So the first of the two tweets on the subject looked at the television media and how little they have brought to the party in terms of helping the punter over the years with the various issues. Unfortunately the written press has been equally inept. By written press we are mainly talking about the Racing … Continue reading 78. Media (Written)
These tweets will look at the impact that the media has had on betting and the role they have played. I am going to split it up into television and written press at this stage. Lets start with the television media. It will primarily be looking at Horse Racing coverage. The reason I want to … Continue reading 77. Media (Television)
Without doubt one of the hardest parts of this game is having the mental fortitude to deal with what this game throws at you. Lets be clear. Losing money and losing lots of money is and never will be fun. There will be huge highs (hopefully!) and significant lows. A lot can depend upon which … Continue reading 76. Mental Fortitude
This relates to chasing losses, which we have touched on before. I thought this phrase from Barry Greenstein was so apt and just sums it up beautifully. Very powerful. It can apply to any form of betting whether it be sports betting, poker, casinos, DFS etc. The phrase is simply saying don’t become obsessed with … Continue reading 75. Don’t fall in love with even
I felt Horse Racing and the current state of play merited a longer tweet than just being added to the other one about match fixing. I see so many people talk about how racing can improve its appeal to the masses. It needs to rapidly, as it is dying on its arse at the moment. … Continue reading 74. Horse Racing
The third tweet about how ‘clean’ sports are will look at match fixing. Horse Racing deserves its own tweet on the subject, which we will do at a later date. The main sports I think of when it comes to match fixing are Football, Tennis, Cricket, Snooker, Darts and the US Sports.As a general rule … Continue reading 73. Match Fixing
In the second part about how ‘clean’ sports are, we will talk about officiating and how it impacts games and matches. I always think there are three aspects to poor officiating. They are either unconsciously biased (home fans/big teams), incompetent or corrupt. Unfortunately, we have to take into account officiating in sports like football far … Continue reading 72. Officiating
You have to simply accept that some sports may not be as ‘clean’ as they should be or are as portrayed to be. In this tweet (1st of 3) we will talk about Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs). It can hugely impact betting markets depending on the sport. The sports that immediately spring to mind when … Continue reading 71. PEDs
Risk is always a very subjective discussion point, as everyone has very different attitudes to risk and also finds themselves in very different positions at different stages of their life. With betting I view risk as the amount of your bankroll you are willing to bet on a certain outcome. One of the (few) things … Continue reading 70. Risk
The week of a golf major always feels like an appropriate time to talk about the explosion we have seen in the number of Twitter golf tipsters/experts in the last couple of years. I am sure it is different for everyone but my Twitter timeline becomes insane and almost unusable. There has always been numerous … Continue reading 69. Tipsters (3)
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