The selections are those that I have found and which I have myself bet on. The odds shown are the Betfair odds that I achieved.

Fri 24th July

Because of the poor run of results from the football bets – which are pulling my £100 Betting Bank Challenge profit down – I will not be having any further real bets but will just paper-trade.

Tue 21st July

Back bet for today was Bournemouth v Fulham. Away win predicted. Result 0-0 Bet unsuccessful (Betfair odds 1.41)

Sun 19th July

Back bet for today was Rapid Wien v Liverpool. Away win predicted. Result 1-0 Bet unsuccessful (Betfair odds 1.62)

Sat 18th July

Back bet for today was JJK Jyvasklya v Inter Turku. Away win predicted. Result 1-0 Bet unsuccessful (Betfair odds 1.92)

Thur 16th July

Back bet for today was Vasby v Assyriska. Away win predicted. Result 0-2 Bet successful (Betfair odds 1.99)

Wed 15th July

Back bet for today was Perth Glory v Fulham. Away win predicted. Result: 0-5 Bet successful (Betfair odds 1.49)

Tue 14th July

Match for today was Cheltenham v Southampton. Away win predicted. Result: 0-0  Bet lost.

Sun 12th July

The ProSoccer Investment File back bet system has produced another bet for today. Once again, I am risking a small bet as part of the £100 Betting Bank Challenge. The match starts later this afternoon, so I report the result this evening.

Latest news:

Match was between Norwegian teams Stromsgodset v Rosenborg. Away win predicted. Result: 0-1 Bet won (Betfair odds of 1.63)

Sat 11th July

The ProSoccer Investment File hasn’t produced any selections for quite a while. The author of the system – Michael Thwaite – has now sent all system owners a free copy of his new soccer backing system.

There is a selection for today – the match plays later this afternoon. I have had a small bet as part of the £100 Betting Bank Challenge. I will post the teams and result later today

Latest news:

Terek Grozni v CSKA Moscow 1-1  Bet was unsuccessful.

Wed 24th June

First losing bet:

Chicago v CD Chivas Lay Chicago at 1.99 Result: Home win. Unsuccessful lay

Sun 21st June

Egypt v USA  Lay Egypt at 1.84 Result: Away win. Successful lay

Sat 20th June

Gremio v Goias Lay Gremio at 1.91 Result: Draw. Successful lay

Did I manage to break through the £300 target that I was hoping to achieve?

Watch the video and find out. It lasts less than 15 mins. Here is the link:

click here to play May 2009 (Pt 2) video

I hope you enjoy the latest video – and I’ll be posting the next instalment in a couple of week’s time

Chris

click here to play the May (Part 1) video

Compounding is vitally important if you plan to make large amounts of money from betting. My presentation shows you just what can be achieved if you puut in the effort and grow your betting bank over the long-term.

Chris

During April, I used nothing but the horse race lay selections provided by the Logical Lay System.

You can see how I got on by clicking on the following link to view the video (it is only about 32 mins long):

click here to play £100 Betting Bank Challenge – April 2009 video

Do I make a profit again this month?

Do i manage to double my initial £100 bank?

Watch the video and find out!

I’ll be back in a month’s time with the next instalment.

Chris

Now that all 50 copies of the Greyhound Lays Exposed manual have been sold, it seemed unfair to only use greyhound lay bets selected using the information in Greyhound Lays Exposed. If i did, then you would not be able to place similar bets yourself because you probably wouldn’t have access to the information in Greyhound Lays Exposed.

I therefore decided to switch my selections from greyhounds to horses – and specifically, to use the Logical Lay System selections.

This will give those of you who so far haven’t bought the system and may be feeling a bit sceptical that it is any good, the chance to see it in action.

The good news is that there are far more lay bets per month. The bad news is that this results in much longer videos!

I have split March’s bets into a 2-part video:

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To view Part 1 (which lasts about 52 mins), click the link below:

click here to play Part 1

And to view Part 2 (which lasts about 38 mins), click the following link:

click here to play Part 2

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Enjoy the videos!

Chris

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We are all familiar with that oft-repeated statistic that says that 95% of all Betfair punters do not make a long-term profit. Whilst I cannot find any Betfair press release that proves such a statement to be a fact, I can well believe it.

And yet it need not be like this.

All you need to do is to ensure that you stick 100% faithfully to a fundamental set of rules that will guide your betting and which ensures that you must end up with a profit.

A strong statement, I’m sure you will agree.   In this series of posts I intend spelling out what the fundamental set of rules are. If you follow them, then you will have a solid foundation for your betting.

OK – let’s get started.

The most important rule is: You Must Protect Your Betting Bank At All Costs.

What do I mean by this?

Your betting bank is the most important asset that you bring to your betting. Without one, you cannot bet and make money – so your first priority is not to put your betting bank under any unnecessary risk.

Note that I used the word ‘unnecessary’. Ideally, your bank should be exposed to no risk – but to achieve that would require that you did not bet at all! Hardly what we are trying to achieve!

So by betting, we accept that there will be some risk to our bank – but the aim is to ensure that the risk per bet is managed so that even a long run of unsuccessful bets does not wipe out the bank.

The best – and I believe only – way to achieve this is for each bet to be to a fixed liability. And that liability should be fixed somewhere in the range 1% – 5%. 1% if you are a cautious punter; 5% if you are more adventurous – but NEVER higher.

What does this mean in practice?

Suppose our betting bank is £1000. Then a 1% liability is £10 and a 5% liability is £50.

You  must decide what percentage liability you want to work with as you grow your betting bank and ideally you should stick with it for a long time.

If you decide to work to a 3% liability (my preferred percentage for my own betting), then every bet that you make (and it doesn’t matter if it is a back bet or a lay bet) should only give rise to this liability.

So for a back bet your stake would never be higher than £30 because that is the amount you will lose (ie the liability) if the bet is unsuccessful.

And for a lay bet, the liability would be £30 – ie that would be the amount you would lose if the lay was unsuccessful.

Note that none of the above has anything to do with the sport you are betting on (it could be horse-racing, greyhounds, football, snooker, or whatever); nor does it involve the odds to which you are backing or laying.

Too many punters increase the risk to their betting bank depending on the sort of bet that they are making. You hear people say ” I always increase my stake if the dog/horse/whatever is short-priced?”. Or – the worst sin – they increase the size of their bet following an unsuccessful bet to try to recoup losses.

I will be writing more about loss-recovery systems in a future post.

You must ensure that every bet has the same percentage liability because this will ensure that you can never go bust.

Let me explain in more detail.

If you have 1% liability of your bank per bet, then you would need  100 unsuccessful bets in a row to lose your entire bank.  If you are using a good system or tipster for your bets (another topic I will cover later on in this series),  then you should never experience such a bad run.

For a 3% liability, then you would need 33 consecutive unsuccessful bets; and for 5% liability, it would be 20 consecutive unsuccessful bets.

This assumes that you never change the original liability amount as your bank decreases. But what you should be doing is keeping the percentage liability constant as your bank increases and decreases.

Yes – there will be periods when your bank decreases and to be a successful pro-gambler you must learn to deal with such adversity calmly.

Let me give an example:

If your bank grows from £1000 to £1200, then to keep the 3% liability you would increase the liabilty from £30 to £36. And if the bank dropped to £800, then the 3% liability would be dropped to £24.

In a perfect world, you would recalculate the liability after every bet, but this may be a bit too much of a hassle. I would certainly recalculate once per week,  or every time the bank changed by a £100 amount either up or down.

By keeping the percentage liability constant regardless of the bank size, you can never be in a position where you can lose your entire bank. For example, with a 3% liability that is constantly adjusted, then you are always 33 bets away from losing your bank.

Betting to a fixed liability is a real fundamental building block for successful long-term betting. If you are not already doing it, then start now and stick to it!

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Chris

Here is the first video in a monthly series showing the betting and results for December 2008.

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Here is the link:

£100 Betting Bank Challenge – December 2008 bets

The video lasts for 21 mins and may take a short while to load & start since the file size is quite big.

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Enjoy the video and I look forward to posting the next video covering January 2009’s bets in early February.

Your comments & queries are welcomed. Do remember that all comments are moderated by me, so they will not appear immediately.

Chris

I will also provide guidance on what you should look for in a system and – maybe more importantly – what you should avoid like the plague!

Chris