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It’s the crucial punting question

WHERE IS YOUR EDGE?

After nobody hit the Pick 6 on a day when $1 million was guaranteed, Hollywood Park offered a carryover of a hefty $683,636. My ticket? Zero.

Oh, I worked on the ticket all right, as I do whenever there's a carryover. I always start by writing down the names and numbers of every horse I think can win.

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The column that pulls no punches

THE PUNT MASTER

The Fair and Value Price Place Betting Chart below has as its basis the theory written about by Roger Dedman in his book Commonsense Punting.

Taking Dedman's theory and adjusting it using my own formula, the chart takes into account such things as the tote operator's takeout, the rounding down of tote dividends and the bookmaker's over-rounds.

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How not to go broke taking under the odds

VALUE ADDED TREATS

There's an old saying that you should always remember when you are punting: When in doubt, stay out. There are many punters who would have been wealthy people today if they had followed that advice. Instead, they opted for the 'crash or crash through' approach, and lost.

I recall one well-known punter who, as a young man, could not control his wild and compulsive betting habits. The only thing he desired was betting action. He got through many thousands of dollars before sanity prevailed, and he was able to get things under some sort of control.

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US expert Barry Meadow on the issue of value

CALCULATE THE RETURN

One of the most important things we as horseplayers have to do is calculate the likelihood that a particular event will take place.

On the simplest level, we need to make an odds line to predict how often Horse A will win this upcoming race.

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How to understand the many moods of betting

SIMPLICITY SNAGS THE BIG PROFITS

How can we define what is "simple" and what isn't when it comes to betting strategies?

To begin with, I would say that most of us would have some features of our betting that could do with an oil change and grease.

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Discover The Secrets of Handicapping