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Famouse Upsets in Harness Racing

Famouse Upsets in Harness Racing

Some of the most interesting races in harness racing have come when a heavy favorite tasted defeat. Here are just a few of the more interesting upsets in harness racing history. Bret Hanover had just won the 35th race of his unbeaten career in 1965 when he fac ...

How to choose a bonus?

How to choose a bonus?

In the current state of the online gambling market, bookmakers without welcome bonuses viewed by players as some sort of blond sheep. That’s how big are promotions for betting business now. The bookies compete with each other by offering more and more attrac ...

How to build a winning accumulator bet

How to build a winning accumulator bet

Accumulators (acca bets, combi bets) are fairly popular among the punters in the world of betting. Mostly because It’s almost like the lottery because even one big winning coupon outshines the numerous failures. The huge win off multiplier with long odds jus ...

Strategy for betting on a draw in football

Strategy for betting on a draw in football

Sports, in general, are about winning. So, by default, there is always the one who is losing. This is not the case with football, where matches could be drawn. The three-way character of results of football matches viewed by some punters as a weakness (from a ...

Where to bet on tennis

Where to bet on tennis

Tennis is one of the top-3 most popular sports for betting. And rightfully so. The match format, number of events, and its live presence makes tennis such a good and fitting discipline for betting. It’s no coincidence that many football punters later switch ...

Bookmaker Review: Pinnacle

Bookmaker Review: Pinnacle

Pinnacle is a bookmaker that stands out among the whole betting market. From the first day of its operation in 1998, Pinnacle has been using simple but very successful strategy: they offer the lowest margin for odds and the biggest limits for players. It took ...

Bookmaker Review: Bet365

Bookmaker Review: Bet365

Bet365 is a well-known international bookmaker. It was firstly established by Peter Coates in the mid-70s in Stoke-on-Trent (UK) as a family betting shop. The operator didn’t even hold Bet365 name at that time. A new chapter of the company’s evolution star ...

How to find value odds

How to be a profitable punter? Anyone who made at least a few bets in his life asked this question to himself. The answer is pretty simple: you need to beat a bookmaker. And to do it, you have to be sharper than bookie. Or in short, you have to be a better boo ...

Bookmaker Review: 888 Sport

Bookmaker Review: 888 Sport

888Sport is a seasoned global betting brand with more than 10 million clients around the world. The company entered an online gambling market in 1997. At the start 888 was all about poker and online casino. But in 2008 Holding finally said “YES” to betting ...

Over/under betting explained

Over/under or total betting is probably the second most popular type of bet just behind the Moneyline (betting on outcomes). This is because the main objective of this market is the number of goals, points or other countable statistical metrics. And most betto ...

Arbitrage betting explained

Imagine a situation, when you bet on all possible outcomes on the market and gain a profit. Sounds crazy but the funniest thing is that it’s possible. It’s possible with arbitrage betting, which is also called surebets, surewinbets. Probably the most used ...

The best bookmakers for basketball betting

The best bookmakers for basketball betting

If you are into basketball betting, then you’ll find this article useful and interesting. Because here we’ll reveal the best online bookmakers to bet on the game with an orange ball. Choosing the right bookie for a specific sport is a very important task. ...

What is cash and how it works: a clear explanation

What is Cash out in betting and how it works

The Cash out (cashout) feature is available in most modern betting websites. It allows players to buyout their original bet before the market closes/event ends. You can even use cashout before the start of the match in most cases. This feature could be very us ...

Why bookmakers close accounts and how to avoid it

Why bookmakers limiting and closing accounts?

Almost every long-time bettor had an experience of his betting account getting limited or closed at some point. And players don’t need to do something wrong to get this type of punishment, because the rules of 99% bookmakers allow them to restrict/limit clie ...

Finding Value In Lines: Practice

Finding Value In Lines: Practice

I stated in the first article of this two part guide (finding value in UFC lines in theory) that the key to long term success in betting involves being able to consistently identify when value exists in the betting lines. This involves comparing the odds that ...

Finding Value In Lines: The Theory

Finding Value In Lines: The Theory

A traditional UFC/MMA betting line takes the following form: Matt Hughes: +190, Georges St. Pierre: -240. So, what do these lines tell us? Firstly, they tell us who the favourite is (the line with the -), and who the underdog is (the line with the +). Secondly ...

Value Betting Guide

Value Betting Guide

This is arguably the most important part of betting (along with staking), yet the word value is so misunderstood. To the punters that don’t truly know what value means, don’t be embarrassed if you don’t as you are not alone, they associate it ...

All Sports Are Incomplete Without Sports Betting

All Sports Are Incomplete Without Sports Betting

Sports were clearly made by man for entertainment. All recognized professional sport events are exciting to watch. It has a way of uniting different people from different parts of the globe. It also has a way of picking sides and dividing a community. In other ...

Top 5 Sports Betting Systems Available in the Market

Top 5 Sports Betting Systems Available in the Market

When you are looking at sports betting systems that you can use so that you can improve your chances of winning, it is better if you take some time to find the right one. There may be hundreds of sports betting systems that are available but you will find that ...

Sports Gamblers Take the Road Most Traveled

Sports Gamblers Take the Road Most Traveled

Robert Frost wrote a classic poem about the “Road Not Taken” in which he chooses “the one less taken by” This may be a great lesson in life, but not so much in sports handicapping. ...

The Professional Handicappers League

The Professional Handicappers League

The Professional Handicappers League has it’s roots in the ATS University, originally established online in 1996 on AOL. The purpose of The Professional Handicappers League is two-fold. ...

The Real Road to Victory

The Real Road to Victory

It seems lately that several handicappers have been parroting each other on “home/road dichotomy” or as we often call it, the home/road splits. The means, simply put, a team that is much superior at home than they are on the road. This is in no way a criti ...

5 Secrets Professional Handicappers Know

5 Secrets Professional Handicappers Know

Most casual bettors don’t make a profit from their sports betting hobby. This includes bettors who are relatively sharp as well as those who couldn’t pick a winner if their lives depended on it. That’s not a horrible thing either – if e ...

My Commandments of Gambling

My Commandments of Gambling

Following are my commandments of gambling. I have said most of this advice elsewhere but almost everything I have to say about gambling in general can be summarized below. ...

Betting Strategies

Betting Strategies

Alright, I suppose that since you have joined us, you don’t consider yourself to be a newbie in sports betting. Then why should you bother reading the rest of an article which is about the basics of it? Since you haven’t navigated away from this pa ...

Playing Where You’re Comfortable

Playing Where You’re Comfortable

It is tempting to chase bonus programs and rakeback programs all over the net looking for ways to supplement winnings. I know it is tempting because I have chased them; deposit bonuses, rakeback programs and even propping programs. However, if you are playing ...

Gambling Basics

Gambling Basics

Gambling is all about mathematics. The laws of probability underlie everything that happens. Unless you take your play to expert levels, such as card counting in blackjack, the odds will almost always be against you. The casual player will win some and lose so ...

Slots: The Answer Or A Band-Aid

Slot machines have been the hot topic around the country the last five years or so. Should racetracks be given the right to have them as a way to help subsidize the racing industry? As attendance at racetracks nation wide plummet, financial pressure on the rac ...

Tip With a Compliment

Tip With a Compliment

We all know that tokeing (tipping) the dealers by making a bet for them works wonders. I have found a way to give the dealers an additional toke that cost nothing and adds to their gratitude. Give them a compliment. ...

The More Things Stay the Same, The More They Change

The More Things Stay the Same, The More They Change

Streamlining, when employed properly, is of course effective in every line of work. In the 1970s and 80s, a lot of gamblers would focus on local teams and conferences where regional information was often more accurate and punctual than what Vegas could acquire ...

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