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I opened my Betfair account on 22nd April 2003. I was one of the first subscribers to BetTrader and was a founding partner of JuiceStorm.com on 17th February 2007.

The JuiceStorm team built TradeHost for profitable automated trading and betting on Betfair in the UK, IE, AU and US horse racing markets. TradeHost Lite started in 2013 and is free forever.

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Sporting Index

Man of Mystery
Founded in 1992, Sporting Index burst onto the scene offering something quite unique. ‘Spread Betting’, a new concept in sports betting. Allowing punters to bet on a multitude of possibilities, with the result in a sporting encounter being only one of them. This style of betting has taken off in a big way and so too has Sporting Index. They made…
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Potholes, tax and bicycles.

Man of Mystery
Here in Malta we've just had the budget. There is now an income tax exemption for working mothers for one year which is granted to women returning to work after having a baby. This income tax exemption applies for every working mother in…
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Full Tilt Poker

Man of Mystery
Recently I started a weekly column on poker and this continues our once a week look at a game that I have played for over 30 years. One of my favourite sites was launched in 2004 and Full Tilt Poker continues to showcase its ambition…
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You want to play? Play by the rules.

Man of Mystery
Many of you will know that my main income comes from forex so I thought this morning I'd just share an event that was, at the time, pretty scary. The Nikkei had been plummeting two weeks ago on a bad Sony warning, then it collapsed…
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WUBT Betting Exchange Radio

Man of Mystery
After yesterday's balls up I'm trying again tomorrow with Jon over at TalkBet at the same time of 1.00pm UK when, God willing, we'll be live. We’ll be chatting about his Powerstats which are up and down a bit in terms of profit.
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InPlayMaster Betfair Bot Review

Man of Mystery
InPlayMaster is an in running bot for UK horse racing. It takes you into the final furlongs, the closing stages of EVERY UK horse race. It's largely automated and will jump onto the next race without any interference from me but I do have…
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WUBT – The Disaster Edition

Man of Mystery
Thanks for tuning in today to our re-launch of WUBT Radio. A complete hard drive failure 2 hours before the radio show went live left us with out a machine to work from and without the number for our Guest - Sorry Jon! We cobbled…
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WUBT Live Today

Man of Mystery
When U Bet Today launches the next series of radio shows today, Wednesday 5th November 2008. It’s Guy Fawkes day in the UK so we’ll be going out live right on this blog with a huge betting bang. My first guest is Jon over at TalkBet. If…
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WUBT Betting Exchange Radio

Man of Mystery
When U Bet Today launches the next series of radio shows on Wednesday 5th November 2008. It's Guy Fawkes day in the UK so we'll be going out live right on this blog with a huge betting bang. My first guest is Jon over at TalkBet who made…
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Beaten Favourites

Man of Mystery
This feature has been published every day during October 2008 and it has finished for now. If you want to get all the day's beaten favourites running tomorrow together with horse racing form then I recommend TurfTrax. You'll also be able to…
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Lays to Watch on 29.10.2008

Man of Mystery
These horses were UK horse racing favourites their last time out and they’re all racing tomorrow. They were all beaten. A good starting point for a selection to lay. The price shown is the price they lost at in their last race. The course…
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Profit Playing Break Even Poker

Man of Mystery
When you play poker online you pay a fee to the poker room for each hand you play. Many players pay several thousand pounds in rake each month. The good news is that you now can get up to 60% of your rake back. So it's simple really, only…
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Lays to Watch on 28.10.2008

Man of Mystery
These horses were UK horse racing favourites their last time out and they’re all racing tomorrow. They were all beaten. A good starting point for a selection to lay. The price shown is the price they lost at in their last race. The course…
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Lays to Watch on 27.10.2008

Man of Mystery
These horses were UK horse racing favourites their last time out and they’re all racing tomorrow. They were all beaten. A good starting point for a selection to lay. The price shown is the price they lost at in their last race. The course…
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Queue jumping on Betdaq

Man of Mystery
It is technically possible using the Betdaq API to place a bet with an expiry time of now plus "less than the in running delay". Betdaq have this queue jumping trick. Currently during in running your bets will be placed with a delay if…
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Lays to Watch on 26.10.2008

Man of Mystery
These picks were UK horse racing favourites their last time out and they’re all racing tomorrow. They were all beaten. A good starting point for a selection to lay. The price shown is the price they lost at in their last race. The course is…
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Betdaq and Betfair Arbitrage

Man of Mystery
This was taken an hour ago from Wolverhampton's 7:50pm Ladbrokes Poker Maiden Auction Stakes. dozens of opportunities for arbitrage on Betfair and Betdaq today. The example I show you here is the 7.50pm at Wolverhampton. Please…
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Betdaq V Betfair

Man of Mystery
The image on the left shows the market for the 13.05 at Aintree two hours before the off. As has been predicted by so many, including myself, Betdaq is now becoming a serious alternative to Betfair. A monopoly is never healthy. Now it's…
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