5 GOALS (1.85 @SBO) 4 units

All of Altrincham’s home games in 2010 produced three or more goals (3:2 vs Hayes, 1:3 to Wrexham, 5:0 vs Salisbury, 3:0 vs Eastbourne) they usually score and sometimes also concede a lot of goals against relegation candidates

(Let’s take a look at their home games against strugglers in the last six months – 3:2 vs Gateshead, 2:2 vs Forest Green, 0:1 to Barrow who are scoring less than one goal per away game and don’t concede that much either, 3:2 vs Hayes, 5:0 vs Salisbury, 3:0 vs Eastbourne) and I expect them to score at least a few goals, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t manage to keep a clean sheet (their defender Doran is still suspended btw).

Grays have shown improvement in their last game/defeat (0:2 to Salisbury), they had 17 shots (seven of which were on target) and they even struck the woodwork twice, but their defence still looks horrible (their defender Hoyte is out injured btw), their away games produce an average of 3.20 goals per game, they have nine consecutive defeats and let’s take a look at their last few away games –

1:3 at Blue Square South strugglers Worcester in the FA Trophy, 1:2 at Ebbsfleet, 1:4 at Kidderminster, 0:4 at Hayes. Grays had eight consecutive OVER’s before the ‘improved performance’ in a 0:2 defeat to Salisbury (1:3 at Worcester, 1:2 at Ebbsfleet, 2:3 to Crawley, 0:3 to Ebbsfleet, 0:4 to Oxford, 1:4 at Kidderminster, 0:3 to Rushden, 0:4 at Hayes).

To be honest, I would be less surprised with a high-scoring draw than with a low-scoring home win. It was 3:0 for Altrincham away at Grays back in September btw. Anything better than 1.70 looks great to me.

(1.84 at Mansion88 btw, 1.82 at 188bet, Ladbrokes and Pinnacle, 1.81 at Canbet btw, 1.80 at Bet365 and Skybet, 1.79 at The Greek btw, but you can even find 1.90 at less known bookmakers…)

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6. A Little Birdie Says…

With Ian Poulter’s victory over Paul Casey in last weeks World match Play, English players (including Ireland) have 7 players in the top 25 world rankings which is incredible, and illustrates the strength of golf we have. The rankings are as follows:-

Lee Westwood 4th
Ian Poulter 5th
Paul Casey 6th
Rory McIlroy 9th
Padraig Harrington 10th
Ross Fisher 21st
Luke Donald 23rd

Certainly looks good for our Ryder Cup challenge at Celtic Manor in October!

And what price on one of these winning a major this year?

It is interesting to look at the overall records of some of the top players over the years, as it provides a useful comparison and helps to get things in perspective.

The following results exclude wins in Amateur or Senior events.

Jack Nicklaus   won 95 pro events including 73 PGA and 18 majors
Tiger Woods    won 71 pro events including 57 PGA and 14 majors
Gary Player     won 36 pro events including 24 PGA and 9 majors
Ben Hogan      won 64 pro events including 64 PGA and 9 majors
Tom Watson    won 50 pro events including 29 PGA and 8 majors
Sam Snead     won 82 pro events including 82 PGA and 7 majors
Arnold Palmer won 79 pro events including 62 PGA and 7 majors
Lee Trevino     won 50 pro events including 29 PGA and 6 majors
Nick Faldo       won 39 pro events including 30 EUR and 6 majors
Seve Ballasteros won 65 pro events including 50 EUR and 5 majors
Peter Thomson won 28 pro events including 22 EUR and 5 majors

Are any of our current top 7 capable of matching any in this Hall of Fame?

As always, please contact me at birdiegolf@live.co.uk if you have any questions.

Roger Green

That’s all for today! Have a great weekend…

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February 19, 2010 by Darren Hall
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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..
7. This Weeks Risk Free Bet

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1. Mike Says..

In this column, Secret Betting Club founder and professional gambler Mike Bishop discusses some of the weeks most topical betting issues.

A fascinating headline took my attention last Saturday as an Australian newspaper unveiled details on the mysterious person who is believe to be one of the, if not the biggest punters in the world. Read this article for the full details.

Its probably a name very few have heard before but Zeljko Ranogajec heads a company that it is estimated may turnover more than $1 billion per year on betting alone!

Very little is publicly known but details can be found on various websites such as this one, which have tried to piece together exactly who he is and exactly what he does.

It appears that Mr Ranogajec was something of a maths genius as a child and he has taken this and applied it to the betting field to great success. His theory seems to be simple, crunch the numbers, work out the value and place bets accordingly.

He has a myriad of people working for him to help do this and also the financial ability to place huge sums of money on such bets. I have actually spoken at length with someone who works for a very similar high turnover ‘betting’ employer and his field is primarily in Mathematics. He is part of a team from similar backgrounds who never see a racecourse or place a bet themselves.

Although it may seem a million miles away, this kind of theory is actually exactly what the rest of us do but to much lower stakes. Ranogajec has simply developed a way to scale this upwards by an exponential amount and to develop his own value betting approaches.

With our recommended tipsters and systems, we cant turnover $1 billion a year but if we can perhaps stake around £500 in bets a week, to a 15% return, that equates to £75 profit on average per week. Scale that upwards through sensible staking and investment and its relatively easy to see how you can do the same as Ranogajec, on a smaller level.

Until next week…

Mike Bishop
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2. The Next Week in Betting

Mike analyses the forthcoming betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value.

Attention this weekend will be on the race to finish 4th, with the 2 leading contenders, Liverpool and Man City facing up at the City of Manchester stadium. While the bookies have City favourites at a best 2.54 with Pinnacle Sports, I wonder if the under 2.5 goals line offers more value here. Both Mancini and Benitez have worked hard to eradicate the high number of goals both teams were conceding early in the season. City have only let in 6 goals in the league during the 8 games since Mancini took over and Liverpool a measly 2 over the same period. Thus the 1.85 on under 2.5 goals with 12Bet looks quite a kind price to me!

In another major game at the top of the table, Everton host Man Utd at Goodison, where the on-fire Wayne Rooney returns to his former team. The hosts will be without Tim Cahill, which is a major blow and their focus may well be on their midweek Europa game with Sporting Lisbon. You can pick up Utd at 1.85 with Pinnacle Sports although the 11/8 (2.38) with Boylesports on Rooney to score at anytime could be preferable.

As an interesting aside you can also pick up 12/1 on Wayne Rooney to captain England at the World Cup with Boylesports. Considering Rio Ferdinand’s issues with his back injury and Steven Gerrards loss of form, this may not be the worst bet ever!

The other team I fancy this weekend is Blackburn at home against Bolton, where Big Sam’s team are 2.01 with SBObet to take all 3 points. They have won their last 3 home games against teams around them and this offers a smidgeon of value to me.

By the time you are reading this the England – Pakistan 20/20 game will have been well underway, and these games in Dubai are little more than a warm up for the less than eagerly anticipated tour of Bangladesh.

This gets underway a week on Sunday and after checking out some of the markets, I am struggling to see any value in the top English series bowler. Graeme Swann is a worthy contender on spinning pitches but the 11/8 seems mighty short enough to me.

I do fancy Kevin Pieterson at 11/4 with Paddy Power to be the top English batsman however as normally his price at the start of a series is much shorter than this. The guy is a class act despite his dip in form and for me this offers a shade of value.

Whatever you bet on this coming week, good luck!

Mike

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3. Herbie Goes Racing

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The Betfair Ascot Chase (G1), Ascot – 3.15pm Saturday, 20th February

This race tends to put value into perspective; the highest priced winner returned in the last 4 years was Our Vic on heavy ground at 2/1 – although it was known as the Totesport Chase when last run at Lingfield. For the past 3 years it’s been at Ascot, where the winner went off: Voy Por Ustedes 6/5 fav (2009), Kauto Star 4/11 fav (2008) & Monet’s Garden 11/10 fav (2007). Monet’s Garden was also 2nd in 2008. Generally speaking the best horse wins, but that said in all of those it looked more cut and dried.

The ground is currently soft, good to soft in places with a few wintery showers. I’m going to assume it’s riding soft and base my thoughts along those lines. Put it this way, it’s never usually firmer than they estimate.

In the soft conditions we can’t have Albertas Run. The Sawyer has been in great form but appears outclassed.

Herecomesthetruth likes to have it his own way in front, but faces problems with Monet’s Garden and The Sawyer who both like to lead. He has to be respected for beating Forpadydeplasterer early season at Down Royal, but that was in a field of 4 and he led the whole way. At Huntingdon latest he was eventually headed and unseated. On the plus side his general record could hardly be better, and a galloping RH track is ideal. He can stay 24fl, so this trip in testing ground should present no problem. On ratings he’s 4lbs ahead of Oh Crick, but at G2 and above he never won in a field of more than 5. He wants ease and soft ground is fine.

Planet Of Sound is likely to be all the rage and 20fl has looked his trip this year. He ran well here behind Albertas Run in November, and would have been a lot closer but for a bad mistake at the 9th. He keeps improving and the gallop reports are good. He’s particularly effective on decent ground and one concern is that he may find it a little softer and more holding than he would prefer. Philip Hobbs would also have the Ryanair in mind and this at the end of the day, is a tuning exercise for the bigger target. I’m not convinced he has enough pure class to roll over some types who will be treating this as their major target.

If it comes up soft and he’s allowed to bowl along Herecomesthetruth could take a lot of beating, but he seems certain to be taken on – he got no peace at Aintree last April and never recovered from clouting the 6th. We’re looking for value here and he looks short enough for a difficult ride in this company.

Oh Crick likes it round here and ran on dourly behind Twist Magic and Petit Robin in the Victor Chandler. At 7YO he’s a potential improver and an interesting prospect stepped up 4.5fl (with 11lbs to find) – although a contradiction, as he’s in the Champion Chase and not the Ryanair at the Festival – but he’s unlikely to win either, so perhaps it’s just the day the owner can make it to Cheltenham, it can mean very little. Otherwise, why enter for this? It’s hardly a prep race for the Champion Chase. King is confident he’ll get the trip.

So I do think we can expect Oh Crick to be thoroughly primed for this. He was a long way behind Planet Of Sound at Exeter, but the yard wasn’t firing then – he looked vastly better latest and is untroubled by testing ground. He’s also looking more versatile right handed then previously thought. It means taking a flyer on his stamina, but he’s usually underrated, and that’s reflected in the price.

I’m also keen on Monet’s Garden, who admittedly appears best these days in a good jumping rhythm on a flat track – he ran an absolute cracker at Aintree in October, and was well below par at Ascot latest. But that undoubtedly came too soon and he’s been freshened up nicely for this, remains a class act on his day (would take the beating on that Aintree form) and comes here with a solid course record. He will be primed to the gunnels for a tilt at one last great afternoon.

Monet’s Garden, 7/1 (Stan James, William Hill ante post) – 0.5pt win
Oh Crick, 9/1 (William Hill, ante post) – 0.5pt win

Bon chance,

Herbie

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4. The Winabobatoo Weekender

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Morecambe and Leicester both won last weekend to give us a successful double. We’ve recently been discussing how multiple bets can boost relatively small profit margins from betting in single bets, to slightly higher margins if betting in doubles.

This week the Winabobatoo ratings are pointing us towards Newcastle and Blackpool.

Newcastle are 1.57 to beat Preston. I reckon their true odds are around 1.47, so the bookies are a touch too high with their price.

Blackpool are 2.30 to beat Reading and their true odds should be nearer to even money.
Unfortunately we can’t combine both of those best prices together as they’re with different bookmakers, but 2.30 and 1.50 is available, and 2.20 and 1.57 is available. Both return 3.45.
The chance of us landing the double is around 35%. This equates to odds of 2.88, and the bookies are offering odds of 3.45, which means we are betting with the odds in our favour.
The double price of 3.45 is available with Corals, Ladbrokes, and Blue Square at the time of writing. Please check out the latest prices on Oddschecker as there may be better available by the time you read this.

Good luck until next time.

Mike Lindley

5. Skeeve’s Non League

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 succesful pick last weekend (Luton won away at Eastbourne, +3.6 points profit there)

I promised I’d update the stats for these free Weekend Wager picks, so here we go:

*FREE*	*PICKS*	*STAKED*	*RETURNED*	*W-V-L*	*PROFIT*	*RoI*
	18	72	99.08	13-0-5	+27.08	37.6%

Just to remind you, 23 free picks from last season produced +42 points profit (41% RoI), so even though I had to close the membership and the waiting list (you’ll be the first to know if or when I decide to reopen the waiting list, don’t worry), at least I’m trying to help those who can’t afford to pay for a proven service. That doesn’t mean you should risk your rent money (that’s never a good idea, but you’re a good boy/girl and you already know that, don’t you?) – you need a bank for these free picks just as much as you need a bank for any paid service. I was actually sharing all of my picks for almost a year, from December 2006 to October 2007 and I’m glad I can continue to give something back to the betting community.

Let’s take a look at the official stats for all the picks I’ve sent to my clients since the start of the 09/10 football season in August:

*09/10*	*PICKS*	*STAKED*	*RETURNED*	*W-V-L*	*PROFIT*	*RoI*
	125	446	492.27	65-8-52	+46.27	10.3%

Not bad considering the fact we’ve had plenty of postponements in December and January (not to mention an uber-succesful 2009, which was almost too good to be true – you have to expect a losing run or two after a year like that, we’re all just humans) and most teams had to deal with a rather lengthy unplanned break. Break means no money from home games and no money sometimes means a budget cut. When the weather finally started to allow the non-league games to actually happen, it was almost like a second start of the season or, if you want, virtually official start of the 2nd half of the season – and I believe any ‘start’ is the toughest time of the year for a betting service. Anyway, things are slowly getting back to normal now. Normal means long-term edge over these unmotivated (and probably underpaid) non-league odds compilers.

Here’s one of the six picks I’ve sent to my client a few hours ago.

cheers,

skeeve

20/2/2010

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Eastbourne – (0) ALTRINCHAM 2 (1.92 @188bet) 4 units

Eastbourne are one of the worst home teams in the Blue Square Premier with only four wins in fifteen games. Those wins were btw 1:0 vs Wimbledon in the first week of the season back in August, 2:1 vs Barrow on August 22, 3:1 vs Hayes on September 22, then not a single home win for four and a half months (!) and, finally, 2:1 vs Wrexham two weeks ago (Wrexham are btw one of the worst away teams with only three wins in thirteen games). All the games from September 22 to February 6 were either defeats or draws (six defeats, three draws to be exact) and let’s not forget these teams played at Altrincham on Tuesday – Eastbourne conceded three and, of course, for the third consecutive time failed to score a goal. Altrincham are one of the best away teams – that’s seven wins, three draws and four defeats, only eleven goals conceded in fourteen games, no other team conceded less. They did lose their last two away games, but those were much better teams (1:3 at Wimbledon, 0:1 at Crawley) and btw they had a very nice unbeaten run away from home before these two defeats (3:1 at Chester, 2:0 at Tamworth, 0:0 at Histon, 0:0 at Wrexham, 2:1 at Ebbsfleet). The truth is Altrincham are in fact very predictable on the road – they lose or share points with promotion candidates, but they always win away at relegation candidates (Barrow, Hayes, Grays, Chester, Tamworth, Ebbsfleet) and Eastbourne definitely have one of the weakest teams in the league, at least at the moment (Altrincham are without the new guy Doran due to his suspension and striker Johnson is out for the season – he hasn’t scored since August anyway so it’s not that big of a deal, but Eastbourne are missing a lot more players – defenders Jenkins and Opinel are both suspended, striker Atkin, midfielder Brown and no1 keeper Knowles are all injured). Anything better than 1.70 for this draw-no-bet looks great to me.

(1.90 at Pinnacle and SBO and also at 12bet btw, 1.88 at Ladbrokes, 1.87 at Canbet btw, 1.86 at Victor Chandler, 1.85 at Bet365 and also at The Greek btw…)

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6. A Little Birdie Says…

I make no excuses for concentrating solely on Tiger Woods this week and his impact on the game of golf. Without doubt, the tour is a poorer place without him with smaller galleries, less international exposure, less sponsors etc…

I believe it is going to prove a massive test of his mental strength to come back as you cannot begin to imagine the heckling he is going to get and the questioning at press conferences will be something else.

The likely date of Woods’ return to golf is one of the hottest topics in sport, with the first major of the year, the US Masters, less than two months away.

The latest speculation is that he will opt to play at the unofficial – and private – Tavistock Cup event on his home course, Isleworth in Florida from 22-23 March. (This is my bet). The Masters, which Woods has won four times, takes place at Augusta National from 8-11 April.

Woods has won 14 major titles and needs five more to surpass the record of 18 held by compatriot Jack Nicklaus. I have been fortunate enough to have met Jack Nicklaus several times through business (not playing!) and this is what the great man has to say – “If Tiger is going to pass my record I think this is a big year – if he doesn’t play obviously the chore will be a little tougher”, said Nicklaus.

I personally think Tiger will come back stronger than ever, and who would bet against him winning 3 majors this year!

Thanks for all your emails, please contact me at birdiegolf@live.co.uk if you require any info.

That’s all for today! Have a great weekend…

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February 13, 2010 by Darren Hall
Filed under 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..

The Latest News On Whats Making Money Betting

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All the facts and figures on the tipster services we recommend that continue to make our members money including:

• The new entrant into our Hall of Fame that has made a serious profit of nearly 500 pts profit in the past year alone. Also comes with an exclusive SBC discount on subscription.
• The racing service that we have recommended for 3 years that continues to rack up profit. Another 514 pts (50% ROI) over the past 3 months alone!
• Our number 1 ranked service that had a storming January with winners at 4/1, 9/1, 22/1, 11/2 & 6/1 in the space of just 11 days.

1. Mike Says..

In this column, Secret Betting Club founder and professional gambler Mike Bishop discusses some of the weeks most topical betting issues.
I always feel that our job here at the Secret Betting Club can be broken down in its most basic form into 2 areas, which are…

1) Helping people make money following the right betting experts.
2) Helping people make money through their own expertise.

Of course there is a lot more to it than that but if you wanted an SBC soundbite, there you go!

This 2nd area of helping members make money through developing their own expertise is something we have been expanding upon lately.

One of the most popular sub-sections of this is system development, that is to develop a set of rules for selecting bets that will generate a profit for you long-term. It reduces the need to rely on others for betting advice and leaves you in control of your own destiny.

All you need therefore is the resources and understanding of how to do this in order to develop your own ‘eureka’ betting systems. It may take some time and an element of trial and error but with the right attitude you can make a good fist of it, whatever your background. You dont need to be a mathematician or know the number Pi to 25 decimal points to give it a go!

Give it a go, is exactly what one SBC member, Jeff, did who shared with us in SBC issue #45 this month his own system development journey and how he has been able to make a fine profit thanks to his endeavours.
After being sparked into action by a review of an excellent horse ratings service that we recommended in November 08, Jeff began exploring developing systems on a sport he admits he knew very little about to begin with. After a fair bit of huffing and puffing, in March 09 he finally developed what he believed to be a genuinely profitable set of systems.

Fast forward to present day and while its not all been plain sailing, Jeff has proudly produced a profit of 308.06 pt profit from 1629 bets since he went live with his 3 systems. If any of you are keen to get started on your own system development journey, his story is a great place to start out.

Jeff is also such an amenable guy that he has also offered to help out any SBC members who want to try and emulate him and develop their own systems. Not only good at what he does, but a nice bloke to boot!
Good luck to those of you who also try your hand at this, make sure you let us know how you fare!

Until next week…
Mike Bishop

2. The Next Week in Betting

Mike analyses the forthcoming betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value.

FA Cup 5th round this weekend with surprisingly no Premier League action whatsoever. Still some cracking contests and none more so than down at St Mary’s where Southampton are looking to put the final nail in Portsmouth’s coffin. There is no love lost between these 2 and considering that 2 leagues seperate them, there is little between them odds wise either.

You can get a best priced 2.71 with Pinnacle on Pompey and to be honest that does look a shade too big to me. They have been playing relatively well with little luck in recent matches and the gap between these 2 is still vast. If you wanted to play if safer than the 0 Asian Handicap on Avram Grant’s team is 1.94 with 188bet.

Elsewhere I cant believe that Fulham to beat Notts County is the same price for Man City to beat Stoke! Choosing between betting on an all Premier League clash or one where the 10th best team in the league face up to the 75th best seems a no brainer to me. Fulham do seem to be back on track after a tricky few weeks and the -1 Asian Handicap line at 1.95 with Stan James looks excellent.

As for Man City, they will clearly take this game very seriously as with 3 of the big 4 out of the way, it remains a very winnable trophy. They should win this but at 1.5 it doesnt offer much value as Stoke are no pushovers having beaten no less than Arsenal last round.

Of course today we also have the start of the Winter Olympics over in Vancouver, Canada, which will be keeping us all glued to our TV watching sports we have never heard of before! Dan, my co-editor from SBC is a bit more clued up than me on this and he reckons Shelly Rudman has a sneaky chance in the Womens Skeleton (no, me either!) each way at 7/1 with Ladbrokes. They are paying out on the top 2 places, which looks decent considering she won the event at St. Moritz.

While I’m on the topic of the Winter Olympics, make sure you check out this classic youtube video of a rather unfortunate wardrobe malfunction.
Whatever you bet on this coming week, good luck!

Mike

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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.
Herbie is suffering with IT problems this week and will be back next Friday with his usual informative column.

4. The Winabobatoo Weekender

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

Last week we discussed how betting in multiple bets can drive up the profit margins. Unfortunately one part of last week’s double lost, so we didn’t collect.

This weekend the Winabobatoo ratings point us towards Morecambe and Leicester. If we take Morecambe to beat Darlington, and Leicester to beat Scunthorpe, we can put them together in a double with Corals, or BetFred, and get odds of 2.80.

I would expect both teams to win around 40% of the time, so the odds are in our favour, and worth having a bet.

Check out the latest prices on oddschecker before placing your bet. The bookies may have changed their odds since the time of writing.

Good luck until next time.

Mike Lindley

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5. Skeeve’s Non League

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 winning bet last weekend, York managed to win 1:0 away at Kettering, +3.12 points profit, you’re welcome. I’ll update the stats for these free picks next week, but first I want another profitable Saturday. The season is over in exactly three months and, as Kerouac would put it, now is the time. Here’s one of the six bets I’ve sent to my clients a few hours ago.

cheers,
skeeve

13/2/2010

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Eastbourne – LUTON 2 (1.90 @Bet365) 4 units

Eastbourne have only won once at home since September, last weekend vs Wrexham, but Wrexham are one of the worst away teams in the league with only three away wins so far and Luton are the second best away team – eight wins, four draws and only two defeats (only eleven goals conceded in fourteen away games, only Altrincham conceded less, ten, but in thirteen games). 0:1 to Kettering, 1:2 to Mansfield, 3:4 to Tooting in the FA Cup, 0:1 to Salisbury, 1:1 vs Histon, 2:2 vs Cambridge, 0:2 to Crawley, 0:2 to Cambridge, 2:1 vs Wrexham. These are Eastbourne’s home games in the last four and a half months and that’s why they’re one of the biggest relegation candidates (along with improved Ebbsfleet, improved Barrow, Forest Green, Gateshead, awful Grays and, of course, doomed Chester). Btw they didn’t have a single shot on goal this Tuesday at Rushden (lost 0:2). They’ll miss two left-backs for this game, Jenkins and Opinel who are both suspended, and another couple of long-term absentees.

Luton have three consecutive away wins (1:0 at Gateshead, 2:0 at Histon, 1:0 at Barrow last Saturday) and although they’ll miss their midfielder Keane (suspended) and maybe even striker Hatch, they should have way too much for part-time Eastbourne and, after all, their confidence must be sky high after an injury-time equaliser AND winner against high-flying Oxford this Tuesday. It was 4:1 for Luton at their place in December btw. Anything better than 1.70 looks great to me.
(1.90 also at Bwin and also at Gamebookers and Sportingbet btw, 1.85 at Expekt and Betsafe btw, 1.83 at Coral and Will Hill and also at Paddy Power btw, 1.80 at Ladbrokes and Victor Chandler…)

6. A Little Birdie Says…

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.
A couple of months into 2010, and time to take stock and try and find a few players who are looking good to win in the coming months

Lets start with Rory Mcilroy, the 20 yr old from N.Ireland.

Hard to believe that he is only 20, already seems to have been around for ever! The next Tiger Woods in many peoples eyes, but to date has only won event on the European Tour ( Dubai Desert Classic) and that was a year ago.He will be playing far more often in the States in the coming weeks, and I believe this experience will take his game to a new level. The way the courses are set up in USA plus generally warmer climate will suit his style of play and it will be no surprise to see him win an event across the pond in the coming weeks.
One word of caution however, Rory has been troubled by a sore back for some months now. It is not affecting his swing, as he only feels pain when taking the ball out of the cup!

However playing golf with back pain is not good, and it is of concern that he is only 20 which is rather young to be having this problem. That said, Seve played with back problems for much of his career and he won a few events in his time.

Now to Henrik Stenson
It is now over 3 years since he won on the European Tour and surely a player of his class cannot go through the season without a win in Europe! He is usually one of the highest in the world rankings when playing in Europe, and class always comes through. He needs to be monitored closely in the coming weeks.

Finally , we must not forget Webb Simpson whom I shall be watching very carefully in the coming weeks and subscribers will recall that I put Webb up as one of my ten golfers to follow for 2010.

Well things are going the right way. 3 events played so far in the year and has made the cut on each occasion. Of more significance is the fact that his stroke average is below 70 so far after 3 events. That usually means a win is round the corner if the player holds his form. I hope I tip him at the right time!

Next Week we have a great event with the Accenture World Match Play at the Ritz-Carlton GC, Dove Mountain, Arizona. Woods has won this 3 times in the last 10 years and Ogilvy and Stenson are recent winners.

Will Woods return next week? Probably not, as Accenture are the main sponsor to have dropped him since his “deviance from the straight & narrow”. Then again, he may want to play as the total pot is a huge $8.5 dollars and to take that off his former sponsors would have some appeal!

One thing is for sure, The Masters is not far away and I assume that Tiger will want to play in a couple of events before then. The game needs Tiger, and the crowds and viewing figures will surely increase on his return

The following week, we have another super event with the Phoenix Open at Scottsdale, Arizona. Its getting exciting!

Please do not hesitate to contact me at birdiegolf@live.co.uk if you require any information, and please remember I always offer a special rate for subscribers who are members of the Secret Betting Club,

Good Golfing

Roger

The Weekend Wager

January 30, 2010 by Darren Hall
Filed under News

Welcome to this the latest Weekend Wager free betting column produced courtesy of the team at the Secret Betting Club

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2. The Next Week In Betting
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4. The Winabobatoo Weekender
5. Skeeve’s Non League

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1. Mike Says..

In this column, Secret Betting Club founder and professional gambler Mike Bishop discusses some of the weeks most topical betting issues.

Only a brief update this week as I have been very busy beavering away on the latest issue of the Secret Betting Club, which is out later on this Friday.

As well as producing these issues, we also release the latest tipster tables which compare the records of over 40 proofed services that we monitor

I always find it fascinating to see the the exact stats on who has made a pile of cash recently or who has stunk the place out. You would be amazed how often these kind of comparitive figures help you get a real perspective on whats really going on. It’s very easy during winning and losing runs alike to lose track of this bigger picture.

Thinking about our Tipster Report Spreadsheet made me recall a visit to my bank this week where I found myself sat with a woman who was apparently a ‘personal wealth assistant’ (whatever such a person does!). It quickly became clear that ‘personal’ referred to her sales technique and ‘wealth’ was in relation to the bank, not myself! She was very keen for me to put my money in one of her banks investment plans. For over 30 minutes I sat there while she showed me random bits of paper and generally proceeded to try and confuse me with all the different ways I could invest.

The problem was, when I asked to see any supporting spreadsheets, records or documents that I could take away and analyse with my decision, she could not help me out. Even some basic questions such as ‘whats the worst historical loss of this particular fund?’ or the ‘average return over a period of years’ could not be answered.

Thats why I think our Tipster Report Spreadsheet is so useful as it basically gives you all these kind of stats (and more) so helps you make a more informed decision on where you put your money.

Until next week…

Mike Bishop
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2. The Next Week in Betting

Mike analyses the forthcoming betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value.

This week, all the attention will be on Andy Murray’s huge match in the final of the Australian Open. Despite the timezone difference, there will no doubt will be a large number of bleary eyed people back in the UK cheering him on. As I write this, Roger Federer has just won his semi-final and is the 8/13 favourite to win for the 4th time. Murray however is a best priced 6/4 with both Boylesports and Expekt to be the first Brit to win a Grand Slam since Dinosaurs roamed the earth.

Football wise, there is plenty still being said about the Manchester derby in midweek and both teams feature again on Sunday, with Citeh’ hosting Pompey and Sir Alex’s men away at Arsenal.

Man City are of most interest value wise for me, as despite the heartache suffered in midweek, they will surely have too much for a dispirited Portsmouth who have all kinds of problems on and off the pitch. At only around 1.3 to win the bookies think so too, but I fancy them with a -1.25 Asian Handicap with Stan James at 1.72.

Speaking of Pompey, it looks more likely every day that a 10 pt penalty will soon apply for entering administration and you can get 1.9 (10/11) on them finishing rock bottom with Corals, which could be worth a pop.

Elsewhere I’m also going to weigh in on Spurs to take something away at in-form Birmingham. They can be backed with a 0 ball Asian Handicap (Draw insurance) at 1.69 with 10bet.com. Similarly Fulham have a rock solid home record and the same 0 AH bet is on offer with 12bet at 1.93, which suggests value to me.

Whatever you bet on this coming week, good luck!

Mike

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Betfair Trophy Chase Handicap (G3), 2.05pm Cheltenham, Saturday 30/01/10

And so all eyes are on Cheltenham, albeit sands Denman, as the glorious Festival trials day hoves into view.

I’m very keen on Cheltenham handicaps, and especially ones that tend to return low-weighted winners. It suggests they go too fast and struggle to get home (which of course they do), so weight matters more than usual. Suffice to say it’s a theme that appears at the Festival itself.

The last 8 winners of this race were all aged 8 or 9, so experience counts and a blend of horses won from improvers, to in-form and the odd exposed type. In terms of SP it’s a mixed bag with most winners returning between 4/1 to 9/1, with two at 14 and 16. Favourites last took this in 2001 & 2003 – and one of these in a year that bucked the trends. Winning course form has been surprisingly absent (1 ‘C’ in the last 9); although not a complete surprise when it’s weight that counts.

The last 5 winners shouldered: 10-0, 10-7, 10-3, 10-4, 10-3. Before that we had the aforementioned trend-bucking 11-12 (from the Martin Pipe yard – an exposed runner, gradually down the weights and a course specialist prepared ‘to the minute’), and before that a Henrietta Knight improver in heavy ground under 11-10. Apart from those it’s been a maximum of 10-9 all the way since 2000. When Pipe won, he beat a Jonjo horse carrying 10-4 by a neck. Last year the first three home carried 10-7 or less.

Put this all together, and the obvious conclusion is that an 8 or 9 year old, carrying 10-9 (at the very most) or less with a good stamina profile is by far the most likely winner. To this we must scan the classier higher weights for something too good to set aside – and that is where we run into a another entry from the ever-competitive Pipe yard, Seven Is My Number.

The short-list looks like this: Seven Is My Number, Akilak, Nycteos & Fit To Drive.

In no particular order, Fit To Drive was going well here when coming down 2 out in the Victor Chandler on testing ground, where the pace had been strong. He’s never fallen before, the going is due to be soft and under 10-4 he looks a more than reasonable candidate.

Strange to see Paul Nicholls slipping one in at the bottom of the handicap (the Nicholls way is surely top weight and be damned) – but then I doubt if even he knows what this one will do. Nycteos did manage to win around here over fences way back in April 2007, and has since been a mixed bag over hurdles, UR the last twice. For the yard he’s clearly a shot to nothing, if he’s on a going day he could easily be a live proposition and if not then everyone’s had a nice day out.

And to that we have Akilak, who came 2nd in this last year, not beaten far (2.5 lengths) in very testing ground. He was actually rated a little higher, but carried 1lb less than he’s due to in this. The yard are in great form, the Maniac takes 3lb off and he’s had one of those quiet preps that all of a sudden looks like they’ve had this in mind for a while.

Then there is Seven Is My Number, who just can’t stop winning over fences on all kinds of ground, trip and track. The thing is I think he is still better than his mark, but possibly not now by all that much. I don’t think being 5lbs or 7lbs in is probably going to be enough to take this.

I do however think that the winner is very likely to come from our short-list. Personally I would back 2 of the low weights and cover the other one. Personally I will back Fit To Drive, get up early grab the Racing Post and see what Nicholl’s has to say about his and decide from there. Or failing that sign up for the free Members’ report at Key Racing News, have a lie in and I’ll sort it all out for you.

Fit To Drive, 2pt win

Nycetos / Akilak, 1.5pt win & 0.5pt covering bet (we’ll decide tomorrow).

Bon chance,

Herbie

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Winabobatoo Weekend Football Guide

There have certainly been a few strange results recently. What has happened to Leeds? They are superb in the Cup and are hopeless in the league! Celtic lose at home for the first time this season and hand Rangers a 10 point lead at the top of the SPL. Whilst Charlton take pity on Leeds’ woes and lose their first home game of the campaign against lowly Leyton Orient. It certainly can be a funny old game, sometimes.

The most likely home win of the weekend, according to my ratings, is Rangers to beat Falkirk. Surely this game won’t spring any surprises to the SPL tale, will it?

The five most likely home winners this weekend are: Rangers, Notts Co, Southampton, Charlton, and Liverpool, in that order.

There are some games where the better teams are not necessarily in better form. This can often be the source of surprise results. These home teams should be treated with caution: Leeds 1.67 (v Colchester), Aldershot 1.67 (v Grimsby), Carlisle 2.00 (v Leyton Orient), and QPR 1.73 (v Scunthorpe).

It’s probably not a wise move to bet against those home teams, but backing them could be a touch risky.

Winabobatoo provides a full list of Match and Form ratings for all games played in the top 5 English leagues along with the SPL. Membership is full at the moment but you can reserve a place on my waiting list by visiting the website.

Until next Friday, have a very good week.

5. Skeeve’s Non League

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 profitable free pick last weekend, York won 1:0 at Cambridge, but it wasn’t the best week at Skeeve picks and I’m currently at -14.4 in January. I’ve never recieved so much hate-mail on my birthday and sometimes you really have to have nerves of steel in this business, but that’s how it goes when you’re on a bad run – suddenly everything you do is wrong and no one wants to be your friend anymore. That’s where the mantra comes in: ‘Good and bad runs are both perfectly normal’. Yeah, you’ll say, but what if I lost it? What if the ‘value’ isn’t there anymore? What if I’ve lost the motivation? So much pressure. I feel like… Well, not exactly killing myself, but working harder than ever – that tactics have never failed me before. Here’s one of the six picks I’ve sent to my clients a few hours ago.

cheers,

skeeve

30/1/2010

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Luton – Ebbsfleet OVER 2.5 GOALS (2.00 @Bet365) 5 units

2.00 for OVER 2.5 GOALS in a game between in-form Luton, one of the four biggest promotion candidates if you ask me (along with Stevenage, Oxford and York – and I wouldn’t be surprised if Wimbledon manage to grab that last play-off spot) and struggling Ebbsfleet, an extreme OVER team. Take a look at Ebbsfleet’s league results. That’s ten consecutive OVERs (0:3 at Ebbsfleet, 2:1 vs Mansfield, 2:1 vs Stevenage, 2:4 at Oxford, 2:1 vs Grays, 2:4 at Hayes, 3:0 at Grays, 1:2 to Altrincham, 1:2 to Kettering, 4:3 vs Forest Green) and yes, they had a couple of easier opponents lately, but if we take a look at their games away at top-ten teams only, we can see that all but one game produced at least three goals (0:3 at Stevenage, 0:3 at Mansfield, 0:3 at Kettering, 0:4 at Cambridge, 0:1 at York, 0:3 at Wimbledon, 2:4 at Oxford) – and York could’ve scored a lot more goals, that was just one of those days. They scored 19 goals in the last nine league games and conceded 18, lost 1:3 to Maidstone in a midweek Kent Cup game with a weakened team and I wouldn’t be surprised if Vieira scores a goal or two at Luton, he scored seven in the last two months (let’s not forget they also have Ashikodi and Shakes upfront).

Luton are of course extreme favorites, but we still get 2.00 for OVER 2.5 GOALS? Why, you ask? Probably because they have three consecutive UNDERs, but those were three away games – Luton actually have five OVERs in their last six home games (3:3 vs Rochdale in the FA Cup, 2:2 vs Cambridge, 0:1 to Kettering, 3:0 vs Rotherham in the FA Cup, 4:1 vs Eastbourne). They were a much better team in a midweek game away at Histon (won 2:0, eleven shots on target compared to Histon’s three), even more dangerous in their last home game (4:1 vs Eastbourne, twelve shots on target) and three of their four games against bottom-six teams produced three or more goals (2:1 vs Gateshead, 0:0 vs Chester back in August, 3:0 vs Grays, 4:1 vs Eastbourne). Anything better than 1.75 looks great to me and 2.00 is superb value indeed.

(2.01 for OVER 2.5 at The Greek btw, 2.00 also at Bwin and SBO and also at Paddy Power btw, 1.98 at 188bet and Ladbrokes, 1.95 at Will Hill, 1.94 at Pinnacle and also at Canbet btw…)

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The Weekend Wager

January 23, 2010 by Darren Hall
Filed under 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..

In this column, Secret Betting Club founder and professional gambler Mike Bishop discusses some of the weeks most topical betting issues.

With the ongoing inclement weather over in the UK, there has been plenty of pages filled in the absence of racing about the latest Racing For Change proposals.

I touched on some of this recently when discussing their most proposal to decimalise betting odds. I have to say I am all for this as for me its high time racing joined the decimal world that we now all live in.

It was interesting to talk with one of our Secret Betting Club contributors this week as he is involved with the Racing For Change board at the moment. This group is looking to change the image of racing and introduce lots of new proposals, but is up against some rather stiff opposition.

Some of the complaints do appear to be more out of self-preservation rather than the good of the industry. It reminds me of the old joke (Apologies in advance to you fine folk in this area) – How many Yorkshiremen does it take to change a lightbulb? ….Change!, CHANGE! We wont be having any change around here!

I noted some of the responses with interest. The Daily Mirror didn’t like what they suggested much and Peter Thomas from the Racing Post is especially against proposals to offer free entry to university students, in order to get them ‘hooked’ on racing.

Surely encouraging interest in the sport is a good thing for its future? To me it is, as long as its about nurturing involvement in racing as opposed to selling cheap lager. Of course, drinking often goes hand in hand with a race meeting. However, there’s a big difference between letting your hair down and the all day session that leaves some racing towns like a war zone come the end of a day.

Racing, no matter how much it doth protest does have a very particular image to the wider public. Most people when you tell them your a professional gambler and bet on horse racing, still do conjure up images of visiting smoky bookmaker shops and the strange guy with the deerstalker hat who was once on Celebrity Big Brother.

The reality these days is far different from that and is more about following a professional strategy and making a real discernable edge over the bookie. For me, If anything needs to change, its the image of racing in general. I draw the line at Simon Cowell and a Jockey X-Factor show though!

At the very least, Racing For Change will get people talking and debating about what needs to be done to improve this very popular form of betting. I would be interested to get your thoughts on this, feel free to email or tweet me!

Until next week…

Mike Bishop
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2. The Next Week in Betting

Mike analyses the forthcoming betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value.

FA Cup weekend once again and we may well see some Premier League teams take the tournament more seriously now that both Man Utd and Liverpool have been knocked out. A few of the teams beneath the big 4 are worth looking at to win it outright, including Spurs (13/2), Man City (6/1), Aston Villa (9/1) and Everton (16/1). I actually don’t think there is a great deal between these 4 teams at the moment so the larger odds on Villa and Everton to me look more value. Of course we need a kind draw and a spot of luck but I expect both to get through to the 5th round this weekend.

In terms of the actual 4th round, a few ties jump out at me. It looks the ideal opportunity for Owen Coyle to sneak his first win at Bolton and they are a best priced 1.84 with SBObet to beat Sheffield United at home. The one concern for me is if Coyle plays a weakened side, considering the relegation battle they are in. This is the type of game where I might wait until 2.15pm and once I know the line-up will place a bet accordingly.

Elsewhere, I also fancy a resurgent Everton to see off Birmingham at home at 1.85 with Expekt but as I am backing them outright at 16/1, I might not double up on them.

One game Alan Hansen wont relish watching is Portsmouth – Sunderland as it features 2 teams who cant defend. Over 2.5 goals is a largish looking 2.12 with Pinnacle Sports, which might be of interest. I doubt this one will be first on ITV’s highlight show come Saturday night!

Only the one Premier League game tomorrow with Man Utd not playing in the 4th round of the FA Cup for the first time in decades. Their dubious reward for this is a home game against Hull, where they offer no value at a best 1.17 with Paddy Power. United flattered to deceive against Burnley last week and look a lot weaker than in recent years, If Leeds can win at Old Trafford, than what chance Hull at 25/1 with Betchronicle?

As for the Cricket, England may have lost the final test and drawn the series but my 8/1 and 5/1 bets on Colly and Swann to be top English bat and bowler won so I am fairly pleased with myself. The next English action is the tour of Bangladesh in a few weeks time, minus a tired Andrew Strauss (who has 12 out of the next 15 weeks off – nice work if you can get it!).

Whatever you bet on this coming week, good luck!

Mike

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The Victor Chandler Chase (G1), 2.40pm Ascot 23rd January

Not a race that lends itself to trends profiling as it was formerly a G3 until 2008. Since then we had Tamarinbleu mug Twist Magic with a front running display on soft (gets further and never came back) and normal service resumed last year with Master Minded.

It’s a bona fide target for Twist Magic who is happiest on a stiff galloping right-handed track. He’s especially effective at Sandown and Punchestown and of course there’s no particular reason why that should not extend to Ascot. By all accounts they’ve tweaked his regime to good effect at Ditcheat and have him in career best form, which seems a fair assessment judging by his efforts this term. The ground seems sure to be testing and he handles that.

If you want to try and pick holes in something it’s probably easier to crab Petit Robin. He raced on soft as a juvenile but has been kept to a decent surface ever since. He goes OK here (2nd to Master Minded last year) but the ground is a concern and in the past he’s been best fresh. In general you also would assume he is thought of as better on a flat track. It’s all a trifle tenuous – if he handles the ground with aplomb and stands up to his racing, he could be a real handful. But there are questions to answer and at the prices you could think about taking him on.

Of the remainder, given the course and conditions, it’s possible to make a case for any of several to chase Twist Magic home, from: Well Chief, Fix The Rib or Cornas. On the form book it would be the ultra-consistent Well Chief who has a decent record on soft at testing venues, although he did find it relatively hard work at Sandown recently. It would be no surprise to see any of these bob up with a sterling effort and you could probably do worse than simply pick the one at the biggest odds, if inclined towards a crack at the Tote Exacta.

Twist Magic / Fix The Rib, 1pt win (Tote Exacta)

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Elsewhere some of these races look like a bookies benefit, however given the way he went through soft ground at Newbury, it may be difficult to deny Advisor in the 1.30 at Ascot. Barwell Bridge was the better horse on the flat but seems unlikely to be as comfortable in these testing conditions.

Over at Haydock, the long-awaited 2nd reappearance of Punjabi, last seen travelling like a dream at Cheltenham when clearly needing the run. Someone up there must have it in for Cape Tribulation; Zaynar, Go Native and now Punjabi in 3 sittings. That said, a left-handed galloping track on soft is ideal for him, and he gives us a nice line of comparison with Zaynar for the Cheltenham ante-post market.

Finally, it’s best not to underrate Cloudy Lane at Haydock at around 3 miles in testing ground (all wins over fences have come on left-handed galloping tracks). He had a nice prep, just needing the run and has been set up nicely for another crack at this off 1lb higher than 2009. The 2010 renewal looks a classier race though, and at the weights an obvious improver is Howard Johnson’s Prince De Beauchene, who has had a nice break after a hard race on reappearance and will be better suited by a left-handed venue. His inexperience is a concern but this race is invariably taken by an improver and the yard is going very well.

Prince De Beauchene 1pt win

Bon chance,

Herbie

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Profitable betting requires that we bet when the odds are in our favour. At certain times there are added variables that make correct assessments particularly difficult. Three situations spring to mind: Early season before teams have gelled together, Cup ties where anything can happen, and the present spell where the weather has been affecting matters.

Examining the last point: Rotherham entertained Darlington on Tuesday night; Rotherham are 5th in the league, Darlington are 24th and bottom. The home side had played 10 home games this season and had not been beaten. Darlington had played 11 away games and hadn’t won. Result? Rotherham 1, Darlington 2. The cause of the upset could well have been the fact that neither team had played since 12th December.

There is some evidence to suggest that teams who reappear quite quickly after a comeback game don’t perform to their normal levels as well. Huddersfield had been on a long break before winning last weekend, but a quick reappearance on Tuesday brought a 0-0 home draw against Bristol Rovers. Huddersfield had been averaging three goals per home game prior to drawing a blank on Tuesday.

Cup ties: I never bet on Cup matches. There are two reasons for this: Firstly, it is very difficult to compare the abilities of teams from different divisions as there are very few collateral form lines. We might assume that a team like Leeds, at the top of League One, will be better than Championship bottom club Peterborough, but are they as good, as or better than, 13th placed Middlesbrough?

If we based our assessment on Leeds’ win at Man Utd, we would probably say they were better than Middlesbrough, but then again, since their Old Trafford win, they have drawn at home to Wycombe, lost at home to Carlisle, and been beaten at Exeter!

The other Cup factor is that lower league teams tend to punch above their weight. It is quite often their Cup Final and they can raise their game for a one off match. Sometimes the attitude of the higher league side can be questionable. These factors make predictions very difficult.
I give all Cup matches a miss and just stick to league encounters. But the league encounters are still trappy at the moment due to recent weather lay offs.

I expect to get my betting slips out for next weekend’s games but for the moment, I believe in the old adage that a bet saved is as good as an even money winner, is the best policy. No bet can quite often be the best bet.

I have some free downloads available from my website if you fancy a spot of further betting reading.
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Until next Friday, have a very good week.

Mike Lindley

5. Skeeve’s Non League

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 postpoment last weekend, let’s hope it’s time for another winning bet – most non-league teams were forced to take a break recently and it’s very important to stay careful for at least another week or two. The break definitely didn’t help some of the teams and December form doesn’t mean much at the end of January. Here’s one of the four bets I’ve sent to my clients a few hours ago.

cheers,

Skeeve

23/1/2010

BLUE SQUARE PREMIER

Cambridge – (-0.25) YORK 2 (2.16 @Ladbrokes) 3 units

Cambridge are not doing good, that’s four defeats and a draw in the last five (1:3 to Stevenage, 1:2 at Mansfield, 1:4 at Stevenage, 0:1 to Eastbourne, 2:2 vs Eastbourne in the FA Trophy) and after losing to Eastbourne in the league, their manager had to be satisfied with a draw with the very same Eastbourne in the FA Trophy this Tuesday. So no, Cambridge aren’t very good at home lately and it was 2:1 for York when they played away at Cambridge less than two months ago in the FA Cup. York are doing very good on the other hand, they’ve managed to grind out a goalless draw at Newport in the FA Trophy (some of their key players were being rested), they have eleven wins, two FA Trophy draws and an FA Cup defeat at Stoke in the last fourteen games, eight consecutive Blue Square Premier wins (3:2 vs Chester, 1:0 vs Ebbsfleet, 1:0 at Wimbledon, 1:0 vs Gateshead, 1:0 at Rushden, 2:1 vs Wrexham, 3:0 vs Mansfield, 4:1 vs Hayes) and an amazing attack (Brodie, Gash, Rankine, Pacquette). I’d most probably take 2.00, so of course I’m taking 2.16.

(2.10 at 188bet, 2.07 at SBObet btw, 2.06 at Pinnacle, 2.05 at Bet365 and Victor Chandler…)

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6. A little Birdie says….

With Tiger Woods taking time out, reportedly receiving treatment at a ahem… certain ….addiction clinic (I don’t get the opportunity to suffer from this condition !), it is well worth looking at the World rankings.

He has dominated for the last decade, but he may be out of the game for some time. Have others a chance of catching him ?

Currently Woods is on 554 points, followed by Mickelson on 343, Stricker, Westwood, Furyk, Harrington, Stenson, Ogilvy & McIlroy.

Betting markets are suspended at the moment, but I will be monitoring the situation, as any prolonged absence from Tiger, will see his rolling points rapidly reduced. Without Woods, any leading player winning two majors would be bang in contention, and without exception any of the chasing pack could pull this off.

I hope the info below gives you an insight into how the World rankings are calculated.

The Official World Golf Ranking, which is endorsed by the four Major Championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, is issued every Monday, following the completion of the previous week’s tournaments from around the world.

The official events from the six professional tours together with the Canadian, OneAsia, Nationwide and European Challenge Tours are all taken into account and “Ranking Points” are awarded according to the players’ finishing positions and are generally related to the strength of the field based on the number and ranking of the Top-200 World Ranked players and the Top-30 of the Home Tour players in the respective tournaments (Event “Rating Values”).

However, the four Major Championships are rated separately to reflect the higher quality of the events together with the Players Championship in the United States. In addition, the BMW PGA Championship in Europe, the Australian, Japan and South African Open Championships and the Flagship events on the Asian and Nationwide Tours are allocated higher minimum points levels to reflect their status.

The World Ranking Points for each player are accumulated over a two year “rolling” period with the points awarded for each event maintained for a 13-week period to place additional emphasis on recent performances – ranking points are then reduced in equal decrements for the remaining 91 weeks of the two year ranking period.

Each player is then ranked according to his average points per tournament, which is determined by dividing his total number of points by the tournaments he has played over that two-year period. There is a minimum divisor of 40 tournaments over the two year ranking period and a maximum divisor of a player’s last 60 events.

The winners of the Masters Tournament, the US Open Championship, the Open Championship and the PGA Championship are awarded 100 points (60 points for 2nd place, 40 for 3rd, 30 for 4th down to 1.50 points for a player completing the final round), and the winner of the Players Championship is awarded 80 points (points are awarded down to 1.20 points for 60th place and ties).

The BMW PGA Championship has a minimum 64 points for the winner (points to 56th place). Minimum points levels for the winners of official Tour events have been set at 6 points for the Canadian Tour (points to 6th place), 12 points for the European Challenge Tour (points to 14th place), 14 points for the Asian, Sunshine and Nationwide Tours (points to 17th place), 16 points for Australasian and Japanese Tours (points to 19th place) and 24 points for European and the United States Tours (points to 27th place).

In addition the Open Championships of Australia, Japan and South Africa have a minimum of 32 points for the winner (points to 37th place) and the Flagship events on the Asian and Nationwide Tours have a minimum of 20 points for the winner (points to 22nd place). In the cases of co-sanctioned Tour events, the minimum points levels are determined using the “average” of the minimum Tour ranking points from each Tour (rounded up to nearest whole number).

Points are reduced by 25% for tournaments curtailed to 36 holes because of inclement weather or other reasons
Thanks for your emails. As always I will reply, but usually takes a couple of days. For any info or details of how to join birdie golf please contact me at birdiegolf@live.co.uk

best wishes
Roger

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January 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.

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..

In this column, Secret Betting Club founder and professional gambler Mike Bishop discusses some of the week’s most topical betting issues.

Consider this bet:

A bookmaker offers you odds of 10/1 on an event.
You know the event has only has 1 in 57 chance of success (1.76% probability)
Would you take this bet?
Well odds of 10/1 have an implied probability of 9.09%. In plain English this, this means to break even you need to win 9.09 times out of a hundred instead of 1.76 times, or persuade the bookmaker to give you odds greater than 57/1 (fat chance)
In other words, it’s a pretty crappy bet and you shouldn’t take it.
Yet millions of people take this bet every week across the UK and in a different form across the world.
I’m of course talking about the lottery – specifically the chance of you winning £10. The chance of you winning just £10 on the UK lottery is a paltry 1 in 57 for matching 3 numbers. You wouldn’t take those odds in the bookmakers, so why are we still attracted by this bet?

Yes of course…. The big one

At some point, we’ve all probably stopped to think about what it would be like to win the lottery. Not a few thousand here, but the big one, over a million. Most people know that the odds of winning are astronomical, but we still play just in case. Unfortunately, in the UK and in most lotteries, there’s a 1 in 14 million chance of winning. Given average luck, if you play the lottery once per week, it would take you a quarter of a million years to win the lottery once!
They really are astronomical odds! – It’s about the same odds as Simon Cowell getting a decent haircut.
Ok, before I’m pillaged for being a scrooge – There is an undeniable excitement in playing the lottery and many people play because they enjoy the weekly thrill of their numbers coming up. Most winners come from syndicates which pool winnings, but increase the chance that you’ll experience that winning feeling.
The funny thing is, when I get asked what I do, I explain that I’m a professional gambler. The reaction is either a jocular “give us a tip” or more usually a look of confusion mixed with sympathy.
I ask such people if they gamble and they usually say “no”. I ask them if they play the lottery and they say “yes”!
I personally don’t play the lottery and I hate casinos. I don’t like doing anything where I’ve no hint of an edge. The only way to make money from gambling in the long term is to find those little edges here and there.

Here at the Secret Betting Club we track over 50 tipsters, with many demonstrating they not only have an edge, but also know how to convert that into long term profits. Not only this, you also have access to some exciting strategies such as the Four Pronged Attack and tips on how to improve your own betting.
Whether it’s the lottery or the big football games, I wish you all the best with your gambling this weekend.

Mike Bishop

2. The Next Week in Betting

Mike analyses the forthcoming betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value.
We’ve a busy week ahead of this with the sporting calendar throwing up the Australian open, The African Nations cup and the South Africa test match.

Aside from these, the premiership bandwagon continues to roll on. There’s no clash of the titans on offer this week with the big teams largely avoiding each other, but there are certainly some intriguing matches in the offing.
Mid week, Liverpool lost to Reading in the FA cup and Rafa looks like he’s one bad defeat away from losing his position. Saturday’s match against Stoke looks to be a very tricky proposition, with Stoke best price 4.0 and Liverpool best price 2.25.

Ladbrokes are offering an incredibly specific bet, it’s quite a mouthful, so here goes – ‘Liverpool to not beat Stoke and Benitez to leave job before midnight Sunday January 17th’

Phew! I’m surprised they don’t also ask you to predict his choice of cereal on the morning of the big game as well. In all seriousness, I don’t normally bet on these fun bets, but at 7/1 I think there’s value in Stoke at least drawing the match for the first part of it. Jose Mourinho is 3/1 favourite to replace him, which seems ridiculously short to me.
At the African Cup of Nations, ‘Les Elephants’ as Ivory Coast are called (yes I had to Google that), are favourites to take the title for the second time. Didier Drogba is 7.5 at Paddy Power to take the top scorer slot. Considering they’re paying 3 places at ¼ odds, it could be worth an Each Way shout at this price.

It’s been an entertaining tournament so far with Malawi upsetting the odds by defeating Algeria 3-0. Considering Algeria have been drawn against England in the World Cup, even stern faced Fabio might have allowed himself a smile on seeing that result.

The Australian open starts on Monday and the usual suspects head up the betting order. There’s not much to choose between Federer and Nadal with the odds reflecting this. Muarry is firmly in the best of the rest pack, and 6.50 to take the title. Will he take his first Grand Slam in the year he drops out of the top 5 world rankings? I’m not so sure, especially as he’s in the same draw as Nadal.

Finally, as I write this, it looks as though the weather might just come to England’s rescue in the final test in South Africa. A drawn series still looks the most likely outcome, but provided Daryl Harper turns his microphone up, the series isn’t entirely beyond England’s reach.

Whatever you bet on this coming week, good luck!

Mike
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3. Herbie Goes Racing

Horseracing expert Herbie Fogg runs Key Racing News, a uniquely factual horseracing information service, which is free to register. By gamblers, for gamblers. Racing news…with a difference.

Following on from last week where we took a detailed look at the Lingfield, this week we turn to Kempton. The information below is also published in the resources section of keyracingnews.com along with data on Wolverhampton and Lingfield, with Southwell due shortly:

Kempton draw bias (all weather)

Flat 1 right-handed oval with more galloping bends than Wolverhampton or Lingfield, with a long straight on the ‘outer’ configuration, laid with Polytrack.

Inner course (shorter straight): 5fl & 1m 2fl
Outer course (long straight): 6fl, 7fl, 1m, 1m4fl & 2m

Although it is essentially the same surface, due to the more galloping nature of the outer track it pays to assume that form from Lingfield and Wolverhampton, may not necessarily translate well – as these are tracks where a burst of speed often pays dividends. Kempton is regarded as a fair track with a good surface – but if you look carefully through the notes you will notice some subtle angles exist.

Jockeys naturally adapt to draw bias over time, so we have deliberately focussed on the last 2 years’ results – to verify existing opinions and to make the data as current as possible, with cross checking over longer periods.

Percentages are wins to runs, to 14/01/2010:

5fl 0yds – stalls position HIGH

Actually far less trappy than you might imagine based on the layout, with few stalls having a seriously detrimental impact. Stalls 11 & 12 (high rails draw), however, do continue to enjoy a reasonable advantage, with those drawn 9, 10 & 4 not far behind.

Generally speaking those drawn out wider are disadvantaged, but perhaps not quite as much as you might imagine. There is an anomaly regarding stall 4, which is above average (an anomaly which holds up over all terms queried) – particularly so in fields up to 10 runners. Stall 2 is the hardest to win from.

Best stalls: 12 (18.8%), 10 (15.6%), 11 (15.4%), 4 (14.3%), 9 (14.0%)
Worst stalls: 2 (6.6%)
Neutral stalls: 7 (10.3%), 3 (9.8%), 6 (9.6%), 5 (8.8%), 1 (8.6%) , 8 (8.5%)

Std-slow: stalls 11, 12, 9 & 4 show up well above average. The remainder broadly as above.
Std-fast: insufficient data
Slow: no data

6fl 0yds – stalls position HIGH

Extremely similar results obtained over 2 and 5 years.

Stalls 12 & 8 have a significant advantage, with their neighbours in 1 & 7 also above average. Everything else is deemed neutral. In particular, stall 8 looks a place to search for value propositions.

Best stalls: 8 (17.0%), 12 (16.7%), 7 (12.7%), 11 (11.2%)
Worst stalls: none
Neutral stalls: 9 (10.5%), 5 (9.5%), 4 (9.5%), 3 (9.2%), 6 (9.0%), 10 (8.6%), 1 (8.4%), 2 (8.0%)

Std-slow: nothing has won in the last 5 years from stall 12, so it appears something profound happens to the ground on the far rail in these conditions. However stalls 10 & 11 have done extremely well from around the same number of races. The rest are neutral except stalls 1, 3 & 9 which should be avoided.
Std-fast: stalls 11 & 12 show up well above average, the rest look broadly neutral albeit on limited data
Slow: no data

7fl 0yds – stall position HIGH

It would be unwise to get too carried away with the bias over 7fl, and yet clearly those drawn centrally who break well and obtain a good sit do best – notably to the disadvantage of those drawn high, who run the risk of being squeezed on the rail and shuffled back. The wide stalls don’t have an easy time but remain winnable. Little has changed over 5 years, so to smooth the curves we’ve used 5 year results here:

The main point is that popular (overbet) horses drawn high are potentially well worth opposing if a good value alternative can be found.

Best stalls: 10 (14.3%, 9 (13.3%), 6 (13.3%), 8 (11.0%), 4 (11.0%)
Worst stalls: 3 (7.9%), 11 (5.6%), 14 (3.4%)
Neutral stalls: 5 (10.1%), 13 (10.0%), 1 (9.7%), 7 (9.6%), 2 (9.6%), 12 (8.5%)

Std-slow: avoid stalls 12, 13 & 14. Stalls 7, 8 & 11 have done best.
Std-fast: insufficient data
Slow: no data

8fl 0yds – stalls position HIGH

We see a similar general position to 7fl, where barring stall 13 those drawn high can get shuffled back to the benefit of those breaking well and cutting across from the centre. These biases throw up very similar results over 2 or 5 years. Again, an overbet horse drawn 14 might well be one to oppose.

Best stalls: stalls 5-8 (average 13.66%), stall 13 (15.2%)
Worst stalls: 14 (4.3.%), 11 (6.3%), 12 (7.5%)
Neutral stalls: stalls 1-4, 9 & 10 (average 9.6%)

Std-slow: insufficient data
Std-fast: insufficient data
Slow: no data

Bon chance,
Herbie

4. The Winabobatoo Weekender

Winabobatoo Weekend Football Guide

The weather has played havoc with events of late. Some teams haven’t seen any action for quite some considerable time. Three games have already been called off though: Tranmere v Yeovil; Barrow v Histon; and Wrexham v Stevenage. Rotherham, for example, last played on 12th December 2009. It is vitally important that we have some clues as to the current well being of teams. Without this, we are taking too many things for granted.

Successful betting is all about taking calculated risks. We can never remove the risk element totally. I feel we are batting with one hand tied behind our backs this weekend as we have insufficient knowledge of current form.

I won’t be betting and I have recommended the same to all my members at Winabobatoo. We need to give things a week or two to settle back down again.

I appreciate that not betting can be frustrating but discipline, and betting at the right time, should always remain the priority. There will be many better betting opportunities in the coming weeks and months.

I have some free downloads available from my website if you fancy a spot of interesting betting reading.
www.winabobatoo.co.uk
Mike Lindley

5. Skeeve’s Non League

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,

2009 is long forgotten (of course it isn’t – it was the best year ever, at least at Skeeve’s picks), the break caused by the weather is starting to seriously frustrate everyone involved and I really hope most of the non-league games will go ahead this time. Here’s one of the five picks I’ve sent to my clients a few hours ago.

cheers,
Skeeve

16/1/2010

BLUE SQUARE PREMIER

Kettering – (0) RUSHDEN 2 (2.00 @Paddy Power) 4 units

Rushden are looking for a third consecutive win (1:0 vs Billericay in the FA Trophy, 2:1 vs Kidderminster on Boxing Day) and I’m sure this is the ideal time for playing at Kettering. But, let’s put Kettering’s problems aside for a bit, if you’re worried about Rushden’s results in late November and early December, before these two recent wins, you should know that they had a very tight schedule (that’s including a heartbreaking 2:3 FA Cup defeat at Brighton) and as soon as they had a week off, they returned to the winning ways (they had seven consecutive wins before that mini-crisis slash FA Cup hangover). But, I admit, this is a bet against Kettering as much as it’s a bet on Rushden. I already wrote about departures – and by departures I don’t mean releasing a couple of fringe players. They’ve lost their manager, assistant manager, controversial chairman and more than a couple of key players (not only giant defender Geohaghon and forwards Green and Spencer – Bain and Dobson have both returned to their parent clubs and Elding left for Hungary), that’s four defeats and a goalless draw with Tamworth in the last five (they’ve lost to Salisbury, at Leeds in the FA Cup, to Barrow in the FA Trophy and at Histon), they haven’t won a home game for almost four months (four defeats and two draws in the last six home games) and off-field problems indicate that 2010 could be a tough year for Kettering. Anyway, anything better than 1.80 for this draw-no-bet looks great to me.

(1.95 at Bet365, 1.92 at The Greek btw, 1.91 at Will Hill and also at Sportingbet btw, 1.83 at Victor Chandler…)

6. A Little Birdie Says…

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.
“Its not over until the fat lady sings”.
So very true in Golf!
Last week, Rory Sabbatini went into the final round 6 shots off the lead. Shot 10 under and only missed out by one shot!

I mention this, as it illustrates how interesting betting on golf can be. As I always say, betting on golf is like having a horse race that lasts 4 days! Odds change throughout the race, and you can trade at any time

Quite a few SBC members have joined the Birdie Golf Service in recent months, and I know that many are “feeling” their way betting and trading, and have asked if I could give more examples in my column.

Let’s look at the Sony Open currently completed first round. I have tipped Pat Perez at 50/1 as a good ew bet.

Also tipped him a strong 2 point bet to be a top 10 finish at 4/1

After the first round, Pat is 4 under, one shot off the lead. I have backed him £50 EW at 50/1.

He is currently trading on the exchanges at around 22/1 so I am not interested at this stage. I will monitor his progress, and hopefully he will remain in contention so that he will trade in single figures and I can trade out and make my profit

With the Bet top 10 finish, I bet £500 at 4/1. He is now 6/4 on the exchanges, so I have covered myself with £900-£600, so I am in a no lose situation.

The season is really taking off now and I know some of you like to be informed of the up and coming events

European Tour

January 20-24    Abu Dhabi Golf Challenge
January 28-31    Quatar Champ. Duha
February 4-7      Omega Classic Dubai

US PGA Tour

January 20-24   Bob Hope Classic California
January 28-31   San Diego Open, Torrey Pines, California
February 4-7     Northern Trust Open, Riviera GC , California

Thanks for all your emails. I will always respond, though it may take a couple of days when the site is busy. Special. I can be contacted at birdiegolf@live.co.uk

Roger Green
Good Golfing

That’s all for today! Have a great weekend…

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January 9, 2010 by Darren Hall
Filed under 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..

The Latest News On What’s Making Money Betting

Issue 44 of the Secret Betting Club newsletter is out now and full of everything you need to make money betting including:

Are you missing out on football profits? Our exclusive guide to using Asian & offshore bookmakers explains how to get the best odds from the new wave of bookmakers. We tell you who to trust and what small print to watch out for.

You won’t find this information anywhere else!

We reveal which bookmakers will take £1,000 bets safely and who to avoid at all costs. This is the biggest change to bookmaking since the arrival of Betfair; can you afford to be behind the curve?

Football draw secrets revealed – Put an end to draw agony in your football betting. We show you the best ways to insurance and even profit from the draw with our exclusive Cover Draw Calculator.

The only place you’ll find in depth and independent reviews of Hugh Taylor and the Racing Post’s Pricewise Extra.
An exclusive review of the easy to follow horse racing tipster who has made over 51 points profit proofed to us since June.
How one of our members makes a healthy profit each football season betting on niche football markets like corners and booking points.

1. Mike Says..

In this column, Secret Betting Club founder and professional gambler Mike Bishop discusses some of the week’s most topical betting issues.

Hello and welcome back to the weekend wager. If you’re in the UK or Northern Europe, I hope you’re wrapped up warm!

There’s certainly a lot of hot air being generated over the proposals by UK horse racing authorities to switch from the old fractional betting odds in favour of decimal. Fractional betting is a throwback to the years of pounds shillings and pence, but is still loved by traditionalists.

For those still new to betting, in the UK betting odds are expressed primarily as fractions. However, in recent years and over in Europe, betting odds are expressed in decimal.

Here’s some examples –

15/8 Fraction – 2.875 Decimal. Bet £10 to make £18.75 profit.
11/4 Fraction – 3.75 Decimal. Bet £10 to make £27.50 profit.

Although many traditionalists will be against this move, clearly decimal betting makes a lot more sense. We don’t buy our daily bread with tuppence hap’ney anymore so why should we still bet with fractions?

In the December edition of Secret Betting Club we have a big feature on the rise of Asian Bookmakers. These Asian giants and Betfair are bringing stock market principles to the betting world.

Their odds compilers might put a bet on Arsenal vs. Liverpool up at 3.5 (5/2) then adjust it slightly based on the flow of money as happens in Betfair. This might mean cutting odds to 3.48 or 3.47.

You don’t see these sort of subtle adjustments with UK bookmakers, partly because the next fractional odds down from 5/2 (3.50) is 12/5 (3.40), which is a big jump. 3.49 in fractional odds is 249/ 100, is there any point!

Betting is changing and only those who adapt will survive, whether a punter or a bookmaker. Make sure you’re ahead of the betting crowd by becoming Secret Betting Club member today.

Mike Bishop
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2. The Next Week in Betting

Mike analyses the forthcoming betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value.

As I write this, Jack frost is causing havoc across the UK and Northern Europe with many sporting fixtures postponed or in danger of being called off. A few more winters like this and we might be able to put out a half decent winter Olympic squad (coming up next month by the way).

Most Premier league games are still going ahead, but as you move through the lower leagues, the fixture list is barren.

Fulham vs Portsmouth, Sunderland vs Bolton are both off and Liverpool vs Spurs is doubtful off. The good news is that despite rumours of intense lobbying from Robinho, the Man City Blackburn game looks like it will go ahead.

Mancini signing Vierra for Man City has raised a number of eyebrows. Skybet were quick off the mark with some special Vierra bets. You can bet on him to score under or over 1.5 goals for city at 5/6. At least this ‘fun’ bet highlights the fact that Vierra has scored just 2 goals in the last 2 seasons for Inter, seriously questioning the impact he may have. You can even bet on him ‘to be sent off this season’ at 9/4. Personally I doubt he’ll be fired up enough for there to be any danger of this. I don’t know how these players get out of bed sometimes…….

No problems with the weather down in Siff Iffrica where England are in a comfortable position of 1 – 0 up. The worst they can come away with is a drawn series, which given England’s record down there is a fair achievement in itself.

Credit to Ian Bell for steadying the ship with Paul Collingwood in the nail bighting finisher to draw the last test. It was left to the two Graeme’s to finish the job though.

At the start of the series, I mentioned Graeme Swann as a value choice for top English bowler at 5/1. He’s now fave at best price 1.33, but Anderson is just 3 runs behind and may be worth a saver at 3.75 with Bet365 so a profit is made no matter the outcome.

I also mentioned Collingwood to be top English Batsman at 8/1. Cooky and Bell look like they’ll take the honours at 2.88 each, but cricket is a funny game and I wouldn’t bet against Colly batting out for another valiant draw. If pushed I’d back Cooky for a saver, even with the recent innings, Bell is too inconsistent for me.

And finally, cold weather won’t stop the BDO darts final. As usual it will be a hot house in the arena with the players being egged on by their (not so) model wives and girlfriends. There’s little to choose between the main contenders (Waites, Chisnall, Oshea and Adams), so I’ll be sitting back and enjoying the fun.

Darts has been described as part sport, part Phoenix nights. Indeed, Anthony Fleet’s wobbly knee capitulation in the World Darts Championship recently was comedy gold. It is up there as one of the top 10 sporting chokes, but this will never beat my all time favourite Jean Van de Velde in the 1999 Golf open.

Whatever you bet on this coming week, good luck!

Mike

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3. Herbie Goes Racing

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Compliments of the season to you all. Bit of a minefield this week with all the weather about so I’ve paused to update our records on the draw bias at Lingfield. The information below is also published in the resources section of keyracingnews.com along with data on Wolverhampton. Next week, I will update Kempton and Southwell.

Lingfield draw bias (all weather)

Gently sloping, 1.2 mile semi-triangular course with tight bends, using Polytrack (freshly renewed in 2009). The configuration is often apt to promote a muddling, tactical pace.

The Lingfield all weather track is the 7th hardest course in the country to win from the front (less than 10% of races here are won in this way). In particular, Mark Johnson transformed his strike rate after modifying his tactics front running tactics at this venue.

The ground nearest the far (inside) rail is the slowest in the straight, the fastest ground is in the centre – which is why a rails draw is not necessarily helpful over sprint distances.

Jockeys naturally adapt over time to a draw bias, so we have focussed on the last 2 years’ results – to challenge existing opinions and to make the data as current as possible, but cross checking results over longer periods.

Percentages are wins to runs, to 06/01/2010:

5fl 0yds – stalls position HIGH

Stalls 3 to 6 enjoy a significant advantage. Those drawn in stall 1 or stalls 8-9 are at a significant disadvantage. Stalls 7 & 2 are broadly neutral. There is an anomaly regarding stall 10 which is the 3rd most successful, which also holds true over 5 years+.

Best stalls: 3 to 6 (average 15.81%), also stall 10 (16.3%)

Worst stalls: 9 (5.4%), 8 (8.1%), 1 (8.4%)

Neutral stalls: 7 (9.8%), 2 (11.9%)

Std-slow: avoid stall 7 or above

Std-fast: results become erratic

Slow: avoid stall 7 or above

6fl 0yds – stalls position LOW

Stalls 2 & 3 do best, other stalls are broadly neutral except stalls 1 and 12. Stall 1 has been particularly poor recently – in 2009 stall 1 was 2-89 (2.2%). Of the ‘neutral’ stalls, stall 6 is borderline (although better long term), but in recent years has been two points below average and worse again in 2009, returning 5-84 (6.0%).

Best stalls: 2 (16.0%), 3 (14.1%)

Worst Stalls: 1 (6.4%), 12 (7.0%)

Neutral stalls: 4 to 11 (average 10.73%) – note concerns re: stall 6

Std-slow: avoid stall 10 and above

Std-fast: results become erratic

Slow: insufficient data

7fl 0yds – stalls position LOW

No draw bias

Bon chance,

Herbie

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4. The Winabobatoo Weekender

Winabobatoo Weekend Football Guide

I hope 2010 is treating you well and the UK weather isn’t affecting you too much.

The football fixtures have taken a hammering with the prospect of some more games being called off before kick off. I remember the big freeze of 1963. Surely we can’t be in for sub-zero temperatures for another month or more? Let’s hope not.

Where does this leave us from a betting point of view for the weekend?

Of the games currently on, at the time of writing, Leeds, Arsenal, and Norwich look like banker home wins. The downside is that that is reflected in their prices: 1.25, 1.40, and 1.37.

My records show that since August 2000, there have been 702 games where the home team has been priced between 1.25 and 1.40. A one point stake on each home side would have resulted in backing 524 winners (75%), getting back 698.77 points for the 702 points staked, showing a loss of -3.23 points, or -0.46% on turnover. 25% of the time the banker doesn’t win, and that is enough to make it difficult to profit from games with odds so short.

The banker aways this weekend look like Man Utd to win at Birmingham, and Chelsea to win at Hull. They are priced 1.57 and 1.36. Backing odds on aways in the Premiership this season has been a bloodbath for bettors.

Between 26^th September and the end of 2009, there were 25 such matches. Backing the odds on away team resulted in just 9 winners from 23 bets, returning 13.67 points, for a loss of -11.33 points, or -45.32%. What is the fate for Man Utd and Chelsea?

Looking at the other matches that are on, there are quite a lot of contradictions between class and form. For example, Kettering are much better than Ebbsfleet, but Ebbsfleet are in much better form. These types of games are usually difficult to call.

In the long-term, my biggest profits come from backing teams at longer odds. The downside is that the “ups and downs” are greater, the losing runs can be longer, and it can appear as though you are swimming against the tide.

Successful betting requires a long-term view. Recommended bets to my members have produced over 100 points profit over the last two and a half seasons, but we have to endure some fluctuations in fortune along the way.

The only bets I have had this weekend are on Barnsley to win at Coventry, they are available at 3.00, and Swansea to win at Middlesbrough, available at 3.30.

My Bets: Swansea to win at Middlesbrough (3.30) and Barnsley to win at Coventry (3.00).

Good luck with your betting. Stay safe during the bad weather. I have some free downloads available from my website if you fancy a spot of interesting betting reading. www.winabobatoo.co.uk

Mike Lindley

5. Skeeve’s Non League

Skeeve is our resident non-league football betting expert who each week shares his best advice for this weekend’s domestic lower league action.

Unfortunately, most non league games have been cancelled.

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6. A Little Birdie Says…

We ended 2009 with a nerve tingling finish to the S.African Open. I advised Anders Hansen 2pt win at 14/1 and Shiv Kapur EW at 66/1. Really exciting to watch and plenty of chances for trading throughout the 4 days! Anders missed the play off by one shot ( double bogey on 4th!) and Kapur lost in the play off!. Still a profitable week

Already we have some excitement on the US tour where my tip, Nick Watney( in my ten to follow for 2010) is one shot off the lead, after the first round. Tipped at 18/1, we can already trade lower if we wish ( Currently 8/1) and our other ew bet Paul Casey is not out of it

Remember there are tournaments each week now on both tours, right up to December. Hopefully snow free!! Should be OK in Hawaii & South Africa

It’s going to be a fascinating year with the Tiger Woods saga and it is also Ryder Cup year ( Celtic Manor in October)

It’s always interesting as players on both sides try and gain enough points to get automatic qualification for their team.Well worth monitoring those players lying between 7-15th in the qualification table as they will enter as many events as possible in order to gain points

Also going to watch the US seniors Tour this year as several interesting ‘rookies’ have joined this year. New boys include Fred Couples, Peter Senior, Mark Calvavecchia, Paul Azinger & David Frost

Happy to answer any queries you have, just contact me at birdiegolf@live.co.uk

Good Golfing

Roger Green

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The Weekend Wager – 13/11/09

November 13, 2009 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 Betting
3. The Winabobatoo Weekender
4. Skeeve’s Non League
5. A Little Birdie Says..

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1. Mike Says..

In this column, Secret Betting Club founder and professional gambler Mike Bishop discusses some of the weeks most topical betting issues.

When the Secret Betting Club first started over 3 ½ years ago, the aim has always been the same – to find and share the best betting resources with our members. Over the past few years it’s been a pleasure to unearth some real gems and see our members also profit from them.

As the service has grown, so has the community of members. We’re proud of our forum as being an open place where members can share their thoughts and ask questions with confidence. We have seen many a forum ruined in the past by a few idiots who are only there to wind people up or to criticise.

One of the best things about our service being a club is that it’s allowed us to tap into the expertise of individual members. With the help of our members we can not only look into more tipsters/ systems than ever before, but we are also able to look at things from different angles.

At the moment we’ve recruited a few members to help us test the results of services such as Pricewise Extra and we’ve an active forum thread with members sharing their experience of ProbetsUK.

Our ‘panel of experts’ as we like to call it allow us to explore the possibilities in the betting world like never before.

If you want some feedback on a tipster or system, if we’ve not formally reviewed it, you can bet there’s a member who has something to say about it.

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2. The Next Week in Betting

Mike analyses the forthcoming betting opportunities over the next week and highlights a few bets he feels offer value.

Another International Football break this week and regular readers will know i’m not a fan of betting on this area when it comes to friendly games. We do have some competitive action though with 4 two-legged world cup qualifier playoffs to sink our teeth into.

I expect a fantastic atmosphere at Croke Park on Saturday as the Irish take on France in a game they will be very confident of getting something from. The French quite simply don’t like it up em and Ireland are one of only 5 European teams who didn’t lose a game in qualifying.

Trap’s men are a best 21/10 with Bet365 to take this, whilst Les Bleus are 6/4 faves with the Tote. My own preference is for a low-scoring game but the under 2.5 goals line at a top 4/7 with Stan James looks a bit on the short side. Instead I like the look of Ireland to win to nil at 4/1 with Paddy Power.

Elsewhere in the playoffs Russia should have too much for Slovenia at home but offer little value at 4/11 with Stan James. The other game to take my eye is Bosnia who travel to Portugal in a game that wont be at all straight-forward for Carlos Queiroz’s men. I expect goals in this game as Bosnia have a fantastic attacking line-up and the 3/1 with Boylesports on them to qualify really appeals to me.

Its interesting to note as well the current odds for the World Cup (Oddschecker link here) with England looking a ridiculously short 6/1 3rd favourites to win it outright. Brazil & Spain naturally head the field but I think this will be quite a competitive tournament with plenty of dark-horses likely to come to the fore. The Ivory Coast (33/1), Chile (50/1), Serbia (66/1) and Ghana (80/1) all look decent teams at lively prices.

Moving on from football and England’s tour of South Africa starts today with the 20/20 International at the Wanderers ground. South Africa are as short as 8/15 with Boyle to win, which considering England’s injury problems looks very likely.

Once the 20/20 is out of the way the ubiquitous 5 game ODI tournament starts and it’s a testament to how poor England have been in this form of the game that South Africa are only 6/1 to whitewash them!

The bookies have been up to mischief though with a ‘Top English-born batsmen’ market, which actually only contains 4 people! To me the 11/5 on Paul Collingwood to take this looks excellent value in comparison to the others so this could well backfire on Stan James!

Whatever you bet on this coming week, good luck!

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3. The Winabobatoo Weekender

Winabobatoo Weekend Football Guide

Internationals this weekend, so Winabobatoo ratings are focussing on League One, League Two, and the Conference.

The Winabobatoo ratings provide Match Ratings, Form Ratings, and a comparison of Home Form versus Away Form. All of which help provide a full picture of the standings for each match. There are also important Value Ratings which show whether the odds on offer for the home, draw, or away win appear to represent good or bad Value.

Each aspect of Winabobatoo points Winabobatoo members in the direction of the long-term profitable bets. Winabobatoo membership is for the serious, possibly semi-professional type bettor, who spends at least a couple of hours a week getting involved with football betting.

A few examples of how Winabobatoo has been helping everyone since going public at the start of the 2006-07 season: Over 110 points profit to one point win bets on the recommended bets. Blindly following all cases with positive Value ratings has made over 174 points profit, and following Home teams with Form ratings of 100 or bigger and Away teams with Form ratings of -100 or lower have given 168.15 points profit. All returns are to one point single win bets.

The important point is that all bettors need to have a base method that gives them an advantage over the bookmakers, so you are starting from a position of strength rather than a position of weakness. This is what Winabobatoo is able to provide for its members. Unfortunately I don’t have any vacancies at Winabobatoo at the moment but I have some free downloads available from the website that will help you with your betting. It is unlikely that any vacancies will arise during the current football season but you can reserve a place on the waiting list for next season if you wish. Please click the website link below for more details.

The three highest rated Home form ratings this weekend are shown below:

The odds shown below are a guide only and were available prior to the same information being released to Winabobatoo Members on Thursday lunchtime.

*In Form Home* Teams**
Date	Div	Home Team	Away Team	Form Rating	Odds Guide
14.11.09	Conf	*Stevenage*	Gateshead	194	1.40
14.11.09	L1	*Hartlepool*	Leyton Orient	158	1.91
14.11.09	L1	*Norwich*	Tranmere	123	1.40

*In Form Away* Teams**
Date	Div	Home Team	Away Team	Form Rating	Odds Guide
			Will appear here
			Next week

Good luck with your bets.

Mike Lindley

4. Skeeve’s Non League

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,

The last free pick wasn’t succesful unfortunately (Lewes’ goalkeeper has put in a match-of-the-season performance), but it was a pretty big week at Skeeve picks nevertheless – I’ve broken the +500 points profit barrier for the first time; that’s +197 points profit in 2009, +2.97 points profit after four November bets (17.4% RoI). Btw, don’t say you weren’t warned, the waiting list will be open untill November 30th and then closed for the rest of the season. Here’s one of the six weekend bets I’ve sent to my clients a couple of hours ago:

14/11/2009

BLUE SQUARE PREMIER

Grays – LUTON 2 (1.80 @Ladbrokes) 4 units

Nothing new at Grays since last weekend, when they’ve lost 1:3 to Chester at home and brought us a couple of units profit. They’re still in the relegation zone (Gateshead and Hayes, two newcomers, now both have three points more than Grays and a much better goal-difference) – that’s only two wins so far (1:0 vs Eastbourne in the first week of the season, 2:0 vs Cambridge back in September), four defeats and a draw in the last five (0:5 at Oxford, 1:2 at Wrexham, 0:3 at the very same Luton, 3:3 vs Barrow, 1:3 to Chester), as much as sixteen goals conceded in the last five. Their recent revolving-door policy has now been replaced with a you’re-fired policy – nine players have been released in the last couple of weeks and their manager says that ‘there could be more departures’.

Changes are needed at Grays and they’re not total outsiders in the Blue Square Premier just yet, but this time they’re entertaining mighty Luton who have just trashed mighty Rochdale away from home in the FA Cup midweek replay. Their legs could be a bit tired and I don’t expect a big win, but the team that wants to bounce right back in the league and that has four consecutive away wins (4:3 at Cambridge, 2:1 at Kidderminster, 1:0 at Altrincham, 2:0 at Rochdale in the FA Cup), away at much more dangerous teams than Grays, should be able to win this comfortably, even if the players take their foots off the gas a bit. After all, it was 3:0 for Luton in the FA Cup a few weeks ago and Grays haven’t really improved in the meantime. These odds should be 1.65 max.

(1.79 at Pinnacle and also at 10Bet btw, 1.77 at Bet365, 1.76 at 188bet, 1.75 at Victor Chandler and also at Begawin, Betsson and Gamebookers, 1.73 at Blue Square, Bwin, Paddy Power, Skybet…)

cheers,
skeeve

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5. A Little Birdie Says…

Disappointing news for The European Tour this week was the announcement that Rory McIlroy is to play most of his golf on the US PGA Tour next year. This is a real body blow for the tour as many people reckon that Rory will emerge as a serious challenger to Tiger Woods in the years to come.

There is always a lot of hype when a young “star” comes to the fore, but this guy really is destined for the top in my opinion. He is certainly the best talent at his age that I have seen in nearly 30 years being in contact with golf tournaments, with the exception of course being Tiger. There is no doubt that Tiger is the best there ever has been, the equivalent of AP McCoy in NH racing

Back to Rory, his manager Chubby Chandler, has decided quite rightly that if his player wants to compete at the highest level he has to compete in the States on courses that are set up to play low scoring golf. I am afraid it has to be the route if you want to compete in the majors.

Colin Montgomerie is a classic example of a world class golfer that has never won a major. Many would suggest that is because he stayed in Europe and won the order of merit year after year. Would he have won a major if he had played his golf in the States? Probably, as his beautiful rhythmic swing would have been well rewarded on fairways that are largely bermuda grass. This grass enables golfers to get maximum back spin and rewards target golf.

Who will be next seasons major player in Europe?

Justin Rose, Ian Poulter are both Florida based and only make rare visits to Europe..Ross Fisher is now top class (was in contention in 3 majors this year and had a good chance of winning them all! ). Surly Fisher will be off to the states as well.

At this time of the year I produce my 10 golfers to follow in the coming year for players from both tours. I usually manage to find a few dark horses that win for us at rewarding odds. Quiros at 80/1 and Ryan Moore at 66/1 come to mind.

Next week I will give a detailed biography of 2 of my 10 to follow next year.

As always only to pleased to answer any questions on golf, golf betting and/or tipping
Please mail me at birdiegolf@live.co.uk

Roger Green

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August 22, 2009 by Darren Hall
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Welcome to this the latest ‘Weekend Wager’ free betting column produced by Mike Bishop from the Secret Betting Club and Money Maker Review service.

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3. Herbie Goes Racing

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1. Mike Says

It is amazing to see how far betting has come on in recent years and nowhere have these major changes been highlighted more than when it comes to the concept of betting bots. Just the thought of allowing a computer to place your bets (and hopefully make you a profit) would have been wishful thinking only a few years ago. That though is the reality these days and there are currently plenty of affordable solutions to help automate your betting out there.

We have spent some time at the Secret Betting Club reviewing some of the market leaders in the area of Betting Bots in the past such as Bet Angel Pro, Bet Bot Pro & Grey Horse Bot. Each of these offer a different level of options for automating your betting depending on the depth to which you wish to get involved. Everything from using the bot to place a bet at a certain time to trading all the horses in each race just like you would a share price can be catered for. Indeed these days when I get into a discussion about my livelihood – that is making money betting, I often use the comparison with stock market trading. Helps to educate people that betting professionally is often no different to those who work in the financial trading field. The only difference that we trade numbers in relation with horses or humans, rather than stocks and shares.

Back on topic though and this week we have also taken the betting bot research further by looking to looking into yet another program that we will be reviewing in full in our next issue (out Monday the 31^st). The interesting angle for this bot is that we have been developing a method to automate the following of bets from a tipster service we currently feature. This approach uses both the bot and an Excel spreadsheet to plug in with it that will enable members to follow the supplied tips automatically. All in all, it might just be the perfect way to bet with the minimum of fuss!

If you use Betfair and are keen to automate your bets, do keep an eye out for more on this development over coming weeks.

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2. The Next Week In Betting

Football returned with a bang at the top level last week with a number of shock results such as Arsenal’s 6-1 demolition of Everton and Man Utd’s defeat away to Burnley. Sir Alex’s loss was the most interesting as last season United lost just one game to a team outside the ‘big 4’, which was away to Fulham. To compare, Chelsea lost just one game to a non top 4 team (Spurs), whilst Liverpool lost to both Boro and Spurs and Arsenal were beaten 5 times. Just goes to show the superiority of these teams and how important the wins by Spurs (at home to Liverpool) and Burnley actually were.

Could it be therefore that the gap between the ‘big 4’ and the chasing pack has narrowed somewhat over the close season? You can get 6/4 with Skybet that the big 4 will be broken up this year. Alternatively you can lay Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal & Liverpool all at under 1.5 to not finish there this year or back Man City (6/4 Skybet), Spurs (4/1 Skybet) or even Aston Villa (33/1 Skybet) to take their place. That 33/1 on Villa looks way too big for my money and if Martin O’Neill can sign replacements for Laursen & Barry in the next few weeks, this may look a decent punt.

To continue the Big 4 watch, this weekend sees them all priced up at short odds, with Arsenal an extremely prohibitive 1/5 to beat Portsmouth. Whilst Arsenal were impressive last week you do have to wonder how much of it was down to how poor Everton were. Bearing in mind Portsmouth’s game plan so far this season is to draw every game 0-0, I think there are better ways to make 20% interest than take those odds.

As its early in the season I like to keep my bets fairly small but I am not sure whether Wolves should be as large as 11/1 (Bet365) to win away at Man City. Sure, Mark Hughes’s team beat Blackburn away but they didn’t run away with the game and may well be inconsistent as their new team beds in. Wolves with a +1.25 Asian Handicap with Ladbrokes at 2.18 may also appeal more.

Formula One returns this weekend after a few weeks break for the European Grand Prix over in Valencia. Lewis Hamilton leads the markets prior to qualifying at a best priced 11/4 with Boylesports, with Jenson Button trailing in as 4^th favourite at 13/2 with the same bookmaker. If either of the Red Bull drivers can finish ahead of Button, then its game on in terms of the Drivers Championship, where both Vettel and Webber have seen plenty of market support.

This weekend there is also the last few days of the World Championship Athletics from Berlin where Usain Bolt continues to be the focus of everyone’s attention. Not surprisingly Jamaica are the 1/3 faves with Bet365 to take the 4X100m relay race.

Good luck with whatever you’re having a punt on this week.

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3. Herbie Goes Racing

The Solario Stakes (Group 3), 7 furlongs, Sandown Sat 22nd August, 2.40pm

With recent exception of Raven’s Pass in 2007, who annihilated his field, The Solario isn’t normally a race which has much bearing on Classic prospects. That said it usually attracts it’s fair share of useful juvenile performers, generally facing their first really stiff test, and who go on to successfully ply their trade at or around this level.

The trends are interesting here as there is a strong preference for horses raced from the front or prominently, with hold up tactics successful in only 2 of the last 13 renewals, and not since Foss Way in 2002. So we are looking for a classy smooth travelling individual, raced handily with a strong turn of foot.

Of several nice types Shakespearean might find this least to his liking, he’s a dour galloping hold up type and they seem unlikely to go fast enough for him early doors. He is interesting as a Shamardal first crop and seems likely to be better suited to 1m plus and is best watched.

Another who looks like he may appreciate further is Simenon, who beat (some say fortuitously) Brian Meehan’s promising Timely Jazz at Newmarket when Robert Winstone got into trouble with the knitting. That looks like decent form but below what one might expect to pick this up.

A horse I like is Prompter. Racing Post were dismissive of his run at Chester, Timeform much less so and I tend to side with the latter. He beat Tominator fair and square that day who hacked up next time out in a decent maiden. Prompter travels like a good thing, he is balanced with an excellent stride and just a really likeable type.

He’s drawn out wide here with Black Spirit who is a horse who is potentially interesting and may have a bit more to show us. By co-incidence Black Spirit beat none other than Prompter in his one race to date, albeit with the benefit of the rail, and by all accounts Clive Cox had left something to work on. Expect the market to be instructive here.

But for my money none of these are likely to beat Godolphin’s Buzzword, last seen finishing at a considerable rate of knots behind Dick Turpin in the Group 2 Richmond Stakes. At Goodwood he found himself hemmed in with nowhere to go – but Frankie is likely to keep this son of Pivotal handy from an excellent draw and he brings by far the best form to the table with a host of plum late season Group entries to his name.

If he opens anywhere around even money he’ll represent excellent value and ideal material if you have something else to partner up for win double.

Buzzword – 2 points win.

Bon chance,

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June 26, 2009 by Darren Hall
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Welcome to this the latest ‘Weekend Wager’ free betting column produced by Mike Bishop from the Secret Betting Club and Money Maker Review service.

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Welcome to this the latest ‘Weekend Wager’ free betting column produced by Mike Bishop from the Secret Betting Club and Money Maker Review service.

1. Mike Says

Last week I touched upon a number of dodgy tipster promotions that have crossed our path recently and I have another dubious looking service to share with you today. The promotion in question is for the ‘Bill Harris Racing System’ produced by AD Associates, which I was first made aware of earlier this week following an email from Steve at www.racing-index.com.

It appears that the brains behind the Bill Harris system were claiming that Racing Index had proofed them having made 174 pts profit in the month of April. Now this seems harmless enough but the big problem here was that no service by the name of Bill Harris has actually ever proofed to Racing Index!

After some digging, Racing Index established plenty of holes in their claims as well as further connections to another service. If you are interested in reading more then check out the very interesting summary of this at http://www.racing-index.com/bill-harris-racing-system.html. Just goes to show the lengths that some people will go to in order to make a quick buck!

Further to what Racing Index have uncovered, it seems AD Associates have a lot of previous form for this kind of thing. They regularly send out mail shots for a variety of betting based products and services and there’s is a name to remember as one to avoid for the future.

Moving on, one point worth raising from all of this is that you should never ever join a service based upon just one month’s results. If I asked my granny to pick out random bets on the horses, the chances are she would have a winning few weeks at some point just through pure luck! I think at times as well she couldn’t do any worse than some of these so-called experts. As ever, always where possible look for evidence of at least 12 months worth of genuinely proofed results for any tipster or system.

We will always have these dodgy services kicking around so the best thing is to stick to those tipsters that pass the test of time. In our latest Secret Betting Club issue due out on Tuesday we will have all the latest stats on the long-term performance of over 40 genuine tipsters for members to analyse.

If you follow those within that 40 that make up our renowned Hall of Fame section, I am confident you wont go too far wrong with your betting!

Until next week…

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2. The Next Week In Betting

No major shocks in the first week of Wimbledon, which means we will see a number of the favourites for both the men’s and women’s section going head to head in week 2. This should set everything up for a thrilling finale, especially in the men’s tournament where I expect we could well have a new champion.

I am an unashamed layer of Roger Federer with him being as short as 1.70 at Betfair as I just don’t see that as a value proposition. Sure, he may win but he isn’t for me that at those odds. Andy Murray is also very short with the bookmakers at a best priced 11/4 with Sportingbet, although he is as large as 4.4 at Betfair. No doubt we have the patriotic money forcing the bookies to go so low. Away from the top two, outsiders of note include Nadal’s French open conqueror, Robin Soderling (120/1 on Betfair) who could well face Federer in the 4^th round as well as 3^rd favourite Novak Djokovic (20/1 on Betfair).

As for the Women’s tournament, it’s hard to see much beyond another all Williams sisters final with Paddy Power offering 2/1 on this market.

The British & Irish Lions roared a little too late in the 1^st test last week but should take heart from their 2^nd half comeback against the world champions. South Africa are strong favourites again for the 2^nd test and rightly so but I want to back the away team again with a +9 handicap at 10/11 with Paddy Power. The one big question for me is how they handle the altitude over in Pretoria, which can reduce aerobic performance by as much as 25%! To counter-act this, the tourists are not scheduled to arrive until today (Friday), which apparently is one way to get around these issues.

The feast of cricket this summer shows no sign of abating with just over a week until the Ashes begin over in Cardiff. I will look at this more in-depth next week but one market that has already taken my fancy is the top Australian batsman. Ricky Ponting leads the market here at 7/2 but he has not been in his greatest form lately, the same of which can be said for ‘Mr Cricket’ Mike Hussey (Is there a worse nickname in professional sport?). My attention instead is on both Simon Katich at 5/1 with Paddy Power and Michael Clarke at 6/1 with Boylesports. Both of these guys will quietly accumulate runs and may also have a say with their occasional spin bowling. I will be splitting my stakes on both to be top Australian series batsmen in the hope of an overall profit. Katich is also a big 50/1 with Skybet to be man of the series, which could also be worth an interest.

I will also most likely have further bets on some of the other markets to highlight next week. Before the price goes though, I do want to put forward the 20/1 on Ben Hilfenhaus with Ladbrokes on being the top Aussie series bowler. He certainly is one to watch and he could well force his way into the side and be a real ‘dark horse’ selection this series. The 20/1 price certainly wont last long if he picks up some wickets in the warm-up games that’s for sure.

Good luck with whatever you’re having a punt on this week.
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3. Tipping Legends Column

The Tipping Legends are 2 horse racing specialists who both have an in-depth knowledge of the sport and will be supplying a full rundown of some of the weekend’s feature races and betting angles. These guys know their stuff when it comes to racing, ignore at your peril.

Tomorrow (Saturday) sees the running of the Northumberland Plate, a handicap over 2miles. It is always a wide open betting heat and one of the best long distance handicaps on the flat with fantastic prize money! £110,000 goes to the winner, all the way down to £500 for finishing 8th.

With bookies currently going 8/1 the field there is certainly some value to be found so I will give a brief resume of the main contenders.

Speed Ticket (8/1)
Trained in Ireland by Jessica Harrington and was beaten a head over 1m 4f on the flat. Has run over 2 miles over hurdles previously which makes it a must for the shortlist.

Keenes Day (8/1)
Disappointing at Royal Ascot when favourite and well behind Judgethemoment so needs to improve.

Hendersyde (8/1)
Has only run over 1m 4 & 1m 6f on the flat so the 2 miles is unknown territory, but if staying has a clear chance.

Ajaan (10/1)
Only beaten by a head in the Chester Cup and this course is likely to suit better. May not run if ground not suitable, but has a clear chance.

Judgethemoment (10/1)
Impressive winner of the Ascot Stakes last week and if this race doesn’t come too quick must go very close indeed.

Wells Lyrical (10/)
Has ability but has only had one run this year when 2nd over 2 miles at Ripon in April.

Record Breaker (14/1)
Staying on like a train behind stable companion Drill Serjeant at Ascot over 1m 4f. Has run over 2miles before and at current price of 14/1 could be the value bet.
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4. Herbie Fogg

Statistical research lies at the heart of the service provided to subscribers at herbiefogg.com. Horse racing expert Herbie Fogg runs three services: The Edge, Turfmax and a newly launched Saturday service, which enables non-members to obtain the Edge Saturday advice from £1.90 per week: www.herbiefogg.com/#/saturdayservice/4532988669.

The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Group 1), Curragh, 4.15pm Sunday 28th June

Another small profit last weekend for readers of this column with Dansant running on strongly for a place in the Hardwicke Stakes, a race mysteriously won by the ‘out of form’ John Gosden and Bronze Cannon – who finally made good on that brace of taking handicap victories at Newmarket that seem like an age ago now. Unfortunately we’ll never know how good Dansant is until his handler decides to make a little more use of him. Radical, I know.

Meanwhile with the approach of the Irish Derby salvation may lie at hand for the avid Foggers among you who joined me in supporting the Betamax candidate for our own Epsom Derby in the shape of Fame And Glory. The one thing we all got right, however, was that Johnny was sitting on the wrong horse, and it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that he’s about to get all ironic and do it again.

I don’t know about you but the horse I took out of the Epsom Derby was Masterofthehorse, a colt who was rumoured to have come on significantly since Chester. In the event at Epsom he was held up a mile off the pace, finished like a train and did better back on an easier surface. On breeding he is perfectly suited by ground the soft side of good.

Mr John Oxx stated on Wednesday that Sea the Stars will not run if the going at the Curragh turns good to soft, so here we have an alternative candidate who is optimum in these conditions. As of Thursday afternoon the best forecast we have suggests significant ease is unlikely, but we’ll have to wait and see. Johnny is sweet on the form of Fame And Glory, but it’s generally best to ignore these noises and to take the better price.

Sea The Stars has a reputation to protect and longer term targets in mind. If he runs, he will be run in conditions that ensure he is likely to deliver his best and of course in these circumstances we shall expect him to win. If on the day we are forced to look elsewhere, in Masterofthehorse we have an excellent and credible plan B.

Sea The Stars 2pts win

Masterofthehorse 1pt win (if Sea The Stars is a non-runner)

Bon chance,

Herbie

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The Weekend Wager – And Bet72 Are In It!!

June 12, 2009 by Darren Hall
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1. Mike Says

One of our goals here at the Secret Betting Club is to help all types of people from any background make money betting and to prove that you don’t need wads of cash to get started either.

To back this up, you may well read the stats we released earlier this week that showed how well many of the affordable tipsters we monitor have performed over the past year. Taking this affordability a step further, it is also well worth looking into the amazing concept that is ‘risk-free betting’ as it’s a great way to build up your betting funds.

‘Risk free betting’ is when the very eager bookmakers shoot themselves in the foot by giving out free bets and bonuses to customers, which we can lock into free profits by being canny. Many of you may already have dabbled with this, but let me encourage you to investigate it further if yet to do so. There are so many loopholes out there that you can easily make between £500 and £1000 in only a relatively short-time if following the right free expert advice.

The king of these offers is Darren Hall from the legendary www.bet72.com website. Darren sends us one of his best offers each Friday for the Weekend Wager, but he regularly has risk-free bets coming out of his ears at times! Too many to list in this column, that’s for sure!

We are working on ways of getting more of these risk free offers out to you all in the future. For the time being though, check out today’s offer for a free £10 on the Ashes (scroll down) or shimmy on over to www.bet72.com for more free bet offers.

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2. The Next Week In Betting

When I said last week I expected at least one shock in the Cricket 20/20 I didn’t quite anticipate it being the Dutch beating our own sorry English team, but it just goes to show how anything can happen in this game. Paul Collingwood’s men are a very mixed bunch and after yesterdays trashing by South Africa they are unbackable, even when as big as 18/1 with Totesport. Sri Lanka are 9/2 third faves with Bet365 and this jumps out at me as value with South Africa faves at just 9/4 with Skybet. We saw how Australia struggled against Sri Lanka’s spinners, especially Ajantha Mendis so if the two meet-up in either the Semi-final or Final I would expect a very close contest indeed.

Tennis will take centre-stage in this country over the next few weeks and expect the Andy Murray bandwagon to gather pace. This will be especially so if he justifies his favouritism in the traditional pre-Wimbledon tournament at Queens. The world number #3 is odds-on to win as the tournament reaches the Quarter-final stage, with the main threat from Andy Roddick who is around 5/2 second fave. The big market though is Wimbledon and there is a major discrepancy between the pricing of Murray by the big UK bookies who mostly go 3/1 and what is on offer at Betfair (6.6 – around 11/2). No doubt that is due to them being wary of the world and his wife having a patriotic punt. Its well worth scouting around the bookies and using odds comparison sites like oddschecker.com and bestbetting.com if placing any Wimbledon bets.

The big stories Football wise are revolving around the transfer window merry-go-round with the never ending yawn fest that is Ronaldo moving to Real Madrid all set to go through. This and the money that is burning a hole in the pockets at Madrid and other clubs such as Man City, Chelsea et al will no doubt have a major knock-on effect on other transfers and the bookies have been quick to price up a bunch of special markets. You can bet on who will start where next season for everyone ranging from Xabi Alonso to Kenwyne Jones and even how long Jim Magilton stays in a job at QPR. Bearing in mind how trigger-happy the board are at QPR, the 8/11 on him not lasting the season with Skybet looks generous.

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Royal Ascot Preview

Next Tuesday sees the start of flat racing’s “Cheltenham” with the 5 day meeting at Royal Ascot. JC and I are providing our customary “Ascot Special” which will cover all 5 days racing. So we have much burning of the midnight oil ahead of us!

I thought it would be interesting to give you some bullet points to consider when looking at some of the prime races on each day. One major point to remember is that big priced winners are unusual at this meeting (Although this year there will probably 3 or 4 at 25/1 now I have highlighted this point!!)

TUESDAY
Queen Anne Stakes
– Top stables have monopolised this race in recent years.
– 6 yr olds and upwards have not won this race for 29 years.

Coventry Stakes
– Here is a good pointer, in the last 30 runnings, only 2 winners were beaten in their previous race!

Ascot stakes
– Long Distance race over 2m 4f. Only look at 4 & 5 yr olds as they have won 12 of the last 15.

WEDNESDAY
Jersey Stakes
– Avoid Group Race winners carrying a penalty as there record is awful.

Royal Hunt Cup
– 4 & 5 yr olds have won 23 of the last 30 runnings.

THURSDAY
Norfolk Stakes
– Needs to have been a winner last time and First or Second Favourite.

Ascot Gold Cup
– Ignore horses that have not previously won over 2 miles.

FRIDAY
Coronation Stakes
– The vast majority of previous winners had run in the 1000 guineas or the French or Irish 1000 guineas.

Queens Vase
– We can leave out those runners going off at double figure odds.
– 12 of the last 15 winners were in the first 4 in the betting.

SATURDAY
Chesham Stakes
– This race has been won by the first 3 in the betting every year in the last 20 years.
– The exception was Helm Bank in 2002 (25/1).

Wokingham Handicap
– This is the 6 furlong sprint which normally has a huge field. Avoid horses drawn in the middle.
– Big weights are OK as 7 of the last 12 winners carried 9st 2lbs or more.

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The Prix de Diane (Group 1) Chantilly, Sunday 14th June.

Nothing in racing, be it for owners, trainers, jockeys or punters alike, quite chaffs like coming second – especially when circumstances conspire to deny your best effort. This week the inquiry into the running of the Epsom Derby must have wrangled on into the night. They went mob-handed and ended up playing into the hands of the horse with the class to deny them. It’s most unlike the steamroller we’ve seen flatten Group 1 fields around Britain, Ireland and France.

First run from off the shoulder of a searching pace, brushing aside the opposition with a super fit, hard-nosed percentage shot. At times it has made some other highly respected trainers and jockeys look rather tactically out-gunned and it’s been a pet theory of mine that Coolmore have at times been rather punching above their weight – mugging fields and making champions of horses that aren’t necessarily all that special, at least compared to some.

Unlike his namesake, who had it all, Aiden O’Brien has no part in the picking of the future talent he will train. The Northern Dancer bloodline has been mined for all it’s worth, and now the superstars are bobbing up from different directions or evading capture at the sales. My theory goes that eventually the Coolmore team will struggle to maintain a grip on the biggest prizes because they lack the prime ingredient that made it all possible, the sublime talent of Michael Vincent O’Brien.

This year the smooth victory machine has faltered. Johnny is invariably on the wrong one and the tactics feel oddly indecisive and muddled. Something is amiss all right and it has been all season – they don’t know who their best horses are or who to believe in – six declarations for the Derby tells it’s own story; throwing the lot in is hardly the art of training.

It’s possible they rather underestimated Sea The Stars and felt there was a fair chance he would empty out, a few of us did, but it’s a moot point because everything hinged on the assumption that Mr O’Donoghue was of a mind to tear off and commit hari kari for the team. But it certainly didn’t work out like that and one wonders after Chester, if perhaps the unsung veteran had a thought of his own – that he could win. Without the right fractions being set, plan B didn’t look like much of a plan and, well, here we are.

Sea The Stars is a wonderful horse, a truly marvellous specimen and a great tonic for the sport, and there’s no doubting the Coolmore approach has gradually caused others to up their game: Messer’s John Oxx and James Bolger to name but two. But one thing is for sure, the Master of Ballydoyle would not have been impressed.

I don’t know about you but I’m finding it difficult to shake off his loss. For many folk my age two names above all others hold sway in our memories: Lester and Vincent. When your heroes pass on, it’s tough to look at the sport in quite the same way in the knowledge that those days are gone for good. As of course they are, but there it is. What a special man he was.

And then something pulled me up a little. Perhaps, just perhaps, as one star faded a new light began to resonate with the same remarkable assurance, the same uncanny ability to pick and deliver a horse. That man of course is Jean-Claude Rouget. The thing that marks Rouget out is that he doesn’t spend a fortune on his horses, and certainly nothing even remotely akin to the vast figures expended by Godolphin, Coolmore and others. The rising star of French racing is currently hot favourite to be the champion French trainer and all that whilst competing, financially at least, on vastly inferior terms.

This week Tom Segal compared it to the club tennis pro turning up with a wooden racket to win Wimbledon, as impossible on paper as Brian Clough doing what he did at Forest, but in the vast corporate Premiership era. Good fortune can alight anywhere and deliver up a one-off, but this appears to be no fluke. In one season Rouget has saddled the 1-2 in the Pouliches, won the Ispahan and the Alary and then at Chantilly last weekend added the Prix du Jockey Club (trousering two other Group races on his way through the card). Two classics under his belt and now his immediate sights set on a third.

In the French Oaks on Sunday, the word is his filly Stacelita will take all the beating. A filly so good she is already considered viable Arc material and where, perhaps, she may even line up to tackle Sea The Stars. Now that sounds like a race worth watching, in fact some would say precisely the sort of race we are so often denied.

Picking horses and training them is an ephemeral, God-given art when practised by the best of a generation and very few men have laid claim to have it all. If they exist, as we must surely believe they do, or so my theory goes, racing is secure – because the beauty of it is long-term, simply having the biggest cheque book is not enough.

Let’s hope she is everything they say she is.

Stacelita, 2 points win.

Bon chance,

Herbie

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