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Sports Betting for a Living? Is Earning Money from Gambling possible?
Whether it is possible to earn money from gambling and make a living from betting are questions which seem to bother many punters.
To give the short answer…
Yes, it is absolutely possible to make money with sports betting.
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How to Calculate Losing Streaks & Optimal Bankroll
In this article we will teach you to determine how large your starting bank needs to be to avoid bankruptcy by calculating the longest losing streaks that can be expected from your chosen betting strategy.
What is Bankroll Management?
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Why do bookmakers ban their customers, close accounts or limit stakes?
Recently we received an email from a distressed reader who after a very short time scale (just 2 months!) employing a strategy based on our Home-Draw-Away article, found that without warning several bookmakers (e.g. Boylesport, Stan James,...
Odds to Use for Ante Post Football Betting Systems
Bookmakers’ Motives in the Ante Post Market:
Towards the end of the ante post market many smaller bookmakers will already have reached their financial liability threshold for a particular match outcome and drop out of the race to be best...
Bet and Win – Avoid Placing Bets at the Start of Season
If you are not operating a football betting portfolio which is primarily aimed at diversifying risk and balancing your cash resources between different leagues, matches, and outcomes, then it is strongly advisable to hold off from any betting...
Half-time Results are more Predictable than Full-time
It makes sense, doesn’t it? Predicting the result of a full 90-minute match has to be harder than predicting the outcome of just the first half.
Logically speaking, any full-time (FT) football betting strategy must be riskier than betting...
The Ten Golden Rules of Gambling
If you survive the assault course of these 10 Commandments of Gambling then you may have a chance of being successful with your betting activities…
There are no more than ten “golden rules” for gambling success and it’s...
Liquidity at Betting Exchanges – Which are the Best?
For serious bettors and professional traders, betting exchanges are the most convenient and reliable platforms.
Bookmakers are often very quick to limit stakes and/or close accounts of successful customers, or void individual bets or even whole...
Value Betting versus Gut Feeling
Surprisingly, it seems that there are many sports bettors who make their selections in much the same fashion as the multitude of people who select random numbers on their weekly lottery slips.
Whilst the lottery player may opt for personal numbers...
Calculating Odds for League Newcomers is Unpredictable
We often receive queries asking how to calculate odds for league newcomers and why we don’t develop a Value Bet Calculator for league matches involving teams without head-to-head (H2H) history, or their respective last 25 matches being in...
