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Across the top leagues in Europe, investigators maintain that up to 300 games are fixed every season. In fact, football match-fixing is a global problem that may penetrate all corners of the game, even the Premiership.
We will look briefly at some of the more notorious examples and examine how we might be able to identify potentially fixed games; it’s all in the betting patterns. Touching briefly on the ethics of betting on fixed games, we will look at the possibility of making a profit and how to avoid some of the football betting scams that you might come across on social media.
Famous Football Betting Scandals
Over the years, many football scandals have been exposed; here are some of the most infamous and the most recent:
– One of the most notorious British football betting scandals was uncovered in the 1960s. It was organised by the late Jimmy Gauld, a football player who turned to match-fixing after his career ended prematurely after he broke a leg. After several lucrative years, he eventually came clean and, in the process, incriminated several other football players. Sentenced to four years imprisonment and a huge fine, he was immortalised in a movie called “The Fix.”
– The most recent British scandal emerged in 2013. Revealed following various press investigations, six people were arrested for conspiracy to commit bribery, five of whom were found guilty. It emerged at the trial that it cost around £70,000 to fix a match.
– In the same year operation VETO investigated Asian organised crime syndicates which influenced 380 football matches globally. The scam raised around €8,000,000. Fifty people were arrested.
– The latest scandal was revealed in July 2018 and resulted in Emanuele Calaiò, a Parma forward, receiving a two-year ban for match-fixing.
These are just the tip of the iceberg. There is little doubt that football match-fixing is at least as prevalent today as it ever has been. Last year the football manager Joey Barton received an 18-month ban after placing 1,260 football bets. Following his ban, he revealed to the newspapers that match-fixing is rife and the FA is incapable of dealing with the problem.
Making money from fixed football matches
If it were possible to know in advance if a match had been fixed, then there is a clear opportunity to profit from this knowledge. This brings in a big ethical dilemma. For those of us who love football, match-fixing is a huge threat to the integrity of the sport. In fact, following the 2013 scandal mentioned above, sentiment analysis of the resulting social media posts and tweets demonstrated that overall the public was outraged, with disgust, fear and anger being the most common responses.
Of course, not everyone feels that way. What would you do should you find a £20 note on a deserted street? In the final analysis it’s your decision, but next, we will look at how some people might go about trying to identify potentially fixed matches. The answer is in the betting patterns.
How to identify a fixed football match
The only realistic way to identify fixed football matches is to adopt the same approach as the authorities and organisations such as Sportradar who gather and analyse sports data on behalf of bookmakers.
Don’t underestimate the sophistication of seasoned match-fixers. Their aim is to place bets on outcomes they can readily influence and that are hard to detect. The large football betting markets are match odds and over/under 2.5 goals. However, exact score markets and over/under 1.5 and 0.5 goals markets are relatively small, so any high-volume bets placed on these are easy to spot and will ring alarms.
Thus, a favourite target for match fixers is over/under 2.5 goals. In a league where the number of goals is close to 2.5 it would need only a small influence by players and match officials to force the result one way or the other, and the activity would be very difficult to detect. Sophisticated statistical analysis of betting patterns in these markets can reveal anomalies in betting volumes that suggest match-fixing. The analysis can also highlight the potential influence of specific match referees.
However, doing this requires access to massive amounts of betting data, which is simply not available to the public. It also requires a deep understanding of sophisticated data analysis techniques. While organisations such as Sportradar do all this on a routine basis, for the ordinary punter identifying fixed football matches isn’t feasible.
What about the adverts that claim to identify fixed games?
It is sad that given our current degree of internet savvy people are still taken in by the most basic of scams. Such websites are simply a variant of getting rich quick scams that will leave you high and dry. Don’t be taken in; if they really knew which matches are fixed, why would they go to the effort of telling you?
Finally
Sports betting is the one area of gambling that rewards detailed sports knowledge with value bets which over time will provide a profit. Your time will be far better spent developing your football betting techniques that chasing rainbows such as fixed football matches.
Probably the best thing you could do is join a matched betting service like Profit Maximiser, or a top tipster like the Football Guru.
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Finding a betting system that works is a goal for most bettors. Most betting systems rely on mathematical formulae to beat the bookmaker and give themselves the best chance of a profit, but coming up with a system is not easy, despite the claims of hundreds of websites.
But you can make a profit from sports gambling, either by developing your own systems to provide a long-term yield – this requires analysis, research and an expert knowledge of the sport – or by following a tried and tested system which may require a subscription. As our website shows, some systems fail, some will help you break even and some will actually make you a profit. But good systems are few and far between.
In theory, the arbitrage betting system works. But like any system, it has drawbacks. The system relies on identifying discrepancies in bookmakers’ prices. This can be difficult as it involves some complex mathematics and also requires the bettor to act quickly before the opportunity is lost. The term derives from the world of stock market trading and there was even a film dedicated to the subject.
How does arbitrage betting work?
In simple terms, arbitrage betting involves betting on both outcomes in an event. This is best applied to sports matches where a draw is not possible such as a singles tennis match.
In these events, there can be enough variation in bookmakers odds to create a situation where betting on both outcomes can guarantee a small profit.
This can happen because the bookmakers do not agree on who will win, or one bookmaker will adjust the odds to attract more money to that side of the book. Remember, top bookies are always trying to balance their books to create a profit for themselves, but they do not always get their predictions right as the EU referendum in the UK showed. And freak results can sometimes catch everybody out such as Leicester City winning the Premier League in 2016 after being priced at 5000/1.
How to spot an arbitrage opportunity
If you think there is a discrepancy between bookmakers’ odds, you can apply the following formula to establish if there is a profit opportunity:
• (100/decimal odds of bet 1) + (100/decimal odds of bet 2) = X
If the result is less than 100 then there is an arbitrage opportunity. You would then split your bet into two stakes based on the same formula:
• Stake 1 would be (100/decimal odds of bet 1) • Stake 2 would be (100/decimal odds of bet 2)
Example of an arbitrage bet:
You notice Marcos Baghdatis (Player 1) is priced at 1.40 with Betway (Bookmaker A) in the US Open match against Mikhail Youzhny (Player 2) while his opponent is priced at 3.00, but another bookie (Bookmaker B) has Youzhny priced at 4.00:
• Bookmaker A: Player 1 is 1.4 and Player 2 is 3.0 • Bookmaker B: Player 1 is 1.3 and Player 2 is 4.0
If you backed both outcomes with Bookmaker A you would lose money. If you backed both outcomes with Bookmaker B you would lose money.
But if you backed Player 1 with Bookmaker A and Player 2 with Bookmaker B, you could guarantee a profit.
If we put those odds into the equation, they look like this:
• (100/1.4) + (100/4) = 96.43
As the result is less than 100, there is an opportunity to guarantee a profit. To achieve this, you would use the same equation to calculate your stake:
• Stake 1 (100/1.4) = £71.43 on Player 1 • Stake 2 (100/4) = £25 on Player 2
Based on a total stake of £96.43, the results would look like this:
• Player 1 wins: Total return = £100; total profit = £3.57 • Player 2 wins: Total return = £100; total profit = £3.57
By identifying this discrepancy in the bookmakers’ prices, a profit is guaranteed, whatever the outcome.
The downside of arbitrage betting
The first thing you may notice is that the profit is very small compared to the stake. This is a typical characteristic of arbitrage bets. It also means that you may face a heavy loss if you make a mistake of miscalculation. Arbitrage betting requires quick thinking and accuracy to be successful.
You also have to find the betting opportunities in the first place, which can take a lot of time. With such small profits at stake, the time involved in finding bets may not seem worth it. However, eagle-eyed punters will find it easier to spot discrepancies over time. If you do spot an opportunity, you also have to act quick as the bookies’ odds might change at any moment.
Using a system like this is not illegal. However, bookmakers may suspend your account or limit your activity if they suspect you are using a system to beat them.
Due to the small profits, the time involved and the risk of account suspension, arbitrage betting is an unattractive system for most bettors.
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Once upon a time it seemed as though Sin City could do nothing but make an absolute goldmine day after day and year after year… with many never seeing an end to the riches flying through the door. If we’re honest, Vegas still makes an absolute fortune but something that might be about to change, or has already started to change, is where that money comes from.
Whilst the old ladies sat on the one-armed-bandits aren’t likely to be swayed by the internet’s offering of online slots, many millennials have shunned the city in favour of squandering their money online. This has seen the once famous green felt of Las Vegas’ casinos pretty undisturbed.
The stats don’t lie, whilst we aren’t going to shed a tear that Vegas is only making $900 million on Blackjack per year, we decided to put together an infographic that shows just how much the famous strip is changing, below.
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LeoVegas is a relatively new player on the gambling scene, having launched in 2013 but has quickly established itself as one of the leading online casinos and sportsbooks.
It primarily markets itself as a mobile gaming experience but can be used equally well on the desktop version. It is perhaps best known for its ubiquitous lion featured throughout its site and marketing, giving it a distinctive brand.
Below we will take a full, in-depth look at LeoVegas and break it down piece by piece – in terms of its Sportsbook, Casino and Mobile App – to see how well it stacks up against its competitors.
We will take a look at all the key info you need to know before deciding to sign up, including:
– Is it a site you can trust?
– What are the welcome offers and free bets – are they worth doing?
– What is the user experience like?
– What sports and casino games are offered?
– Are the odds offered any good?
– How good is the customer service?
And all the other crucial info you need.
LeoVegas Summary
At the current time LeoVegas is primarily a casino and sportsbook, with a very extensive selection of slots games as part of their offering. At the moment they don’t have poker or bingo sections like many of the other online gambling companies, but that may change in time as LeoVegas are a fairly new entrant to the market.
The main details about LeoVegas are as follows:
Based:
Stockholm, Sweden
Public or Private Company:
Public, traded on Nasdaq
Founded:
2013
Licensed:
UK, Malta
E-mail Support:
support-en@leovegas.com
Gambling types provided:
Sportsbook, Casino, Slots
Welcome Bonus:
Yes
Those are the key details about LeoVegas but let’s take a look at their key offerings and see how they rate on each of our key metrics.
Sportsbook
The LeoVegas Sportsbook offers a wide range of sports and markets, including in-play betting for many sports. Although they are perhaps best known for their casino, the Sportsbook has a good offering too and should be considered as an option for your sports wagers.
They aren’t currently included on Oddschecker’s list of bookies to compare which is a shame because that would save time when looking at whether their odds are worth taking and would be likely to bring more customers to LeoVegas. Maybe that is something that will happen in time.
User Experience (UX)
On the desktop version, the LeoVegas Sportsbook is generally good but could be a little more user friendly. For example rather than selecting your sports and markets from a side menu as with most bookies, you have to tick the options you want from a drop-down menu before the odds are displayed. But that is a small point really and generally it is a nice, clean site and works particularly well on the mobile version, which is its forte.
UX Score: 3/5
Free Bet Welcome Offer – Sportsbook
LeoVegas Sportsboook has a very good welcome bonus of up to £/€50 for new customers, which is one of the best sign-up bonuses around.
The offer is available to those over 18 years old and is for new customers only. The minimum stake is £10. First single wager of minimum odds 1/1 will be matched with a 50% free bet up to £50 for in-play & mobile use only. Excludes Horse Racing. Skrill/Neteller deposits do not qualify. T&Cs apply – please see full terms here.
Free Bet Welcome Offer score: 4.5/5
Special Offers, Bonuses and Reloads
There are some excellent special offers and bonuses with LeoVegas for existing customers, which change over time but the current ones include:
Weekly Rewards:- each week, when you place five In-Play bets of £15 or more via mobile, LeoVegas will give you a £10 Free Bet with the LeoVegas Bet Club.
Bet Five Times Get a Free Bet:- Each week simply place five qualifying bets on football, darts, tennis, rugby union or rugby league via mobile between 00:01 on Monday and 23:59 on Sunday to unlock your mobile Free Bet.
There are also other ongoing offers as part of the LeoVegas Bet Club so look out for those.
(For all the above offers please note T&Cs apply, 18+).
Special offers, bonuses and reloads score:4/5
Sports Offered
There are a large number of sports offered by the LeoVegas Sportsbook, including:
– Football
– Horse Racing
– Tennis
– American Football
– Athletics
– Aussie Rules
– Boxing
– Cricket
– Darts
– Golf
– Greyhounds
– Ice Hockey
– Motorsports
– Olympic Games
– Politics
– Rugby League
– Rugby Union
– Snooker
– TV & Novelty
– UFC/MMA
So a wide range of sports and events there and in total there are over 35 sports offered, which is a very good number and there should be something for everyone.
Sports Offered Score:4.5/5
In-Play Betting
As you would expect with most modern Sportsbooks these days, in-play betting is offered by LeoVegas with top sports like football, tennis, cricket, baseball, golf and pretty much all the sports mentioned above also being available to bet on in-running.
When we were testing we could not see a cash-out option though, so they would benefit from adding this as a number of other bookies that have in-play betting have a cash-out button now.
In-Play Betting Score:3.5/5
Odds Offered
With LeoVegas not featured on Oddschecker, it is a little difficult to give a comprehensive assessment of how good the odds they offer are relative to the other bookies. However, in our own experience the odds they offer are fair and certainly no worse in general than any of the other major players in the market.
OVERALL LEOVEGAS SPORTSBOOK RATING:
Overall we like the LeoVegas Sportsbook as it offers a wide range of sports with in-play options and has some nice bonuses and offers, both as a welcome and for existing customers. It would be nice to see them on Oddschecker and hopefully that will be added soon.
Payment Choices with LeoVegas
There are various options for making payments into and from your LeoVegas account, including Paypal, Skrill and Neteller and of course debit and credit cards with Visa and Mastercard. Making payments is a fairly smooth process and it is one of the better sites for that.
Deposit Choices:
Mastercard, Visa, Paypal, Neteller, Bank Transfer, Paysafecard, Trustly
Minimum Deposit:
£10
Maximum Deposit:
£1,000
Minimum Withdrawal:
£20
Currencies Accepted:
GBP, Euro, AUD, SEK
The minimum withdrawal is a little higher than the minimum deposit, which is a shame but for most punters this shouldn’t make much of a difference. Withdrawals of up to £10,000 can be made without fees which is good. As with most online sportsbooks/casinos, you have to complete KYC requirements by providing ID documents, but this only has to be done once and does confirm that this is a genuine company taking their regulatory obligations seriously.
LeoVegas Casino
So having taken a look at the LeoVegas Sportsbook, it is time to focus on their casino and see how it compares to other competitors online. Let’s break it down by section and see how everything stacks up.
Welcome Offer – 100% Bonus Up to £300 + 30 Spins
The LeoVegas Casino has an excellent Welcome Offer for new customers of a 100% bonus up to £300 + 30 spins. This is a very good offer in terms of the bonus amount and is well worth taking advantage of. There is also an offer of 20 free spins with no deposit upon signing up, making it even better!
Deposit Bonus:
100% up to £300
Minimum Deposit:
£10
Wagering Requirements:
35x deposit bonus and spins
Max. stake using bonus:
£5
Excluded deposits from offer:
Neteller & Skrill
Please note that the offers are 18+ and new customers only. For no deposit spins registration is required. Spins on Book of Dead are subject to change & expire 3 days from activation.
For the first Deposit bonus – Min. £10 deposit. 100% up to £300 + 30 bonus spins. Bonus spins on Book of Dead are subject to change & must be used within 3 days from activation. Bonus spins are activated after wagering a min. of £5 from deposit. The welcome bonus and all spins must be wagered 35x times before the bonus or any winnings can be withdrawn. Max. stake using bonus is £5. Skrill and Neteller deposits are excluded from this offer. Eligibility restrictions apply. Full T&Cs can be found here.
Casino Welcome Offer Score:4/5
Reload Offers
LeoVegas have offered a number of reload offers in the past, including a 50% reload bonus up to £50.
They do not have any reload offers at the current time, but they do have a “VIP Experience” which is a Monthly Prize Draw giving away fantastic prizes like the latest Apple products, exclusive VIP event experiences and much more! There are VIP levels based on how much you bet and then every month one lucky lion from each VIP group level will get their paws on a fantastic prize. You can see your journey progress by a quick look at your VIP BAR, which automatically grows a little bit with every real money bet you place. You can check out more about the VIP Experience here.
Casino Reloads Score:3/5
Games Offered
One of LeoVegas strongest points is the range of games it offers on its casino. Including slots games, they have over 800 games offered! We are not sure if that is a record amongst online casinos but it certainly puts it up there with the best.
In terms of the traditional casino games, they offer what you would expect with also some themed games, including:
– Roulette
– Football Studio
– Celebrity Blackjack Party
– American Live Roulette
– Sports Blackjack
– Baccarat
– Three Card Poker
– Caribbean Stud Poker
– Texas Hold’ Em
– Double Ball Roulette
In addition to all these traditional casino games, there are also over 800 other games and slots, which is quite remarkable. They are obviously far too numerous to list here, but here are the some of the most popular:-
Top Games
– Book of Dead
– Bonanza
– Starburst
– Immortal Romance
Jackpots
– Mega Moolah
– Mega Fortune Dreams
– Diamond Jackpots
– Major Millions
Slots
– House of Doom
– Hot Safari
– Dragon Kingdom
– Valley of the Gods
Instant Win
– Fruit Blast
– Pot Luck
– Football Frenzy
Plus of course there are hundreds more, which as we say makes LeoVegas Casino one of the best in terms of the range of casino games and slots offered.
Games Offered Score:5/5
User Experience (UX)
Much like with the Sportsbook user experience, LeoVegas Casino offers a very good UX, with easy navigation, nice presentation and so many options to play various games, as described above. This is particularly true with the mobile App, which was the original offering from LeoVegas and is a high quality design.
User Experience Score:4/5
Reputation & Trust
LeoVegas is a reputable casino and is a public company that trades on the Nasdaq stock market. It is regulated by both the UK Gambing Commission and the Malta Gaming Authority. Its Random Number Generator is independently tested regularly and always scores highly and the games are regulated by eCOGRA, meaning you can have trust that the games are genuine and fair. They have been certified by Gambleaware and carry links to relevant support centres on their site.
Reputation & Trust Score:4/5
Customer Service
Customer support in our experience has always been very good at LeoVegas. They have e-mail addresses as well as phone numbers and live chat to contact with queries and people to help in a number of languages. Queries are normally dealt with within 24 hours, although some may take longer. Help is available all day every day so even on public holidays you should still expect a response. For additional information it can also be worth checking out the FAQs page, which covers regular questions and issues you may have.
Customer Service Score:4/5
LEOVEGAS CASINO OVERALL RATING:
The casino is a very good offering from LeoVegas and offers a huge range of over 800 games, so whether traditional table games like blackjack and roulette are your thing, or if you prefer fun online games like Book of Dead or Bonanza, or even tend to go for slots, there is something for everyone. There is a good welcome offer of up to £300, although beware the wagering requirements and general T&Cs with that.
The look and feel of the casino is nice and it has a good user experience with excellent customer support, so overall we feel LeoVegas is one of the better casinos out there and is worthy of a strong rating.
LeoVegas Mobile App
As mentioned previously, one of the things LeoVegas prides itself on is its Mobile App. The mobile app was actually developed before the desktop version, which is very unusual in this day and age. However, LeoVegas have projected themselves very much as the mobile gaming experience, so it is perhaps not that surprising.
The App is very usable and has generally positive user reviews, with an average of 4 stars on the App Store for example. The newer version is also sleeker and easy to use, with quick navigation to the things you need like bet placement.
Mobile App Score:4/5
CONCLUSION – LEOVEGAS REVIEW
So there you have it, our complete LeoVegas review. Overall we think this is a great online betting site with a nice style to it with the lion featuring heavily in their branding and a good look and feel to the site. Some very good welcome and reload offers, plus a huge range of games and sports to bet on make this one of the most innovative and impressive bookies to have entered the market in recent years. Dive in and have a go if you’re not already signed up.
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These days if you are betting regularly, no doubt a good deal of your gambling is done on the go. With our busy lifestyles and the ability to do just about everything via our phones, it is no surprise that betting can now be done via the tap of a smartphone too.
Many of the top betting websites have also set up their own apps, making life even easier for when you need quick and easy access to their services.
Out of all the many hundreds of apps out there though, which are the best? Which ones can provide vital info and tips when you need them? And which betting apps are the best for placing your bets on?
We have a look at all these questions below – looking first at the best apps to help you with your betting and then the best apps for placing bets (i.e. the bookies).
The Best Betting Apps to Help With Your Betting
First we will have a look at the betting apps that can help with your betting – whether that’s providing top quality tips, info and stats to aid in your research or by offering free competitions you can enter to win big prizes.
Betting Gods
If you are looking for high quality betting tips then there are few better sources than the respected Betting Gods tipster platform. With some of the best tipsters you will find anywhere across a range of sports including football, golf, horse racing, greyhounds and cricket it is well worth checking this site out.
We have reviewed many of their tipsters under live trial conditions and they have performed phenomenally, delivering profits of over 1,000 points – or £10,000 to £10 stakes – in some cases. The app is primarily for the delivery of tips so best to check out the website first and see the fantastic tipsters they have on their books – and start profiting from their expert tips.
Another top tipping app comes from the renowned Tipstrr platform, which provides some of the top betting experts you will find anywhere. Much like Betting Gods, they provide tips across a range of sports including football, horse racing, basketball, NFL, tennis and more. Some of their tipsters have achieved €1,500 profit per month on average with returns on investment of over 30%. With cheap packages available at just €2 per month it can be well worth signing up to receive some of these expert tips to assist with achieving profit in your betting.
Visit the Tipstrr website and download their app here.
Racing Post
The Racing Post app provides a complete guide to racing in the UK and Ireland with race cards, results, news, free bets and more. All the race info is presented with the jockey, trainer, recent form and live odds available to view. Plus there are the same features for greyhound racing, so if the dogs is your thing then you also have access to a wealth of info via the Racing Post app. Something of a “must have” app for racing enthusiasts or if you are heading to the races yourself.
Visit the Racing Post website and download the app here.
Soccer Saturday Super 6
You may have seen the rather bombastic adverts on TV featuring Jeff Stelling for the Soccer Saturday Super 6. Basically the idea of it is to predict the scores of six separate football matches from the Saturday fixture list, normally across the Premier League and Championship. The prize is normally £250,000 but can get up to £1 million. Recently three different people correctly predicted all six scores and won £333,000 each – not bad for an afternoon’s work. And the great thing about it is that’s it’s free to enter, so you have nothing to lose by having a go.
No discussion of betting apps that can aid your betting would be complete without odds comparison site Oddschecker.com. This is kind of a necessity for any serious bettor. Access to finding the best odds for any match or event is crucial, as much when you are on the go as when you are at home in front of your computer. Oddschecker have the odds from a large number of bookies for a whole host of sports and markets, as well as providing their own tips and trends and the latest odds boosts. Make sure you have this to get the best odds when you are on the go.
Another top tipping site that is well worth checking out is Betting Bias. They have been going since 2011 and have generated over 1500 points profit in that time at a very healthy ROI of over 19%. They provide tips in a variety of sports including horse racing, football, tennis and cricket. Their most profitable tips however have been their golf tips, with a number of winners over 100/1 over the years for their followers. Best of all is that the tips are free – no sign-up is necessary either. Can’t say fairer than that really.
In a similar vein to Soccer Saturday’s Super 6 App, ITV7 Racing is a competition where you have to try and pick seven winners from selected races on a given day. If you manage to pick all seven winners then there is a cash prize of £100,000 to be won, to be split equally amongst any winners. If the jackpot isn’t won, then the top performer wins a consolation cash prize. It’s also free to enter so you’ve got nothing to lose and if you have an affinity for picking winning horses then this could be a chance to win a life-changing amount of money.
Much like tipster platforms Betting Gods and Tipstrr, Betfan provides a range of tipster services across various sports. With over 86,000 members Betfan is a popular service and has hosted some impressive professional tipsters in its time, including Lucky 7 Naps and Racing Delights. They also provide free daily tips, which have produced decent profits in themselves. Get all your tips and daily news updates via the App.
For anyone betting on sports like football and tennis then a live score service is pretty much essential to keep track of how things are going and Flashscores is one of the best. With very comprehensive leagues covered throughout world football and all the major tennis tours, this app will keep you up-to-date on sporting action from around the globe. They also provide updates on a number of other sports including golf, cricket, hockey and rugby. The data is not only useful in checking on how your bets are doing but also helpful if you are betting in-running and want to know how a game is going – how many chances are being created and so on.
The other side of betting on the go is to have the means to place your bets quickly and easily for an app. Nowadays there are dozens of bookies with their own apps so there are plenty to choose from. Here are our picks for the best of the bookie betting apps.
Betfair Betting App
One of the most popular betting apps is the Betfair Betting App, which has a rating of 4.6 stars on the app store. Some earlier bugs on the Android version seem to have been ironed out and this now offers all the exchange features you could want including cash out, a cash out slider and even auto cash-out now. For all the many benefits betting on the exchanges provides including BSP, generally better odds and more, having the Betfair App is a must.
One of the strengths of the Betfred App is that it’s nice and simple, meaning you don’t need to waste much time figuring out how to use it in order to get your bets on. That should be the priority really when betting on the go, so the Betfred App deserves to be held in high regard on that point. There are also numerous bonuses and special offers to take advantage of on the app, including Double Delight and Hat-Trick Heaven.
Sporting Index
Whilst most people tend to bet on fixed-odds sports betting, there is something to be said for wagering on the spreads. Sporting Indexis one of the leading accounts for spread betting and has been around for many years. The app is simple to use and allows you to place your spreads on the go, whether it be on football, horse racing, cricket, golf or one of the many other sports provided on the Sporting Index app. For those using top services like Sports Spread Betting, having access to the app when you are on the go is vital.
If you are using the exchanges then it’s a good idea to have some alternatives to Betfair so you can make sure you get the best odds every time. One of the best alternatives is Matchbook, which has excellent features and some very good offers for new customers. They offer a wide range of sports and markets so you should be able to find plenty of opportunities for wagering.
The Sky Bet App is very highly rated with scores of 4.5 out of 5 and it offers a range of different features including Soccer Saturday Price Boost (which is essentially an enhanced odds treble bet on selected matches). There are also stats you can view directly from Sky Sports which you can use to assist your betting, plus there is cash-out and numerous in-play markets.
One of the most common terms in betting is to “hedge your bets” – a phrase that has been around for hundreds of years in the English language and is also used in everyday terms, not just in a gambling setting.
When we talk of “hedging our bets” in a gambling context however, what exactly do we mean?
Well in simple terms it means betting on more than one outcome in an event, thus giving you a better chance of winning and making a profit.
It is employed by hedge funds in the stock market to great effect by managing the risk of certain positions by taking up other – often opposing – positions. So that could be managing risk by holding long term stocks whilst short-selling other stocks in similar sectors for example. The idea is to minimise risk whilst maximising gain.
But how can you apply such a strategy to the betting markets and does it actually provide you with any kind of edge?
We will have a look at these questions below, together with examples of how to hedge your bets and some advanced strategies for hedging like the pros.
Hedging Explained
In simple terms hedging means placing more than one bet on the same event to give you a greater chance of winning and making a profit. The downside of hedging is that will reduce the amount you could win compared to if you just backed one outcome.
So here is a very simple example:
Let’s say you were lining up some bets for the US Open tennis and you had a feeling the winner would come from one of the “big three” of Djokovic, Nadal and Federer, but you couldn’t decide which one was actually going to win from those three.
Here are the odds for the tournament on Oddschecker:
By hedging your bets, you could back all of them and cover the possibility of any of them winning.
Doing this would mean your potential winnings would be considerably less than by just backing one, but would significantly increase your chances of finding the winner.
In simple terms, if you wanted to back Djokovic, Nadal and Federer so that you would win the same amount if any of them won, at the odds displayed above (11/4, 4/1 and 11/2 respectively), for an outlay of £100 you would place the following bets:
– Djokovic – £42.98 at 3.75
– Nadal – £32.23 at 5.0
– Federer – £24.79 at 6.5
If you placed your bets in this fashion, you would win £61.16 if any of those three players won the tournament.
So it is a little like backing those three against the field at odds of 8/13 (or 1.61 in decimal terms).
Of course, you might have a slight preference for one of the players, but still want to have the other two as back up.
In this case, if you wanted to stake £100 in total but win most if Djokovic won the event, you could for example place £50 on Djokovic and then £25 each on Nadal and Federer.
Then if Djokovic won, you would end up with £137.50 profit, where as if Nadal won you would end up with £25 profit and if Federer won you would finish with £62.50 profit.
There are endless permutations you could choose in terms of your selections and staking, but these are two basic strategies for hedging that you could employ to try and spread your risk and give yourself a better chance of making some profit from an event.
There are some more advanced strategies you can use to maximise your profits from this kind of hedging, which we will discuss further below.
Another approach to hedging is to use it as a tool to reduce risk during an event once your position has started to develop.
So let’s say you were betting on the Women’s US Open, with the odds at the start as follows:
Let’s say you chose to back Serena Williams at the start at 6/1 (7.0) and she progresses well through the tournament to reach the semi-finals, when her price is then just evens (2.0).
You may feel like although she has done well to reach that stage, she is not quite playing her best and is vulnerable to one of the up-and-coming players, so want to reduce your risk.
You could then hedge your bets by either laying Williams at the exchanges, or alternatively by backing one or more of the other players.
If you go for the more straightforward option of laying Williams, you might decide that you want to give yourself an equal profit whatever happens.
In this instance, let’s say you had backed Williams for £100 at 7.0 at the start of the event, then want to lay her at 2.0 for equal profit.
Here is an example of how you would do this on Betfair:
So having backed her at the start for £100 at 7.0, by then laying for £350 at odds of 2.0 later on, you would guarantee yourself a profit of £250 whatever happens and would have successfully hedged your bet.
Or you may wish to set things up so that you just leave yourself with a no-loss position, such that if Williams doesn’t win you break even and haven’t lost anything, but if she wins you pocket £500. And there are of course many other hedging positions you could take in between, but the principle is the same – to reduce risk and cover more outcomes in the event.
This kind of strategy is often used by professional traders who aim to predict short-term movements in the odds they can take advantage of, rather than having to actually predict the outcome of an event.
Advanced Strategies
There are some more advanced strategies that can be used with hedging, which we will take a brief look at here.
Strategy One – Offsetting Potential Profit
An approach used by some professional traders is to build up a position in a similar fashion to the original example in the Men’s US Open above where you have backed Nadal, Djokovic and Federer.
Let’s say they have all progressed very well and Djokovic is in the final, with Nadal and Federer due to play each other in the semi-final. If you felt confident of the result and saw that one player was off their game, you could use the potential profit of one to back the other two by that amount, or a portion of that amount.
So if you stood to win £50 on Federer if he won the tournament, you could “use” that to place additional £25 bets each on Nadal and Djokovic, thus upping your potential wins on them, whilst still ensuring you aren’t going to lose any money on the event.
This is a more risky strategy as if things go against you, then you could end up throwing away some potential profits, but for experienced traders this approach gives them the chance to see how the tournament progresses and who is playing well so they can then rebalance their positions to try and maximise profits.
Strategy Two – Correct Score Hedging
One of the most popular forms of hedging is with the correct score market in football matches. The attraction of this is that offers a way to back a variety of outcomes that can either just be left to run as bets or traded out as the game progresses.
So for example you may think that a team is likely to win a game but that it will be a tight and cagey affair. So you may hedge on the 1-0 and 2-0 with a little bit of insurance on 0-0 in case it ends up in a deadlock. Hedging in this way on teams like Athletico Madrid would have done very well over the last few seasons as they are very adept at getting narrow, low-scoring wins.
There are more advanced correct score strategies available in packages such as Goal Profits and Assured Soccer Profits that build on covering multiple outcomes in the correct score market and trading them in-play.
Strategy Three – Hedging Related Outcomes
Another approach to hedging is to back related outcomes in a game and to trade them as events unfold.
So it could be for example that you back over 1.5 goals, under 2.5 goals and both teams to score, hedging your bets across these outcomes so that you are covering different eventualities. They are related to each other in the sense that a goal (or a lack of) will affect all of them in certain ways and none of them are independent of the others.
Then you are hoping for a situation where the game goes 1-1 after an hour or so and your trades will be in a positive position, allowing you to trade out for a nice profit.
Again there are more strategies like this that involve trading related outcomes as part of packages like Goal Profits.
Conclusion – Looking After Your Hedge
Hedging is a tool for spreading your risk and covering more than one outcome in an event. It can be used both pre-event and in-play and is a preferred strategy of many professionals, whether traditional “hedge funds” in the stock market or traders on Betfair.
Hedging does not guarantee profit – there is no gambling strategy that does (other than matched betting through a tool such as Profit Maximiser) – but hedging can be helpful in certain circumstances.
It is perhaps best used in situations where you have an idea of certain outcomes that are likely to occur but can’t settle on just one, so want to cover these scenarios rather than placing all your eggs in one basket. This could be backing a few different players winning a tennis tournament or scores in a football match for example.
There are also advanced hedging strategies which again don’t guarantee profit but when used properly can significantly reduce risk and help guide the way to beating the market.
As always, if you are hedging or using other betting strategies then please gamble responsibly and only risk money you can afford to lose.
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Rekindling triumphed at the 2017 Melbourne Cup and will have his sights set on a repeat triumph at the event at Flemington Racecourse in November. Withhold has been established as the leading contender to knock him off his perch, although there are others in contention for the victory. Two horses that will be leading the charge to compete at the race are Magic Circle and Marmelo. The former should provide interest as Corey Brown, who rode Rekindling to victory last year, has chosen to ride the Irish horse for the event, taking the reins from Fran Berry.
Marmelo’s credentials have seen him backed to win the race, given his strong form in the 2018 campaign. The five-year-old has won two of his three races, which has shortened his odds for the meet. Whether he will be able to raise the level of his game for the event is another matter. Withhold has the strongest odds for the event, with the best price available at 14/1 in terms of value. His odds are narrower among other bookmakers, highlighting the quality of the leading competitor. As a result, to gain better value, starting with Marmelo. Hughie Morrison’s charge has value at 14/1 with CrownBet in the Melbourne Cup betting 2018 odds, although, due to the strength of the field, it’s worth considering other options.
A Dominant Horse
Magic Circle has been in equally good form and has stronger value at odds in the 20/1 range, which is a good price considering his form. Should he race again before the event, there could be a fall in value, therefore, it could be a good time to put down a punt. He has the rider with experience, although Glen Boss was the last jockey to win in successive years. There’s a lot to consider before putting in a measured punt. The Irish horse does have form in the 2018 season, beginning at the Chester Cup Handicap. He was considered the outside contender for the race but produced a fine display. The six-year-old tracked the leaders before making a move two furlongs out. Magic Circle was dominant down the stretch to close out the victory by six lengths.
Ian Williams’ charge backed up his performance with a stronger outing at the Henry II Stakes. He faced a tougher field of opposition, including the favourite, Weekender. However, Magic Circle rose to the occasion once again to deliver a brilliant finish, surging down the stretch to claim the victory once again by six lengths. The six-year-old has the speed in the closing stages that could be very intriguing at Flemington.
Marmelo began his campaign at Longchamp in the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier. He was solid on the track, although he lacked the pace to beat out the favourite Vazirabad for the victory. Morrison’s charge faced off against Weekender among others in his next outing at York in the Grand Cup Stakes.
Ryan Moore was in the saddle and kept the horse on pace in the early stages, tracking the leading group. He made the charge in the final two furlongs of the meet, using his pace to edge ahead of his rivals. He just had the speed in the closing stages to defeat Weekender by a neck. Marmelo proved his quality once again with another victory in the Nieuil Group 2 Stakes on his return to Longchamp. Due to their form in the 2018 season backing either Marmelo and Magic Circle outside of the favourite Withhold could be a worthy punt given their history of upsetting leading contenders.
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It is now close to three years since we started following Premier Greyhound Tips and we thought it was high time for an update on how things have been going as this has been somewhat of a neglected service.
Originally we awarded this a neutral rating after it made a profit of 31 points during our three month trial, but since our original review it has done extremely well and notched up some impressive profits.
Since our original review – two and a half years ago – Premier Greyhound Tips has gone on to make an additional 300 points profit and has done so in a very consistent fashion.
Of the 31 months since our trial ended, 21 have been profitable, so approximately two thirds, which is very good going over such a long period.
That has been achieved with a healthy return on investment of over 12% and a solid win rate of over 25%.
It’s quite a simple service to follow with just 2-3 bets per day and you can even place the bets at Betfair SP if you like.
Amazingly though, even with results like those the service only costs £10 per month to join (after a 10 day trial for £1).
That makes it one of the cheapest tipsters we have come across and certainly you won’t find many cheaper with results as good as those.
So all in all we are pleased to upgrade Premier Greyhound Tips to a PASSED rating after almost three years of proofing the tips.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
This is well worth adding to your portfolio and at just £10 per month is a bit of a steal to be honest.
So our first trial of a greyhound tipster here at Honest Betting Reviews has come to an end.
How did it get on?
Well like all Betting Gods services, it is very efficiently run with an e-mail each day containing the tips with full explanations for the selections and complete results are published on their website.
We can verify that all those results are accurate for our trial period.
So what is our overall view of the service following our trial?
Well, much like our review of All Weather Profits, this has been quite a difficult service to evaluate.
Whilst on the face of it, profits of 31 points during the trial is a good effort, at the same time that figure is based on average stakes of 2.4 per selection, which actually equates to just 13 points profit to 1 point level stakes.
So after three months of tips, we have the equivalent of 13 points profit at a return on investment of just 6%.
For us that isn’t quite high enough to give this a recommended rating based on the results achieved during our trial.
As you can see from the profit graph for the trial, it was a bit topsy-turvy to say the least!
Although they got off to a bad start going nearly 40 points down early on, they did well to recover to over 30 points up in the end.
The bank growth was just 20% based on a 150 point bank, which again is a bit below what we would normally expect for a passed verdict to be awarded.
Having said that, we were probably quite unlucky with the timing of our trial as it coincided with the worst month the service has had since it started and is one of only two losing months in 16 so far.
So we will certainly be continuing to follow this service and see if they can maintain the consistency achieved over the last year and a half or so.
Advised Prices vs Betfair SP
One issue to be aware of if you are thinking of signing up to Premier Greyhound Tipsis that the service does not appear to be profitable to follow at Betfair SP.
Whilst they achieved 31 points profit at advised prices during our trial, the tips actually made a loss of 42 points at Betfair SP.
This is a big difference and as we say, probably means it is not practical to follow at Betfair SP.
So we looked at how obtainable the advised prices are given that Betfair SP is not really an option here.
We recorded the results during January (barring a couple of days we missed) and as you can see, the prices were generally very much available an hour after the tips were sent out.
Basically whilst the advised prices had average odds of 4.59 over the whole of January, an hour after the tips were sent, the best prices available had average odds of 4.54.
So there was very little difference in the prices and you should be able to just about match the published results.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: There are about 2 bets per day on average, making this a low workload service to follow.
Availability of prices: Generally good – see info above. The only thing to be careful of is that the tips are sent out at various different times of day, so if you are limited in when you can access the bookies’ websites, this may affect things for you. However, generally there is not huge downward pressure on the prices so you should still be able to get the advised prices in the majority of cases.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 26%, which is just a tiny bit behind the long-term average of 27%.
Advised Betting Bank: There was no betting bank advised, so with average stakes of 2.4 per bet and a long term strike rate of 27%, we felt a 150 point bank was warranted, which was comfortable and seemed to be the right level for this service.
Subscription costs: As with all Betting Gods’ services, there is a great opportunity to trial the service first, with a 14 day trialfollowed by just £1 for the first month.
After that the subscription costs are £39.95/per month; £99.95/quarter or £229.95 for life.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
We feel like we were a bit unlucky with the timing of the trial as we hit at its worst run so far.
However, we can only judge a service on what it achieves whilst we are proofing it and during ourtrial this didn’t quite do well enough to justify a recommended rating.
Growth of 20% in the bank and 31 points profit are solid results, but just slightly below what is required for an approved rating.
Other services like Master Racing Tipster and Racing Gold achieved well over 100% bank growth during their trials, so the standard has been set high in that respect.
We will keep following Premier Greyhound Tips and see if in the longer term they can match the achievements of those services.
For the time being though, it is a neutral rating for the first greyhound tipster reviewed here at Honest Betting Reviews.
Quite a big disparity has opened up for Premier Greyhound Tips between their results at advised prices and results at Betfair SP.
At advised prices, they have made some progress since our last update, making 10 points profit in the last six weeks, taking them to +7 points for the trial overall.
However, at Betfair SP they have lost 40 points, putting them on -56 points for the trial.
On that basis our conclusion would be that this service is not profitable to follow at Betfair SP, as a 63 point difference is far too much to make it practical.
So we will focus more closely now on the availability of the advised prices and whether we can match those prices.
So already a bit of gap opening up between the advised prices and Betfair SP, that is something we will have to keep an eye on, together with the availability of the advised prices.
Still very early days for this one with only a couple of weeks gone so plenty of time for things to pick up and keep up the impressive form shown before our trial started.
It is something totally new for us today – the first greyhound tipster we have trialed here at Honest Betting Reviews.
When I think of greyhound racing it conjures up memories of cold winter evenings at Wimbledon dog track during my generally misspent youth. Normally the night would end with us all losing money and cursing how the sport was “bent” or “crooked” – unwilling to acknowledge that we were just not very good at reading the form.
Since those days I have tended to stay away betting on this particular variety of four-legged creatures.
However, we are not ones to turn a blind eye to money making opportunities when they arise and a greyhound tipster of note has recently come to our attention.
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