Category: Sports Betting Articles

  • SkyBet News Sponsors of The Football League

    Sky Bet is to become the new title sponsor of The Football League under a new five-year agreement announced today.  From 2013/14, The Football League’s flagship competition will be titled ‘The Sky Bet Football League’, with its three divisions being titled ‘The Sky Bet Championship’, ‘Sky Bet League 1’ and ‘Sky Bet League 2’.  This…

  • Spread ex Punter wins over £50k with 10p bet

    Spreadex Punter wins over £50k with 10p bet   A lucky player scooped a win in excess of  £50,000 from just a 10p a line bet. The odds were about  500,000/1. But this monstrous win wasn’t the first time the individual in question had cleaned out Spreadex– the same guy won nearly £28,000 from a…

  • Soccer Corner Statistics

    One of the options available when soccer betting are the corner betting markets. Two popular markets are Which Team Will Score Most Corners and Total Corners in a match ( usually set out as over or under a certain figure such as 10.5 corners ) Betting volume on these markets is not as high as…

  • The Top 10 Sports Spread Betting Moments of 2012

    The Top 10 Sports Spread Betting Moments of 2012   Sports spread betting offers the chance to use your sports knowledge to try and turn a profit – but where were the big wins of 2012? See below for our list of top 10 spread moments from last year. However, remember that unlike fixed odds…

  • Soccer Betting Return On Capital

    In the post I made  last week on the subject of Return On Capital for Betting Tipsters I refered you to an interesting article on the Football Bets website. A separate article from ProGambler discussing the same subject ( which is essentially one of assessing  tipster performance NOT on level stakes profit but on ability…

  • Return On Capital Betting Tipsters

    It can often be quite tricky to evaluate and compare two different betting tipsters. The same goes for comparing two systems or methods of your own design you are pondering investing a betting bank on. Level stakes profits and profit on turnover are two common key measures used for such a thing. Unfortunately alone they…

  • Interview With An Odds Compiler

    Secret betting club recently published an interview with a bookmaker trained soccer odds compiler. It is an interesting read and there a few ideas you may pick up on to improve your own soccer betting. Read an online copy here == > Odds Compiler .

  • Spread Betting On Promoted Premiership Teams

    Spread Betting On Promoted Premiership Teams The nation’s football spread betting fans have been showing their support for newly promoted  QPR, Norwich and Swansea ahead of the start of the new football season. The Hoops, Canaries and Swans will be facing a baptism of fire in the top flight after winning promotion into the premier…

  • Asian Handicap Betting

    ASIAN HANDICAP: A market that causes a great deal of confusion but often offers very good value. It got the name “Asian handicap” because it is the preferred form of betting in the far east. Profit margins are far lower than most other markets, often just a couple of percent. I will try to explain…

  • Soccer Betting Ten Commandments

    Gambling on soccer is a mugs game, you can’t beat the bookmaker, right? Wrong. There is good money to be made from soccer betting if you stick to some simple basic rules. Rule 1 – This is a golden rule, you must shop around for the best value. Open accounts with as many on line…