Not too happy with the default wordpress spam catcher, Akismet. Like all wordpress sites, this gets loads of spam. Akismet catches loads but there were some false positives in there. You still have to go through the comments and delete them. So decided to put a captcha on the comments form. The captcha is this one and the word list is from here Hopefully that will stop the spam (ironic considering what I used to do for a living).
If you are new to betting then arbing the free bets that bookies give you, is a great way to get started on their money. (Alternatively you could arb their free bets and walk away). Arbitrage is a way to make risk free profit. Usually, it’s pretty tough but when the bookies are giving you money for signing up, its easy. Easiest way is way is to get a betfair account and hedge in someway. If you want to know more then open an account with betfair using this code 3WC6THFMV then fill in the form below and I will email you the way to do it.
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I got this email on Friday about specials at Paddy Power. Most of it was about run of the mill, odds for this weekends games, etc. However there was a nice section on Newcastle specials.
Liverpool v Newcastle - Keegan’s Return
250/1 Liverpool to win 4-3
Who’ll leave Newcastle first?
11/8 Kevin Keegan
3/1 Michael Owen
4/1 Chris Mort
5/1 Mike Ashley
5/1 Dennis Wise
When will Newcastle win their first
match under Keegan?
15/2 v Liverpool
2/1 v Birmingham
7/4 v Fulham
14/1 v Spurs
5/1 v Reading
5/1 Not to win any of these games
Where will Newcastle finish this season?
4/1 12th or above
4/1 13th
9/2 14th
5/1 15th
11/2 16th
6/1 17th
5/1 18th or below
This is before the 3-0 thumping from Liverpool. That 5/1 on winning none of those games looks pretty tasty.
I watched Derren Brown “The System” yesterday. You can catch up on it on Chanel 4 on demand He has this system to predict the winner of 5 horse races in a row. Its very clever and well worth a watch. I was hoping for fool proof betting system at the end of the day its just trick. He does explain the trick at the end and I can’t believe the woman didn’t cry. She has 4K on a horse and he tells her the trick. I’d be sick.
Anyway, no bets yesterday. Premiership is tricky. Pretty glad as many draws and winners weren’t at decent prices so we would have end up down. No bets today either. I should images that opposing Newcastle and Fulham will be profitable but not enough faith to stick any money on it.
As an investor rather than a betting man I spend a lot of time browsing the web for sites that give me good information about betting and the information needed to succeed. The sites I visit the most are all on the right hand side.
I stumbled across this UK betting site which has a lot of potential. It still looks like a work in progress but I’d bet it will be a hit one day soon. There are some interesting articles in the directory. Well worth a read.
It has a UK betting forum attached to it which provides some great information and tips. There aren’t many members there currently but the admins are great and will answer any questions you may have about betting, casinos, poker etc.
Finally, it has an associated UK betting blog with it. Its about all types of betting, not just your football, but horse racing, casino, bookmakers the job lot.
Back to the serious stuff now. Bank is negative and the end of the month is nigh. Probably leave it until tomorrow now and have some last minute bets. I do fancy Bolton to beat Fulham at 1.91 but Pod doesn’t.
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Just looking on the betfair blog and saw these big in running prices that won today. I wasn’t pleased by the West Ham or Arsenal comebacks.
Everton v Arsenal
Arsenal did it the hard way as they were matched at 7.2 away to Everton before going on to score four. Everton were matched at 1.68 as they led by the single goal but that only lasted until early on in the second-half when Eduardo scored the first of two goals.
Correct score “any unquoted” was the winning runner in that market courtesy of Rosicky’s injury-time fourth and was matched at 55 and a sending-off (there were two- Arteta and Bendtner) was matched at 6.4. It was a good day for buyers of the bookings with the total make-up ending up at 100 with the average spread around the 45 mark.
Arsenal to be behind at half-time and winning at full-time was matched at 34.
Arsenal are now back into 3.2 for the Premiership title with Man Utd out to odds-against again having traded at 1.53 before today’s matches.
Other matches:
West Ham drifted to odds of 80 on Betfair after going 1-0 down at home to Man Utd; 2-1 correct score was matched at 130.
Chelsea drifted to 3.5 at home to Newcastle before Kalou’s winner just 3 minutes from time.
Villa drifted to 7.6 after going a goal down away to Wigan.
Manchester United’s defeat at Upton Park has pushed their price out to 1.87 for the Premiership title, having traded at a season-low 1.53 after Arsenal’s slip-up at Portsmouth on Boxing Day. Arsenal are in action right now away to Everton.
Sunderland’s win at home to Bolton has eased them to 3.5 for Premiership relegation.
To win the Premiership- Man Utd 2.06, Arsenal 3.2, Chelsea 9, Liverpool 11.5.
What a crazy day. First England turn over the Aussies and then the Frechies turn over the All Blacks. Who’d a predicted a France/ England semi-final? Was looking on betfair and some poor sod or lucky bugger (depending on which way you look at it) matched at 50.0 £67 for the French to beat New Zealand.
I’m going to give the rest of this world cup a miss. Its just too crazy to predict. I’ve just got £30 on South Africa to win the cup at 4.5. That should win if all goes to plan now.
I manged to finish that Rugby Game. 54 seconds. My tip is to save both punches for the Aussie and the Kiwi.
I knew I shouldn’t have posted my rugby bets. England some how manage to win. To be fair they played better than the aussies and deserved it. Its not helped my betting bank though. £150 down. Still well up overall though. Its just one of those - you can’t win them all.
Should be good watching the All Blacks play against England.
I was forwared a link today about a rugby flash game I had a go at it and can’t finish it. I can only get as far as Oz. I guess there is a strategy but I haven’t the patience to work it out. If anyone can get a time for me to better I’ll probably go back to it but at the moment, its got me beat. Have a go here
As for Rugby betting, this world cups been a license to print money. Rugby betting is inherently easier than football betting. As more points are scored the chance for an upset is very low. Draws rarely occur so really its just betting on 2 outcomes. The odds generally reflect this, for example, New Zealand to beat Scotland was 1/100.
The big money is in handicaps. The bookie sets a handicap, say in the case of New Zealand / Scotland; Scotland would probably get a 50 point head start. So if the game finished 55 - 7, you’d win the handicap bet if you went with the Scots. Odds are usually 10/11 for both teams and 17/1 for the handicap draw. The bookie makes on the over round (ignoring the draw option, he’s paying less than even money for an even money bet).
The bookie to some extent sets the handicap to reflect the likely points difference. However, this is not the main thing on the bookies mind. As he makes on the over round, it’s in his best interest to set the handicap at a value that will ensure he gets bets on both sides. That’s why you get some really stupid handicaps. England got a 11 point head start against South Africa when the book opened at Ladbrokes. Anyone who read the match reports could see that South Africa were going to hammer England. By kick off the handicap had moved to about 17 but still that was still too low. England duly got hammered and all patriots lost money.
Today’s bet for me is Australia -11 to beat England. I saw the Aussies crush Wales. The score made it look at lot closer than it was. Aussies were leading by so much and let the Welsh get back in to the game. I rate Wales much more highly than England on current form. I’ve got a 100% record so far this world cup so hopefully the run will continue. £100 staked.
My other bet is all four favourites to win. The accumulator pays about 1.72. I can’t see any upsets. France could conceivably turn over the all blacks but thats my only worry. Only £50 staked on that as corals limited my stake on it.
