Football

Here I take a look at the raw numbers for the "Top 6" in the last five years of the English Premier League - Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool and Arsenal and try to ascertain how season 2013/14 may pan out. What muddies the water somewhat this year is that three of those sides will be setting out in August without their current managers.... more

Last Comment: 20 May 13:03

Systems

Further to the forum debate on the merit of following front runners or horses preferred to be held up, I went investigating if there was something to follow on a system based approach - here is what I found. I may very well rue the day I wrote this article but in the spirit of OLBG, I present the following to you loyal readers and occasional browsers alike. ... more

Last Comment: 21 May 08:22

Strategy

Lets take a look at a commonly claimed problem of having online betting accounts either limited or closed down ... more

Last Comment: 12 May 19:26

Strategy

Here I take a look at some basic ideas that may be overlooked when betting on football, hopefully it will help improve your profit. ... more

Last Comment: 19 May 15:59

Trading

Adam Heathcote is one of the most well known Betfair Horse Racing Traders - The questions is, "did he ever exist?" Let's fill you in with a little background first if you have never heard of Adam Heathcote. He ran a blog called Horse Racing Trader, detailing his daily pre race trading activity on Betfair in a challenge he set for himself in which he wanted to turn £0 into £150,000 ... more

Last Comment: 18 May 02:44

Football

There is something that has happened in an FA Cup final only 5 times ever, only by 3 clubs, twice only in the last 100 years and only 1 club has ever done it at Wembley. The FA Cup Final 2013 between Manchester City and Wigan Athletic takes place this weekend.... more

Strategy

Does Mark Johnston specifically target smaller fields with his tough front running horses?   It doesn't take much to inspire me to write a blog these days, just a simple question and I'm away, researching and looking to answer the question with as much detail as I can find.... more

Last Comment: 07 May 23:18

Snooker

Ronnie O'Sullivan wins a 2nd consecutive World Snooker Championship Final and his 5th in total at the Crucible in Sheffield The Rocket Ronnie does it again! What an achievement.... more

Last Comment: 06 May 22:32

Strategy

Inspired, or rather encouraged by a post on the Horse Racing discussion thread,I have gone into a little detail on 5f sprints at Beverly. The question posed was,what is the bias at Beverly for 5f sprints? I started to look, I answered and then I went and looked some more. This article is the result of that, and 6. 30am to 8.... more

Football

I am trying to turn football predictor and taking a long term early view on the Npower Championship for next season. I am going to go in depth with statistics and form from the season 2012/13 in an attempt to highlight and eliminate football bets for the 2013/14 season.... more

Last Comment: 12 May 17:15

Football

There are 9 players currently in the elite group that have made 500 appearances in the Premier League,the last to join the elite list was Mark Swartzer a few weeks ago ... more

Last Comment: 05 May 14:41

Snooker

Crucible theatre action as Ronnie O'Sullivan defends his World Crown against Barry Hawkins Sunday and Monday will see the biggest final event at the home of the sport, The Snooker World Championship Final 2013 at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield. Barry Hawkins will be making his first appearance in a World Snooker final, whilst Ronnie O'Sullivan will be making his fifth appearance in snookers blue riband event.... more

Last Comment: 06 May 06:47

Strategy

Is it worth paying for Horseracing Tips? Well, this is an emotive subject and there are several ways of approaching this. I will begin by justifying my views on the subject by mentioning the fact that I myself, did run a tipster service a few years ago and charged for horseracing tips on a monthly basis.... more

Last Comment: 16 May 20:36

Tools

Most punters know what a football accumulator is and how to do an accumulator but do they know how to get the best odds? This article is to help with football accumulator tips and how to get the best betting odds for them. Whilst all bookmakers will offer odds on all games, they will be better priced on some games and maybe offer worse odds on others.... more

Football

The League One play-offs begin on Friday night as Sheffield United host Yeovil, whilst on Saturday Swindon entertain Brentford at the County ground in their first leg. Here is the final League One table.... more

Last Comment: 07 May 07:43

Strategy

Following the Favourites can Pay at Pontefract These numbers will be relevant for the year so bookmark the page and come back for each meeting at the track this summer I noticed earlier today that in the last seven years, if you had backed every favourite at Pontefract your bank would have been about what is was when you started. A basis for a system I thought.... more

Horse Racing

Do Al Zarooni revelations throw a shadow over everything Godolphin? I am not suggesting for a moment that every Godolphin horse has been subject to the same doping that Mahmood Al Zarooni has been found guilty of with 14 of his string at Newmarket but on Saturday all eyes will be on the 2000 Guineas and Jim Bolgers Dawn Approach. There are understandably several reasons for this.... more

Last Comment: 01 May 16:14

Football

What Strategy should be used for 2nd leg Football Betting We go into this weeks Champions League Semi-Final 2nd Legs with Bayern Munich 4-0 against Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund 4-1 up against Real Madrid. On the face of things, although both Spanish sides have home advantage for the second legs, safe passage to the final looks out of reach.... more

Last Comment: 30 April 12:11

Strategy

Well after a couple of days playing around with numbers for the Chester Festival it would seem I have found what looks to be a really simple and consistent system for Chester. What I really like about this one is that there is a single criteria.... more

Last Comment: 09 May 20:34

Snooker

Ali Carter takes on Ronnie O Sullivan in the second round of the World Championships at the Crucible.... more