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There are two groups of punters who invariably go to the races, or their TAB agencies, with the percentages piled high against them. They are the backers of favourites and longshots. No matter wh...
There are many problems associated with beating the trifecta. Punters probably don’t realise the task they are taking on when they tackle this bet. Question 1: Can you predict the 1-2-3 finishin...
Greyhound racing is probably the best system under which a punter in Australia can risk - or rather, invest - his hard earned dough. To my way of thinking there is nothing so good as a standout "...
You would like to back a winner every two selections? That’s a 50 per cent win strike. Some dream! But maybe it’s not so crazy. After all, picking two horses a race and making a ‘book’ by savin...
PPM reader Kerrin Brown has been enjoying success as a “lay” operator on Betfair. In this article he relates his personal story, and how he makes money from his operation. The first time I w...
The late Don Scott once wrote that the best form of exotic betting is the trifecta. I think he was right. Don said picking a trifecta winning bet was a test of skill rather than a game of chance. ...
I’ve spent years trying to beat the TAB and bookies and I’ve lost my bank more times than I can remember. There have been a few big wins; as many as a man with only three fingers could count on ...
Fitness plays such an important role in horse racing, and so few punters really know much about how to assess it, that we assigned Statsman to set out in detail his own expert views on this import...
Jon Hudson, a professional punter for many years, and now one of PPM's leading contributors, reveals the secrets of how you CAN make money at punting- if only you take the time. Is it really poss...
Punters may bet all their lives with bookmakers and yet remain 'in the dark' about the way in which the knob-twirlers operate. As one punter told me recently: "All I know about prices is that I sh...
PPM reader Kerrin Brown has been enjoying success as a “lay” operator on Betfair. In this article he relates his personal story, and how he makes money from his operation. The first time I went...
In my Friday blog I discussed the issue of trying to find a true favourite, using the $3.00 or less pre post favourites in "The Sportsman", and I listed a range of blockers I use to get rid of the ...
A SMALL group of Australian punters who have accounts with the world's largest betting exchange, Betfair, will be the basis of an investigation into jockey Danny Nikolic by Racing Victoria Stewards...
This series is devoted to the performances of clear cut (no equal) favourites on Sydney and Melbourne metropolitan tracks. Over the course of a year various aspects of the favourites will be cove...
Good luck to Danny Nikolic...One of racing's oddest cases in decades will be played out over the next three days as Nikolic tries tro beat the incredible 9 charges laid against him. It's taken four...
While Australia can lay to claim to having some of the best thoroughbreds in the world, its betting industry – one of the fundamental elements of racing – is many lengths inferior to that of oth...
It is official: I am seeking help about my punting. Before you all go "What!" just be aware there is a slight twist to my first sentence. There is no way I am giving up on the punt but I have to ad...
Jockey Danny Nikolic has pleaded not guilty to charges of improper practice and conduct prejudicial to the interests of racing at an inquiry in Melbourne.Last month, Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) s...