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Britannia’s Gold – The Quest For £300bn in Lost Gold

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One of the most exciting gold salvage operations in history is currently underway and they could be about to bring back an estimated €1bn in gold – and there’s a way you can get a share of whatever they bring back – but more on that below. 

The company leading the work is called Britannia’s Gold Ltd and it is attempting to recover gold from merchant ships that were sunk during WW1 and WW2. 

During the World Wars the British Government shipped gold bullion to pay for munitions and goods. The estimated present day value of these shipments is between 125 and 300 Billion pounds. During both wars, some 7500 merchant ships were sunk and Britannia’s Gold research has identified more than 700 to have been specific gold & silver carriers.

They have spent 25 years researching archives all over the world and have pieced together evidence of which ships were carrying valuable cargoes and where those ships were sunk by German U-boats.

They are working in conjunction with James Fisher & Sons, world-leading marine salvage experts and a FTSE250 company on the London Stock Exchange and Atlantic Subsea Ventures – a specialist salvage crew employed to carry out such missions. 

 

Current Salvage Operation – The Empress of Britain

Right now as we write this Britannia’s Gold are embarking on a salvage operation to recover cargoes from the once mighty passenger ship the Empress of Britain. She was requisitioned by the British government early in the war effort to transport gold from Durban in South Africa to the UK and then to the Americas to pay for goods and munitions, but was sunk off the coast of Ireland in 1940. The Empress of Britain was the largest merchant ship sunk during the Second World War.

The gold has apparently never been recovered from the Empress of Britain and if reports are correct, could still sit there to this day. Although a salvage attempt was contemplated in 1999 it was considered “too difficult” by the potential salvors. 

There are alternative reports indicating that salvage attempts were made previously but were unsuccessful. However, these appear to have focused on the stern of the vessel, whereas Britannia’s Gold are searching “for’ard of midships” – or in other words at the front of the boat, which appears to have not previously been disturbed. 

What is particularly exciting about this salvage operation is that Britannia’s Gold have recently uncovered new research suggesting there was an additional cargo of gold loaded onto the ship in Suez that they did not previously know about.

That means that whilst they had originally considered the potential value of the gold on board the Empress to be around $450m, it could now be more than double that amount, closer to $1bn. It also means that even if one of their pieces of research proves to be inaccurate, there is now the chance that the other will prove accurate and there is indeed some gold still aboard the ship.

Britannia’s Gold are now working on the three main cargo holds at the front of the ship in the hope that some gold is stored in at least one of the holds and if it is, that they are able to recover it.

 

How You Can Get a Piece of the Treasure

All shares in Britannia’s Gold Ltd have now been allocated, however there is still a way you can benefit from any cargoes that are successfully recovered from the Empress of Britain. 

This is through the Angel Business Club, who own 70 shares in Britannia’s Gold out of 16,000 shares in total. The Angel Business Club will distribute the proceeds of any recovery from those shares to members on a proportional basis to how many “BGL Dividend Units” they hold. If you become a member of the Angel Business Club, you will be entitled to some of those dividend units. 

The great thing about it is that if BGL are successful, there is the potential to be paid out not just for this salvage operation but for any further successful ventures in future. With over 700 ships believed to have been carrying gold, there is the potential for years – or even decades – worth of dividend payouts to be received!

As we say there is only one way you can still benefit from this incredible expedition and that is to become a paying member of the Angel Business Club. As a paying member you will not only receive free allocations of BGL Dividend Units but also free shares in a number of very promising early-stage companies as well.

But if you want a share of any gold recovered you will need to act quickly – they could find gold any day now and when they do, there may be no more dividend units to allocate. So don’t miss out!

You can become a member of the Angel Business Club from just €89 per month here.

 

No Guarantees – But A Great Opportunity

Of course there are no guarantees that the current salvage operation of the Empress of Britain will be successful and there are risks involved. It could be that the research proves to be inaccurate and no gold was stored on the ship, or in the places reported. Or it could be that the gold has already been removed, either before the ship was sunk (whilst still on fire) or subsequently. Or it may not be possible to recover the gold even if it is there. Plus of course any number of unforeseen obstacles could prevent a successful recovery.

Overall though the potential returns from the operation are enormous if it is successful so we will just have to wait and see. Whatever happens we should know in the next few weeks if Britannia’s Gold have been successful.  God speed to them! 

Don’t forget, the only way you can get a portion of the gold dividends now is as a member of the Angel Business Club – so don’t miss out!

You can get your portion of any gold recovered via membership of the Angel Business Club here. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Golf Tipster Lands 22/1 Winner!

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Followers of our number one ranked golf tipster the Golf Betting Expert were celebrating at the weekend, as he landed yet another fantastic winner with Patrick Cantlay capturing the Memorial Tournament on the PGA Tour at advised odds of 22/1. 

With 2.5 points advised each way, that landed a very nice profit of 66 points on the young American star.  

That comes off the back of some excellent tipping that has seen the Golf Betting Expert make well in excess of 100 points profit so far this year and over 1128 points profit overall. That would be over £11,280 profit to just £10 stakes.

And now there is a top offer to join the service for a massive discount:

Normally joining the service would set you back £29 per month but until 12th June they are slashing the prices and giving you the opportunity to become a member of the Golf Betting Expert for £29 for a full 3 months!

That’s a fantastic offer and includes their tips for next week’s US Open at the iconic Pebble Beach Golf Links. 

You can get this superb offer here.

PLUS: If you join you will get a FREE Bonus of 1 Year of Access to Cricket Betting Tipster, who has made over £1,600 betting on the cricket.

So don’t miss out on this special offer – it closes on 12th June. 

This weekend’s success for the Golf Betting Expert was no fluke either. The recent winners join his long list of successes that includes some massive-priced picks such as:-

  • – WGC Matchplay – Kevin Kisner – WON at 70/1
  • – Arnold Palmer Invitational – Francesco Molinari – WON at 33/1
  • – Singapore Open – Jazz Janewattananond – WON at 28/1
  • – John Deere Classic – Bryson DeChambeau – WON at 66/1
  • – Greenbrier Classic – Xander Schaufelle – WON at 66/1
  • – Valero Texas Open – Kevin Chappell – WON at 33/1 
  • – US Masters 2017 – Sergio Garcia – WON at 45/1 
  • – Shell Houston Open – Russell Henley – WON at 40/1
  • – Barclays Kenya Open – Aaron Rai – WON at 25/1 
  • – Indian Open – SSP Chowrasia – WON at 100/1
  • – Memorial Tournament – Bryson DeChambeau – WON at 50/1
  • – Sony Open – Patton Kizzire – WON at 66/1
  • – Northern Trust – Bryson DeChambeau – WON at 80/1

So some very good winners there at big prices.

What’s more, followers of the service since it started at the beginning of 2016 have been making an average of over £275 profit per month to just £10 stakes.

Or that would be over £680 profit per month to £25 stakes.

All that has been achieved with a return on investment of over 30%, one of the highest at the Betting Gods network and a very decent return to have maintained for over three years of tipping.

The really great news though is that you can get 3 months of this fantastic tipster for just £29!

That includes tips for this week’s Canadian Open, next week’s US Open and of course the Open Championship at Royal Portrush in July. 

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Wizard of Big Odds – Don’t Miss Out

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The service below is due to close to new members tomorrow 31st May so we thought we would give you a heads-up in case you want to grab one of the final places.

It’s called the Wizard of Big Odds and the results are so good you might think it’s magic. The truth is whatever they are doing it is working superbly.

We haven’t actually reviewed this service but have trialled a number of Tipsters Empire services before and always found their results to be honest and transparent. Plus the service has been proofed elsewhere and has created a huge buzz in the betting community so we have no doubt the results are real.

The Wizard of Big Odds

As we say we are really starting to think The Wizard Of Big Odds is an actual Wizard. The man is just insane and we really don’t know how he does it. On Saturday he had a 20/1 winner and just to show off he goes and throws out a 28/1 winner on Monday.

Here are the results so far this year:

46 points in profit – May
14 points in profit – April
20 points in profit – March
65 points in profit – February
55 points in profit – January

Total for 2019 = Bang on 200 points – IN ONLY 5 MONTHS

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And the full results are as follows:-

Start Date (13th July 2018) – 28th May 2019 (10 months in total)

Profit: 334.00 points

To £10 stakes: £3,340 profit
To £20 stakes: £6,680 profit
To £50 stakes: £16,700 profit
To £100 stakes: £33,400 profit

Return on investment: 45.00%

 

May Stats 2019 (to date)

Profit: 46 points

To £10 stakes: £460.00 profit
To £20 stakes: £920.00 profit
To £50 stakes: £2,300 profit
To £100 stakes: £4,600 profit

Return on investment: 69.92%

 

April Stats 2019

Profit: 14.25 points

To £10 stakes: £142.50 profit
To £20 stakes: £285.00 profit
To £50 stakes: £712.50 profit
To £100 stakes: £1,425.00 profit

Return on investment: 23.17%

 

March Stats 2019

Profit: 19.65 points

To £10 stakes: £196.50 profit
To £20 stakes: £393.00 profit
To £50 stakes: £982.50 profit
To £100 stakes: £1,965.00 profit

Return on investment: 25.69%

 

February 2019

Profit: 64.35 points

To £10 stakes: £643.50 profit
To £20 stakes: £1,287.00 profit
To £50 stakes: £3,217.50 profit
To £100 stakes: £6,435.00 profit

Return on investment: 168.24%

 

January 2019

Profit: 55 points

To £10 stakes: £550 profit
To £20 stakes: £1,100 profit
To £50 stakes: £2,750 profit
To £100 stakes: £5,500 profit

Return on investment: 78.83%

 

Whole of 2019

Profit: 200 points

To £10 stakes: £2,000 profit
To £20 stakes: £4,000 profit
To £50 stakes: £10,000 profit
To £100 stakes: £20,000 profit

Return on investment: 62.72%

 

Just look at his graph – sensational
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Draw No Bet Accumulator – Explained

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Draw no bet football accumulators are often valuable when you cannot rule out the possibility that one or more of your selections might end in a draw.  

While the odds are not as high as with a straight football accumulator, draw no bet accumulators are also safer bets. Here we will talk you through the bet starting with accumulators before moving on to the details of draw no bet accumulators. We also mention mixed draw no bet accumulators and when they can be particularly helpful.

 

Accumulator Bets

An accumulator bet is a bet that combines several selections into a single bet. The potential payout is calculated by multiplying the odds of each selection. You can make as many selections as you like, but each one must win. If you sustain a single loss, you will lose the whole bet.

For instance, if with a fourfold accumulator you selected Spurs, Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal which were all priced at 2/1, then the odds would be 80/1, so a £10 bet would return £810, a profit of £800.

 

Draw No Bet

Sometimes in football betting, a game that should see a clear winner can sometimes end in an unexpected draw. Although this is not a regular outcome, it does happen, and as a precaution, you can make a draw no bet punt. The advantage is that if the game results in a draw, the bet is cancelled, and your stake is returned.

This can be a useful bet if you cannot choose a likely winner. It just depends on how sure you are about your selection.

 

Draw No Bet Accumulator

With a straight football bet, it can be quite debatable whether you choose a draw no bet punt. Yes, your stake will be returned if there is a draw, but if you win your odds will be reduced. Some people like them and others don’t see the point. However, with an accumulator, it’s a different ball game. Remember, if just one of the selections in your accumulator loses, then the whole bet is lost.

Just consider that you have bet £10 on a seven-fold accumulator and you have won the first six of your selections, all at 2/1, and your final choice is West Ham, a late kick-off, then you effectively have £7,280 riding on that match. If West Ham wins, you will collect £21, 860 – a life-changing win. BUT, if the West Ham game ends in a draw, you lose everything.

The game ends in a draw. Now you wish you had chosen a draw no bet accumulator – as they say, hindsight is 20/20 vision.

The benefits of choosing a draw no bet accumulator are clear. If you are lucky, you stand to win a great deal of money with any successful accumulator bet, so it is worth considering trading some of those winnings in the interest of making a safer bet.

 

Mixed Draw No Bet Accumulator

In draw no bet accumulators there is no need to chose to draw no bet for every leg. You can mix and match as you like. Say that you have high expectations that some of your selections will win, you can choose to select win bets as the chances of a draw are so low and that way you get better odds.

However, for the legs that you are not so sure of, you can select draw no bet to protect you from the possibility of a draw.

It all requires careful planning, but it is undoubtedly beneficial to include draw no bet accumulators in your betting strategies. They can be a handy tool.

Want to start making some consistent profit from your football bets? Well check out this top football tipster with a proven track record.

 

 

 

 

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Tipster Warehouse – 6 Tipsters For 1 Fee

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If you enjoy betting, you want more winners.

Right now, Tipster Warehouse will give you access to six tipsters for an amazingly low price of just £9 per month. 

Following tipsters with proven, profitable results is almost always your best way to beat the bookies and with this package you get six for the price of one. 

That’s why Tipster Warehouse has launched…. “Multiple Tipsters, One Fee”.

It’s one very small fee, six tipsters, and you can access them all from anywhere in the world, on any device… you could call it the Netflix of sports betting.

The platform currently includes:

  • – Quentin Franks Express
  • – Golf Profits
  • – BK Footy Accas
  • – The USA Tipster
  • – Bookies Enemy Express
  • – MS Greyhounds

Quite a few of those tipsters we have reviewed here at Honest Betting Reviews, including Quentin Franks Racing who is our number one recommended horse racing tipster. With Quentin Franks Express you get his top tip for the day. Similarly with Bookies Enemy Express which is another tipster to have a passed one of our in-depth trials.

Plus you’ll also get key selections across a range of sports including golf, greyhounds, US sports and of course football.

And potentially more tipsters will be added as the platform grows.

The tipsters have averaged a combined £464 profit per month to date, which is excellent stuff and exceptional value to get access to all of them for just £9 per month.

We will be monitoring the tipsters and keeping an eye on how they get on to see if they can maintain that level of performance going forward.

In the meantime you can check out Tipster Warehouse for yourself here. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Gambling Jokes

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Gambling can be a stressful and challenging endeavour at times so occasionally it’s nice to lighten the mood and recognise the lighter side of things. Here are some top gambling jokes for you to enjoy:

 

Poker dog

On entering a poker room, a guy sees that at one table a dog is sitting at playing poker. That’s strange, he thinks and takes a closer look. To his astonishment, the dog is playing Texas Hold’em and playing it like any human being. The strange thing is that the other players are taking no notice of the fact they are playing with a dog and treating it just as they would any human player.

After a while, the guy can’t keep quiet any longer and says to one of the players that he can’t believe a dog is playing poker. “He must be the cleverest dog in the world,” he says. The player smiles, responding “well he can’t be that bright, every time he gets a good hand, he wags his tail”.

 

In for a dime

Jack had taken the holiday of a lifetime at Las Vegas, but things weren’t going his way. In fact, things were going very badly, and he had exhausted his bankroll completely. He was so broke that he had to borrow a dime to go to the bathroom.

On entering the bathroom, he saw that the stall was open, so he used the dime in a slot machine. Remarkably, he won the jackpot. With his winnings, he went on to a blackjack table where and turned his winnings into five million dollars.

Now, with more wealth than he had dreamed off, he embarked on a lecture tour on which he would recount his remarkable story. He would tell his audience that he was so grateful to his benefactor that should he meet him again he would share his fortune with him. After several months of lectures, a man in the audience jumped up and proclaimed, “I am that man – I was the one who gave you a dime!”

“You’re not the one I’m looking for” Jack replied, “ I’m looking for the guy who left the door open!”

 

Prayer

Joe, previously a lifelong atheist, was so down on his luck that he decided to turn to God. He prayed:

“I have already lost my business, and without money, I stand to lose my house. God, please let me win the lotto.”

But he didn’t win, so he tried again:

“God, please let me win the lotto. I have lost my business, I have lost my house, and I now stand to lose my car”.

Again, he didn’t win, but he gives God one more chance, praying:

“God, this is my last chance. I have lost my business, my house, my car and my wife and children are going hungry. Please let me win the lotto.“

Suddenly there was a blinding flash of life followed by the voice of God:

“Joe, please, at least meet me halfway. Buy a ticket!”

 

House call

Jim arrives home very late, and his wife asks crossly “Where have you been?”

“I’ve been out with the lads playing poker”, he replies.

His wife scolds “Playing poker with the lads! That the last time. You can pack your bags and leave!”.

“So, can you.” says Jim “This isn’t our house anymore.”

 

 

 

 

Caan Berry – From Flipping Burgers to Betfair Legend

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You may have come across Caan Berry in his current role as a Betfair trader or on his regular blog. As a professional Betfair trader, he is enjoying considerable financial success, though it hasn’t always been that way. He says that for most of his life he was “just stumbling along without any real purpose”. Here is his story.

Like many of us, Caan took a while before deciding what he wanted to do. He’s always wanted to get ahead but had no idea how to do so, and there was little guidance available to him. He grew up in the Essex seaside town of Clacton-On-Sea but left school early and fell in with a bad set, getting into trouble frequently. His living arrangements were also precarious, mainly sofa-surfing and often broke.

Flipping Burgers

Working as a burger flipper at McDonald’s wasn’t much fun either with 16-hour shifts at minimum wage and often in trouble for tardiness. Eventually, he received a final warning and realised he was on the wrong road.

Next, he joined the army and made new friends and reasonable money with much active service, He served for seven years, but still felt that something in his life was missing. Then came that one event which would change everything. Assigned a specialist role and working alongside mercenaries, his unit was pinned down for two weeks under constant attack.

One morning, under the fiercest attack yet, he found himself,  nostrils full of the stench of burning metal and camouflage net, half covered in rubble contemplating a photograph of his finance anticipating the worst. Fortunately, the worst never came; he survived but realised that he wanted something different out of life.

Life After the Army

Back in the UK with his partner pregnant with their son, he decided to rebuild his life and make considerably more money than he had done so far. While in the army he had taken an interest in betting, though his simple mug betting approach failed to deliver success. However, in 2009 he came across Betfair trading and came to realise that was possible to make significant amounts of cash if he could only get it right.

For a while, he dabbled using various approaches and studied market movements carefully. With the added benefit of being able to watch his favourite sports, it seemed the ideal money making project to pursue.

Betfair Market Trading

For the first time in his life, he made a real effort to study, reading blogs and anything else he could find that would develop his skills and knowledge base. The more he studied, the more convinced he became that there was a fantastic opportunity to make big money that would far exceed anything he could earn doing a regular job. Not everybody agreed; many of his friends considered him mad, but he refused to listen to them.

It wasn’t easy. He had many failures working in complicated hard to understand markets, but slowly he honed his skills, never giving up on his dream. He says that “time and persistence will get you where you want”.

Success Comes at Last

To say that it all paid off is an understatement. Today Caan Berry is totally his own boss, enjoys his day job enormously which he spends just a few hours a day doing, and claims to make more money than most people can dream of. He gets better at what he does every day, which gives him his true satisfaction. It is a very different lifestyle from the army. Nowadays he works when he feels like it, and when he doesn’t feel like it, he does something else.

He says that “Giving Betfair my full attention was the biggest and smartest step I’ve ever made in my life” adding that anyone can master what he does, it doesn’t require unique gifts, just hard work and persistence.

He believes that social media has made Betfair trading much easier to master. When he first started out, there was very little information out there, but today with numerous blogs, Facebook, and Twitter, it is easy to find similar minded people to share information and knowledge with.

Is he right? Can anybody make it from rags to riches as he has? We have no reason to disbelieve him. However, it takes a special self-belief, persistence and motivation along with the ability to always get back on the horse even if it falls at the first hurdle.

Trade like a pro and check out Caan’s top trading courses here.

 

 

 

 

 

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Maria Laying System

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In September 2005 Maria Santonix began to publish her lay selections on a popular racing forum. She kept the thread going for over 300 days, and in that time she had turned her initial payroll of £3,000 into a little over £100,600.

That was quite a result, and it didn’t go unnoticed; in fact, it collected a great deal of attention. Naturally it also received a fair amount of dissent; after all, there is no shortage of sceptics. How did Maria choose which bets to lay? What was her system? Indeed, did she have a system?

What came to light only later was that Maria’s father was connected with several bookmakers, and through her contacts, she was able to obtain privileged information that helped with her selections. No doubt this contributed considerably to her winnings.

While most of us do not have access to the kind of data Maria had, we can still profit from her laying system. But we must state that her selections were, in fact, remarkable. Of her 4,131 selections over 303 days she achieved 3,547 wins; in other words, a strike rate of almost 86%. While Maria’s system does not in any way help us with our selections, it does provide a mathematical plan that will help us maximise our winnings.  

Here it is as she stated it.  It is straightforward; there are just four rules which determine the amounts to lay depending on the odds.

  1. 1. Prices below 3.5: lay to 1% of bank
  2. 2. Prices from 3.6 to 7.4: lay to 0.6% of bank
  3. 3. Prices from 7.5 to 11: lay to 0.4% of bank
  4. 4. Prices higher than 11 do not lay.

 

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So how does that work out in practice?

In a nutshell, the system says that you lay larger amounts when the odds are low and that the actual amounts you lay change depending on the amount of money in your bank. When your bank balance is high, you increase the size of your bet.

For example, when Maria started with a bank of £3,000 her maximum lay would have been £30. But, as her balance improved, by the time she had a bank of approaching £100,000 her maximum lay would be £1,000. Increasing your average bet size from £30 to £1,000 in under a year takes a certain amount of courage, however much you believe in your system.

Maria laying system merely is about minimising risk and maximising profit. While intuitively it appears to be a very sensible approach, it does not seem to be based on deep-lying mathematical principles. It is an empirical approach that certainly worked for Maria, but only because she also got such a good strike rate.

Some of her critics claim that she also achieved much better odds than that most people would be able to get. Some people posted that after she had published her selections, they were unable to get similarly attractive matching bets. But the reasons for that could be just that after Maria had posted her choices, the game changed.    

Are there similar systems around?

Based on Maria’s approach it is easy to create similar systems by playing with the numbers. As we have indicated, Maria’s approach is empirical, and there is nothing magic about the specific price ranges or the percentage of your bank to wager. You might even choose to lower the percentages of your bank to lay in line with a growing balance. This will reduce the risk of losing large bets, but if you can maintain strike rates of around 80%, it will also take you longer to build your balance.

Finally

The Maria Laying System is a reasonable approach to lay betting that is apparently effective at managing risk and maximising profit. At the very least it will curb potential flights of fancy by imposing strict discipline on your betting strategy.

On the other hand, it is no panacea. If you make poor selections, no plan will compensate. If Maria could have told us exactly how she achieved a strike rate of 85% and provided us with access to the data that led to her choices, we would all be better off no matter what system we applied to that data.

The scariest part of the system is how bet sizes can potentially increase exponentially as your bank improves. We would suggest putting some brake or throttling back on that a little. Also don’t forget that the most crucial aspect it to make your sections with care; unlike Maria, you probably don’t have access to privileged information, but by following form and taking notice of the best tipsters we can all learn how to pick high-value potential winners.

You may not be able to match Maria’s amazing success, but you could follow a top tipster like this one who made over £3,000 to £10 stakes in its first 18 months of tipping. 

 

 

 

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Lay the Draw Insurance

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For those unfamiliar with what “Lay the Draw” betting and trading is, here is a quick overview of this popular trading strategy. Following that, we will look at how we can use lay the draw insurance, and whether doing so is a smart move.

As no doubt you are aware, one of the benefits of betting exchanges such as Betfair is that they allow us to lay bets as well as placing them. In football betting, one of the lays available to us is to lay the draw. To do so, we identify a football game that we believe to be unlikely to result in a draw, locate it in the match odds market, and lay the draw.   

As an example, if we lay the draw for £10 at 4.0, then our liability is £40 – 10 = £30.

Thus, if the match resulted in anything other than a draw, we would have a loss of £30, but if we are correct in our prediction that the game will end with one of the teams winning, we will win £10.

Lay the draw trading is a little different. In the above example, a draw would always result in a loss. However, lay the law trading in play betting provides us with an opportunity to profit even if the game ends in a draw. In this case, our profit stems from how the odds change during play.

Hedging your Lay

Assume that the favourite team scores the first goal making the score 1-0. A draw now seems less likely than when the score was 0-0, and as a result, the odds on a draw will almost certainly rise. By now backing the draw to hedge your initial lay, you can lock in a profit.

Say the odds on a draw increase to 6.0. We now bet £6.67 on a draw so should the game end in a draw we would win £40.2 – 6.67 = £33.53.

With this strategy we have locked in a profit whatever the result:

  • The game ends in a draw – win £33.53, lose £30, profit = £3.35
  • The game ends in a win – lose £6.67, win £10, profit = £3.37

This is just one strategy; there are many options. For instance, you could adjust your second bet to just cover the liability of the lay, effectively giving you a free bet.

 

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Insurance

While the hedge we have described above will result in a profit whatever the outcome of the game, it does rely on the favourite scoring the first goal and the odds changing accordingly. But what if the underdog scored the first goal? Now a draw would seem more likely, and the odds would move against your hedging strategy and your chances of losing £30 would increase.

Go to the correct score market and look at the odds of a correct score of 0-0. These are likely to be considerably higher than the lay draw odds; possibly five times higher. Thus, by placing a small bet in this market, you can protect your lay the draw liability against a 0-0 draw.

While in theory that might seem attractive, in reality it is less so. The downside is that as soon as any side score a goal the insurance is worthless; you are not protected against any other drawing scoreline.  The reality is that very few football matches end 0-0. Depending on the league, the percentage of matches in the 2017/18 season ending 0-0 range were from 4.2 to 8.4% – the English Premier were the highest and Dutch Eredivisie the lowest.

To insure lay the draw or not?

It’s up to you and your attitude to risk. Some people do it routinely; others consider it a wasted cost. We can’t decide; it depends on the odds at the time and what other hedging opportunities are available.

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Choosing The Best Online Slots

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It can be difficult to choose which online slot game to play with so many gaming and casino sites claiming to offer the best online slots. To help you pick the best online slot for you, we have put together this concise but informative guide on what you should be looking for before you start a single spin.

Check out these five factors below to help you decide whether you should play or leave an online slot offer:

 

What To Consider When Choosing Your Online Slot Game

Before you choose your online slot game and make a single spin, we highly advise you consider these following five factors:

  • – Types of slots
  • – Denominations
  • – Numbers of reels
  • – RTP
  • – Maximum payout

 

What Type of Slots Can I Play?

When you are searching for the best online slots experience you really need to know about the different types of games out there. Listed below are the main types of online slot games available for you to play:

  • – Classic Slots
  • – Fruit Machines
  • – Video Slots

Classic slots are often the simplest and easiest to play of all the different slots available. The graphics and animations tend to be simple with sound effects and distractions kept to a minimum. This simplicity of game play makes it an ideal introduction to beginners whilst the addition of bonus games and multiplier symbols keeps the interest of more experienced players.

Fruit Machines are at first glance similar to classic slot games. However, there are clear differences as fruit machines are much more interactive due to the gambling features contained within these games such as the hold and nudge feature and gamble option. The nudge feature allows a player to decide whether to nudge a specific reel or reels down to aid in the match of symbols. The hold feature gives you the choice to hold a specific reel or reels in the same place before the next spin. The gamble feature allows the player to gamble their winnings for more profit at the risk of losing it all with the wrong outcome.

A classic slot machine in a casino.

Video slots are the opposite of classic slots in terms of design as they have highly detailed and creative graphics combined with video technology. Video slots can offer over 100 paylines, interactive bonus games and a wide variety of bonus symbols. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of 3D slot games with further development in graphics, animation and realistic gameplay.  This slot type is all about entertaining and enhancing the visual and audio appeal for the player whilst also giving the player a chance to win substantial payout wins. It is these video slots that you see at online casinos with games such as Jurassic Park, Bloodsuckers, Starburst and Gonzo’s Quest being among the most popular. 

 

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Why Do Denominations, Paylines and Number of Reels Matter?

It is important to know about denominations, paylines and number of reels when playing slots, so let’s have a look at each of them in turn:-

Denominations are the value of currency an online slot game will accept. Many online slot games will accept different types of currency including the UK pound and the US dollar. In addition, virtually all online slots offer a wide variety of different stake options per spin in the game. Focusing on the UK pound, stake options vary from 1p per spin to over £100 per spin. Although higher stakes will result in higher payouts, you need to consider how much you are prepared to bet before deciding on your stake per spin. 

Reels are a row of spinning symbols on each online slot game. The most basic reel combination is the “3 reel combination” which is often found on your classic slots and some fruit machines. The “5 reel combination” is now the most popular slot combination and is available on virtually every type of slot game. The “7 reel combination” offers the largest variety of ways a player can win. However, there are relatively few online slot games offering this option at present.

Paylines are the line or lines within an online slot game which payout on a winning combination. This varies from 1 payout (found in classic slot games) to 100 or more paylines which feature in most online slots and video slots. It is important to note you will only win on the paylines you bet on. In addition, your winnings will be based on the stake placed per spin. Both of these factors will determine your payout amount on winning combinations.

 

What is RTP and Why Is This So Important?

The acronym RTP stands for “return to player” and is a measure of how much an online slot will pay back to the player over time. RTP is most commonly shown as a percentage value and in all cases is below 100%. The best online slots offer an RTP of 97% and above. To get the most value out of your slot experience you should be aiming for an RTP of 95% (at an absolute minimum). You can view more info about RTP in our article here. 

 

What Are the Maximum Payouts and Why Does the Type of Online Slot Matter?

When you decide to play an online slot the maximum payout is in the form of two different types of jackpot: flat and progressive jackpots. When you play your chosen online slot, you will be playing for one of these types of jackpot, but not for both. Knowing the difference between these two types of jackpot is very important as this is likely to influence your decision to favour one style over the other.

A flat jackpot is one that sits at a fixed amount regardless of how many players are playing the online slot. When these jackpots are won, they are instantly replaced with the same amount.

A progressive jackpot is one that grows each time a player plays an online slot. For each game, a player adds a percentage of the stake to the jackpot.

The progressive jackpot leads to larger wins (sometimes in the millions). However, you may be more comfortable with smaller fixed amount flat wins as you have a better chance of winning these than the progressive jackpot.

 

Ready To Start Playing

Once you have taken into account all of the five factors outlined above you will be able to choose the best online slot game for you. If you are looking for a casino with a wide variety of slots then you may want to check out Volt Casino.