Mine Betting

Taking the decision to gamble online can be a big one. Competition is fierce, there are so many choices – What site do you play on, what game do you play, how much do you have to pay, will it be busy, and is it secure? There are many questions surrounding betting online that you probably will need answers before you sign up to site.

21 January 2010 0 Comments

Understanding Full Cover Bets

Full cover bets or combination bets are known to be one of the best sports betting strategies available. Full cover bets are multiple bets placed on a series of selections; depending on how you approach the selections, you can increase your profit and reduce your risk by placing full cover bets. You will be amazed to see just how much money you can make if you win, while losing may not be as bad because other bets will absorb your risks. Bookmakers are offering you chances to make full cover bets without hassle. Understand some of these terms, and you will be making combination bets in no time at all.

The first full cover bet is a Trixie, which is actually a combination bet placed on 3 different selections. A set of three doubles and a treble are placed to form a Trixie. This bet can be very rewarding while still maintain its high affordability for people with smaller gambling bankroll.

Yankee offers combination bet on 4 different selections with a total amount of 11 separate bets, including six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold accumulator. You can also go for the Super Yankee, which features 26 separate bets on 5 different selections.

Other than the three combination bets we’ve discussed earlier, there are also other full cover bets such as the Heinz, Super Heinz, and the Goliath. Although these bets might seem complicated at first, you can actually place them easily through online bookmakers; you wouldn’t have to worry about the calculation part at all.

11 December 2009 0 Comments

Each Way Betting

In the world of sports betting, you can actually place different kinds of bets to stay profitable. One of my favorite bets is each-way bet — or each way betting. The betting strategy works best when you are making selections on events where there are more than 2 competitors, such as horse racing or championship outright. I’ve placed each-way bets to stay profitable before, and you can use the same strategy to enjoy bigger profits and reduce the risks at the same time.

Say you are betting on Arsenal to win this year’s Premier League for £10 wager. If you want to place each-way bets, you should split the wager in half and bet on Arsenal winning the Premier League using the first £5. Place the second £5 on Arsenal finishing the Premiership for ¼ of the first bet’s odds and you are all set. In certain bookmakers, especially the ones you can easily find online, there will be an option to place each-way bets automatically. Simply tick the box labeled E/W or Each-Way when you place your bet.

The second bet will act as safety net, or risk management, for your first bet. If Arsenal wins the championship, you will win both bets. If Arsenal finishes the league in second or third place, you will still win the second bet. As long as the second bet’s odds are no less that ¼ of the first bet’s, you will still be profitable — thanks to the second bet — as long as Arsenal finishes the championship.

26 November 2009 0 Comments

Sports Betting Trend: Where Is The Money?

It is interesting to see which betting opportunities are getting the most attention, so we took our time to review some of the best opportunities and compare information from various bookmakers available online. The results may not be as surprising as you think it would, but it is still very interesting to follow.

The most popular betting opportunity goes to Barclays Premier League outright; people are spending literally hundreds of millions in total to bet on their favorite team. Betfair.com alone reported a staggering $13,066,904 of matched bets so far, with other bookmakers reporting multi-million bets as well. It is safe to say that the Premier League is indeed the best sporting event today.

UEFA Champions League is second with another staggering bet amount. Although the amount of bets placed is nowhere near those of Premier League, it is still a spectacular betting scene. The UEFA Champions League is followed closely by this year’s World Cup. This world football event will start in a couple of months, so expect to see more betting and more exciting odds as we get closer to the actual event date.

Those are the top three betting scenes in term of bet volume. It is quite fascinating indeed, seeing millions of dollars being poured to the industry by avid bettors from all across the globe. It is also a clear sign that sports betting can be very profitable; people wouldn’t risk that much repeatedly if they don’t expect profitable returns at the end of the day.