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Why A Pinnacle Account Is Essential

If you are looking to back home, draw or away then usually Pinnacle‘s odds are at the top of the tree. If you are looking for an alternative to a lay bet for these events, again, Pinnacle’s Asian Handicap +0.5 market is a viable option,...
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Football Betting Odds: Study Comparison Bookmaker vs. Exchanges Odds

It may surprise you to know that when placing a back bet before the commencement of a game, our research shows that more than 85% of Betfair’s odds (at 5% commission) can be beaten by bookmakers whether you are betting on the home win, draw,...
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Choosing the Right Staking Plan

If you have investigated staking plans to any degree then you will certainly have already heard of various different strategies such as Martingale, D’alembert, Fibonacci, Parlay, Kelly, Square Root, Labouchere, Retirement, etc. You should...

Utilising Soccerwidow’s Value Betting Spreadsheets: Lay in-play if the underdog scores first

There is a plethora of ways of utilising Soccerwidow’s Value Bet calculations to suit your personal strategy and interests. Here is another one of them… A Trader’s Point Of View – Day 3: 3 October, 2012 On 3rd October the Widow...

When to Back Instead of Lay Betting: Asian Handicap; Double Chance; Dutching…

This article explores the alternatives to laying at the betting exchanges in order to bet against a result. Every bettor should try to optimise the financial return from his/her risk, which means finding absolutely the best prices available. Of...
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The Secret to Becoming a Successful Bettor

If you are reading this article then you have probably already tried a plethora of different betting strategies, perhaps without great success. Like many others, you may already have lost a fair amount of money. However, you probably still strongly...
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Review and Tips: MarketFeeder Pro – Betfair Bot

MarketFeeder is one of many ‘bots’ available to purchase and, out of the many I have used, it is my personal favourite since it can be tailored to one’s exact needs and every imaginable strategy can be performed automatically....
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Matched Betting Tools: Calculators

Part 4 – Matched Betting Calculators: If you are serious about making money from matched betting then you will need to be completely familiar with the range of transactions required in different situations. For example, the free bet you...
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Euro 2012 Simulation – The Moment of Truth: Staking Plan Comparison

The Nutty Professors: Congratulations to those ‘mad’ scientists at the International School of Management (ISM) in Frankfurt and the German Sports University in Cologne whose predictions we followed throughout Euro 2012. Image: Pikoso.kz...
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Soccerwidow’s Value Betting Results: 274 Bets, from 07/12/2011 to 30/06/2012

The end of the month has arrived once again and following 29 match analyses encompassing 67 more value bet recommendations, it is time for our usual reckoning. June was indeed an exceptional month realising a yield of 16.4%. The formulas and...