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How To Compile Odds.
Discover the secret tactics used by bookmakers to part you from your cash. How they exploit the mediums of betting information which are trying to help you so that most of the time you ultimately lose. The Levelstakes Betting Master Class will show you the optimum strategy for picking winners in horse and dog racing, soccer and sports betting. The Master Class is probably unique in that it actually shows you how to compile odds using the techniques of real in-house odds compilers (of which the author was one). Mastering this skill alone will pay for the publications cover price many times over!
If you enjoy programmes like 'The Form Factor' on ATR or 'The Betting Lab' on RUK then you will probably enjoy this book. Written in 2004 it predicted many topics in betting being discussed now. Buy this inexpensive book today and start to finally turn the tables on the bookmakers.
The full contents of the master class is as follows
1 BETTING IN THE UK
1.1 A mug’s game
1.2 How bookmakers manipulate opinion in their favour
1.3 The betting percentage in an event
1.4 Using opinions in your favour
1.5 A Fair Exchange?
1.6 Betting Off-Course
1.7 Net Gains (or the internet – what to do and what to avoid)
1.8 Betting on the ‘Nanny’
1.9 Spread Bets
1.10 The Ante Post Market (Horse Racing)
2 THE PROFESSIONAL APPROACH
2.1 The winning routine
2.2 Expenses
2.3 Staking
2.4 Value bets and Intrinsic Value
2.5 The Psychology of Gambling
2.6 Putting it all together
3 BETTING ON HORSE RACING
3.1 Racehorses we can often find value with
3.2 Private handicap ratings
3.3 Weight-for-age allowances and penalties, flat and jump racing
3.4 Time
3.5 The types of races and how they relate to class
3.6 Racecourse grades and their relation to class
3.7 Going
3.8 Distance
3.9 Breeding
3.10 Jockeyship
3.11 Trainers
3.12 Fitness
3.13 Recent Form
3.14 Racecourses and how they affect a horse’s chance
3.15 All-Weather Racing
3.16 The Paddock, Inspection and Comments
3.17 Information
3.18 Recent Changes in Flat Racing
3.19 Odds Confirmation of Selections with Intrinsic Value
4 BETTING ON SOCCER
4.1 The best types of soccer bets
4.2 Managers
4.3 Under 2.5 total goals bets
4.4 The Ranking of Football Teams; League Tables, ELO Ratings and FIFA Rankings
4.5 Using the Tables in Real Betting Situations
4.6 The Domestic Cups
4.7 The European Leagues
4.8 First Scorer Betting and Correct Scores
4.9 In-Running Bets
4.10 The Old Firm in Europe
4.11 Divisional Handicap Betting
4.12 Ante Post Betting on Soccer
4.13 Backing the Draw in a Soccer Match
5 BETTING ON OTHER SPORTS
5.1 Snooker
5.2 Boxing
5.3 American Football
5.4 The Ryder Cup
6 GONE TO THE DOGS
6.1 My introduction to greyhound racing
6.2 Greyhound Racing. A typical race night
6.3 Preparation
6.4 Weight
6.5 Bitches
6.6 Weather and Track Bias
6.7 Understanding the race card
6.8 Picking a winner
6.9 Trying to assess your selection’s true odds
6.10 Analysing Open Races and Inter Track races
6.11 Having a bet on your selection
7 A TYPICAL PERIOD OF PUNTING
Suggested Further Reading
As you see the course is quite extensive.
If you enjoy programmes like 'The Form Factor' on ATR or 'The Betting Lab' on RUK then you will probably enjoy this book. Written in 2004 it predicted many topics in betting being discussed now. Buy this inexpensive book today and start to finally turn the tables on the bookmakers.
The full contents of the master class is as follows
1 BETTING IN THE UK
1.1 A mug’s game
1.2 How bookmakers manipulate opinion in their favour
1.3 The betting percentage in an event
1.4 Using opinions in your favour
1.5 A Fair Exchange?
1.6 Betting Off-Course
1.7 Net Gains (or the internet – what to do and what to avoid)
1.8 Betting on the ‘Nanny’
1.9 Spread Bets
1.10 The Ante Post Market (Horse Racing)
2 THE PROFESSIONAL APPROACH
2.1 The winning routine
2.2 Expenses
2.3 Staking
2.4 Value bets and Intrinsic Value
2.5 The Psychology of Gambling
2.6 Putting it all together
3 BETTING ON HORSE RACING
3.1 Racehorses we can often find value with
3.2 Private handicap ratings
3.3 Weight-for-age allowances and penalties, flat and jump racing
3.4 Time
3.5 The types of races and how they relate to class
3.6 Racecourse grades and their relation to class
3.7 Going
3.8 Distance
3.9 Breeding
3.10 Jockeyship
3.11 Trainers
3.12 Fitness
3.13 Recent Form
3.14 Racecourses and how they affect a horse’s chance
3.15 All-Weather Racing
3.16 The Paddock, Inspection and Comments
3.17 Information
3.18 Recent Changes in Flat Racing
3.19 Odds Confirmation of Selections with Intrinsic Value
4 BETTING ON SOCCER
4.1 The best types of soccer bets
4.2 Managers
4.3 Under 2.5 total goals bets
4.4 The Ranking of Football Teams; League Tables, ELO Ratings and FIFA Rankings
4.5 Using the Tables in Real Betting Situations
4.6 The Domestic Cups
4.7 The European Leagues
4.8 First Scorer Betting and Correct Scores
4.9 In-Running Bets
4.10 The Old Firm in Europe
4.11 Divisional Handicap Betting
4.12 Ante Post Betting on Soccer
4.13 Backing the Draw in a Soccer Match
5 BETTING ON OTHER SPORTS
5.1 Snooker
5.2 Boxing
5.3 American Football
5.4 The Ryder Cup
6 GONE TO THE DOGS
6.1 My introduction to greyhound racing
6.2 Greyhound Racing. A typical race night
6.3 Preparation
6.4 Weight
6.5 Bitches
6.6 Weather and Track Bias
6.7 Understanding the race card
6.8 Picking a winner
6.9 Trying to assess your selection’s true odds
6.10 Analysing Open Races and Inter Track races
6.11 Having a bet on your selection
7 A TYPICAL PERIOD OF PUNTING
Suggested Further Reading
As you see the course is quite extensive.
230 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 26, 2014
About the author
Thomas Randall
32 books14 followersThomas Randall is a pseudonym of Christopher Golden.
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