Bookmaker Stan James is set to sell their company. They are citing the recession and new online competitors as the reason. Looks like they failed to keep up with the competition. They also said that large payments to online bookies was another reason why they made a loss last year. In other news PinnacleSports CEO…
Well the Melbourne Cup is soon on us. Come Tuesday at 3pm they will all be in full gallop. So, I thought I had to whip up something for the special event. Whilst my horse racing model might soon be on the cards here at Sportpunter, the best I can do at the moment is…
It was the final week of the season, and top spot of the Brazilian state League Championship were all but sown up….but not until this happened: Needing to win 11-0 to clinch promotion from the Second Division, Viana found themselves leading Chapadinha by just 2-0 with 81 minutes played. A bit of fatigue might have…
There has been a lot of discussion going on in our forum at the moment about the Sportpunter soccer model and the incredible profits that have been achieved. There is also talk about the high number of bets on a Saturday as we cover almost every single league in the world, with some of these…
In the last article about sports models I talked about how as human beings we can often find patterns in randomness. I want to talk a little more about this in the real world. One of my friends recently had a baby which they named “Jordan”. Its cool to give surnames as first names at…
Sportpunter may well be a market leader when it comes to sport prediction, but we’ve recently come across some tough opposition, especially in the baseball field. It has come to our attention that Mike Blowers who is an ex baseball player and now radio commentator may have the edge on us. We have been attempting…
Another fantastic two wins in Australian basketball (NBL) on the weekend with both bets easily covering the line. This year has been quite amazing so far with NBL betting as our record shows. A small number of bets so far, but it seems as though we have been on the right side of the line…
Tasmania has stepped up the bookmaking race by giving tax free incentives to Tasmanian bookmakers. Tasmania has always been ahead of the rest of Australia when it comes to gambling, having the first casino and being partners with betfair. Recently northern territory and the ACT has welcomed Australian bookmakers, but with tax incentives in the…
Our tennis model has had great success over the past 12 months, despite a small lapse of late. And it’s sometimes in these lapses that you start to ponder what players you love to bet on and which ones you love to bet against. It’s also times like these that you start hating betting on…
The Australian Rules AFL Season for 2009 has finished with Geelong declared the victors over St. Kilda in a tight grand final. So how did we go in 2009. Here is a brief analysis. Head to head betting faired the best with 136 bets for 54 winners. Not a great conversion rate at only 39.7%,…
