Coming in at number 10 for the best sportsperson of the last decade is American Basketball Player Shaquille O’Neal. No player in basketball has had the same influence as the “shaq” in the past ten years. Standing at a daunting 7 foot 1 (216 cm) and weighing 325 pounds (147kg), the shaq is one of…
Federer? Tiger Woods? Tendulkar? Marion Jones? Who do you think will make the top 10 sportspeople of the last ten years? Sportpunter will be counting down the list. We are looking at all sports from Javelin to Judo, from baseball to boxing. We’ve looked deep and hard, weighing up all the variables using Sportpunter’s latest…
Details how I was able to always stay connected to the internet while travelling. Allowing me to visit many countries while still making profits from sports gambling.
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…
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…
Models…..What are they and what are they good for? No I’m not talking about the model that you see in the picture, that’s just merely an opportunity to include her. No, I’m talking about statistical models. What are they? Well according to Wikipedia, a statistical model is “a set of mathematical equations which describe the…
Along with out normal Soccer model, we also predict odds for the premiership as well as finishing dead last. Here are the probabilities and associated bets for the premiership after lasts round for several of the leagues Australian A Leauge Team P(Prem) Odds Overlay Gold Coast United 18.5% 4 – Brisbane Roar 16.4% 9 47.5%…
I hate to bang on about this in the third post, but its worth mentioning I believe. Previously I posted how I believe the grand final could well be a low scoring match as well as commenting about how there might be some value in first score being a behind so maybe I’ll back that…
