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Spurs are worth a look

I see that Spurs have shortened to 15/1 for the Barclays Premiership this year and I don’t think this is the worst bet going considering the results over the weekend. Chelsea, Arsenal and United all dropped points this weekend and that leaves a real dogfight at the top of the table. A quick reminder – [...]

NFL New Year Weekend picks and the Super Bowl

As per one of my previous posts, I’ve really enjoyed the NFL this year and this looks like a more predictable weekend than what we’ve had to go through in recent weeks. My picks for this weekend: The Patriots to beat The Bills The Saints to beat The Panthers The Packers to beat the Lions [...]

Fantastic punting promotion

Full marks to the team from Voltbet who have come up with one of the most innovative – and most importantly fun – social media competition for the holidays. The concept is pretty simple – make a prediction around a sports result that they are making a market in, tweet about it using the hashtag [...]

Online sports betting sites to establish industry association

South Africa’s online sports betting industry operators should establish an industry association which can promote best practices and standardisation says leading sports betting site Ladbrokes.co.za. “Sports betting is relatively new to the South African market and although it is a highly regulated industry, an industry association will establish collaboration between licensed operators, regulators and our [...]

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NFL for SA punters

As a South African I have never really gotten into the whole NFL thing. I’ve tried watching the games on TV a couple of times but relative to rugby I’ve battled to actually work out how the hell the games actually work. However in the last month or so I’ve really gotten into the NFL [...]

Ladbrokes.co.za puts best value bet on the Currie Cup final

Tension is mounting in the buildup to this weekend’s Currie Cup Final. Will the Gauteng Lions bring the Currie Cup back to Johannesburg, or will the Natal Sharks retain their crown as champions? Online betting site, Ladbrokes.co.za, offers even money on both teams to lift the famous trophy at Ellis Park stadium this Saturday and [...]

Ladbrokes expands rapidly into the South African market

Ladbrokes, the world’s largest bookmaker, which is now fully operational in South Africa, has proved to be a major player in the online betting category despite only opening its virtual doors two months ago.  Its website, www.ladbrokes.co.za, has seen a solid uptake in betting with a far higher than expected number of locals placing bets [...]

Sports Betting: Winning the Majority of Your Wagers

By: Bob Gillespie You wouldn’t drive across the USA without a road map. With the cost of gas today, I’ll bet that you would want to be sure of where you were headed, why you were headed there and how you were going to get there before you turned on the motor. Sports betting isn’t [...]

A funny punting story

I guess sometimes as punters we need to be able to laugh at ourselves and after a particularly poor patch I guess I can’t be surprised at the way some of the results are going for me! On three occassions over the weekend I had trebles where the fourth leg missed out and in many [...]