Tag Archives: advice
Start of the 2020/21 Season: Matches Seem to Have More Goals
There seems to be an unprecedented shift from the Over/Under 2.5 Goals ‘benchmark’ to an ‘Over 3.5’ threshold. It’s early in the season but interesting to observe.
The opening month of the 2020/21 Premier League season was one of...
The Science of Calculating Winning and Losing Streaks
This article is a short journey to the theme ‘risk management’ as we are often asked…
How high should be a starting bank?
Is 5,000 units enough?
Well, there is no standard answer to this question. It all depends on the individual...
Why Mid-season Breaks Matter in Football Betting
You may have heard the cliché that football is a game of two halves and, indeed, we have written about the statistical differences between the first and second halves of individual matches before.
But when it comes down to the essence of football...
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...
Betting Apps – The Future of Online Gambling
The growth of the market for smartphones seems to have no end in sight. Mobile devices are becoming more and more advanced and, gradually, ‘normal’ mobile phones are being replaced by smartphones or tablets.
Little wonder, therefore, that...
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...
Always in the Red? Control your Banking Behaviour!
Recently, an old friend came along and asked me to have a look at his finances. Despite the fact his monthly net pay was in the region of £2,500, his overdraft was constantly rising. He often found it quite difficult, especially at the end...
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...
