Betting Highlights on tricky bets of the day and the valuebets on Friday 31 of March.

Soccer picks

The Big Day part 3. The day after the UEFA Cup! Torino - Catania. This match is a derby, Catania on the second place, promotion to Serie A seems sure, meanwhile Torino is fighting for a promotion playoff position. Catania’s defence conceded exactly one goal per game Eobika’s pick: under 2.5 goals. The general betting rules can be applied today, France Ligue2 under 2.5 and Bundesliga2 over 2.5 goals. Anderlecht more or less surebet and Utrecht maybe winner. But the best advice: bet soccer live.

Snooker betting, after the China Open Final no events.

Tennis betting, on Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami. High confidence bet Ljbicic vs Nalbandian.

European Basketball betting: you can find the Italian Liga1 clash with gamebookers‘ odds.

However, the ball is round, good luck with your soccer picks. Bet with confidence, bet with gamebookers ecobika do the same.

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Bots (short for robots) are basically automated software programs, designed by a human user, that automatically places bets on the betting exchanges based on certain criteria. Their main aim is usually to take any bets that offer value, for example when a book for a given event goes below 100% when backing, or above 100% when laying. In this case a bot would take the bets for all possible outcomes and guarantee a small profit, akin to bookmakers.

Therefore done over many times over the course of a day, these bots can be very profitable for their owners. However, it should be noted that these bots are only be as successful as the user who programmed them. There have been many instances where certain market events have caused a bot to place bets that have ultimately cost the programmer an awful lot of money, and have ultimately had to be abandoned.

Bots of some description have been around for many years in the stock market, but they are becoming increasingly common on the exchanges. The sporting press here in Britain have increasingly reported on bots taking over the exchanges, and taking all the value from markets before the human users get a chance. A lot of this is simply hype, but it is true that it has definitely become harder for human users to find value bets. I have experienced this first-hand in the FTSE markets on Betfair during the last year in particular. It has made things slightly harder for us financial traders, but I should point out that there are still plenty of profits still to be made.

Also bots do have their advantages. For example, they can provide some much needed liquidity to otherwise quiet markets. They can also go wrong sometimes which can result in some extremely incorrect and generous odds for other users. However, I think it is true that their increasing presence is upsetting some traditional human users, and it remains to be seen what effect this will have on exchanges in the future. It’s unlikely that the exchanges themselves will ban automated bots simply because if they are profitable then obviously the exchanges will benefit in the way of commissions from all the profits that the bots make.

So how can human users fight back against these bots? Well simply outsmart them. Use your own knowledge to anticipate market moves before they happen. Often bots will leave bets in the system below fair value if laying or above the true value when backing. Arm yourself with all the tools you can to make successful trading decisions and beat them at their own game. For example, if you are trading the FTSE markets, use technical indicators, live data and news feeds, etc to anticipate market moves and take the bots’ bets before the market has actually moved and triggered the bot to move it’s prices.

To conclude I would say that ultimately bots are not good news for your average user, but like the stock markets they have become inevitable. Unless the exchanges ban them, which is very unlikely, people are simply going to have to accept their presence and let’s not forget that human users are always likely to make up the vast majority of any given market, and so there will always be plenty of profitable opportunities.

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Jim Buccini is a former full-time Betfair trader who has produced a website detailing proven profit-generating tips and strategies. For more information click here:

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Copyright 2006 Timothy Rohrer

Many people are looking for ways to make money online and a lot of people have decided to gamble away their money. Online sports’ betting has become very popular in the recent years and millions of dollars have been made and lost. However a new type of sports betting has come about in the past year and that is called, sports arbitrage trading.

Sports arbitrage trading does not carry the risk of gambling; rather it’s almost risk free. Many people will say that sports arbitrage trading is risk free, but in fact I don’t think anything is completely risk free in this world, there is always some risk involved. If you’re wondering just how sports arbitrage trading works, here is a very good example. Arbitrage opportunities occur in the real market place on a regular basis and they occur in the sports betting world as well. Suppose there are two bookmakers, bookmakers A and bookmaker B. $500 would be placed with bookmaker A at odds of 1/1 and $400 with bookmaker B at odds 6/4. The total amount you have traded is $900. If bookmaker A wins, you get $1000, and if bookmaker B wins, you get $1000. So your profit no matter who wins is $100. Your next question may be, how is this possible? Simply because the odds are different for the same sporting event for different bookmakers. It’s time consuming and difficult to find sports arbitrage opportunities manually. With this being the case, there are automated programs available that can send real-time data to your desktop letting you know when an arbitrage trade becomes available. There are a few good sports arbitrage trading systems online, but the support varies with each. It would be wise to find a system that offers both phone, and e-mail support. There are typical mistakes the novice trader may make when starting out in sports arbitrage trading; that’s where support and training really comes in handy. Making money online with sports arbitrage trading has become a growing business online. The process of learning sports arbitrage trading ranges anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. The time it takes to learn sports arbitrage trading depends on the amount of time available. If you are trying to achieve success online, there are plenty of ways to do so. Arbitrage trading is just one of the many vehicles to help reach financial freedom.

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Tim Rohrer is an established home business owner and trader. To learn more about a system that has been paying the bills month after month, visit http://www.profitplusonline.com

I was a full-time Betfair trader for nearly four years and although I predominantly traded the financial markets, I also made quite significant profits from the football markets. Now this wasn’t achieved by placing bets on teams I thought would win, in the traditional way, but by using the betting exchanges to trade the prices.

For example, if I think a team’s price on the exchanges has drifted out too far in comparison with the bookmakers’ prices (Oddschecker is an excellent odds comparison site), then I will look to trade it. In this case I will be looking to back it at the current price and lay it back later at a lower price for my initial stake plus a bit extra to guarantee a profit whatever the outcome.

To demonstrate my point I will use an example taken from my site. In the recent FA Cup match between Chelsea and Colchester, Chelsea were available to back at 1.14 on Betfair a few days before the match, yet they were trading a lot lower with the bookmakers, ranging from 1.07 to 1.11. You would expect the prices on the exchanges to be slightly higher but at 1.14 this was double the price of the lowest bookmaker price.

Therefore at a generous price of 1.14 and expecting a drift inwards, this was a solid potential trading opportunity. As it turned out this price did indeed come in and a day before the match Chelsea were now available to lay at 1.12. So if you had backed Chelsea for say ?100 at 1.14, you could have layed them back at 1.12 for say ?102. This would have guaranteed a profit of ?1.76 if Chelsea won (?100 @ 1.14 = ?14) - (?102 @ 1.12 = ?12.24), or ?2 if the match resulted in a draw or Colchester win (?102 - ?100).

Now obviously these profits sound very small, but if, like me, you trade in the thousands these profits can be quite substantial and can build up nicely over time. For example, if your initial stake in this example was ?1000, then your guaranteed profits would have been ?17.76 if Chelsea won, or ?20 if they drew or Colchester won. Also, you wouldn’t essentially be risking your ?1000, because as you are using it for trading, you should always trade out, and therefore even if the price moves against you, you would only lose a small amount.

This was a good trading opportunity, but I should point out that opportunities like this do not exist in every match. Often you may only find a few good opportunities every week, but I can guarantee that there will always be potential trades out there.

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Jim Buccini is a former full-time Betfair trader who has produced a website detailing proven profit-generating tips and strategies. For more information click here: Betfair Tips and Strategies

Carlisle maintained their position at the top of League Two with a late rally against Boston. Chris Lumsdon and Karl Hawley put the 6/10 Cumbrians 2-0 ahead inside 20 minutes but a Chris Billy own goal on 63 put Boston back in the game. Simon Hackney restored the two goal advantage on 75 but Simon Rusk set up a tense finish with six minutes left on the clock. Hackney netted his second in injury time to secure a 4-2 victory for Paul Simpson’s side.

Grimsby remain in the automatic promotion places despite a humiliating 5-0 thrashing at play-off hopefuls Lincoln. The 6/4 were the safest bet of the day as Luke Foster, Jamie Forrester, Paul Mayo and Marvin Robinson gave them a 4-0 lead at the break and Lee Beevers added a fifth seven minutes from time.

Northampton put their promotion push back on track with a 2-0 victory over Notts County. The 15/20 Cobblers broke the deadlock through Jason Lee six minutes before the break and Josh Low scored a second deep into stoppage time.

Leyton Orient moved above fellow promotion-chasers Wycombe Wanderers with a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road. Paul Connor’s goal after six minutes was enough to seal victory at odds of 5/4.

Cheltenham Town strengthened their case for a play-off berth but added to Rushden & Diamonds’ relegation woes with a 3-1 win at Whaddon Road. John Melligan, Brian Wilson and John Finnigan wrapped up a 4/6 win 33 minutes into the match.

Jim Smith got off to a winning start as manager of Oxford United and dented Peterborough’s hopes of a play-off place. On loan Tcham N’Toya scored on his debut after 67 minutes to secure a 6/4 win at the Kassam Stadium.

Bristol Rovers scored two quick-fire goals against Mansfield Town to set up a 5/4 win at the Memorial Stadium. Sammy Igoe on 14 and Richard Walker three minutes later ended the Stags eight-match unbeaten run.

Tresor Kandol scored the only goal of the game to give relegation-threatened Barnet a boost against Darlington. Kandol had a goal ruled out for offside in the first half but made no mistake 10 minutes from time to set up a 13/10 victory.

Macclesfield took a huge step towards retaining their League Two status with a comfortable win over mid-table Shrewsbury. Matt McNeil netted for the 5/4 Silkmen after 33 minutes and Martin Bullock made sure of victory on 61.

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David Walker runs free bets and UK poker websites. A free email course: “Seven Days to Better Betting” is available at both of these websites.

Southend brushed aside Hartlepool 3-0 to go eight points clear at the top of League One. Mark Gower netted inside a minute while two Fredy Eastwood goals on 51 and 71 sealed an easy win for the 4/6 Shrimpers.

Huddersfield remain in second place despite only managing a draw at mid-table Port Vale. The 7/4 Valiants took the lead after 59 minutes through Michael Cummins but veteran striker Andy Booth earned the Terriers a point nine minutes before the end.

The wheels may be coming off Brentford’s automatic promotion campaign as they slumped to a third successive defeat. The Bees were odds-on at 8/11 to see off their mid-table opponents but Sean Thornton netted the winner for 4/1 outsiders Rovers on the hour.

Swansea’s promotion push also took a setback as they lost 1-0 at struggling Gillingham. The 9/5 Gills took all three points when Darren Byfield fired in a penalty nine minutes into the second half.

Colchester also missed out on a place in the top two after drawing 0-0 at Scunthorpe. Substitute Billy Clark thought he had won it late on for the 9/5 U’s but an assistant’s raised flag halted the visitors’ celebrations. Barnsley were also held to a goalless draw at Bournemouth and also had a goal disallowed.

Oldham moved level on points with Barnsley as they swept aside strugglers Blackpool at Boundary Park. Keith Southern gave the 9/2 Tangerines the lead on 42 but a Luke Beckett hat-trick (45, 55 and 86 pen) kept the 8/13 Latics play-off hopes alive.

Cash-strapped Rotherham, saved from extinction on Thursday, moved out of relegation with a 3-1 win against Bristol City. Jonathan Forte opened the scoring for the 13/8 Millers on 27 and Paul Shaw doubled the advantage on 39. Forte notched his second of the game two minutes into the second half before Cole Skuse scored a consolation for City on 80.

Swindon gave themselves a fighting chance of survival with a 2-0 victory over fading Chesterfield. The Robins, available at 11/8 before kick-off, took the lead through Jamie Cureton after 53 minutes and the former QPR striker netted a second in stoppage time.

Bradford fought back from two goals down to push Walsall closer to the relegation zone. Kevin James on 17 and Chris Westwood 20 minutes later gave the 11/10 Saddlers the perfect start but Mark Bower on the stroke of half-time and David Wetherall four minutes after the break earned a 9/4 draw.

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David Walker runs free bets and UK poker websites. A free email course: “Seven Days to Better Betting” is available at both of these websites.

Reading sealed promotion to the Premier League for the first time in their history with a 1-1 draw at Leicester. Value hunters will have backed Reading at 11/10 but the Foxes took the lead through Iain Hume seven minutes before half-time. However, Kevin Doyle’s equaliser five minutes before the end earned the Royals an 11/5 draw and a ticket to top-flight football.

Sheffield United ended their five match winless streak and were amazingly the only side in the top 16 of the Championship to win a match as they beat Southampton 3-0. Phil Jagielka and Paul Ifill netted in the last two minutes of the first half to reignite the 4/6 Blades automatic promotion hopes and Neil Shipperley added a third on 77.

Watford’s own automatic promotion hopes were dashed by relegation-haunted Millwall who pulled off a stunning 2-0 victory at Vicarage Road. Carl Asaba on 66 and Ben May injury time earned the Lions an unlikely 11/2 away win.

Leeds lost more ground in their chase for a runners-up spot as they drew 0-0 with Stoke. Leeds were 8/15 jollies before kick-off but poor finishing by both sides meant the game ended all square at odds of 11/4.

Fifth-placed Crystal Palace took the lead through Clinton Morrison after 18 minutes but Inigo Idiakez levelled for Derby 10 minutes later. The Spaniard missed a penalty in stoppage time but hammered in the rebound to earn a 7/5 home win.

Preston North End clung on to their play-off place despite being held to their tenth ’s draw backers who profited at odds of 12/5. The match between Cardiff and QPR also finished goalless with both Camerone Jerome and Marc Nygaard missing a gilt-edged chance each.

Play-off chasing Wolves were dealt a blow by Sheffield Wednesday who are fighting for survival in this division. Marcus Tudgay gave the 5/1 Owls the lead just before half-time but Wolves levelled through Carl Cort. Deon Burton put the visitors back in front on 67 and Tudgay fired in his second four minutes from time.

Burnley ended their run of six consecutive Championship defeats to all but end Norwich’s slender play-off hopes. Andy Gray gave the 15/8 Clarets the lead after 18 minutes while Michael Branch settled the match six minutes into the second half.

There were draws abound when Ipswich Town faced Hull City at Portman Road while relegation-threatened Brighton & Hove Albion played host to Luton Town.

Rock-bottom Crewe Alexandra won their first game in four as they demolished in-form Coventry City 4-1 at Gresty Road.

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David Walker runs free bets and UK poker websites. A free email course: “Seven Days to Better Betting” is available at both of these websites.

Chelsea made no mistake against Manchester City following last weekend’s shock defeat at Fulham as they won comfortably at Stamford Bridge. Two goals in three first-half minutes from Didier Drogba earned the 3/10 Blues a 2-0 win and kept up their march towards retaining the Premiership.

Manchester United kept up the pressure on Chelsea with a comfortable win over Birmingham City. Punters will have ploughed into the 1/5 odds on an Old Trafford win and the Reds did not disappoint. A Maik Taylor own goal after three minutes and Ryan Giggs after 15 gave United the perfect start and Wayne Rooney added gloss seven minutes before the end.

Liverpool won the 203rd Merseyside derby but saw Steven Gerrard sent-off after just 18 minutes. The Reds, 6/10 favourites before kick-off, lead at half-time through a Phil Neville own goal and Luis Garcia doubled the advantage two minutes after the restart. Tim Cahill gave the Toffees hope on the hour but Harry Kewell ensured victory six minutes before full-time.

Blackburn Rovers continued to push for a Champions League place with a narrow 1-0 win at rock-bottom Sunderland. Rovers, likely to be the most popular “away win” choice for punters this weekend, justified their 7/10 odds after 15 minutes when Steven Reid scoring the winning goal.

Middlesbrough won a thrilling encounter against Bolton Wanderers. The Trotters took the lead through Stelios Giannakopoulos but Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink equalised minutes later. Mark Viduka finished off an incisive move before Hasselbaink claimed his second after the break to put 8/5 Boro firmly in control. Bolton hit back through Jay-Jay Okocha’s penalty and then Radhi Jaidi levelled at 3-3. Stuart Parnarby scrambled in a 91st minute winner to open up a 10 point gap over the bottom three.

West Ham United came from behind to snatch victory at tasty 11/4 odds at Wigan Athletic. Lee McCulloch gave the Latics the lead on the stroke of half-time but Marlon Harewood restored parity seven minutes after the break. Nigel Reo-Coker netted a last-gasp winner for the Hammers.

Newcastle United slumped to their third consecutive league defeat as Charlton Athletic won comfortably at the Valley. A Darren Bent penalty gave the 13/10 Addicks the lead after 23 minutes but Scott Parker equalised for the Magpies on 34. Charlton were back in front two minutes later through a Lee Bowyer own goal and Jay Bothroyd added a third two minutes before the end.

Aston Villa and Fulham played out a goalless draw at Villa Park. Shrewd punters will have backed the 9/4 draw option which saw Fulham earn only their fourth point away from home all season.

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David Walker runs free bets and UK poker websites. A free email course: “Seven Days to Better Betting” is available at both of these websites.

The problem with most online earning schemes is that when they appear too good to be true, they usually are. Many offer unattainable fortunes for an unrealistic amount of work. Despite the promise of online enterprise and with the hundreds of success stories circulating, the truth is that unimaginable wealth via the Internet is, for most, an impossible dream. However there is one online program that has been proven to work time after time, for regular Internet users as well as industry professionals, and that is the business known as affiliate marketing.

The idea behind affiliate marketing could not be simpler. Basically large sites offer smaller sites or those holding content similar to that of their own a number of advertising options to promote the larger sites product. Some of the largest industries have utilised the affiliate programs to first popularise the specific sector and then to generate competition within it. One of the largest online industries to have profited from substantial rewards created by the affiliate program is that of online sports betting. The offline gambling industry is large, but the online incarnation has eclipsed it in all ways. With 24-hour odds and gambling options from around the world, the online sports betting sites have galvanised a huge audience to chance their arm and place bets. Much of this success can be attributed to the parallel success of the associated affiliate program. With literally thousands of individual sites promoting the online sports betting boom, it has only served to bolster the industry. The affiliates work as a sort of web network, each feeding people to the sites or at least making visitors aware of the major sports betting sites and establishing a reputation.

In return for the affiliates hard work the sports betting and other industries have been quick to heap substantial rewards on their affiliates. No matter what size the site is or how many or how few people they attract in each year, all of the sites are equal in their ability to earn these rewards. Sites offer up to 35% of a player’s lifetime money generated on a particular site, to any affiliate. Whilst affiliates who can encourage dozens of people to join is clearly going to earn more than one who can only attract a couple, there are no specific guidelines or limitations to hold any affiliate back. This is the real joy in the affiliate system, anybody from anywhere has the opportunity to earn money from it. Some may be less successful than others but the limitations lie only in the affiliate and not in the system, which means that with a little effort anybody can earn a regular income from the online sports betting affiliate program.

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The Internet is not simply a place for big businesses to get bigger or for new ideas to be rewarded with huge bonuses. There are numerous ways in which the everyday person can get in on the act and make their own small business. One of the most tried and tested ideas on the net, in terms of creating your own business is that of affiliate marketing. Thousands around the world have or still are taking advantage of this hugely lucrative market. But do not be put off by the number of opposing sites, the market is not built like so many on creating a market share and then capitalising on it. Personal website owners can earn some extra revenue just by simply hosting affiliate-advertising banners. The more business orientated and larger affiliate sites can go much further creating an entire business from the industry. It may sound a little far fetched, but when you consider that thousands of people are earning substantial amounts of cash from this simple program, it is actually a hugely effective a profitable business model.

New affiliates can choose almost any online industry to represent, most offer bonuses and free start-ups for their new partners. However few of these industries can rival the financial muscle and the astonishing growth of the sports betting business. With an industry that generates such a huge turnover each and every year, you know you are essentially representing one of the market giants. Similarly the sports betting industry is constantly growing with hundreds of people looking to join each day, which in turn means more potential custom for them and the affiliates. The sports betting affiliate program gives new affiliates the chance to experience some of the earning power of the online bookmakers. Without having to risk a penny, affiliate marketers can earn up to 35% of a player’s money generated for their entire lifetime on the site, just by recommending them.

Affiliate programs don’t cost a penny to join so there is no financial risk to be considered. The sports betting sites will provide their new affiliates with all the banners and links that they need to direct people to their site. This means that even the advertising is sewn up, leaving the affiliate the relatively easy task of choosing the content and advertising of their site. The affiliates are essentially self employed and working wholly for themselves, they have no bosses and no one to produce results for except themselves. Therefore they are free to experiment with site content as much as they wish, producing anything that they really want. Similarly the way in which an affiliate markets their own site is completely up to them. The Internet is swarming with excellent marketing tools, but depending on an affiliates budget some may be easier than others. The main problem an affiliate faces, as it is for every site, is the initial challenge of bringing people into their own site. The affiliate faces a secondary problem, which is persuading their visitors to follow links to a secondary site and join up. There is no easy solution for either of these problems, but there are plenty of options available to overcome them.

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