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How do Bookmakers Tick? How & Why do they Set Their Odds as they do?
Becoming a successful bettor requires not only a deep understanding of odds calculation but, it is also necessary to understand how the market works and especially how the bookmakers operate.
Of course, bookmakers are in the business of setting...
Understanding Betting Odds – Moneyline, Fractional Odds, Decimal Odds, Hong Kong Odds, IN Odds, MA Odds
The Two Types of Odds Formats
There are all kinds of explanations on the Internet about various odds types, and the majority of them distinguish between fractional, decimal, and moneyline odds.
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Unfortunately, this...
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...
Weird and Funny Novelty Bets offered by William Hill and Notable Payouts
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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...
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...
6 Major Risks of Arbitrage Betting and their Solutions
Although professional arbitraging is one of the more secure methods of earning consistent profits through betting, there are several risks involved which must be avoided or controlled.
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(1) Disappearance of Arbitrage...
Exclusive RebelBetting Interview – Sports Betting Arbitrage
If you have already tried making money from sports betting your experience may have been that it isn´t as easy as it first appeared…
Bookmakers have the advantage in the long run and they work very hard to keep it that way; after all,...
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...
Two Completely Legal Tricks to Hide Your Identity
When you surf the internet your computer is given a public IP address. This address determines accurate information about your computer and its location. Simply put, without proper safeguards, anonymity when using the internet no longer exists...
