There are many betting sites out there online. Most are betting companies wanting you to place bets with them. There are however sites that are designed to help the punter with news of who is being cut in the markets and what you should keep an eye on.
The most helpful website i have ever come accross is http://www.rsssf.com/ this is a fantasic site that lists all this seasons results in every league in the world. It is a major resource for people wanting to view the form of teams, snd league tables. I use this site alot to try and find trends. Although it can be easy to get carried away and look at alot of minor leagues, its database on the big European leagues, England Spain Italy Germany is vast.
Other helpful sites with news and views are http://www.bettingzone.com/. This site has columnists who specialise in certain aspects in soccer betting whether it be asian handicap or foreign leagues. It also has the news on market movers and who is drifting in the betting. This though is only really helpful with outright markets like league winners. Bt this might be your thng so can prove useful. The site is also cleas and easy to find your way around, which is'nt always the case.
freeonlinebets.com is a site that reviews online bookies free bets. Bookmakers will give away free bets up to a certain value in an attempt to gain new customers. Some times these bets will be matched bets, which means they will match your bet up to a certain amount. This site reviews all the bookies free bets offers and rates them in order of best to worst. This is another site that can win you more money simply by taking advantage of the free bets the bookmakers offer.
Of course sites like www.bbc.co.uk/football can help with domestic team news. If there is a game i am interested in betting on i will look at that teams website and see if there are any injuries and how confident the players and manager are about getting a result by looking at what they are saying in interviews on the clubs site.
A good site to use if just starting out is http://www.betting-guide.com/ this has reviews of the terms used in bookmaking the best places to goto have a bet and specialist information from columnists about their area of expertise.
There are also a good number of betting books on placces like Amazon and waterstones. i can not really review these as i have never read any betting books, but by all means you can buy them or even go to yuor local library and ask to borrow a copy, they may prove useful.
Monday, 27 October 2008
Soccer tipping services
Soccer betting services like tipping services for me are a risky thing to get in to. For me if you dont know enough about soccer and cant come up with your own selections then why pay for a tipping service to give you their selections.
I have not used many tipping services. I trust the systems that i use to give me the selections to back. My main problem with a tipping service is that they charge you a monthly or yearly subscription charge. I personally feel they should give you a month free trial, and monitor how there selections do in that time.
But even that is dangerous. I was looking at tipping services a few years ago and came accross, www.footballelite.com, this site offered a free no obligation 30 day free trial. So i decided to take him up on his offer. The alarm bells should of started to ring straight away as he asked for my card details even though it was a free trial. But i rather stupidly gave my details.
After the 30 days without consulting me he took the subscription charge of £99.99 fir the year from my pay pal account. I had to open a dispute with him to try and get my money back.
The selections that this service gives are based on stats aquired over a number of seasons. They give between 4 and 6 selections per round of fixtures. These include European competition and European leagues. The selections though never took in to account recent form and relied alot on past performances from previous seasons. This for me was the let down of this tipping service, and the fact that he took my money without asking makes me wonder how many more people have fallen foul of this service, or indeed other services.
My main problem with tipping services is that anyone can proclaim themselves as a tipster. On ebay i recently did a search of tipping services and there are plenty on there that charge anything they want to send you an email tip or tips each week or round of fixtures. But anyone could do this, so my advice is to ignore these tipping services.
Although there are services that work. www.footballconfidential.co.uk is one that i have not used but seems to be getting good reviews. If you are wanting to use a tippping service then this is the one i would recommend
I have not used many tipping services. I trust the systems that i use to give me the selections to back. My main problem with a tipping service is that they charge you a monthly or yearly subscription charge. I personally feel they should give you a month free trial, and monitor how there selections do in that time.
But even that is dangerous. I was looking at tipping services a few years ago and came accross, www.footballelite.com, this site offered a free no obligation 30 day free trial. So i decided to take him up on his offer. The alarm bells should of started to ring straight away as he asked for my card details even though it was a free trial. But i rather stupidly gave my details.
After the 30 days without consulting me he took the subscription charge of £99.99 fir the year from my pay pal account. I had to open a dispute with him to try and get my money back.
The selections that this service gives are based on stats aquired over a number of seasons. They give between 4 and 6 selections per round of fixtures. These include European competition and European leagues. The selections though never took in to account recent form and relied alot on past performances from previous seasons. This for me was the let down of this tipping service, and the fact that he took my money without asking makes me wonder how many more people have fallen foul of this service, or indeed other services.
My main problem with tipping services is that anyone can proclaim themselves as a tipster. On ebay i recently did a search of tipping services and there are plenty on there that charge anything they want to send you an email tip or tips each week or round of fixtures. But anyone could do this, so my advice is to ignore these tipping services.
Although there are services that work. www.footballconfidential.co.uk is one that i have not used but seems to be getting good reviews. If you are wanting to use a tippping service then this is the one i would recommend
Trixie Betting
This is one of my favourite types of bet and if done right can win consistantly. A trixie bet is when you have 3 selections, and these selections are then placed on 3 doubles and a treble. So for example if you had one weekend a selection of Man united Chelsea and Liverpool all to win, and you placed it in a trixie bet, in essence your betting slip would be;
3 doubles
Man United and Chelsea
Man United and Liverpool
Liverpool and Chelsea
Finally your treble which of course is all 3 teams to win.
The best thing for me about this bet is that if one of the teams dont win then you wil still get your stake back providing the other 2 teams win. This is because you have hedged your bets with the double selections. llow me to explain, in the above example lets say Man United drew their game, but both Chelsea and Liverpool won. The treble would of lost as to would the doubles involving Man United. But because you had a double selection on Liverpool and Chelsea you should win your stake back on that double.
Now a word of warning, ther is no point backing teams that are long odds on in a trixie bet. If you did and one didint win you will probably not get ytour stake back. Dont back teams that are anything above 3/1 on in a trixie.
One system i used was to wait until the big 4 teams in England were away or at least 3 were playing away. If they were odds on away from home and this generally happens providing they are not playing another big 4 team then we have a bet. The good thing is when a top team is playing away, you will find that the teams are not long odds on, they are generally around the 8/11 upwards range. This will enable you towin your money back if 1 of your selections dont win.
Again i would recommend that you paper bet using this system first to get the hang of it and see if it works for you. When it comes to placing your trixie bet, online they are listed in the multiple bet options which can be found on the electronic slip. As for in the high street. Just write your selections then write trixie bet. This should be accepted. I fnot the shop assistant will most probably write th slip out correctly for you.
3 doubles
Man United and Chelsea
Man United and Liverpool
Liverpool and Chelsea
Finally your treble which of course is all 3 teams to win.
The best thing for me about this bet is that if one of the teams dont win then you wil still get your stake back providing the other 2 teams win. This is because you have hedged your bets with the double selections. llow me to explain, in the above example lets say Man United drew their game, but both Chelsea and Liverpool won. The treble would of lost as to would the doubles involving Man United. But because you had a double selection on Liverpool and Chelsea you should win your stake back on that double.
Now a word of warning, ther is no point backing teams that are long odds on in a trixie bet. If you did and one didint win you will probably not get ytour stake back. Dont back teams that are anything above 3/1 on in a trixie.
One system i used was to wait until the big 4 teams in England were away or at least 3 were playing away. If they were odds on away from home and this generally happens providing they are not playing another big 4 team then we have a bet. The good thing is when a top team is playing away, you will find that the teams are not long odds on, they are generally around the 8/11 upwards range. This will enable you towin your money back if 1 of your selections dont win.
Again i would recommend that you paper bet using this system first to get the hang of it and see if it works for you. When it comes to placing your trixie bet, online they are listed in the multiple bet options which can be found on the electronic slip. As for in the high street. Just write your selections then write trixie bet. This should be accepted. I fnot the shop assistant will most probably write th slip out correctly for you.
Yankie Bets
Yankie bets is a way of combining a number of selections normally 4 into 11 bets that consist of 6 double bets and 4 treble bets and finally an accumulator. You will need at least 2 selections to win in their respective games to get a return.
Personally i dont like or use Yankie betting. There are too many selections and the odds are not in your favour. Bookies love punters who take these bets on as they are unlikely to occur. If you are interested in yankie betting and can understand how they work, you might want to do paper betting for a few weeks and see how many times you win. If you find that you are good at it then progress to betting for real.
For those that dont knowe paper betting is when you just write down your selections but dont place the bet. This is used to get to grips with a certain system or to get used to a new way of betting.
It can sound complicated at first but for me the difficulty is in writing down the bet. If you do this bet in a shop then the staff can help you write it out. Basically the best way to write out a yankie slip is to write your selections on a betting slip and on most if not all online bookies on the slip it will have a multiple betting options link on the slip and when you press on the the yankie should be there. Select that and the bookie will sort the bet for you.
I would recommend that if you are interested in this type of bet to trial it first for a few weeks to get used to it. I f you feel comfortable with it and have won with it, then by all means progress to placing real bets. I have when first using this bet gone to a high street bookie and asked them how to fill in the slip for a yankie bet. This way i know what it should look like and therefore when i place a bet online i know how the slip should look. I recommend that you do the same.
So yankie betting will not be for everyone and it does require a few results to go in your favour before you win even a small amount back. Yankie betting s not for me, but that doesn't mean that it cant work fo you.
Personally i dont like or use Yankie betting. There are too many selections and the odds are not in your favour. Bookies love punters who take these bets on as they are unlikely to occur. If you are interested in yankie betting and can understand how they work, you might want to do paper betting for a few weeks and see how many times you win. If you find that you are good at it then progress to betting for real.
For those that dont knowe paper betting is when you just write down your selections but dont place the bet. This is used to get to grips with a certain system or to get used to a new way of betting.
It can sound complicated at first but for me the difficulty is in writing down the bet. If you do this bet in a shop then the staff can help you write it out. Basically the best way to write out a yankie slip is to write your selections on a betting slip and on most if not all online bookies on the slip it will have a multiple betting options link on the slip and when you press on the the yankie should be there. Select that and the bookie will sort the bet for you.
I would recommend that if you are interested in this type of bet to trial it first for a few weeks to get used to it. I f you feel comfortable with it and have won with it, then by all means progress to placing real bets. I have when first using this bet gone to a high street bookie and asked them how to fill in the slip for a yankie bet. This way i know what it should look like and therefore when i place a bet online i know how the slip should look. I recommend that you do the same.
So yankie betting will not be for everyone and it does require a few results to go in your favour before you win even a small amount back. Yankie betting s not for me, but that doesn't mean that it cant work fo you.
Betting rules
Soccer betting is now big business and there are numerous online and high street bookmakers that are eager for you to jump on the bandwagon and part with your money.
But while the industry continues to grow, so to do the number of people who try to cheat or beat the system. If you just type into a search engine soccer betting sysytems there are thousands of pages that will come up all with some kind of system. It is important to remember that there are rules in place with most if not all bookmakers that us as punters have to stick to, otherwise our accounts will be marked and possibly closed which could lead to you being banned from all online bookmakers.
Remember that if a system that you see advertised claims to be able to beat the system then it is probably a lie. Soccer is not an exact science. It is impossible to win 100% of the time. If this was the case then the bookies would all be out of business and there would be alot more rich punters around.
With more markets to bet on then ever before, there is to a rise in the amount of systems that crop up on the net. There are some rules that you should know and try to abide by;
Rule 1;
You are responsible for your own bets so when placing bets re read the slip before putting the bet on. This enables you to make sure that the bet is the one you want. It is easy to select a team that you didnt want to, especially online.
Rule 2;
Games are settled after normal time, extra time is not included to settle bets. Normal time includes stoppages at the end of 90 minutes but does not include extra time.
Rule 3;
Odds are likely to fluctuate the closer to the game you place your bet. This is due to the money that is placed on the game, forcing bookmakers to alter the odds. With this in mind it may be best to place your bet with a high street bookie on one of the fixed odds dockets as these are pretty much fixed odds that wont change prior to the game.
Rule 4;
The bookmakers decision is final. If they decide that you are doing to well or suspect you of using software to gain an unfair advantage, the bookies can refuse to take your bets and they may closed your account.
Rule5;
Always take a good look around a bookmakers website before opening an account. Look for the services it offers, like contacting them, forums or chat area, amount of markets you can bet on, the ease of using the site. How helpful it is. One thing i like to do when i find a new site is to contact them with a question like how quick are winning bets settled and see how long they take to get back to me. The longer they take the less reliable the site is.
Rule6;
Betting if you are serious about making money should be treated as a business, not as a little bit of fun you have on the weekend. Your betting bank is in essence your overheads. Try to treat each bet as an investment, and if your investment comes off then you will see a return on your investment, which would be your wonnings. Try to remember that not all investments will be winning investments
These are just rules that i do and may or may not help you. They are merely some pointers or thimgs to consider.
But while the industry continues to grow, so to do the number of people who try to cheat or beat the system. If you just type into a search engine soccer betting sysytems there are thousands of pages that will come up all with some kind of system. It is important to remember that there are rules in place with most if not all bookmakers that us as punters have to stick to, otherwise our accounts will be marked and possibly closed which could lead to you being banned from all online bookmakers.
Remember that if a system that you see advertised claims to be able to beat the system then it is probably a lie. Soccer is not an exact science. It is impossible to win 100% of the time. If this was the case then the bookies would all be out of business and there would be alot more rich punters around.
With more markets to bet on then ever before, there is to a rise in the amount of systems that crop up on the net. There are some rules that you should know and try to abide by;
Rule 1;
You are responsible for your own bets so when placing bets re read the slip before putting the bet on. This enables you to make sure that the bet is the one you want. It is easy to select a team that you didnt want to, especially online.
Rule 2;
Games are settled after normal time, extra time is not included to settle bets. Normal time includes stoppages at the end of 90 minutes but does not include extra time.
Rule 3;
Odds are likely to fluctuate the closer to the game you place your bet. This is due to the money that is placed on the game, forcing bookmakers to alter the odds. With this in mind it may be best to place your bet with a high street bookie on one of the fixed odds dockets as these are pretty much fixed odds that wont change prior to the game.
Rule 4;
The bookmakers decision is final. If they decide that you are doing to well or suspect you of using software to gain an unfair advantage, the bookies can refuse to take your bets and they may closed your account.
Rule5;
Always take a good look around a bookmakers website before opening an account. Look for the services it offers, like contacting them, forums or chat area, amount of markets you can bet on, the ease of using the site. How helpful it is. One thing i like to do when i find a new site is to contact them with a question like how quick are winning bets settled and see how long they take to get back to me. The longer they take the less reliable the site is.
Rule6;
Betting if you are serious about making money should be treated as a business, not as a little bit of fun you have on the weekend. Your betting bank is in essence your overheads. Try to treat each bet as an investment, and if your investment comes off then you will see a return on your investment, which would be your wonnings. Try to remember that not all investments will be winning investments
These are just rules that i do and may or may not help you. They are merely some pointers or thimgs to consider.
Sunday, 26 October 2008
asian handicap betting
Asian handicap betting is a recent development in the soccer betting world. I am not sure if this works in any other sports but because this is a blog about soccer betting i will stick with that.
An asian handicap bet is when you give a team a certain number of goals start. For example if Chelsea were playing Fulham, you could give Fulham a goal start but then still back chelsea. This will improve the odds for a Chelsea win and thus making your returns better.
You can give a team more then a goal start if you so wish. In the above example if chelsea won 1-0 then your stake would be refunded. If Chelsea won by more then 1 goal then you win. In this example the draw is taken out of the equation. By this i mean that if the game itself ends in a draw because of the goal start Fulham received they would win this type bet. Of course you can always back Fulham to win with the goal start and then collect on that if it happens.
Another type of Asian handical bet to be aware of is the called the double handicap and simply put the wager in this case is split in two. So for the above example you might get Chelsea -1,-1.5 against Fulham +1,+1.5. In this example you are betting on 2 outcomes instead of just the 1 as in the above example. So if Chelsea won by 2 goals you would win the bet.
I like asian handicap betting and do use it alot. I think what puts people off is that it seems complicated with the numbers being given. But put simply its just backing a team you think will win and improving the odds by giving the opposing team a goal start or maybe more. You can of course go the other way and back the team you are giving the goal or goals start to.
Its also good to use in international football especailly the qualifiers for a major tournament, when you get the minnows playing the big nations. Arecent example of this is the England Kazakhstan gamethat ended 5-1 to England and giving Kazakhstan a 3 goal start the odds on England were alot better then the outrigh odds to win the game which was 50/1 on.
Thats all there is to it. Its a good way of improving your returns and winning more money.
An asian handicap bet is when you give a team a certain number of goals start. For example if Chelsea were playing Fulham, you could give Fulham a goal start but then still back chelsea. This will improve the odds for a Chelsea win and thus making your returns better.
You can give a team more then a goal start if you so wish. In the above example if chelsea won 1-0 then your stake would be refunded. If Chelsea won by more then 1 goal then you win. In this example the draw is taken out of the equation. By this i mean that if the game itself ends in a draw because of the goal start Fulham received they would win this type bet. Of course you can always back Fulham to win with the goal start and then collect on that if it happens.
Another type of Asian handical bet to be aware of is the called the double handicap and simply put the wager in this case is split in two. So for the above example you might get Chelsea -1,-1.5 against Fulham +1,+1.5. In this example you are betting on 2 outcomes instead of just the 1 as in the above example. So if Chelsea won by 2 goals you would win the bet.
I like asian handicap betting and do use it alot. I think what puts people off is that it seems complicated with the numbers being given. But put simply its just backing a team you think will win and improving the odds by giving the opposing team a goal start or maybe more. You can of course go the other way and back the team you are giving the goal or goals start to.
Its also good to use in international football especailly the qualifiers for a major tournament, when you get the minnows playing the big nations. Arecent example of this is the England Kazakhstan gamethat ended 5-1 to England and giving Kazakhstan a 3 goal start the odds on England were alot better then the outrigh odds to win the game which was 50/1 on.
Thats all there is to it. Its a good way of improving your returns and winning more money.
Why soccer betting
Soccer betting has recently overtaken horse racing as the most popular sport for betting. Millions can be staked on football matches on any weekend and when there is a big game on like th FA cup final in the UK. Or when a country is playing a big international match at a major tournament like the World Cup.
Soccer betting also only has 3 outcomes so you have a 33% chance of selected the right result. This is not the case in many horse races where there are fields of anything from 3 up to 16 or even more. Although on the big races like The Grand National or the Kentucky Dertby in America huge amounts are staked on these.
Also today with the TV coverage that football attracts games are on at different times so that allows punters to have more different bets on different matches. For example in the UK we have games kicking off at lunchtime on a saturday then the 3 o clock games then teatime around 5.30. Then there are games on sunday. Add that to the games that are broadcast right around the world and there are a lot of times that punters can bet on live games.
I believe that soccer betting is more down to judgement then luck. More skill is involved. I fyou watch alot of football and know which teams ate playing well and were teams are in the table and know a teams ford then you can have a good shout of knowing which way a game is likely to go. Where in racing there are any number of variables that have to be taken in to consideration.
So if you are an avid football watcher, or follow a team you have a decent chance of winning at football beting. The problem arises because punters dont really have alot of money to risk or put on a team or teams to make a decent sum back. SO although you can win more often the returns might not be that great.
Soccer betting also only has 3 outcomes so you have a 33% chance of selected the right result. This is not the case in many horse races where there are fields of anything from 3 up to 16 or even more. Although on the big races like The Grand National or the Kentucky Dertby in America huge amounts are staked on these.
Also today with the TV coverage that football attracts games are on at different times so that allows punters to have more different bets on different matches. For example in the UK we have games kicking off at lunchtime on a saturday then the 3 o clock games then teatime around 5.30. Then there are games on sunday. Add that to the games that are broadcast right around the world and there are a lot of times that punters can bet on live games.
I believe that soccer betting is more down to judgement then luck. More skill is involved. I fyou watch alot of football and know which teams ate playing well and were teams are in the table and know a teams ford then you can have a good shout of knowing which way a game is likely to go. Where in racing there are any number of variables that have to be taken in to consideration.
So if you are an avid football watcher, or follow a team you have a decent chance of winning at football beting. The problem arises because punters dont really have alot of money to risk or put on a team or teams to make a decent sum back. SO although you can win more often the returns might not be that great.
The stepper system
OK this is a system i bought a few years ago now. I found it on the internet and heard about it on a Bet365 chat room.
At first this system was making big claims about how you can make £250.000 in a year. With claims like these i had to check it out and read more about it. I contactd the seller and he told me that it had nothing to do with arbitrage betting or the betting exchanges. Then he said that this system only required a £5 investment. So i bought 1.
The premise is simple to build up your winnings step by step hence the stepper title.
Stepper stands for;
S imple
T ime free
E asy
P ainless
P rofitable
E ffortless
R eliable
and this is what it tries to be.
It is a simple system which uses the in play markets to make its money. Starting with the £5 you simply wait for an in play market to open, and there are many open at anytime. Watch the in plays until someone has reached odds of 1.03 and bet on them. This is usually a team that is winning comfortably with 10 mins to go and then place your bet on that team. You will to begin with place the whole £5 on that event.
The objective is to keep doing this to build up your winnings. The goal is to be placing a bet everyday and so be winning money everyday. By betting on dead certainties this should allow your money to grow. Each day is a step towards the £250.000 in a year. You will be winning 3% of your bank everyday or with every bet you have. Hence the odds of 1.03.
The problems with this system is that it takes about 5 months to make any serious money, then when you do have a decent amount in your betting account you will still be betting with all this money to make it to the next step, and this can be scary when you are placing thousands on an outcome of an event.
If you have time and patience then this system will be good for you. You dont have to place the bets to get upto the £250.000 once you have a significant amount then you can withdraw that and start again. Its up to you.
The price is another drawback. At £29.99 its one of the more expensive systems i have bought. But it is a system that can work if you have the patience for it
At first this system was making big claims about how you can make £250.000 in a year. With claims like these i had to check it out and read more about it. I contactd the seller and he told me that it had nothing to do with arbitrage betting or the betting exchanges. Then he said that this system only required a £5 investment. So i bought 1.
The premise is simple to build up your winnings step by step hence the stepper title.
Stepper stands for;
S imple
T ime free
E asy
P ainless
P rofitable
E ffortless
R eliable
and this is what it tries to be.
It is a simple system which uses the in play markets to make its money. Starting with the £5 you simply wait for an in play market to open, and there are many open at anytime. Watch the in plays until someone has reached odds of 1.03 and bet on them. This is usually a team that is winning comfortably with 10 mins to go and then place your bet on that team. You will to begin with place the whole £5 on that event.
The objective is to keep doing this to build up your winnings. The goal is to be placing a bet everyday and so be winning money everyday. By betting on dead certainties this should allow your money to grow. Each day is a step towards the £250.000 in a year. You will be winning 3% of your bank everyday or with every bet you have. Hence the odds of 1.03.
The problems with this system is that it takes about 5 months to make any serious money, then when you do have a decent amount in your betting account you will still be betting with all this money to make it to the next step, and this can be scary when you are placing thousands on an outcome of an event.
If you have time and patience then this system will be good for you. You dont have to place the bets to get upto the £250.000 once you have a significant amount then you can withdraw that and start again. Its up to you.
The price is another drawback. At £29.99 its one of the more expensive systems i have bought. But it is a system that can work if you have the patience for it
Types of bets
There are many different types of bets that are available to the punte nowadays, especially with the internet boom.
Even before the interne bookmakers were coming up with new ways to part punters from their cash, with such inventions as virtual racing and the Irish lottery.
On any given weekend and most games in the top flight you can find upwards of 20 different types of bets. These can range from the correct score to number of corners to half time full time result.
With so many different bets to have and so many different ways of losing your money it cn be daunting at first to select the types of bets you want. Most people just stick to the straight home win away win or draw. The bookies love the punter that comes in and places a few pounds on a 7 team accumalator hoping that it comes in so they can win a maybe a few thousand. In reality these bets hardly ever come off. Everytime you place another team in an accumalator you are doubling your chances of losing.
If you want low risk bets then stick with in play bets, and on matches that you can watch. If a team goes 2-0 up with 10 minutes to go then back the team thats 2-0 up. Problem with this is the odds will be rubbish we are talking 1/50, which means you need to place a £50 bet to win £1.
Even before the interne bookmakers were coming up with new ways to part punters from their cash, with such inventions as virtual racing and the Irish lottery.
On any given weekend and most games in the top flight you can find upwards of 20 different types of bets. These can range from the correct score to number of corners to half time full time result.
With so many different bets to have and so many different ways of losing your money it cn be daunting at first to select the types of bets you want. Most people just stick to the straight home win away win or draw. The bookies love the punter that comes in and places a few pounds on a 7 team accumalator hoping that it comes in so they can win a maybe a few thousand. In reality these bets hardly ever come off. Everytime you place another team in an accumalator you are doubling your chances of losing.
If you want low risk bets then stick with in play bets, and on matches that you can watch. If a team goes 2-0 up with 10 minutes to go then back the team thats 2-0 up. Problem with this is the odds will be rubbish we are talking 1/50, which means you need to place a £50 bet to win £1.
online betting sites
Nowadays on the internet there are a whole load of bookmakers. Bookmakers that until the advent of the internet and home computers with internet capabilities we as punters never had access too.
The big high street bookmakers in the UK, William Hill, Coral and Ladbrokes all obviously have online sites. Then there are the bookies that only operate online like Bet365. This is the site i use all the time, just because i am familiar with it.
All these sites i believe are easy to use and offer a wide selection of bets some whch you might not even be aware of. On these sites you can also bet in play on football matches that are being played all over the world.This is starting to come in to high street bookies aswell.
With all these betting sites in operation there is the opportunity to compare odds on the team or teams you want to bet on and place your bet with the bookie that has the best odds, so you can get the best price and therefore the more money back. If you are wanting to do this then check out odds comparison sites. Just type in odds comparison in a search engine there are a few around.
With the explosion in online gambling and traditional sports bookmakers branching out into onlnine gaming and casino games, up popped the betting exchanges like betfair and bet daq.
I have used these type of sites before and they offer the better odds. For those who dont know a betting exchange is a site where you in essence are the bookie and your bet is matched up against someone else who believes the opposite to what you are betting. For example if you thought Liverpool will win a game and thus you back them to win but someone else thinks that they wont and is thus laying them, (backing against a Liverpool win) then your bet will be matched with theirs. You wll win your opponents stake if you win. If you lose you lose your stake.
Betting exchanges are very popular and have changed the way people now bet. I think this is because some punters like to play the bookie sometime.
But even though there are alot of good online bookmakers, it is important to be aware of the lesser known ones or the newer ones. Although i have never had a problem with an online bookie, mainly because i only use Bet365, i have heard of people who have placed a bet abd won but never got there payout.
Before placing a bet wih a company you have not heard check with the gambling commission to see if they have registered with them and have been found to be reputable. You can do this by going to their website, www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk there you can find ways to contact them and find out if the site or company has a registered licence with them. All bookmakers that want to operate in the UK have to have that licence.
The big high street bookmakers in the UK, William Hill, Coral and Ladbrokes all obviously have online sites. Then there are the bookies that only operate online like Bet365. This is the site i use all the time, just because i am familiar with it.
All these sites i believe are easy to use and offer a wide selection of bets some whch you might not even be aware of. On these sites you can also bet in play on football matches that are being played all over the world.This is starting to come in to high street bookies aswell.
With all these betting sites in operation there is the opportunity to compare odds on the team or teams you want to bet on and place your bet with the bookie that has the best odds, so you can get the best price and therefore the more money back. If you are wanting to do this then check out odds comparison sites. Just type in odds comparison in a search engine there are a few around.
With the explosion in online gambling and traditional sports bookmakers branching out into onlnine gaming and casino games, up popped the betting exchanges like betfair and bet daq.
I have used these type of sites before and they offer the better odds. For those who dont know a betting exchange is a site where you in essence are the bookie and your bet is matched up against someone else who believes the opposite to what you are betting. For example if you thought Liverpool will win a game and thus you back them to win but someone else thinks that they wont and is thus laying them, (backing against a Liverpool win) then your bet will be matched with theirs. You wll win your opponents stake if you win. If you lose you lose your stake.
Betting exchanges are very popular and have changed the way people now bet. I think this is because some punters like to play the bookie sometime.
But even though there are alot of good online bookmakers, it is important to be aware of the lesser known ones or the newer ones. Although i have never had a problem with an online bookie, mainly because i only use Bet365, i have heard of people who have placed a bet abd won but never got there payout.
Before placing a bet wih a company you have not heard check with the gambling commission to see if they have registered with them and have been found to be reputable. You can do this by going to their website, www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk there you can find ways to contact them and find out if the site or company has a registered licence with them. All bookmakers that want to operate in the UK have to have that licence.
SAS football treble system
What a rip off this turned out to be.
I bought this treble system off of ebay last season. I have only ever seen it advertised on ebay but they might also have a website set up too by now, if so then i am sorry but i dont know what that site will be called. Maybe the title of this posy as that is the title on the front of the system they send you. Anyway when i clicked on the ad it went on to explain how the system uses a ranking points system, were each team in the league is awarded points depending on where they finished in the previous seasons league table. These points start at 400 for the team that finished 4th bottom and go up in 100 increments up to the league winners. That example is for the Premier League teams. If a team is promoted then they start with 1000 points. If a team gets relegated they start the new season also on 1000 points.
Now when ever there is a round of fixtures the two teams that are playing each other each stake 10% of their value or total amount of points they have, towards the game. The winning team gets the 10% of points staked by the opposing team. While the losing team lose the 10% they staked. If the game ends in a draw then they both stay on the amount of points they had before the game. A point to remember is that there has to be at least 3 divisions playing for there to be a bet and this treble bet only covers league football not european competitions.
As i read there selling ad further it claimed that the longest losing sequence it had in 4 seasons of operation was3 while its longest winning run was 6. It also went on to explain how it had a unique staking system that would keep loses to a minimum and maximise the winnings.
After reading the previous seasons results and being impressed by them i decided to buy 1 for, £14.99. I also had to pay £2 postage and packing on it.
When it arrived i read through it and the unique staking plan it talked about in the advert was to bet £10 every week until you have a winner, then to bank half the winnings and place the rest on the next round of fixtures bet. Then if this won bank half and place the rest on the next weeks round of fixtures. I said to keep doing this until you lost, then go back to your original stake of £10 and start again.
After reading the instructions i set about calculating the new ratings for the upcoming weekends fixtures. The 1 good thing this betting system had going for it was that it had a contact email address that if you needed any help you can get in touch with them. After doing that and confirming the treble selection i placed my bet and first week the bet lost.
In the first 6 weeks i used the system it never won once. I lost £60 and decided to give up on this system. Always be careful with systems that are asking you to place bets in an accumalator, all this is doing is increasing your chances of losing. As for this system it is absolutely 1 to avoid.
I bought this treble system off of ebay last season. I have only ever seen it advertised on ebay but they might also have a website set up too by now, if so then i am sorry but i dont know what that site will be called. Maybe the title of this posy as that is the title on the front of the system they send you. Anyway when i clicked on the ad it went on to explain how the system uses a ranking points system, were each team in the league is awarded points depending on where they finished in the previous seasons league table. These points start at 400 for the team that finished 4th bottom and go up in 100 increments up to the league winners. That example is for the Premier League teams. If a team is promoted then they start with 1000 points. If a team gets relegated they start the new season also on 1000 points.
Now when ever there is a round of fixtures the two teams that are playing each other each stake 10% of their value or total amount of points they have, towards the game. The winning team gets the 10% of points staked by the opposing team. While the losing team lose the 10% they staked. If the game ends in a draw then they both stay on the amount of points they had before the game. A point to remember is that there has to be at least 3 divisions playing for there to be a bet and this treble bet only covers league football not european competitions.
As i read there selling ad further it claimed that the longest losing sequence it had in 4 seasons of operation was3 while its longest winning run was 6. It also went on to explain how it had a unique staking system that would keep loses to a minimum and maximise the winnings.
After reading the previous seasons results and being impressed by them i decided to buy 1 for, £14.99. I also had to pay £2 postage and packing on it.
When it arrived i read through it and the unique staking plan it talked about in the advert was to bet £10 every week until you have a winner, then to bank half the winnings and place the rest on the next round of fixtures bet. Then if this won bank half and place the rest on the next weeks round of fixtures. I said to keep doing this until you lost, then go back to your original stake of £10 and start again.
After reading the instructions i set about calculating the new ratings for the upcoming weekends fixtures. The 1 good thing this betting system had going for it was that it had a contact email address that if you needed any help you can get in touch with them. After doing that and confirming the treble selection i placed my bet and first week the bet lost.
In the first 6 weeks i used the system it never won once. I lost £60 and decided to give up on this system. Always be careful with systems that are asking you to place bets in an accumalator, all this is doing is increasing your chances of losing. As for this system it is absolutely 1 to avoid.
compiler system
THE COMPILER SYSTEM
OK the first service that I want to review is the Compiler system which has been developed by Dan Soulsby. This is a service that I have used myself and this is a fantastic service and definitely one I would recommend you to do.
Basically it concentrates on football mainly in the UK and mostly in the Premier league. The great thing for me about this betting system is that it is a system. Some betting systems on the net are subscription services, and they don’t give you any reasoning why to back the teams they are saying to back. This service does.
Every Friday before the weekends action I receive an email from the owner with his selection or selections and why these are his selections for this round of fixtures. The analysis is in depth and he even gives you the amount to place on the bets. These amounts are based on the confidence Dan has on his selections.
The best thing I can say about this system is that it can be started with a bank of just £30 and in the ebook that is provided which details how the selections are made it states that you can double your money every 10 weeks. It outlines an example of how much you can win over the course of a season so long as you stick to what Dan tells you, with regards to what bets to have and how much to stake.
As I mentioned in the first post about arbitrage betting no system can claim to have a 100% strike rate as this is just not feasible. This system though has been proven to have an 85% strike rate on average. Which for me is incredible. For every 10 bets the Compiler system gives you, you can expect 8 to win.
What gives this system the edge in my opinion is that the creator Dan Soulsby used to work for a bookmaker so was privy to the type of bets that bookmakers hated taking. He discovered that every major bookie has a department that is used to investigate account holders who win and win regularly. Through his position he was able to gain access to these types of bets and how he is able to find them every week. In short he knows what he is looking for and the criteria to use in order to determine bets that have an above 80% strike rate.
The downsides to this system;
Well I suppose the price is one, like most if not all betting systems online they come with a price. The price for the compiler system is £39.00 which is not as expensive as some and in my opinion well worth the price. This is because you not only get the compiler system selections every week or match round. You also get bonus items which will also win you money throughout the season. Including one which has a simply amazing strike rate and which bookies don’t want to promote as they know that they will lose money if they do.
If you want to check out the compiler system then go to www.compilersystem.com and read the information and see for yourself why I think it is such a good system.
OK the first service that I want to review is the Compiler system which has been developed by Dan Soulsby. This is a service that I have used myself and this is a fantastic service and definitely one I would recommend you to do.
Basically it concentrates on football mainly in the UK and mostly in the Premier league. The great thing for me about this betting system is that it is a system. Some betting systems on the net are subscription services, and they don’t give you any reasoning why to back the teams they are saying to back. This service does.
Every Friday before the weekends action I receive an email from the owner with his selection or selections and why these are his selections for this round of fixtures. The analysis is in depth and he even gives you the amount to place on the bets. These amounts are based on the confidence Dan has on his selections.
The best thing I can say about this system is that it can be started with a bank of just £30 and in the ebook that is provided which details how the selections are made it states that you can double your money every 10 weeks. It outlines an example of how much you can win over the course of a season so long as you stick to what Dan tells you, with regards to what bets to have and how much to stake.
As I mentioned in the first post about arbitrage betting no system can claim to have a 100% strike rate as this is just not feasible. This system though has been proven to have an 85% strike rate on average. Which for me is incredible. For every 10 bets the Compiler system gives you, you can expect 8 to win.
What gives this system the edge in my opinion is that the creator Dan Soulsby used to work for a bookmaker so was privy to the type of bets that bookmakers hated taking. He discovered that every major bookie has a department that is used to investigate account holders who win and win regularly. Through his position he was able to gain access to these types of bets and how he is able to find them every week. In short he knows what he is looking for and the criteria to use in order to determine bets that have an above 80% strike rate.
The downsides to this system;
Well I suppose the price is one, like most if not all betting systems online they come with a price. The price for the compiler system is £39.00 which is not as expensive as some and in my opinion well worth the price. This is because you not only get the compiler system selections every week or match round. You also get bonus items which will also win you money throughout the season. Including one which has a simply amazing strike rate and which bookies don’t want to promote as they know that they will lose money if they do.
If you want to check out the compiler system then go to www.compilersystem.com and read the information and see for yourself why I think it is such a good system.
Arbitrage Betting
Even though it's an unlikely and an unknown method, arbitrage in sports betting allows you to make guaranteed profits regardless of the actual outcome of an event or game.
Basically, it involves taking advantage of the fact that different bookmakers will set different betting odds. Simply put, arbitrage betting is a situation when the prices of the bookmaker differ enough that he or she allows the bettor to back all the outcomes and still generate profit in the end.
People also will often refer to this method as sure bets, sure wins, or arbs and this can be applied to most any sporting event such as greyhound racing, football, baseball, basketball and golf. In general, thousands of people have started using this technique for one particular purpose and that is to make some money!
Sometimes people will engage in this method knowing that with it, there is no real need for knowledge about sports or sport betting for that matter. In the end, by people using this technique they are pretty much guaranteed a chance to turn a profit every single time, regardless of the outcome!
So why don't bookmakers have a problem with arb? You see there are two main components that contribute to the debut of arbitrage, one is the bookmakers distinction. According to some studies, arbitrage opportunities do occur because of the fact that most bookmakers who do not possess the expertise needed, or the resources nor the knowledge to follow the event, often tend to wait for the leaders of the pack to establish the market before adjusting their own odds.
And as with everything else in life, bookmakers are individuals and as individuals they have their own opinions and views on arbitrage and how it is used. Some of them even try to be even more attractive by offering above-average odds, in turn increasing the possibilities for arb betting.
The second factor that triggers the occurrence of sports arbitrage betting is the so-called bookmaker hedging. This term refers to a situation where the bookmaker seeks a hedge against the could be loss, thus creating arbitrage! In today's sports, arb betting is very popular, in fact it is readily accessible to people because of the Internet alone. However, before you get any smart ideas about this, there are some small barriers that prevent everyone from being successful! It still takes determination, patience, capital and organizational skills to make consistent profits!
Risks
Professional bettors know this method and often use this to their advantage because they know that different bookmakers set different odds based on the relative chance of the competitor winning a single event. Although arbitrage may guarantee a certain profit, there are still some things that could prevent the implication of the arbitrage betting method. These factors may also impose certain risks to your arbitrage sports betting experience. Here are a few risks you may want to consider before getting into something like this:
Maximum Limits on Stakes
Usually professional bettors say that the maximum stakes may affect your arb sports betting plans. It may even prevent you further by placing your full stake while arbitraging, so before you place the initial bet, make sure that none of the bookmakers you have registered within the arbitrage have a maximum limit. It's also very important to take note and understand that all betting exchange prices are subject to some sort of a stipulation limit. So make sure before betting that you examine the available liquidity at the second and third prices in line, not just the best price
Change in Prices
Most sport books online offer different prices for different events, so before placing your bets in arbitrage betting, it's often a good idea to check first that the prices your bookmakers offer are still available. The point here is to not depend on the bookies that hold their prices. Furthermore, the prices on exchanges can change very rapidly, so it's important to make sure that when you are considering arbitrage that you place any exchange bets while the first price lasts.
Crooked Bookmakers
Sports books and bookmakers are just about everywhere online nowadays, which makes finding a reliable one quite hard. Unfortunately there is a long list of dodgy sites that have deprived punters of their legitimate winnings. It is absolutely critical that you make sure the site you are betting on guarantees a return on winnings! If at all possible, I suggest taking a look at reviews before even bothering to sign up at a site let alone bet at a site. In the end, though this will take some time, you will be saving yourself a whole lot of heart ache. Make sure you look for the sites rankings,, check reviews on forums, and you can actually even go to a search engine, type in the name of the site, plus add "reviews" at the end of your query, and the results will show you reviews for that site in particular.
Arbitrage Sports Betting Rules
Bookmakers most likely will always set different guidelines for setting bets on arbitrage sports, with irregular outcomes. Of course this is going to affect the arbitrage you are dealing with. So it's best to check the guidelines maintained by the bookmakers before you place your bets.
For more on this type of betting check out sites like www.arbhunting.com, and www.ucantlose.co.uk. Here you will find examples of sports arbs how and where to find them and how to work out the stakes to put on.
Basically, it involves taking advantage of the fact that different bookmakers will set different betting odds. Simply put, arbitrage betting is a situation when the prices of the bookmaker differ enough that he or she allows the bettor to back all the outcomes and still generate profit in the end.
People also will often refer to this method as sure bets, sure wins, or arbs and this can be applied to most any sporting event such as greyhound racing, football, baseball, basketball and golf. In general, thousands of people have started using this technique for one particular purpose and that is to make some money!
Sometimes people will engage in this method knowing that with it, there is no real need for knowledge about sports or sport betting for that matter. In the end, by people using this technique they are pretty much guaranteed a chance to turn a profit every single time, regardless of the outcome!
So why don't bookmakers have a problem with arb? You see there are two main components that contribute to the debut of arbitrage, one is the bookmakers distinction. According to some studies, arbitrage opportunities do occur because of the fact that most bookmakers who do not possess the expertise needed, or the resources nor the knowledge to follow the event, often tend to wait for the leaders of the pack to establish the market before adjusting their own odds.
And as with everything else in life, bookmakers are individuals and as individuals they have their own opinions and views on arbitrage and how it is used. Some of them even try to be even more attractive by offering above-average odds, in turn increasing the possibilities for arb betting.
The second factor that triggers the occurrence of sports arbitrage betting is the so-called bookmaker hedging. This term refers to a situation where the bookmaker seeks a hedge against the could be loss, thus creating arbitrage! In today's sports, arb betting is very popular, in fact it is readily accessible to people because of the Internet alone. However, before you get any smart ideas about this, there are some small barriers that prevent everyone from being successful! It still takes determination, patience, capital and organizational skills to make consistent profits!
Risks
Professional bettors know this method and often use this to their advantage because they know that different bookmakers set different odds based on the relative chance of the competitor winning a single event. Although arbitrage may guarantee a certain profit, there are still some things that could prevent the implication of the arbitrage betting method. These factors may also impose certain risks to your arbitrage sports betting experience. Here are a few risks you may want to consider before getting into something like this:
Maximum Limits on Stakes
Usually professional bettors say that the maximum stakes may affect your arb sports betting plans. It may even prevent you further by placing your full stake while arbitraging, so before you place the initial bet, make sure that none of the bookmakers you have registered within the arbitrage have a maximum limit. It's also very important to take note and understand that all betting exchange prices are subject to some sort of a stipulation limit. So make sure before betting that you examine the available liquidity at the second and third prices in line, not just the best price
Change in Prices
Most sport books online offer different prices for different events, so before placing your bets in arbitrage betting, it's often a good idea to check first that the prices your bookmakers offer are still available. The point here is to not depend on the bookies that hold their prices. Furthermore, the prices on exchanges can change very rapidly, so it's important to make sure that when you are considering arbitrage that you place any exchange bets while the first price lasts.
Crooked Bookmakers
Sports books and bookmakers are just about everywhere online nowadays, which makes finding a reliable one quite hard. Unfortunately there is a long list of dodgy sites that have deprived punters of their legitimate winnings. It is absolutely critical that you make sure the site you are betting on guarantees a return on winnings! If at all possible, I suggest taking a look at reviews before even bothering to sign up at a site let alone bet at a site. In the end, though this will take some time, you will be saving yourself a whole lot of heart ache. Make sure you look for the sites rankings,, check reviews on forums, and you can actually even go to a search engine, type in the name of the site, plus add "reviews" at the end of your query, and the results will show you reviews for that site in particular.
Arbitrage Sports Betting Rules
Bookmakers most likely will always set different guidelines for setting bets on arbitrage sports, with irregular outcomes. Of course this is going to affect the arbitrage you are dealing with. So it's best to check the guidelines maintained by the bookmakers before you place your bets.
For more on this type of betting check out sites like www.arbhunting.com, and www.ucantlose.co.uk. Here you will find examples of sports arbs how and where to find them and how to work out the stakes to put on.
soccer betting systems
Hello ladies and gentleman. Thank you for checking out my blog. In this blog i will be reviewing soccer or football betting systems that i have bought before.
I have bought alot of betting systems of the net and off of ebay, and some are completely rubbish and some are really fantastic. I want to write this blog for people who are looking at making some extra money through betting.
THINGS TO REMEMBER
There are certain things to remember when going in to any type of gambling.
The most important is to never bet with more money then you can afford to bet with.
There is no point putting your mortgage or rent money on 1 bet in the hope that it wins. Always set aside an amount of money you can afford to lose. Shocks do happen in any sport. Concentrating on soccer just look at Hull going to Arsenal and winning earlier this season even though they fell behind.
So never ever bet more money then you can afford to lose. This might sound obvious so many people do it, and I did myself when I first started to make some serious money. This leads on to the next step to remember.
Discipline. This is the first thing you need to learn, without it you will soon become bankrupt. Try to set yourself up with a separate bank just for your betting activities. This will help you to set up online bookmaker accounts with one dedicated card.
Try to remember that any profit you make is a profit and any profit is good. Lots of small or smaller profits over a season lead to big gains when the season is over.
Also remember no system can ever have a 100% strike rate. That is impossible. Soccer and sports betting in general is not an exact science, you will lose from time to time with any system that you use.
There is a way to guarantee yourself a winner everytime this way is called arbitrage betting. If you are interested in this form of betting then please check out my next post entitles arbitrage betting system.
I have bought alot of betting systems of the net and off of ebay, and some are completely rubbish and some are really fantastic. I want to write this blog for people who are looking at making some extra money through betting.
THINGS TO REMEMBER
There are certain things to remember when going in to any type of gambling.
The most important is to never bet with more money then you can afford to bet with.
There is no point putting your mortgage or rent money on 1 bet in the hope that it wins. Always set aside an amount of money you can afford to lose. Shocks do happen in any sport. Concentrating on soccer just look at Hull going to Arsenal and winning earlier this season even though they fell behind.
So never ever bet more money then you can afford to lose. This might sound obvious so many people do it, and I did myself when I first started to make some serious money. This leads on to the next step to remember.
Discipline. This is the first thing you need to learn, without it you will soon become bankrupt. Try to set yourself up with a separate bank just for your betting activities. This will help you to set up online bookmaker accounts with one dedicated card.
Try to remember that any profit you make is a profit and any profit is good. Lots of small or smaller profits over a season lead to big gains when the season is over.
Also remember no system can ever have a 100% strike rate. That is impossible. Soccer and sports betting in general is not an exact science, you will lose from time to time with any system that you use.
There is a way to guarantee yourself a winner everytime this way is called arbitrage betting. If you are interested in this form of betting then please check out my next post entitles arbitrage betting system.
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