Posted on January 2nd, 2012 by
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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 – [...]
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Posted on December 30th, 2011 by
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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 [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2011 by
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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 [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2011 by
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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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Posted on October 28th, 2011 by
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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 [...]
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Posted on October 24th, 2011 by
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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 [...]
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Posted on September 10th, 2011 by
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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 [...]
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Posted on February 21st, 2011 by
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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 [...]
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Posted on February 12th, 2011 by
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It is shaping up to be a thrilling sporting weekend with the big Manchester Derby taking the spotlight. I’m not so sure that City are going to be able to deliver at Old Trafford but I’m also not that keen to put some money down on it so I’ve gone with a couple of picks [...]
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Posted on February 6th, 2011 by
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Well Wolves really cocked up my betting plans for Saturday when they beat Manchester United yesterday. I mean come on – How can United drop points against Wolves….?! Anyway gotta get back onto the horse and see what we can conjure up this weekend. My first pick is a Trixie with the following selections: – [...]
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