Everybody loves a staking plan, yet staking plans tend, for the most part, to lose people money. So why does everybody love them? Because they make you feel, incorrectly, that you’re going to make more profit by using them. In this article, we’re going to look at the the retirement staking plan, how it works,…
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In this post we are focusing on the square root staking plan, but the question still remains if staking plans are the root of evil, or the branch to success and increased profits? Contents THE SQUARE ROOT STAKING PLAN HISTORY The square root staking plan is credited to being created by James N. Selvidge. He…
Contents Do Horse Racing Betting Strategies Work? Well yes, and no, and sometimes, but not always. That sounds glib, but chat to any bettor that enjoys a degree of success and they probably won’t admit to blindly following a system. However I guarantee that over time they have adopted a strategy. I much prefer the…
How the Tote Jackpot Works Contents What Is a Tote Jackpot? Overview of Tote Jackpot Betting Originating in Australia and introduced in the UK in the 1920s the Totalisator, or the Tote as it has become known, was introduced by the government as a safe and secure way of placing a bet, as well as…
What is ‘nap’ in horse racing? A ‘nap’ in horse racing is the single horse which a tipster (a person who provides betting advice) considers to be the best bet of the day. Is horse racing fixed? There is always a lot of concern as to whether horse racing is fixed. This is most likely…
There are two ratings available on the Race Advisor website, the VDW (Van Der Wheil) rating and the PR (Power Rating) rating. You can access them by registering or logging in to your account. To access these ratings for every race is just £2 per day, and you can access them on a day-by-day basis,…
Contents Introduction/Overview OK let’s start with the very basics of understanding what the Placepot is, and even before that looking at what the Tote is, who runs it, who profits from it and the fundamental question of whether we can make a profit from betting on the Tote. The original Totalisator was introduced at Randwick…
Contents Introduction: Value Betting — The Most Misunderstood Goldmine in Horse Racing Let’s get one thing straight before we even start: Value betting is not about finding winners. It’s about finding bets where the odds are in your favour. That’s a big difference—and if you can get your head around it, you’ll already be miles…
Contents Why Do You Bet? Well that’s an obvious question, you bet because you’re trying to win money. Really? So think about that time when you bet your mates you could climb a tree, there was no financial gain, it was about proving a point. Or when you bet them that the girl at the…
Contents Does Cheating in Horse Racing Exist? You’ve probably heard the apocryphal story from decades ago, a punter is leaning on the rails at the unsaddling enclosure after a 2 year old maiden race. As the jockey dismounts the trainer enquires how the horse had shaped in the race. “Well I could’ve beaten those in…