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Predictz Review
Predictz is a popular website that provides a one-stop shop for football betting, with tips, statistics, results, league tables and much more. Here we have a look at what they have to offer and whether it can help your betting. Tips Quite amazingly, they provide tips for every game in the major leagues across the world, […]
What is a Lucky 15 Bet?
As part of our mission to review betting systems we are breaking down the many terms involved in betting in order help you get to grips with them and widen the range of bets you are able to place. Here we look at lucky 15, a term you may well heard if you have ever […]
What is a Canadian Bet?
Continuing with our series removing the mystery from betting terms that may put potential punters off getting involved in gambling, we look at the Canadian bet. So what is a Canadian bet? If nothing springs to mind it is not likely to be something that you would consider placing. How do you place a Canadian […]
3 Steps to Becoming a Bookmaker
The bookmaker. In general terms this term refers to a professional bet taker who calculates odds and pays out winnings. In non-general terms, a bookmaker, also referred to as a bookie, is successful based upon their ability to offer odds that counter actual probabilities. While some see this profession as a dying breed, there are […]
The Battle of Quashed and Omaha at the Ascot Gold Cup
The Ascot Gold Cup Ascot, Berkshire, England June 18, 1936 The Royal Ascot was flooded with onlookers as the race went head-to-head, literally and figuratively, between Omaha, an American thoroughbred champion most recently awarded the 1935 US Triple Crown winning title, and Quashed, a filly whose most recent win was at the Epson Oaks, a […]
Eclipse – One of the Greatest Race Horses
Any conversation about great race horses has to begin with Eclipse, the undefeated Thoroughbred who has set the standard for elite racing since the 18th century. The Group 1 Eclipse Stakes, France’s Prix Eclipse and the US Eclipse Award are all named in his honour. His dominance of the track led to the famous phrase “Eclipse first and […]
Spotlight on Frankel – The Wonder Horse
You may already know something about great race horses. But who would you name as the world’s greatest race horse? We would throw Great Britain’s Frankel in the ring. Let’s meet him and learn his story. Born in February 2008, in Sussex, England, the bay stallion named Frankel is the offspring of two winners. His […]
Rich but not famous – Zeljko Ranogajec, one of the world’s top professional gamblers
In the annals of professional gamblers, Australian Zeljko Ranogajec stands very high—perhaps the largest bettor in the world, responsible for $1 billion annually, primarily on horses. The bets have made him a multibillionaire. In the ranks of people with identifiable markers of fame, though—like a recognizable face or public appearances—Ranogajec (whose first name is pronounced […]
Barney Curley: The Master of the Betting Coup
When you think of a dream list of professional gamblers, especially horse racing gamblers, you have to include one of the very best of them all: Barney Curley. Early Days Bernard Joseph Curley, known more familiarly as Barney Curley, was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1939. After finishing his boarding school education, and working […]
Betting Gods January 2016 Update
We take a look here at the performance in January 2016 of Betting Gods, a tipster platform that provides tipping services across a range of sports including horse racing, tennis, greyhounds and football. There are 14-day free trials offered for all of their services, with no payment details required, which is a great way of […]