After learning about betting point spreads, our favorite newbie bettor Emily wanted to know about betting tennis. There are no point spreads in tennis because there is no meaningful way to measure how much a tennis player wins or loses by. In tennis, all that really matters is who wins and loses the match, and that’s where money line wagering comes into play. Following are tips on understanding tennis odds and betting tennis matches.

For example, Emily’s favorite tennis player Serena Williams wins a majority of her matches. The chances of winning for Serena’s opponent, let’s say the 102nd-ranked player in the world, would be less than 50-50 for this very reason.

Thus, sportsbooks would make bettors wager significantly more money on Serena than her opponent because of the disproportionate likelihood of Serena winning the match.

In the case of Serena Williams versus an overmatched opponent, a reasonable money line would require Serena bettors to risk $400 to win $100; while a $100 bet on her opponent would win $360.

Here’s how the money line would be listed: Serena Williams -400 / #102 Ranked Opponent +360

Every $400 bet on Serena nets a $100 profit if she wins (plus the return of the $400 risked). If her opponent pulls off the upset, $100 bet on the underdog would profit $360 (plus the return of the $100 risked). For more information on how this works, make sure to check out Reading and Understanding Money Lines.

Another popular way of betting tennis is picking the winner of each tournament before it starts. In fact, “Betting to Win” an outcome event like Wimbledon is the most common way to wager on tennis. Since tennis has multiple tournaments over the course of a year, “Betting to Win” obviously offers numerous wagering opportunities. It is very important to note that not all the competitors in a tennis tournament may be listed, so another tennis betting option is a “field” bet which includes all other competitors not listed.

The tennis odds on a “field” bet are typically comparable to a bet on the favorite in order to protect sportsbooks from taking a big hit if a major upset occurs. In exchange for a lesser payout, field bettors gain the advantage of having more than one entrant that can win for them. For example, the top 20 players going into a tournament might be listed with their own individual odds while the rest of the players are grouped together.

Some sportsbooks will also allow you to bet futures on the four major major tournaments, which is yet another way you can “Bet to Win” that can offer you appealing odds because you are betting far in advance of when the event takes place. For example, betting on the 2006 Australian Open now might get you much better value on Serena, who may be 10/1 at this moment but dip to 6/1 closer to the event if she is on fire. For more information on the value of betting golf futures, read How Future Bets Can Pay Off.

Before placing a future bet or any bet on any tennis player, it’s important to find out their strengths and weaknesses. Some tennis players perform better on different surfaces, and it must be noted that the French Open is played on clay and Wimbledon on grass. Playing on clay was the biggest weakness for Pete Sampras, arguably the best tennis player ever. He won 7 Wimbledon titles but never brought home a French championship. Fortunately for Sampras, he also performed well on a hardcourt surface (the most common), where he earned the other half of his 14 career Grand Slam tournament wins.

Other possibilities for betting tennis include proposition bets on the number of sets a match lasts. There are several advantages to betting at elite online sportsbooks but the very best will give you the most wagering opportunities, so it’s a good idea to shop around and find out what everybody has to offer.

If you are a knowledgeable tennis fan who has a good feel about how a match will likely turn out, then you should most definitely trust your insights and use them to find strong bets. For those of you with less experience, several sports web sites have power rankings for players which should give you a good idea of who’s hot on the tennis court and who’s not. Of course it’s up to you to decide which driver you want to bet on, but the more you learn about tennis, the more prepared you will be when placing your bet. Hopefully now you understand the basics of betting tennis and how tennis odds work!

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All Betfair exchange system on football have been wagered by those users, who may either want to bet in a normal way (backing) or to place odds on other punters (laying). Often, you can place bet either on seasonal football match or on regional football events. However, rules are same for all football matches. For instance, when you select ‘back’, you are placing a bet to win and when you select ‘lay’, you are making a bet against other punters to win.  

Similarly, if you are placing a bet on football premiership, then you lay on Man Utd, and you bet odds with punters, who want to back Man Utd. However, if Man Utd loses the match, then you may choose the stake of backer. Likewise, if Man Utd wins the match, then you may have to pay out. This is what traditional bookies do. 

Benefits to Bet on Football Betting Exchange: 

Below discussed are some benefits to bet on the system of football betting exchange:

 

Better odds: When bettor bets on this kind of system, he/she can do away with the bookie, who acts as an intermediary. As like any other intermediaries, this bookie also deducts his/her charges and always try to build order and changes prices in such a manner to make huge amount of profit. Hence, without the help of a bookie, you can get more odds on this system thereby gaining lucrative income. 

Back as well as Lay: In earlier days, punters used to bet only on selected team, but with this system of betting exchange, you can back as well as lay a bet on any football team. If your team does not win then do not worry, as you will not lose anything.

 

Overview: 

To sum up, Betting exchange is a kind of betting system that punters place on football events. The best thing about this system is that, you can place as well as accept odds from other gamblers.  In addition, there is no interference of any bookies here and the odds are only from punters like you. Usually, this kind of betting system involves decimal odds system that is very easy to compare and understand. 

Betting Exchange system is not only limited to football matches. Just as the bookies, you can bet on other various sports and some of other markets too. In addition, you can also bet on sports such as ice hockey, Australian Rules football, Pelota and other areas of industry such as financial markets or politics.Football betting exchange is a superior system to place bets on football matches.

All Betfair exchange system on football have been wagered by those users, who may either want to bet in a normal way (backing) or to place odds on other punters (laying). Often, you can place bet either on seasonal football match or on regional football events. However, rules are same for all football matches. For instance, when you select ‘back’, you are placing a bet to win and when you select ‘lay’, you are making a bet against other punters to win.  

Similarly, if you are placing a bet on football premiership, then you lay on Man Utd, and you bet odds with punters, who want to back Man Utd. However, if Man Utd loses the match, then you may choose the stake of backer. Likewise, if Man Utd wins the match, then you may have to pay out. This is what traditional bookies do. 

Benefits to Bet on Football Betting Exchange: 

Below discussed are some benefits to bet on the system of football betting exchange:

 

Better odds: When bettor bets on this kind of system, he/she can do away with the bookie, who acts as an intermediary. As like any other intermediaries, this bookie also deducts his/her charges and always try to build order and changes prices in such a manner to make huge amount of profit. Hence, without the help of a bookie, you can get more odds on this system thereby gaining lucrative income. 

Back as well as Lay: In earlier days, punters used to bet only on selected team, but with this system of betting exchange, you can back as well as lay a bet on any football team. If your team does not win then do not worry, as you will not lose anything.

 

Overview: 

To sum up, Betting exchange is a kind of betting system that punters place on football events. The best thing about this system is that, you can place as well as accept odds from other gamblers.  In addition, there is no interference of any bookies here and the odds are only from punters like you. Usually, this kind of betting system involves decimal odds system that is very easy to compare and understand. 

Betting Exchange system is not only limited to football matches. Just as the bookies, you can bet on other various sports and some of other markets too. In addition, you can also bet on sports such as ice hockey, Australian Rules football, Pelota and other areas of industry such as financial markets or politics.Football betting exchange is a superior system to place bets on football matches.

The pioneer in exchange betting is Betfair and today it operates the most popular betting exchange website.

Essentially, Betfair brings together individual punters with opposing views, and cuts out the traditional bookmaker. All bets on Betfair have been placed there by users who either want to have a bet in the normal way (backing), or offer odds to other punters (laying).

Bets are matched between people with opposing views.

When you “back” a selection (be it an individual, a team, horse, dog or other), you are betting that it will win. This is just like betting with conventional bookies.

When you “lay” it, you are betting against it winning. For example, if you’re betting in a market on which team is going to win the Premiership and you lay Man Utd, you offer odds to other punters who wish to back Man Utd. If Man Utd do not win, then you pick up the backer’s stake. If Manchester United wins the game, then you must pay out. This is what bookmakers traditionally do.

Listed below are ten compelling reasons to join the revolution and bet on the exchanges:

Better odds: when you place a bet on a betting exchange you do away with the bookmaker, who has traditionally acted as the middle man. As with any other middle man the bookmaker takes his cut. He will always attempt to construct his book and manipulate prices downwards such that whatever the outcome he will make a profit. By taking the bookie out of the equation you can generally get odds on Betfair 20% higher, which means more profit.

Lay as well as back: in the past you would only win your bet if your selected horse won its race. Betfair also allows you to act as bookmaker and lay a bet that a horse will NOT win the race. If your selection doesnt win, then you collect!

Trading for guaranteed profits: on the betting exchanges you can take advantage of movements in the price of a horse to secure guaranteed profits much like trading the financial markets. Profit whatever the outcome of a race? Impossible you might think&. I will give you an example to demonstrate:

Lets imagine you have a horse priced at 3/1 in a race. You think the price of this horse will shorten because it is well fancied. You back the horse to win with a wager of &pound100.

The price of the horse falls to 2/1 just before the race starts as lots of punters also back the horse. You then lay the horse for £134.

Now, lets examine how you will make a profit. There are only two outcomes for your horse it will either win the race, or it will not win the race.

If it wins, you will win £300 (£100 @ 3/1). However, you will have to pay out on your lay bet you will pay out £268 (£134 @ 2/1). Your profit is £300 less £268 equals £32

If your horse loses, you will win your lay bet and collect £134. However, you will lose your £100 win stake, and be left with £34 profit.

And so, by laying a horse at a low price, having already backed it at a higher price, you can ensure you will walk away with a profit, before the stalls have even opened!

This process can also be done in reverse, in other words you can lay a bet on a horse to lose, then when its price drifts you can back it to lock in the profit.

Name your price: before the appearance of betting exchanges, when placing a bet on a horse you would have to take the price offered by the bookmaker. If the odds offered on a horse were 2/1 and you said you wanted 3/1 you would be laughed out of the shop. Not so with Betfair. If you want to back the horse at 3/1 then you can post this request on the web site, and if someone else wants to lay that bet then your bet will be matched.

Bet in running: Betfair allows you to continue betting on an event, even after it has started. This capability brings with it a whole new betting experience, but its not for the faint hearted. As you might expect, the betting market for a horse race can change dramatically and extremely quickly, as horses jostle for position in a 5 furlong sprint which is over in less than a minute! Pitting your judgment and opinions against other punters as the race unfolds is very exciting, but equally risky. However, it is an experience that the traditional bookmaker simply cannot hope to match.

Never have your account closed: we have all seen the photocopied letters from bookmakers giving notice of closed accounts. The truth is, when you consistently make a profit from betting, then your business becomes a liability for a bookmaker. He is only happy to take your bets if over time he is taking more money from you, than he is giving back. When it happens the other way around, which is what all punters are striving for, then the bookmaker will invariably pull the proverbial rug from underneath you. By contrast, Betfair will never close your account. They charge a commission based upon your winnings, so in fact as long as you are winning, then they are making money too.

Unlimited stakes: I can remember plenty of times when I have received word about a horse and visited my local bookmaker to place a bet. When I asked to have £500 on the nag at 12/1 the assistant serving me would scamper into the office to ask the manager, then come back to say I was allowed only &pound20 @ 12/1 but the rest would have to be at the Starting Price (which as we all know is controlled by the bookmakers). This does not happen on the exchanges. If you post a request to back your horse for £500 at 12/1 and someone else is willing to lay the bet at that price (or it could be a number of people whose total stake matches yours) then you will strike your bet.

All of your betting bank in one place: most of us have at some point opened accounts with more than one bookmaker. We do this so that we can take advantage of whoever is offering the best price on a particular horse. However, by spreading our betting bank across a number of accounts, we are diluting our money we may want to back a horse for £100 but find we only have £50 placed with the bookmaker offering the best price. Sure, we can move funds between accounts, but it all amounts to an inconvenience. Having all your funds with one betting exchange means you can have all your funds available to bet, and all your money can be made to work for you.

Wide range of sports: betting on the exchanges is not restricted to horse racing. Just as with the bookmakers, you can bet on a variety of sports, and quite a few other markets besides. Take a look on Betfair today and you may well be able to wager on sports such as Australian Rules football, pelota(?) and ice hockey. But you can also bet on the financial markets, politics, and even the contestants in game shows such as Big Brother.

Place your bets 24 hours a day: how many occasions have you been reading the Sporting Life at 8:00am at the breakfast table, and read about the Pricewise bet of the day? You obviously cannot bet at the local bookmakers because their shop doesnt open til 10 oclock. But you think, hey, Ill place a bet on-line you go to their web site and they havent priced the race up yet! With Betfair you can bet when you want. You can take advantage of early prices before everyone else starts betting on the same horse and the price collapses. You can post all your bets before you go to work, taking the odds available, or naming your price.

Betting Black Box.

In 2006 the formally mighty Wallabies produced dismal results against some of the world’s lower ranked northern hemisphere teams.

The new coach John Connolly, who took over from ousted Australian coach Edie Jones, has managed to reproduce the same dismal results by doing more of the same.

It was clear to many a fanatical Wallabies supporter that every time they had thrown the game away and bought on the reserves such as Matt Rogers the team lifted and actually started scoring.

Why the coaching staff never picked up on this is beyond belief after all trying the same thing time and time again and expecting a different result is surly a form of insanity.

The team always manages to play as poorly or as good as the opposition it faces. If they are playing teams like the All Blacks or South Africa it brings out the best and the result, while not always in favor of the Wallabies, are at least respectable. Putting the team up against less fearsome competition such as Ireland usually results in the Wallabies being dictated to and not following a game plan, other than to let the other team gain confidence and eventually take any self belief away from the team.

The Wallabies’ past track record in the modern era of the game has been impressive. Competing in all five of the Rugby Union World Cups the team won the World Cup on two occasions, in 1991 and 1999 and lost in the final match in extra time to England in 2003.

Rugby union in Australia has always taken a back seat to its big cousin rugby league. This could have been broken when rugby league went through turmoil in the 90s when the opposite code started Super League. After this, Rugby League was fragmented and its supporter base was left reeling.

Why did the ARU not capitalize on this and invest in heavy campaigning to convert these valuable fans?

To think it can’t be done was naive to say the least. One only need to look at the rise and rise of Australian Rules Football (AFL) in what was once a Rugby League strong hold state, Queensland.

So what is needed at the ARU to get the results it surly deserves?

1. Don’t bring in a coach that has not produced results. The Queensland Reds finished a dismal 12th in the Super 14 competition in 2006 under the watch of Connolly. How could he do any better with the Wallabies?

2. Don’t put players in unnatural positions. Let the player’s natural game shine through by enabling them to do what they do best.

3. Practice as they play. All the Wallabies are currently being rested from Super 14 matches to save them for the 2007 World Cup and in the past they have trained at half pace to avoid injury. Practice as you play or you will invariably play as you practiced.

4. Take away the stigma that Rugby Union is for toffee nosed wimps. In New Zealand everybody plays union, rich, poor, black or white.

5. Get Rugby Union on free to air television. Even if it’s delayed coverage.

6. Convert New Zealand supporters to Australian supporters. There are some 1 million New Zealanders living in Australia and I would bet the majority still follow their New Zealand teams.

The Wallabies play a great game when they believe in themselves, they just need the backing from the coaching staff, ARU and the Australian public and they can pull another Rugby World Cup out of the bag.

The boys will also decide this week the two finalists that will go towards the title. They will be playing next Thursday 25th. The first match will be played by Roger Federer and Andy Roddick at 3:30am ET and the second one will be between Tommy Haas and Fernando Gonzalez at 7pm ET.

The Australian Open is the first one of the world’s four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, and it takes place each January at Melbourne Park.

The tournament was played for the first time in 1905. It was contested by top-ranked amateur players and known as the Australian championships until the advent of open tennis in 1968.

This tournament was originally based at the grass courts at Kooyong in the city of Melbourne’s inner south-east, but then it was moved to Melbourne Park that by then was known as Flinders Park. Mats Wilander was the only player to win the tournament both on grass and on Rebound Ace.

The Australian Open was held during December from 1977 through 1985, returning to its original January date in 1987. This led to two tournaments being played in 1977; the first one in January and the second one in December. In 1986, because of the return to January, no tournament was held.

The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tournament that can feature indoor play since the two main courts, Rod Laver Arena, and Vodafone Arena have movable roofs that can be shut in case of rain or extreme heat. However, Wimbledon has plans to build a retractable roof for Centre Court in 2009.

As this tournament is held in the middle of summer, the Australian Open is legendary for its notoriously hot days. An extreme-heat policy is applied when temperatures and humidity reach dangerous levels. This year we have seen how the heat has affected the tennis players during their matches.

Underground Punter – 1 In 9 Conversions.