Category: Betting

It’s always interesting to see stories from the betting world hit the mainstream media and that is what happened yesterday with the news of the huge William Hill fine. The problems arise from the coverage and debate that follows. At the moment there is simply no middle ground when discussing some of these sensitive subjects. … Continue reading 163. Middle Ground

Just a gentle reminder after Cheltenham last week when you couldn’t place a bet for £10 on a favourite at even money. When we are given the sob stories by the bookmaking fraternity in the Racing Post about how the Black Market will rule the world and ruin their businesses. How Affordability Checks are endangering … Continue reading 162. Huge Profits

I think it’s fascinating to see the current landscape in North America since some of the betting markets have become regulated. North America still feels so many years behind the UK atm. I am talking about the mass market participants.  There is always a lot of criticism from North American operators about the European soft … Continue reading 161. North America

So it became apparent last week that Single Customer View would be launched on a trial basis amongst the biggest betting companies (Flutter, Entain, Will Hill, Bet365). So what will Single Customer View do? How will it affect you? In essence it will enable bookmakers to share information between themselves in a bid to stop … Continue reading 160. Single Customer View

This tweet could pretty much apply to any of the US based exchanges. However, we will talk about Sporttrade as it seems to be the frontrunner in certain jurisdictions at the moment. Important to remember that exchanges are in their formative stages in the US. I should put out a proviso here. Alex Kane who … Continue reading 159. Sporttrade

So in Tweet 156 we talked about ‘Golden Betting Accounts’. The problem is that these days it is almost impossible to access such accounts in your own name or those close to you. So you might have to ask someone else to place bets on your behalf.  The person placing those bets on behalf of … Continue reading 158. Beard Accounts

There is one aspect I love about this industry. It provides a perfect example in 2023 of what media manipulation, corruption, propaganda, hidden agendas, misaligned incentives and sheer incompetence look like. There in our faces everyday. Let’s have a look at some of the recent headlines from the Racing Post. The £40 million blow: how … Continue reading 157. Racing Post Survey

I have been asked on more than one occasion recently what I mean when I referred to something as a “Golden Bet365 account”. It’s quite simple and the concept is pretty crazy, It is an account where you get all sorts of perks and benefits. You get rebates on losses, VIP tickets to sporting events, … Continue reading 156. Golden Accounts

This is always a fun (hmm) subject to talk about. Bad beats can come in a whole manner of different shapes and sizes. They are different for everybody. It maybe the worst from a probability stand point. It maybe a continued run of bad beats. It maybe because it would be a huge win. It may … Continue reading 155. Bad Beats (1)

I will do this in multiple posts as there are so many different areas to cover that are of interest to me. I absolutely love reading books and have done since I was small. To give a rough idea I probably read a book a week on average and have done for as long as … Continue reading 154. Books (1)