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Pep Guardiola would not have been able to believe his luck after seeing how the quarterfinals of the FA Cup played out. With arch-rivals Man United being rolled over by an impressive Wolves team at Molineux, the door has been left wide open for City to stroll through and pick up their second trophy of the season.
In many respects, Guardiola was probably also quite stunned at how his side were able to find themselves 2-0 down to Swansea before completing an incredible comeback to win 3-2. It could have been a weekend of shocks, but in true Manchester City fashion, they were able to restore parity and then managed to find a winner, all in the space of 30 minutes.
The Citizens’ reward for that stirring comeback is a place in the last four, where they will be accompanied by Brighton, Watford and Wolves. The closest domestic challengers out of that lot are Wolves, some five places and 30 points behind City in the table. Watford find themselves six places and 31 points off City, whilst Brighton, who are City’s opponents in the semi-finals, are 41 points off the Sky Blues and 13 places below them in the league.
City were able to beat Brighton 2-0when they played in the league in September and should find it easy going against the Seasiders when they meet at Wembley for their last-four clash.
In actual fact, the closest anyone in the last four of the competition has come to beating City this season were Wolves, who were able to hold Guardiola’s men to a1-1 draw at Molineux. Punters should keep in mind that Wolves’ goal on the day was a clear handball but on the balance of play, Nuno Espirito Santo’s men did deserve something out of the game back in August.
Wolves are certainly a decent side and their performance in the quarterfinals shows that they are able to spring an upset or two. After all, they were hosting a Manchester United side that had beaten PSG in Paris ten days earlier, so very few would have expected them to have it their own way. The best betting tips at social gambling platform betconnect, however, suggested that United were set for misery at Molineux and that proved to be exactly how it went.
Wolves 2-1 Man Utd FT:
⚽️ Jiménez
⚽️ Jota
⚽️ Rashford
Nuno Espírito Santo’s side are on their way to Wembley after a brilliant display. pic.twitter.com/KLE3jzFTiJ
On that evidence, punters may be tempted to think Wolves could still spoil the party for City but first, they have to get past Watford.
Even if Wolves were able to beat Watford at Wembley, asking them to do it again in the final against City seems an improbable task. Guardiola’s men have won every final they have played in at England’s national stadium this season. They won’t freeze up on the hallowed turf and under the famous arch, no matter who they may play – and you can be sure they won’t be allowed to be complacent, either, not with Pep Guardiola at the wheel.
Winning the Premier League or Champions League is far from guaranteed for Guardiola, but the same can’t be said for the FA Cup: City are surely going to stroll to FA Cup glory and look almost-certain to lift their third trophy of the season on the 18th of May.
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Different betting sites impose different rules regarding maximum bets and maximum winnings. While these are unlikely to affect the average punter, they can make a big difference to high rollers. Here, however, our focus is on Betfair and other betting exchanges.
Fundamentally, you are not betting against the bookmaker, but instead you are betting against other punters. So, at a basic level, there should be no maximum amount you can bet. But is that really the case?
Drilling down through the Betfair terms and conditions, while Betfair does not stipulate a maximum allowable bet, it does specify maximum payout limits. These are dependent on the market, varying according to the sport and, in the case of football, to the division and/or event. Here is a summary of these limits, but don’t worry, they are unlikely to affect many of us.
Football maximum payouts
The maximum payout Betfair allows is £1 million, though this is restricted to top divisions and competitions including the English Premier League, UEFA, Bundesliga, World Cup and more. For lower leagues such as Leagues 1 & 2, Scottish Premier League and the UEFA Europa League the maximum payout is £500,000.
Horseracing maximum payouts
Betfair offers a maximum payout of £1 million for most national hunt and flat racing. However, for ante-post markets, the limit is £100,000.
Tennis and golf maximum payouts
Betfair limits the maximum payout for tennis and golf to £500,000
Other Sports Maximum Payouts
Typical maximum Betfair payouts are:
– Snooker – £100,000
– Darts – £250,000
– Greyhounds – £25,000
– Rugby World Cup – £100,000
– NFL American Football – £100,000
– NBA Basketball – £100,000
Other exchanges
Naturally, what Betfair and all other betting exchanges have in common is the stipulation that your maximum bet is the amount of cleared funds you have in your account less your potential liabilities. But apart from that do the other exchanges impose limits on the maximum bet?
Smarkets
Smarkets state that the minimum stake is £0.05, and the maximum stake is £99,999.99 if the market allows. However, if you are inclined, you may bet more than this on any market by splitting your stake into multiple smaller bets.
Betdaq
Betdaq does not impose on maximum bets on its betting exchange, but the business also runs an online casino where it has maximum payouts from multiple bets. The maximum payout to any one customer from multiple bets is £250,000 in any single day’s business.
Matchbook
Matchbook does not stipulate maximum bets or maximum winnings.
Finally
One of the significant benefits of betting exchanges, especially for high rollers, is that there are no restrictions on maximum bets. All too often bookmakers impose ridiculously low maximums to punters who prove to be successful. The bottom line is that if the market can sustain it and you can find another punter willing to match it, then you can bet as much as you wish to.
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I am tracking my results from this year’s Cheltenham festival here on the blog and the first three days all produced a profit which is excellent stuff.
On to Friday then, which is Gold Cup Day of course but there were plenty of other high quality races to enjoy too.
Just a reminder that I am using a twofold strategy this week, which is:
1. To use all the bookies offers, brought together viaProfit Maximiser; and
2. Use two of my favourite tipsters – Quentin Franks Racing and the Bet Alchemist – to find the best bets for Cheltenham. Both have excellent records at the festival so I am following their tips for the week.
By combining the above two together, this should give me a good chance of beating the bookies this week.
So how did this strategy get on today? Let’s have a look below.
Day Four Results
It’s been a great week so far with a profit of £608 made to date, so let’s hope we can finish things off in style.
Here are my results from the final day of the Cheltenham festival. My stakes were £20 per point (or £10 each-way) once again.
1.30 – Triumph Hurdle
A disappointing start to the day with the favourite Sir Eric from Quentin Franks finishing nowhere, but with bookies offering money back on the first race my stake was returned so no harm done.
Profit/Loss from Race: £0
2.10 – Handicap Hurdle
The day got a lot better in the second race with Ch’tibello winning at 12/1 (BOG) for the Bet Alchemist, and his other tip We Have A Dream finishing second at 33/1. That’s quite an effort picking the 1-2 in the race, just a shame we didn’t have a forecast on it!
Profit/Loss from Race: £198
2.50 – Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle
No return in this race with both Quentin’s tip Lisnagar Oscar and the Bet Alchemist’s selection Salsaretta failing to make the grade.
Profit/Loss from Race: -£40
3.30 – Gold Cup
Well once again my free bet from Bet365 was wasted as Quentin’s tip Clan Des Obeaux finished fifth. If I’d “matched bet” those free bets during the week I could have made an extra £120, but then again wouldn’t have had the excitement of a potentially big win.
There was also the Bet Alchemist’s tip Belshill which came up short too.
Profit/Loss from Race: -£20
4.50 – Grand Annual Challenge Cup
With no bets in the 4.10 it was on to the 4.50 and unfortunately both of the Bet Alchemist’s tips finished well down the field in this one.
Profit/Loss from Race: -£40
5.30 – Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle
To round off the week the Bet Alchemist managed a place with Defi Blue at 14/1, whilst his other selection was never in it.
Profit/Loss from Race: £5
TOTAL PROFIT/LOSS FROM THE DAY: £103
So that’s it for the festival and what a week it’s been! A profit made every day and an overall return of £711 profit from Cheltenham this year.
The strategy of combining the bookies’ offers with the tips from two of the best tipsters out there certainly worked very well. Sometimes Cheltenham can go against you in a bad way when you’re having lots of bets each day so I’m really pleased to have come away with a strong profit from the week.
The highlight of the festival from a betting point of view was probably the Bet Alchemist picking the 1-2 today and the 1-3 yesterday, which is an excellent effort. From a racing point of view it’s difficult to get away from Paisley’s Park win yesterday and Al Boum Photo’s victory in the Gold Cup today.
That’s all from me for Cheltenham this year, it’s back to reality tomorrow from a racing point of view but I hope you enjoyed the festival and had a few winners too, whether from following tipsters or your own selections.
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I am tracking my results from this year’s Cheltenham festival here on the blog and the first two days went very well, with a profit made on both days.
Onto day three then, which is referred to as St Patrick’s Day at Cheltenham and there were some cracking races on the card today.
Just a reminder that I am using a twofold strategy this week, which is:
1. To use all the bookies offers, brought together via Profit Maximiser; and
2. Use two of my favourite tipsters – Quentin Franks Racing and the Bet Alchemist – to find the best bets for Cheltenham. Both have excellent records at the festival so I am following their tips for the week.
By combining the above two together, this should give me a good chance of beating the bookies this week.
So how did this strategy get on today? Let’s have a look below.
Day Three Results
After a good start on the first two days with a profit of £287, I was hoping to continue the progress today.
So here are my results from Thursday at Cheltenham. My stakes were £20 per point once again.
1.30 – JLT Novices Chase
A good start to the day with the Bet Alchemist picking the winner, Defi Du Seuil, at 3/1. My other bet on the race, Lostintranslation from Quentin Franks, was second but with bookies offering money back on the first race my stake was returned so no harm done.
Profit/Loss from Race: £60
2.10 – Pertemps Network Final
A great result in this one with Sire Du Berlais just getting home by a neck for Quentin Franks at 7/1. There was also a place for Cuneo from the Bet Alchemist at 16/1, although his other tip Boyhood finished out of the places.
Profit/Loss from Race: £142
2.50 – Ryanair Chase
No tips from my tipsters in this race but I did have a free bet from Bet365, which once again failed to deliver for me as the other free bets from Bet365 have also done this week. This time I went for Road to Respect which finished third.
Profit/Loss from Race: £0
3.30 – Stayers Hurdle
Just the one bet in this race and it was on Supasundae from the Bet Alchemist, which sadly finished 7th so a loss here.
Profit/Loss from Race: -£20
4.10 – Stable Plate
No bets from Quentin on this one but two from the Bet Alchemist, with one placing at 8/1 in the form of Spiritofthegames, whilst the other one Azzerti finished down the field, which in effect cancelled each other out.
Profit/Loss from Race: £0
4.50 – Mares Novices Hurdle
No return in this race with Quentin’s tip Posh Trish disappointing.
Profit/Loss from Race: -£20
5.30 – Challenge Cup Handicap Steeple Chase
A great result for the Bet Alchemist, who managed to pick the first and third-placed horses, with Any Second Now winning at advised odds of 10/1 and The Young Master finishing second at 22/1 (BOG).
Profit/Loss from Race: +£159
TOTAL PROFIT/LOSS FROM THE DAY: £321
So a cracking day in the end, with the luck finally going our way. An excellent profit of £321 on the day, taking our total profit for the week to £608.
The festival wraps up tomorrow with the feature race being the Gold Cup, so let’s hope for more of the same and to finish off a great week in style.
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Day Two of Cheltenham went ahead in the end after an early inspection which was good news.
I am tracking my results from this year’s festival using a twofold strategy, which is:
1. To use all the bookies offers, brought together via Profit Maximiser and
2. Use two of my favourite tipsters – Quentin Franks Racing and the Bet Alchemist – to find the best bets for Cheltenham. Both have excellent records at the festival so I am following their tips for the week.
By combining the above two together, this should give me a good chance of beating the bookies this week.
So how did this strategy get on today? Let’s have a look below.
Day Two Results
After a good start yesterday with a profit of £242, I was hoping to continue the progress today.
So here are the results from Wednesday at Cheltenham. My stakes were £20 per point.
1.30 Ballymore Novices Hurdle
Not a great start to the day, with both the Bet Alchemist and Quentin Franks putting up the same tip in the form of Champ, who agonisingly finished second by a narrow margin.
Still, not too much damage done with a number of bookies offering money back if your horse loses on the first race, which covered half of the stakes.
Profit/Loss from Race: -£30
2.10 RSA Chase
No bets in this race from either of the tipsters.
Profit/Loss from Race: -£20
2.50 Coral Cup Hurdle
The Bet Alchemist landed a place with Brio Conti at 12/1 but his other selection Scarpeta finished down the field, meaning I broke even on the race.
Profit/Loss from Race: £0
3.30 Queen Mother Champion Chase
Just the one bet in this race and it was a free £50 bet from Bet365. As neither of the tipsters had a bet in this race I put the free £50 on Min which unfortunately never really looked like winning, but I couldn’t quite bring myself to back Altior at 2/5, although with hindsight should have done.
Profit/Loss from Race: £0
4.10 Cross Country Chase
A nice win on this one with Quentin tipping Tiger Roll at 5/2 for two points, whilst the Bet Alchemist had a place with Urgent De Gregaine at 14/1.
Profit/Loss from Race: £125
4.50 Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
No return in this race with the Bet Alchemist’s tip Got Trumped finishing out of the frame.
Profit/Loss from Race: -£20
5.30 Champion Bumper
More frustration with another second place, this time with Quentin’s tip Blue Sari by less than a length. Some of the stake covered by Betway’s money back offer on the last race at least.
Profit/Loss from Race: -£10
TOTAL PROFIT/LOSS FROM THE DAY: £45
It was a day of what might have been in the end, with a couple of very close calls just missing out. But a profit is a profit so can’t complain at all and takes the profit for the week so far to £287.
Let’s hope for more profits tomorrow but with some of those seconds turning into winners!
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So day one of this year’s Cheltenham festival is over and I just thought I would do a quick update on my own results from the day.
My strategy this year is twofold:
1. Take advantage of all the bookies’ offers and bonuses this week.
There are some fantastic offers this week with extra places, money back and free bets being thrown around by the bookies like confetti. I am using Profit Maximiser to see each day’s offers and make sure I use them to extract the most profit possible.
2. Use some top tipsters.
I am using two of my favourite tipsters – Quentin Franks Racing and the Bet Alchemist – to find the best bets for Cheltenham. Both have excellent records at the festival so I am following their tips for the week.
By combining the above two together, this should give me a great chance of beating the bookies at Cheltenham.
So how did this strategy get on today? Let’s have a look below.
Day One Results
So here are the results from Tuesday at Cheltenham. My stakes were £20 per point.
Well it was an interesting first day for sure. Having some free bets and refunds was certainly very welcome and there were some strong tips as well.
1.30 Supreme Novices Hurdle
The day got off to a great start, with both the Bet Alchemist and Quentin Franks putting up the winner, Klassical Dream. Quentin put it up as an ante-post tip at 20/1 which was a bit of a coup whilst the Bet Alchemist landed it at 8/1, so some excellent profits landed there.
The good thing about the first race of the day is that there are a number of bookies offering money back if your horse loses – Skybet £10 and NetBet also £10 if your horse finishes 2nd or 3rd. So part of my stake on Angel’s Breath, Quentin’s other tip, was covered by that.
Profit/Loss from Race: +£290
2.10 Arkle Challenge
Just one bet in this race and that was Kalashnikov from the Bet Alchemist which went down to defeat unfortunately. No refunds or offers from the bookies on this one.
Profit/Loss from Race: -£20
2.50 Ultima Handicap Chase
A few bets in this one and sadly none of them ran much of a race. Minella Rocco and Up For Review from the Bet Alchemist and Mister Whitaker from Quentin Franks all lost.
Profit/Loss from Race: -£60
3.30 Champion Hurdle
Just the one bet in this race and it was a free £50 bet from Bet365. As neither of the tipsters had a bet in this race I put the free £50 on Buveur D’Air which unfortunately fell.
Profit/Loss from Race: £0
4.10 Mares Hurdle
A bit unlucky in this one as the Bet Alchemist’s tip, Stormy Island, finished second. Had it each-way though so a return anyway. No other bets.
Profit/Loss from Race: £12
4.50 Novices Handicap Chase
Two bets in this one and thankfully one of them landed a place, with Springtown Lake coming in 5th for the Bet Alchemist. So a return from this one, albeit small.
Profit/Loss from Race: £20
There were no bets in the final race so that was it for day.
TOTAL PROFIT/LOSS FROM THE DAY: £242
So a good first day overall and well done to the two tipsters on picking some decent horses who gave us some excitement as well as some nice profit.
When you win the first race it makes you think it is going to be a cracking day but sadly I didn’t hit any other winners after that. Some good places though so no harm done.
Tomorrow could be called off due to the weather but we’ll see how it goes anyway.
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The 2019 Cheltenham Festival will soon be upon us. That means 28 races across four days of National Hunt horse racing that comes thick and fast.
As is the case every year, some horses are hotly fancied to win certain events throughout the prestigious meeting. We break down the 2019 Cheltenham Festival day-by-day and highlight which horses are the banker bets this year.
Tuesday – Benie Des Dieux
Champion Hurdle day always provides a sensational start to the meeting. The opening day’s sure-fire bet this year is clearly Benie Des Dieux in the 2m 4f Mares’ Hurdle. This race comes hot on the heels of the Champion Hurdle itself.
Willie Mullins is an absolute master when it comes to training mares. He’s dominated the race since it was introduced at the Festival and Benie Des Dieux is the defending champion. She looks to have a much easier time of doing so than she could have, with major rivals Apple’s Jade and stable companion Laurina targeting the Champion Hurdle instead.
While Benie Des Dieux is odds-on with bookmakers as a result, she simply isn’t facing top calibre opposition in their absence. There are others from her own stable such as Limini and Stormy Ireland, but these lack her fine form at the highest level.
Wednesday – Altior
While Tiger Roll is all the rage to defend his Cross Country Chase crown on Ladies’ Day, he’ll face more serious opposition over a far greater distance than Altior. Nicky Henderson’s awesome stable star is unbeaten in 17 outings over hurdles and fences and has plenty of opponents running scared.
Given he won the Queen Mother Champion Chase last year off the back of a last-minute lameness scare, we should see an even better Altior as he goes for back-to-back triumphs. There are more Cheltenham tips from Betting.Betfairwhich provide even better value but, with so many swerving this race, it looks at his mercy.
Looking beyond Altior in the win only market is very brave. He’s long odds-on with good reason, and in the betting without him, a case can be made for quite a few. It won’t be clear until final declarations which of the Mullins horses entered in the Champion Chase will take Altior on and he has the beating of all them anyway.
Thursday – Paisley Park
Henderson’s highly-regarded Epatante could easily be considered a banker for the Dawn Run Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle on St Patrick’s Thursday. Paisley Park from the Emma Lavelle stable in the Stayers’ Hurdle over three miles is preferred, however, as this race has fallen apart somewhat.
Last year’s winner Penhill misses the defence of his title through injury, while Samcro also misses the Festival.With these two major players and Irish raiders not running, Paisley Park has popular veteran Faugheen up against him.
There’s a big age gap between the two and, while Faugheen will attract sentimental support, Paisley Park simply has more scope to improve again and make further progress. Although the consistent Grade 1 performer Supasundae is also a contender if lining up, the favourite is more than worthy.
Friday – Sir Erec
And finally, on Cheltenham Gold Cup day, the Triumph Hurdle is set up to be the finest hour in the career of Sir Erec so far. Trained by Joseph O’Brien, the four-year-old used to run on the Flat for father Aidan. He posted very smart form in that sphere and was then bought by leading Irish owner JP McManus.
After back-to-back Leopardstown victories, including at Grade 1 level, Sir Erec is a hot favourite for the Triumph. He was impressive in the Spring Juvenile Hurdle and, although facing a respected opponent in Paul Nicholls’ Quel Destin, is still unexposed over the obstacles.
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Going to the casino is a favorite pastime of many people. The idea that with one hand, or deal, and a little bit of luck we can have a huge win is too good to resist.
If you’re going to go to the nearest casino – or having a little flutter online – to try and hit the jackpot, what games can get you that payoff? Where are you most likely to make your fortune? Today we’re going to look at the most popular casino games and see which ones have the best odds and the worst odds.
When playing games in a casino, there is something called a “house edge.” The house edge is the advantage that the casino has in a game. Essentially, this is how likely it is for the casino to win the game, rather than for the player to win. So, which games have a lower house edge and favor the player?
Roulette
Roulette is a game we all recognize. It is a simple game that anyone can understand and play. The roulette wheel has 37 slots. These slots are numbered 0 and then 1-36. The wheel is spun, and a small steel ball is spun in the opposite direction. It will eventually fall into one of the slots.
As a player, you can bet on almost anything. You can bet on black numbers, red numbers, even or odd numbers, and on high or low numbers (1-18 or 19-36). All these bets have a 48.6% chance of landing in European Roulette and pay out at even money.
If you want to increase your payouts, you can bet on columns, or dozens, and end up with a 1-in-3 chance of winning. You can also bet on groups of six, four or two numbers together. If you’re looking to make your fortune, you can bet on a single number, which pays 35-1.
The house edge in roulette varies depending on which type you are playing. On European roulette (i.e. with one zero), the house edge is 2.7%, whereas on American roulette (with two zeros) the house edge is 5.26%.
Blackjack
Blackjack is one of the most popular casino games, and for good reason. The rules are simple: Dealer and player compete to get as close to the number 21 as they can without going over. The one who gets closest wins.
When playing against the dealer, he is required to keep drawing cards until he has at least 17. If he has less than 17, the dealer has no option other than to keep drawing until he has 17-21, or he goes over 21. This is called a “bust.”
If the dealer busts and you don’t, you win. If the dealer scores between 17-21, you simply have to get a higher score than he does. If you get a higher score, you win. This simplicity makes blackjack an easy game to play, and an easier game to win. In fact, the odds of winning at Blackjack are really good, at pretty much 50/50.
The house edge in Blackjack is less than one percent (0.28% to be precise) if playing with just one deck. This means that the house has almost no advantage over the player. On top of that, as a player, you are only competing with the house, and not with the players around you.
Craps
Craps is not a simple game. For an in-depth explanation of how craps works, you can go here. The simple explanation? There is a shooter who rolls the dice. You can bet on the roll. If you want, you can bet pass on the come-out roll being either 7 or 11. If it is either, you win. You can bet on the “don’t pass” line, meaning if the shooter rolls a 2 or 3, then you win. There are a few more rules which complicate the game a bit, but once you’ve played it a few times you will understand it.
The odds in Craps are what make it such a good game to play. There are a few strategies to master with craps, but if you can figure them out, the house edge ends up being about 2 percent, giving the player a good chance of winning.The pass/don’t pass bets have a house edge of just 1.4%.
Craps isn’t quite as player friendly as blackjack, but it still has much better odds than the video poker games do.
Baccarat
Baccarat is another casino game of chance. When you play baccarat, you have three possible bets: the player’s hand, the banker’s hand, or a tie. Baccarat is very similar to Blackjack. Instead of playing to 21, however, the game is played to nine. Cards 2-9 are worth their number value. The Ace is worth 1 point, and all face cards are worth 0 points.
In this game, the two cards drawn are added together. If the sum is a single digit number, that is the sum of the hand (2+3+5). Now, if the numbers added together equal a double-digit number, the left number is dropped (9+9=18, so this equals 8). Now, when trying to figure out how to win baccarat, the players hand wins 44 percent of the time. The banker’s hand will lose 45 percent of the time. And they are rare, but ties happen about ten percent of the time (and pay the most).
If playing to best advantage – and the best value bets are normally the player bets rather than the banker bets – then the house edge is around 1.5%.
Slots
Slots are machines where you are trying to match certain symbols in a row or in given sequences to give a specified return.
There are a huge number of online slots games these days, often designed around specific branded themes – whether it be the popular Blood Suckers (based around a vampire theme), Mega Moolah, Jurassic Park, Wheel of Fortune and Game of Thrones.
There are essentially two different types of slots: progressive and non-progressive. The progressive ones have a much higher jackpot, with some games (like Mega Moolah) often having jackpots of €1m. They often have a higher number of lines to play however and to get a chance of winning the jackpot you normally have to play the full bet possible and all lines. Non-progressive slots by contrast do not have such high payouts but pay out more frequently, thus making them more attractive to players who prefer a steady return.
The house edge varies by each slot and can be anything between 2% and 10%. In terms of online slots, the best value games tend to be 1429 Uncharted Seas (1.4% house edge), Blood Suckers (2%) and Immortal Romance (3.1%).
Conclusion
As you can tell the house edge varies a lot by casino game and even within each game depending on how you play it. There are of course other games we haven’t mentioned here too: video poker tends to have a house edge of between 0.5% and 5% and Caribbean Poker has a house edge of 5% for example.
When you’re trying to figure out what casino game is the best one to play, keep these things in mind. Craps is complicated, but the odds are good. Roulette can give a high payout if betting on individual numbers, but the house edge is large, especially on American roulette.
Blackjack has the smallest house edge at under 1% so from the point of view of giving you the best chance of winning, that is the game to focus on.
Of course, whichever game you play it is important to remember that casinos always have an edge over you, unless you are using a bonus offer to weight the odds a little more in four favour. LV Bet has some good bonus offers, including a £1000 bonus at the moment which is worth checking out (T&Cs apply, 18+, new customers only).
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Faugheen will try to do what only one 11-year-old has since the mid-1920s – win the Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
This popular Irish raider has enjoyed a glittering if somewhat injury-hit career landing nine Grade 1 races for trainer Willie Mullins and owners Rich and Susannah Ricci. Faugheen has always got the three-mile trip of the Stayers’ Hurdle after winning his maiden point-to-point as a four-year-old.
An impressive bumper win and novice campaign under Rules followed. After starting at staying trips, Faugheen dropped down in distance to two miles for the first of his three Punchestown Festival victories.
He became known as The Machine, as reported onwww.theguardian.com, when landing the Champion Hurdle in 2015, but after taking the Irish equivalent at Leopardstown the following year spent a lengthy spell on the sidelines. Faugheen has won two of seven starts since his injury, but by far his most impressive performance of his later career came in the Champion Stayers last April.
Penhill belied his own long racecourse absence to win the Cheltenham race 12 months ago, but Faugheen was smartly away at Punchestown to make all and beat his younger stable companion by 13 lengths. As that other Mullins mount is now an injury absentee, the veteran is their Stayers’ Hurdle first string.
Faugheen hasn’t won since Punchestown – finishing second to Sharjah in the Morgiana Hurdle when back down over two miles, then falling at the penultimate flight when trailing Apple’s Jade by two lengths at Christmas. The Stayers’ Hurdle has cut-up in the meantime, with reigning champion Penhill one of a few big names to miss the race.
Absences for Samcro and Apple’s Jade, who goes down the Champion Hurdle route, have left Faugheen as second-favourite to Paisley Park in the Cheltenham Festival betting at https://www.paddypower.com/horse-racing/cheltenham-festival. He’s into 7/2 for the Stayers’ Hurdle, but that price is as much a reflection of the sudden dearth in quality in the race which gives him every chance.
With the exception of Supasundae, who has proved a versatile and consistent Grade 1 performer at a variety of distances, most other hopefuls have question marks hanging over them. Bar Paisley Park, Faugheen and Jessica Harrington’s horse who could also run in the Champion Hurdle, there are big prices available on the rest of the possible field.
Paisley Park is a horse on a serious upward curve as his www.racingpost.com profile shows and entitled in the circumstances to be a warm favourite. Faugheen, who is four years older than Emma Lavelle’s stable star, comes with sentiment attached. He’s been a public horse in the spotlight for a long time and this might be the best opportunity for one last hurrah that he’ll get.
A weak renewal of the Stayers’ Hurdle may be a loss to racing and the Cheltenham Festival, but a major gain for Faugheen. The way is clear from him to be involved in the finish, because there aren’t that many horses on paper who look capable of winning it. If he can go to the well one last time, then The Machine might just be back in the winners’ enclosure.
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We really hope you are signed up to our number one recommended horse racing tipster Quentin Franks Racing, because yesterday Quentin advised the following tip:
15:35 Southwell – Fair Alibi 2pts win @ 50/1
And guess what? It won!
So that’s 100 points profit from one bet and takes Quentin’s haul for February to an astonishing 135 points profit. Some tipsters don’t make that in a whole year!
And that’s not just a fluke either – Quentin has been consistently delivering for his members over recent months:
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