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Alternative Value in the NHL

Alternative Value in the NHL

The use of stats in American sports is rife and the NHL is nodifferent. The traditional betting markets are the moneyline(who will win including OT), the puck line (the favouritehas to cover a 1.5 goal spread whilst the underdog gets
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Asian Handicap Betting - When I think the AH Comes Into Its Own.

Asian Handicap Betting - When I think the AH Comes Into Its Own.

This is the (belated) third part of my series onAsian Handicap betting, in the first part I explained what AHbetting is, and in the second I pointed out why I think that AHbetting offers better value than standard 1X2 betting.
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Football Betting - Using Statistics

Football Betting - Using Statistics

Much tends to be made about the value of statistics in betting -how feasible it is to place bets solely based on statisticalanalysis; strike rates and LSPs when it comes to systematicbetting; and in my mind most importantly, which statistics
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How Competitive is The Horse Race?

How Competitive is The Horse Race?

When it comes to either backing or laying horses one area that is often ignored is the competitiveness of the race. This competitiveness I feel is key to successful betting, when you choose a horse that you like.
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BETTER THAN BUG SPRAY.

BETTER THAN BUG SPRAY.

BETTER THAN BUG SPRAY.In the years leading up to the millennium, New Year's eve wasextreme on the pub and club circuit, with national chains and thelocals doing an absolute storm of trade, with the year 2000approaching all the talk was
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ADDICTED TO CONSUMPTION.

ADDICTED TO CONSUMPTION.

ADDICTED TO CONSUMPTION.With the Christmas period now drawing to a close, the sales are nowin full swing with people knocking each other over to get theirhands on a massively reduced kettle. I was fortunate enough to bereading an article this
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The Asian Handicap - Why I Think it Offers Value

The Asian Handicap - Why I Think it Offers Value

My football writing has been thin on the groundrecently, mostly because I have been devoting a lot of time tohorse racing; but I am hoping to step up my football blogs over thenext couple of weeks, with a bit of
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Goal Difference, does it matter?

Goal Difference, does it matter?

Many would argue that goal difference (GD) is just a statistic andat the end of the day the position in the league table is all thatmatters. A lot of emphasis is put on the wins and losses of recentform but
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NHL Trends - Back to Back games

NHL Trends - Back to Back games

We're now almost two months into the NHL season and it's time totake a first look at one of the trends I want to explore during theseason which is the impact of back to back games on teams.Back to back
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Asian Handicap Betting as a Tug of War

Asian Handicap Betting as a Tug of War

What is now known in the West as Asian HandicapBetting was originally called Hang Chen betting has been popular inIndonesia for a long time but is said only to have gotten itsEnglish name as late as 1998. The story goes
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