It’s been a tough old battle for footy tipster Football First during our trial, with a further loss of 26 points made since our last update. That means they are now 162 points down for our trial overall. You can see full results here. This is a service that stakes most bets at 5 points, […]
Leicester City’s remarkable 2015/16 Premier League title win has gone down as one of the greatest sporting upsets of all time. Starting the season at odds of 5,000/1, Claudio Ranieri’s side were expected to be fighting relegation rather than competing with Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham and Manchester United for the title. We all know what […]
Legal gambling in the United States looks very different from how it did a decade ago. Sportsbook apps have become a familiar sight during football and basketball seasons, while poker continues to attract players who prefer sitting at a table, whether physical or virtual, and making decisions themselves. The two activities are often grouped together, […]
If you have seen the latest National Lottery adverts promising “one ticket, two chances to win”, you may be wondering exactly what has changed. Does your £2 ticket now contain two sets of numbers? Are there two jackpots? And have the odds of winning the Lotto genuinely improved? The answer is that the new Lotto […]
If you have ever looked through the football betting markets at a bookmaker, you may have come across something called a European handicap. At first glance, it can look a little confusing. You might see options such as: Arsenal -1 Draw -1 Everton +1 This is quite different from simply backing a team to win, […]
Set For Life is a little different from most National Lottery games. Rather than dangling a jackpot of £10 million, £50 million or even £100 million in front of you, the headline prize is exactly what the name suggests: an income that could potentially set you up for life. Match all five main numbers plus […]
Arsenal fans had it good in 2025/26. Mikel Arteta finally got his hands on the Premier League trophy, ending a 22-year wait and doing it with a defence that leaked just 27 goals all season. If you’d backed the Gunners to win every single one of their 38 league matches though, would you actually have […]
Outsiders ran riot at the Cheltenham Festival back in March, and nobody left unscathed. Home By The Lee finally cashed in at 33/1, fifth time lucky in the Stayers’ Hurdle for Joseph O’Brien and JJ Slevin, rallying to deny Ballyburn by a length and a quarter with Bob Olinger back in third. Throw in the […]
The Champions League is the biggest prize in club football. Every year the top teams in Europe go head to head and as punters we get to predict who will win it. Knowing the odds at the start of the season enables us to reflect on how much they’ve shifted as the season has progressed. […]
Every August, the Sky Bet Championship kicks off with a real sense of chaos. Twenty-four clubs, three parachute-cushioned giants fresh out of the Premier League, a handful of promoted underdogs punching above their weight, and a division that’s rightly earned its reputation as one of the hardest leagues in world football to call. That’s exactly […]