Winter Olympics Betting
With the 2010 Winter Olympics due to start in a matter of days I thought I’d take a look at the available betting options during the games. Below is a table of some of the current bookmaker offerings. At this…
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Sportsbet has paid out Murray backers for his match against Nadal
Sportsbet has paid out all bets for Murray against Nadal in his Australian Open quarter final, despite the fact that Nadal had retired injured. I had taken 1.84 odds with Murray for that match, so this was great news for…
Live online tennis betting available through Betfair’s tournament winner bets
As most Australian punters know, live in-play betting is typically only available by telephone. There are a few exceptions to this, however, like financial betting and now, the Australian Open tournament winner betting through Betfair. Recently I have been using…
Betfair comes into its own during the Australian Open
One of the strengths of Betfair is the ability for punters to bet against, rather than for, a particular outcome. This option makes betting against a certain player in the Australian Open just as easy as betting for that player.…
Australian Open Live Scores and Results
Live scores and results for the Australian Open can be found in the Live Scores section of this website. For anyone doing in-play betting just be aware that the online scores can be up to a minute out of date.…
bet365 Review
Note: This article has been superseded by a more recent, in-depth review. View the most recent review of bet365. Introduction The following is a review of the betting agency bet365. This review is updated periodically to keep the details up…
Early declaration would have caught punters out
Australia has thrown a spanner in the works for some punters by declaring early at 5-454. I thought given their second innings collapse against the West Indies they would be more conservative. This action has derailed many bets by punters…
Live Arbitrage Opportunities
I have set up an arbitrage opportunities page that features live arbitrage bets. Arbitrage betting involves placing bets on every possible outcome of an event to lock in a guaranteed profit. This is achieved by exploiting odds differentials between bookmakers.…
Group of Death Calculation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
Now that the 2010 FIFA World Cup groups have been determined, everyone has been discussing which group, if any, should be labeled the ‘Group of Death’. Below I have determined this group based on the November 20th rankings of each…
Betting against the odds, not the outcome
One of the first things I learned as a sports better was to bet based on the value of the odds rather than bet on a particular outcome. Due to bookmaker margins, if you bet on every sporting event at…