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Last time I wrote about the process of bettingfrom the bookies point of view. I came to the conclusion thatwhilst bookies are better equipped to make money out of bettingthan most punters, this doesn't mean that punters can't have aslice

This is the second in a short series of blogs inwhich I plan to outline my broad strategy for betting. In thisinstalment I will be looking at the lay side of the bet and will befocusing mostly on bookmakers; although

In my first post on this subject......HERE......I described what an odds tissue is. Gradually I want to getreaders forming their own tissues but before that I think it'sworth pointing out why we should do this.A standard traditional approach to betting

Dumb punters are everywhere......falling into the same old habits and living more in hope then inexpectation. As the poker saying goes “if you don't know who thepatsy is at the table, then you are the patsy”.In sports betting the patsy

Framing your own betting marketThere has been some good discussion on the forum recently aboutframing personal markets for horse races, and I thought it might beworthwhile to give a basic guide on how to frame a market.In these days of

Whilst we know a football match lasts 90 minutes in total, whenwe bet, we can choose to bet on either half, or indeed just on thefirst half of a matchThis is an area which is becoming more and more popular,

Forget about looking for winners - Just look for value. Here Igive my perception of the much discussed, maligned and over-usedword in betting - VALUE!Forget about winners?Yes, stop looking for them. I don't mean go looking for the losers,although it

I'm quite a fan of so called mug bets when you are getting decent odds. Correct score bets are one of the most popular football bets but many would call them mug bets and that can be true in some instances.

Many people like to back EW when they think a horse is too big a price to back to win and a place will give them some returns for their bet. Other punters look for value in backing horses to place,

The Placepot is a very popular bet for many a punter as you can win big for sometimes a very small outlay, at least 1 placepot every day usually pays £100+, and quite often they pay £500+.