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For the untrained eye, football is a mess. It’s a pig skin being thrown around and a huge bunch of grown men in what resembles full body armor and a helmet running around trying to catch it and possibly do some mysterious thing with it. And then you hear that in Europe they do the same thing without all the protection and you’re just plain confused.
But football goes so much deeper than that we, fans of the sport, can’t even begin to explain it. The athleticism and ability involved in such an aggressive, not to say violent and fast-paced game is just insurmountable. Add to that the enormous...
It was Gordon Brown and company back in 2001 who changed the British tax law to allow punters bet tax free. Before that, bets were charged a nine percent tax on any bet placed in the UK and that tax was replaced with a tax on the bookmakers’ profit of fifteen percent.
This tax was difficult to collect and blocked may foreigners from betting with the UK bookmakers. This then stopped the expansion of the market for the bookmakers so they agreed to more tax so they could be accessible to a wider market. Serious investments then became part of this expansion for the industry and around this time was...
There are only two type of betting books in the world, one being the sportsbook and the other is all the books written by generations of punters offering their knowledge and experiences.
The sportsbook is where the oddsmaker has done the math for you giving you a better chance to make a profit. The odds that they offer are published although you cannot look inside a sportsbook. They guard their formulas and margins well so you can only help yourself by reading some of the leading betting books available out there.
If you got to your local book store looking for these books, you will find the selection...
Why Football?
Posted by admin on Apr 27th, 2010 in Betting | 0 comments
For the untrained eye, football is a mess. It’s a pig skin being thrown around and a huge bunch of grown men in what resembles full body armor and a helmet running around trying to catch it and possibly do some mysterious thing with it. And then you hear that in Europe they do the same thing without all the protection and you’re just plain confused.
But football goes so much deeper than that we, fans of the sport, can’t even begin to explain it. The athleticism and ability involved in such an aggressive, not to say violent and fast-paced game is just insurmountable. Add to that the enormous...Tax Free Betting
Posted by admin on Nov 28th, 2009 in Betting, Gambling, Services | 0 comments
It was Gordon Brown and company back in 2001 who changed the British tax law to allow punters bet tax free. Before that, bets were charged a nine percent tax on any bet placed in the UK and that tax was replaced with a tax on the bookmakers’ profit of fifteen percent.
This tax was difficult to collect and blocked may foreigners from betting with the UK bookmakers. This then stopped the expansion of the market for the bookmakers so they agreed to more tax so they could be accessible to a wider market. Serious investments then became part of this expansion for the industry and around this time was...Books about Betting
Posted by admin on Nov 4th, 2009 in Betting, Credit, Gambling | 0 comments
There are only two type of betting books in the world, one being the sportsbook and the other is all the books written by generations of punters offering their knowledge and experiences.
The sportsbook is where the oddsmaker has done the math for you giving you a better chance to make a profit. The odds that they offer are published although you cannot look inside a sportsbook. They guard their formulas and margins well so you can only help yourself by reading some of the leading betting books available out there.
If you got to your local book store looking for these books, you will find the selection...