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  • Good Money After Bad On The Drifter?

    Just a quick pointer to an online copy of a recent free newsletter over on the Mathematician site. Quite a few readers there replied to say that they found it interesting / informative. It touches on several different topics one of which is the scenario of having backed a horse only to see it later…

  • Professional Betting Randomness And Value

    Two zones that professional gamblers tend to understand a lot better that long term loser mug punters would be the concepts of randomness and value. An understanding of these issues can help form a very solid foundation to one’s future approach to betting. Playing on the building analogy picture the idea of building a house…

  • Lincoln Handicap Trends

    Great to see the flat season return tomorrow. The Lincoln meeting at Doncaster traditionally trumpets the start of the new flat season. To get your brain back into flat mode again how about trying to solve the not so simple little puzzle of the Lincoln Handicap. A bit of research data usually assists with such…

  • Cheltenham Gold Cup Analysis

    The Cheltenham Festival is looming and I have for you today a bit of an advance early look at the Cheltenham Gold Cup from Guy the horse racing analyst over at www.Mathematician-Betting.co.uk. ================================================ FUTURE BETTING ANGLES Today I wanted to make some progress On the Cheltenham Gold Cup Which is now just 16 days away…

  • UFC 229 – All you need to know

    It has finally arrived! The most anticipated clash in the history of the UFC between two of the sports leading lights in Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. Both fighters bring in impressive profiles in which there key attributes can be viewed in more detail in the infographic below. How about the fight? We list all…

  • Everything you need to know about the Le Golf National course

    The 2018 edition of the Ryder Cup is quickly approaching us and it is shaping up to be a fiercely contested one. The United States are the current holders of the competition following their 17-11 victory over Team Europe at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in 2016, and will want to retain the trophy for…

  • Betting Psychology, Apophenia and Being Truly Objective

    We are all familiar with those situations when you hear someone lamenting their ‘luck’ at the races. Not bad luck in the traditional sense, such as a horse falling at the last fence, but ‘luck’ in a sense of questioning a series of random events like “the favourites just weren’t at it today.”  The idea…

  • Can you guess the number of Premier League players at the World Cup

    MANCHESTER CITY WILL BE PROVIDING THE MOST PLAYERS AT THE WORLD CUP The Premier League is one of the biggest and most watched leagues in the world, with some of the finest football clubs in world football competing against each other. The top flight of English football is the most lucrative league in the world,…

  • Players With Impressive National Team Records

    The biggest international football tournament in the world, the World Cup, has finally arrived! Every four years, the best national teams from around the world get together and compete against each other to get their hands on the prestigious trophy. The World Cup odds to win that are current available suggest that current world champions…

  • Is There Ever a Time to go Big With Sports Betting?

    IMAGE SOURCE: @Hochi_Horse_en via Twitter It is undoubtedly a great time to be a sports fan at the moment. While the likes of the Cheltenham Festival, the Six Nations and the Grand National at Aintree have already been and gone, there remains a host of top sporting events still to come across the rest of…