Reading the morning paper over breakfast I was surprised how many bookmakers are either giving their own tips or sponsoring the ‘papers own tipsters. Can this be anything else other than a “come-on” to help swell the bookies satchels.
Surely having bookies plugging their businesses in this way isn’t” cricket”? How much faith can you put in their “recommendations”?. It’s bad enough when newspaper correspondents have a private tipping service. Who’s losing out then?
The readers or the paying members?
One ‘paper has a bunch of bookmakers spokesmen who give readers their “valued opinions”. Over the last couple of weekends they’ve “recommended” in the following fashion.
First weekend.
Four of then tipped 2 single games each and achieved 3 winners between them. Is 37 1/2% a good enough return from so-called experts?
What about the fifth tipster. He recommended what has always been known as the bookies benefit. An accumulator. In which two of the five “Certs” were a let down. He also tipped a double, his best of the day. Result, one winner and one loser.
A grand total of ten bets from the five of them with a total of three winners. Not only 30% winners but 70% LOSERS.
The second weekend offerings read even worse that the previous one.
The self-same four Bookmakers reps again gave tips for two matches. This time resulting in just 0NE successful forecast.
No better than the average punter, I’ll wager.
The Accumulator King from the previous week this time chose a 4 timer. Red hot HOME FAVOURITES but at increased odds.
RESULT. The same as last week. A LOSING BET. To add insult to injury his double also contained TWO more losers.
This time a total of TEN BETS. JUST ONE WINNER. Can’t you do better than a 10% winner rate?
Surely there should be a “gentlemen’s agreement” that bookmakers don’t attempt to influence punters in this way. The layers have for a long time suffered bad publicity yet they court controversy in this manner. Why?
There is something we can use which is often offered by the bookies. They have a habit of offering money-back if ” so and so ” wins, or if “so and so” scores. There are other offerings, of which I’m sure you’re aware. Now by and large the bookies are on the ball with these bets. Using our experience gained over the years, it should prove possible to choose which bets to follow and LAY those chosen. These “offers” from the layers are usually sound money making propositions.
Such as one now available . “All losing stakes returned if Tiger Woods wins the US Masters”. Can the bookies afford to be so generous? Only occasionally. Because just like the punter they too make mistakes but not as often.
There are usually quite a few of these NEGATIVE SELECTIONS on offer when there are important events due to be decided.
There is definitely money to be made from these offers. The basic bet is usually to LAY the selection but there will be times when it pay to actively trade them instead.
The Grand National will probably be such an occasion. Before you accept any thing offered with a proviso, remember this race is a bit of a gamble at the best of times. 40 starters, a dash to the first fence, all ingredients for mayhem.
