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Boxing Betting: Always Analyze a Fighters Style

It is the single biggest cliché in boxing, and it has held up since 1892, when James J. Corbett beat the bare-knuckle legend John L. Sullivan, in one of the earliest title fights…

Do You Have a Gambling Problem? 5 Early Warning Signs

Gambling stops being entertainment at the point where stopping is no longer a free choice. That line is not marked anywhere, and very few people notice crossing it — which is why…

The Yellow Sam Coup: How Barney Curley Beat the Bookmakers

If you ever find yourself frustrated with the bookmakers and their sometimes morally dubious practices, you will LOVE this story! The name Barney Curley was one that bookmakers le…

The Law of Small Numbers in Sports Betting

One of the many means by which bookmakers make a profit is punter error. Following the law of small numbers is one of the most glaring of these errors, yet most bettors either don…

Has a Bookmaker Voided Your Bet? What to Do About It

I’m sure that most of you have heard of the concept of the mug punter. That is the individual who places poorly-researched wagers at poor value odds. This type of bettor is a book…

Betting Account Restricted or Closed? What It Means and What You Can Do

Having a betting account restricted — stakes cut to a fraction of what you could stake before — or closed outright is one of the most common grievances in online betting, and one…

Barclays Introduces Gambling Exclusion Feature for Banking Customers

Barclays has become the first major bank in the UK to offer its own version of a self-exclusion program for gamblers who need to take a break from betting. According to early repo…

Who Was the Worst RaceHorse Ever?

The companion piece to our look at the greatest racehorses of all time is this one: the worst horses of all time. Of course, it is extremely unfair on these horses because their o…

Who Is the Greatest Racehorse of All Time?

Debates about the greatest in any given sport have raged on for decades. However, the Internet age has caused this practice to skyrocket in popularity as fans of a sport argue the…

Online Bookmakers vs. Betting Exchanges: Pros and Cons

Betting exchanges are all too often touted as better than online bookmakers in every way. While it is true that betting exchanges do offer some advantages in certain situations, i…

Comparing Regulated and Unregulated Online Gambling Markets

The legal status of online gambling has sweeping effects that are reflected in all aspects of the experience for players, operators and everyone in between. Comparing a regulated…

Why Sky Bet Affiliate Program Was Unceremoniously Terminated

Online betting giant Sky Bet and its associated gaming brands gave notice in early September 2017 that they would shutter their entire affiliate programme with effect from 2 Octob…

What to Do When You Win a Huge Sports Betting Payout Online

For the most part, sports betting is a long term game with small wins and losses that add up over time to form a trend. Hopefully you win more than you lose, but generally sports…

List of Active Betting Subreddits

As one of the 10-most active websites in the world and home to a massive community of real people, Reddit is a goldmine of interesting and useful information for just about every…

Artificial Intelligence in Sports Betting: What It Means for You

Automated pricing and automated monitoring are standard at large betting operators, and have been for years — this is no longer a coming development. How much of that is machine l…

How Countries Block Gambling Websites

Making a betting site unreachable is one of the most widely used ways a country enforces its gambling law, and it is done in more than one way. The mechanism matters, because each…

Online Gambling Alternative Dispute Resolution System

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) providers are third-party services whose purpose is to resolve disputes between consumers and businesses without taking small cases to court.…

The Oldest Bookmaking Names to Move Online

Bookmaking is a tough and unforgiving business that has seen many promising startups go live, begin making a name for themselves and then implode in spectacular fashion as a resul…

2017 Cheltenham Festival Betting: Promotions and Odds

Image credit: Steven JonesThe first day of the Cheltenham Festival is less than a week away as we prepare once again for another big day on the National Hung racing calendar. With…

Match Fixing in Sports: Is There a Solution?

When lawmakers debated legalising sports betting, one of the first concerns raised was always match fixing and the corruption of professional sport — amateur sport included. In th…