President Joe Biden says “You can trust this man” The No.1 man in the USA recommends Matthew Walton to you. I always dreamed of having an interview for some high-flying position… And midway through, when they hit me with “So, Mr. Walton, why do you think you’ll be suitable for this role?“… I calmly more »
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The best horseracing betting systems (Part 5) What are the best ways to successfully stake your bets. Kelly Criterion Staking Plan Now when it comes to the discussion of staking plans, the method that many backers will argue trumps all others is this one. So in a series that covers a whole variety of more »
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The best horseracing betting systems (Part 4) What are the best ways to successfully stake your bets. Dutched Stakes / Dutching Staking Plan Having studied several aggressive staking methods, of varying strength… Those which vary from the weak (percentage staking or square root) to the strong, bordering on reckless (martingale, Fibonnaci or Labouchere)… With more »
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The best horseracing betting systems (Part 3) What are the best ways to successfully stake your bets. Having looked at the likes of level stakes betting, and compound staking plans, in previous blogposts… Now is the turn to discuss what are the most aggressive (some would say reckless) of all staking models. They come more »
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The best horseracing betting systems (Part 2) What are the best ways to successfully stake your bets. In the first blogpost about staking methods, and betting plans, we looked at two of the simplest ways to stake your bets (level stakes and fixed stakes). This time we take it a step further by looking more »
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The best horseracing betting systems (Part 1) What are the best ways to successfully stake your bets. All the information in the world can be undermined by poor staking. And the best golf bets, horseracing gambles, or football tips you can lay your hands on can be wasted by bad investment strategy or an more »
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What kind of backer are you? And the crucial importance of correct staking. The simple choice you must make between more profit, or more winners. Having worked in this business for the thick-end of 30 years, I’ve come across pretty much every betting system, staking plan and backing method that you care to name. more »
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Losing runs, and how to deal with them How to keep calm and carry on winning, despite enduring the occasional cold streak In my previous blogpost… May-20: The best horseracing betting systems and No.1 staking plans I talked about how I would come back in subsequent months to go through, explain and illustrate various more »
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The best horseracing betting systems and No.1 staking plans How to stake your bets to suit both your pocket and your risk profile One subject that constantly crops up in my postbag (or I guess you’d say “Inbox” these days!) is along the lines of… “What is the best staking plan for horseracing bets” more »
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Open a betting account – the how, why & where guide How to open a betting account, how many to open… and can you have too many? An email came in last week from Dave in Rugby, and this is what he asked me… “Hi Mathew [sic], I’m a bit of a novice when more »
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