When looking through the mound of stats that usually accompany anNHL game preview, two that are often mentioned at the forefront arethe powerplay percentage and penalty kill percentage. But what arethey and why are they so important?A powerplay is when
Are female racehorses at a disadvantage when racing againstmales?I did some research on this subject following a discussion onthe horse racing forum, and I was surprised to find that althoughthe gender bias is widely acknowledged by the racing fraternity, itdoesn't
It has been a question that has been at the forefront of mostfootball punters' minds since the expansion of betting to includediverse and unusual betting markets: How do I gain that little bitof extra value? If you are a regular
Knowledge is the BombThere's been an interesting thread on the forum regarding lessonslearnt in 2013 and one of the points from that is research.And when newbies ask for tips to make the most out of their bettingone of the key
In October 2012 i wrote a blog about how to turn £10 into thousandsin 3 months, this bet was based on backing the over 0.5 goals in amatch, sadly since i wrote the blog the odds have changeddramatically and it's
The GAAWhat is the GAA you may ask if you are from outside the island ofIreland? They would like you to think that it is an associationwhich turns dreams into reality where all players who play theirgames live on clouds
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
I have now written a couple of blogs aboutdifferent aspects of betting, but I haven't really outlined myoverall betting philosophy. In the past I have made contributionsto various forums and I do run the risk of repeating myself here,but I
This article explains how I have used some widely availablefootball ratings to devise a betting system for value betting onEnglish FootballI have long been an advocate of the thinking that there is littlevalue in betting on English football given the