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Wouldn't it be nice to have a betting system, so fool-proof asto provide a profit every year at the Festival?The "previous Cheltenham festival form" line isbandied about every year with aplomb in looking for winners and Iam certainly not going

Looking at the options available to punters it's hard to believe that bookmaking only became legal in this country littlemore than fifty years ago. May 1st 1961 to be exact in the days when Harold McMillan was Prime Minister.

How risk averse are you ?Every so often I make a very profound statement and I clearlyremember the last one in 1967 ! However , I digress and this is aserious question. Please try not to look too far ahead

Throughout my time as a punter, there have been many occasionswhen I think I have found the perfect 1X2 bet. The kind involving afantastic home team and a team that just can't win away. You lookat the price and it's

Power to the People - the many positives of a forum for likeminded peopleHello everybody, Tbuckley here, first name Tommy thanks to my dearManchester United loving mother who decided to give me that firstname when I was born in honour

This is the fourth in my series of blogs aboutmy betting philosophy. In the last installment of the blog I wroteabout the three things I believe should always be true beforestriking a bet. If these things were not true I

Most of my best ideas come from a random thought out-of-the-blue.This one was no different. I was actually looking at some in-playodds on football when this sprung to mind...How many 1.01 gubbings have there been at the Cheltenhamfestival?First of all,the

For those punters who love doing the Tote Placepot, CheltenhamFestival time can often bring bumper dividends, there huge fieldsevery day of the meeting and often the huge fields can knock outplenty of punters.Dividends can be very big indeed, they often

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