The most important question that arises when investing – and encapsulates the scepticism towards profitable betting – is the difference between investment and speculation. As the great investor Benjamin Graham puts it; “An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return. Operations not meeting these requirements are speculative.”
Trademate Sports (a.k.a. Edgebet) has been called the Robin Hood of sports betting. It is about time someone takes the side of the players instead of the bookies, says Martin, the NTNU-student behind the analysis tool.
An interview with Trademate Sports co-founder Martin Skow Røed in Digi, Norway's leading IT newspaper.
Jonas Gjelstad was interviewed along with spokespeople from several bookmakers by VG, Norway's largest newspaper.
After the success of our article series on 10 People Who Got Rich From Sports Betting, we wanted to take a look at some celebrities and sportsmen who also do a bit of sports betting on the side! Now they might not be as successful as the likes of Tony Bloom or Matthew Benter, but their betting stories are just as good! Enjoy the series!
Anyone who loves to place a few bets on the weekend has dreamed of turning their hobby into a full-time job. Even more so, turning betting as a full-time job into making millions of dollars, or even billions! For some people, this dream has turned into a reality and we want to tell you all about them.
From the late 1990’s to the early 2000’s, Haralabos Voulgaris (a.k.a. Bob), made betting look easy, exploiting inaccurate odds on NBA points totals. For five years, Bob made an absurd amount of money with a winning rate of almost 70% at one point! He found a flaw in the bookies prices where the total points for the first and second half of NBA games were exactly half of the predicted game total.
Arguably the UK’s most notorious sports bettor, Tony Bloom, is the owner of Starlizard, a company that describes itself as a betting consultancy. Based out of Camden, London, Starlizard is also the sole adviser for Bloom’s betting syndicate, who every weekend have £1 million riding on any given football game.
Welcome to our article series where we ask experts in the sports betting industry the questions you need answered!
Q5: What is the best method to use to make money from sports betting? Value betting, matched betting, arbing, exchange trading or following tipsters?
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