Saturday, 31 October 2009

Weekly Round-Up

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It's been a busy week, lowlighted by a record Premium Charge deduction on Wednesday, but what can you do? It seems churlish to gripe abo...
Sunday, 25 October 2009

NFL - London

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It's hard to see anything but a big win for the New England Patriots at Wembley this afternoon, as much as any self-respecting Englishm...
Saturday, 24 October 2009

24 Oct Summary

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Some disappointing results in the Premier League again, with Spurs loss at home to Stoke probably the biggest shock. I had Chelsea as 4 goal...

Caroline Wozniacki

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It's been written about quite widely, but for those who may have missed the story, there was an unusual 1.01 gubbing in tennis earlier ...
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Friday, 23 October 2009

Saturday Selections 24 Oct

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Another weekend of football action and a different approach. One of the benefits of tweaking my Elo ratings recently is that I am now able t...
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Angels v Yankees - Game 5

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Tonight's match odds for the baseball are 2.0 New York Yankees, 1.99 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Fair enough, but when we look at ...
Sunday, 18 October 2009

Sunday Selections 18 Oct

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Manchester City (2.06) to win at Wigan is today's bet. I expect City to win by one goal and have had a cheeky small punt at 32 on the 3-...
Friday, 16 October 2009

Saturday Selections 17 Oct

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After what seems like forever, another weekend of Premier League football is here, and no doubt some anxious readers waiting for my selectio...
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Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Doing A Ratner

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From today's Evening Standard (Tuesday 13th October) Mark Davies MD, when asked if anybody makes a living on Betfair. " There ...
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Monday, 12 October 2009

A Whale Tale

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The end of a roller-coaster week with 5 of the last 8 days of trading seeing a four-figure swing one way or the other. Fortunately, the goo...
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Sunday, 11 October 2009

Monopoly

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An unofficial spokesperson for Betfair has been active on the Betfair forum, trying to smooth over some discontent regarding the recent cha...
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Friday, 9 October 2009

1767

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I think the history of cricket might actually be more interesting than the game itself. The things you learn from poking around on the Inte...

Au Revoir Betfair

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From Owen Gibson in today's guardian.co.uk: Betting exchanges such as Betfair have been outlawed under new French legislation. The Fre...
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The Hunt For Green October

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Volatile days on the trading recently, with four days out of five resulting in a profit or loss of four figures. Good for the Premium Charg...
Wednesday, 7 October 2009

Twins v Yankees

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A bit of a roller-coaster the past few days. Three four-figure wins or losses in the past four days, with losses ahead 2-1 unfortunately. L...
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Monday, 5 October 2009

'Elo Again

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Just a quick post to say that the draw looks good for tonight's Aston Villa v Manchester City game, but I am conservatively laying Cit...
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Saturday, 3 October 2009

Sunday Selections 4 Oct

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A rather annoying small overall loss today, with Manchester United failing to beat Sunderland. As I suggested, 1.21 was a little tight, and ...
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Saturday Selections 3 Oct

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Five Premier League games today, and will the draws start to appear? For me, the two likeliest games for this are the games at Burnley and W...
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Friday, 2 October 2009

Letting Go

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A lot of different things factor into my calculations for where value lies in my football betting, but there are some things I don't bo...
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Thursday, 1 October 2009

Too Good To Be True?

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I had an interesting comment on the last post, concerning a situation where 1.06 was available on a completed tennis game in Tokyo. I'v...
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