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The Gambler’s Worst Enemy: Emotions!

It doesn’t matter where you want to succeed in life, emotions are in play with every good or bad decision you make. In a betting context, emotions are a killer: too many emotive decisions will see long hours of preparatory work wasted and...
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Value Betting – Popular Misconceptions & Common Myths

In many betting forums there are regular discussions and queries about value betting. However, it seems that there are a good number of bettors who believe in myths and indulge false concepts. Image: Jeff Banke (Shutterstock) Here are some of...

Betting Odds Converter – Fractional, Decimal, Moneyline, Hong Kong, Indonesian, and Malay

Quick Odds Converter to switch odds between US, decimal, fractional, percentage, Hong Kong, Indonesian, and Malay formats – converts odds into their implied probabilities and net returns, and vice versa – converts probabilities and...
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What is a Bet? What are Odds? What is a Stake?

The only one of these terms which is obviously straightforward is ‘Bet’, and I am sure all of you understand what a bet is. Even the term ‘Stake’, at least so long as it is money related, is easily understandable. Whatever level your...
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Weird and Funny Novelty Bets offered by William Hill and Notable Payouts

Image: Poznyakov (Shutterstock) In 1998, William Hill were the first bookmaker to accept wagers via the Internet, and their online betting platform is one of the most sophisticated in the market. (For sports betting alternatives check out this...
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HDAFU Tables: £20k in 214 days with the Winter Leagues

Following up the successful 2016 Summer League Campaign, here is our complete report on the 2016-17 Winter League Campaign, based on 18 different top flight leagues. 2016-17 Winter League Profit Curve We will try to avoid repeating what was...

HDAFU Tables: £10k in 178 days with the Summer Leagues

They say that the proof of the pudding is always in the eating. Here is how a straightforward backing system made up of a portfolio of nine leagues from our Summer League HDAFU tables made over £10,000 in 178 match days from £100 level stakes...

1×2 HDAFU Tables User Guide: 6 Easy Steps to Find the most Lucrative Betting Systems

Please note that this is an archived post. This is the User Guide for the 5th generation of our HDAFU Tables. The tables have undergone a substantial upgrade and this guide only applies to the expired HDAFU Tables (Winter Leagues 2017-18). We...
Young woman juggling balls made of bank notes / Junge Frau mit Banknoten Jonglierbällen

Top 10 Crucial Benchmarks for Online Betting Sites

What do professional bettors consider the 10 most vital factors when choosing online bookmaker or betting exchange accounts? This guide gives you our top 10 things to look out for and check when picking a list of reliable online betting sites...
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Sports Betting Course – Over/Under Goals – Product Specifics

Fundamentals of Sports Betting (Betting on Over/Under ‘X’ Goals) is unlike any other book you will find elsewhere. It contains insights into how mathematics and statistics are applied to bookmaking, information that is rarely (if...