Who Decides the Odds in Sports Markets – The Bookmakers, Betfair Exchange or Punters?

The short answer is that the big bookmakers control the sports market odds.   They are the market makers.  They decide on the opening odds, closing odds and all the odds in between. Understanding who influences the odds is essential for trading and betting. In this article, I will present detailed explanation why I am sure … Read more

How to Assess Recent Football Form

In this post, I will explain how to analyse a football team’s last 6 matches.  Many people just scroll down the list of the last 6 matches and say to themselves something like: “Arsenal” should have won that match because they were odds-on favourites” or “Everton did well in that match because they were the … Read more

How to Win Money on Fixed Football Matches

In this article, I will explain how we (as punters or traders) can identify a potential fixed football match.  If we can identify match-fixing (and I believe we can), we have a very strong method of making money from the market.  Why?  Because if you are right about the match being fixed, you are no … Read more

Why DOBBing is Theoretically a Value Trade

Why DOBBing is Theoretically a Value Trade Theoretically, there is potential value in DOBBing.  I’m not someone, who uses the word “value” loosely.  In this post, I will assume that you know what DOBBing is.  If you don’t know what it is, it is explained in the first chapter of my ebook.  In addition, I … Read more

The Racing Post’s Top Speed (TS) Ratings Fully Explained and Compared with Inform Racing’s Speed Ratings

The Racing Post’s top speed (TS) ratings are fully explained in this article.  I also compare the use of the Racing Post’s TS ratings with Inform Racing’s speed ratings. Speed is one of the most important factors for determining a horse’s chance of winning a race.  Whether you are a punter or a trader, you … Read more

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