England’s second tier football division, the Coca-Cola Championship, kicked off this weekend with a flurry of draws. Based on previous season openings, I had anticipated a quiet opening weekend, and had bet on a draw for every fixture. With twelve…

Anyone who has been betting on Wimbledon this year will be lamenting the horribly low odds offered on the likes of Federer and Murray to win their early round matches. For example, you would be lucky to be offered more…

I was planning to write a post about a betting anomaly on Sportsbet, but it turned out to be intentional. On the 9th of June I placed a bet on Federer to win Wimbledon, but before the tournament has even…

It’s interesting how extremely low odds can influence your behavior. Every now and then you see fixtures with one outcome paying only 1.01 to win, and you think to yourself, “it must be a sure thing then! All I have…

In an earlier post I mentioned the fact that I had placed a bet on the Bulls in the semi finals of the Super 14 competition. The Bulls are highly fancied to win the tournament because they have home ground…