Published on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 by carl In Horse race betting there are some professional punters who make a living by analysing horses in the parade ring before the start of the race. What they are searching for are horses and preferably short priced horses that are likely to run badly. I knew one punter who frequented meetings in the north of England who was an expert in equine psychology. He made money a...

Published on Friday, December 4, 2009 by carl It is often thought with many sophisticated punters that “value” stems from bookmakers who make mistakes regarding what the odds should for a sporting event. So what we seem to have with regards to sports betting is a subculture of punters who go around looking for betting firms to make a mistake with their pricing structure. In reality this is looking at the p...

Published on Thursday, October 22, 2009 by carl The old saying that information is power never more applies than it does to sports betting. At the end of the day, the professional odds compilers base their prices on information and they are some of the best in the business. All prices are underpinned by the information that gets analysed beforehand. Prices are based on other factors too of course. But often the ...

Published on Friday, January 9, 2009 by mary Everybody's attention is turned to the SAGA Insurance Masters at Wembley Arena after last month's UK Championship final in which Shaun Murphy won over Marco Fu 10-9. The SAGA Insurance Masters will take place next week. As of this moment, Ronnie O' Sullivan, a three-time champion is the favourite at 3/1. Following the champion is Mark Selby who is a Master champio...

Published on Thursday, January 8, 2009 by mary At this stage, the early Cheltenham Festival ante post betting is doing pretty fine and seems to improve and be more appealing with so many bookies putting prices over the races and chief competitors. Significantly, by punting without the present favorites Master Minded and Binocular, both short-priced, Stan James are anticipating to spice up the kinda inactive and b...