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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...
Let me ask you a question. If you bet on a horse and you see its price rise or fall dramatically, how do you feel? If you feel sick when the horse's odds spiral upwards and smug when they fall, I'...
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 "...
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...
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...
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. ...
They call it 'deep state' handicapping. It's the method used by shrewd computer geeks to make millions of dollars on Hong Kong racing. The average punter has no idea of the penetrating analys...
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...
This is Part 1 of a two-part exclusive interview with Australia's greatest professional punter, the late Don Scott, by PPM's Brian Blackwell. Scott discusses his lifestyle, his approach to punting...
It seems daunting, doesn't it, when you look at a race programme of eight or nine races? You could be excused for shrinking from the task of attempting to unravel such a big programme of races, po...
The Gai Waterhouse trained Proisir has leapt into Cox Plate contention following his impressive win at Rosehill. TAB spokesman Andrew Georgiou says: 'Such was the authority of his win that his pric...
In-form Sydney filly Happy Hussy has joined the race for the Magic Millions Guineas.Rosehill trainer David Payne lodged a late entry for the $1 million race on Tuesday morning.Happy Hussy convinced...
PROFESSIONAL punter Mark Hunter has provided Racing Victoria stewards with the documents they requested, reports TVN. It says: Hunter delivered his telephone records as asked for by RV deputy chair...
BART Cummings's super stallion So You Think will tomorrow start the shortest-priced favourite in the Cox Plate for 43 years and by doing so, will force on-course bookmakers to revert to an old meth...
Getting yourself in the right frame of mind is as important as just about everything else when you are punting. If you think like a loser, that's what you'll be. Psychologists say that the majori...