Bolton are never an easy team to beat and under new boss Owen Coyle have lost just once in their last four competitive games.

A win for Man City will see them go to at least 5th spot while any result for Bolton will see them move further away from the relegation zone.

The bookies make Man City the clear favourites as expected, do you agree and think Man City will be too strong for Bolton or can Bolton do what Hull City did and get the win?

The Sad Truth

We’ve all heard it before. We’ve heard of people gambling away the little money that they have, instead of buying basic necessities; we’ve heard of people gambling away their family’s future; we’ve heard of marriages being torn apart by gambling, and the list goes on. A lot of people just do not know how to control the compulsion.

Here are the statistics:

In the UK alone, people lose £9.5 Billion each and every year to gambling.
This figure increases 25% every year.

Countless studies around the globe have made studies about compulsive gambling. They have all come to the conclusion that it is actually a behavioral dysfunction. However, they also believe that removing gambling from the equation is clearly not the solution. Luckily, there is another solution.

The Betting Money Management System

The betting money management system is a mindset that helps you gamble wisely. The system will prevent you from gambling away more that what you can afford.

Here are the concepts of the betting money management system:

1.Positive Progression

Positive progression refers to betting more when you are on a winning streak, and betting less when luck is not on your side.

2.Take Advantage Of Special Offers

Casinos and online betting will always have special offers or promotions. These special offers allow you to bet at a discount, or makes allows you to take care of commission rates at no extra charge.

3.Setting Your Budget

Set a budget of much you are willing to spend. Once you are close to your budget, have the discipline to stop.

4.Don’t Make Any Gambling Mistakes

These are:

Gambling with loaned money
Not understanding the game being played
Betting in games with lousy odds
Forgetting to use the player’s card
Greed (not stopping when you have made a lot)
Unplanned betting
Lack of discipline
Spending too much time gambling
Gambling under the influence

5.Quickly Quit When On A Losing Streak

Once you feel you are on a losing streak, it will be wise to just leave and cut your losses.

6.Apply For A Credit Line

Credit lines prevent you from going over your allotted budget.

7.Your Credit Card Should Stay At Home

Credit cards allow you to gamble with no budget whatsoever. It will be wise to leave it at home to prevent overspending.

8.Locking Up Profit

Let’s say you set a budget of £100.00. You make a profit of £100.00. Make sure to stop gambling once you’re on the verge of losing the profit you’ve gained.

These are what you should practice while gambling. The betting money management system will prevent you from losing control, which results in an unfavorable situation.

Disadvantages Of Betting Systems

There are a lot of betting systems out today. Unfortunately, they are all flawed, and none assure you of winning a hundred percent. In most cases, they simply do not work.

Here are the most popular betting systems and their flaws:

1.The Gambling Fallacy

This system involves assuming that if a card has not turned up it is highly probable that it will turn up shortly.
This system is highly inaccurate and risky.
The probability of getting a certain card gives you unfavorable odds.

2.The Martingale System

This system involves doubling your bet once you are on a losing streak to make up for a loss.
This system does not take to account the number of times you can lose.
Doubling your bet every time you lose can easily wipe out your budget, and even put you in debt.

3.The D`Alembert System

This system is similar to the Martingale system, but less risky. It involves decreasing your bets once you are winning, and gradually increasing your bets once you are losing.
Although safer, this system still does not take to account the number of times you can lose.
It may involve gradually increasing your bets once you start losing, but this is just a slower way of losing your money.

4.The Parlay System

Used in horse racing, this system involves using the profits gained from a prior bet to bet on the next.
The problem with this system is that it expects you to win on the first bet, but what if the first bet was a failure?
Often times, if the first bet was not a win, you end up losing your budget.

5.The Paroli System

This system is the complete opposite of the Martingale system.
The problem with this system is that you never know when a winning streak will start.

6.1 3 2 6 System

This system involves betting in a series of 4. The first bet is a single unit, the second is 3 units, the third is 2 units, and the last is 6 units. It is a mathematical system that assures winning 4 times on a row.
The problem with this system is that it does not take to account that you can easily lose 4 times in a row.

As you can see, all of these systems are flawed. There is actually no perfect system, which simply means that you cannot put your faith in any of these systems. Your best betting system would be to know when to cut your losses, not lose control, and cash in your winnings when you’ve made a profit.

They make Man Utd hot favourites to keep hold of the 24 year old striker at very restrictive odds of 1.10

Real Madrid naturally are second favourites and Skybet have them at 8.00 to land the England International.

Barcelona who have also been touted as potential bidders can be had at 11.00 while the only other team in the betting is Man City at 34.00

Full Odds

Man Utd 1.10
Real Madrid 8.00
Barcelona 11.00
Man City 34.00

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Ladbrokes go as high as 2.75 on the West Londoners retaining the trophy while Skybet go as low as 2.38.

Man City are second favourites highest priced at 5.60 with Betfair, Aston Villa are third favourites at a best priced 8.00 with Ladbrokes and Spurs 4th favourites at 9.00 with Bluesq.

Leeds who Spurs have to play in a replay can be had 81.00 with Stan James.

FA Cup 5th Round Draw

Southampton v Portsmouth
Reading v West Bromwich Albion
Fulham v Notts County or Wigan Athletic
Chelsea v Cardiff City
Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur or Leeds United
Derby County v Birmingham City
Manchester City v Stoke City
Wolverhampton Wanderers or Crystal Palace v Aston Villa

We however are looking elsewhere, recent history has shown that the teams that are considered hot things at this stage of the season don’t always have it their own way in the play offs.

Three teams that we feel are more than capable of causing in an upset and are available at double figure odds are the Cincinnati Bengals and the Minnesota Vikings .

Cincinnati Bengals are a high of 15/1 (16.0) with Bet365 to lift the Superbowl while The Vikings are available at 6/1 (7.0) with Bet365

Why these two, well for starters those odds wont be available once the regular season ends and with both teams almost certain of the play offs then their odds will only drop once they are confirmed for the play offs.

But its not just the value, both have solid chances of going all the way and if the Saints and Colts don’t maintain their current great form the odds above will look like a gift.

Minnesota Vikings To win the Superbowl at 6/1 (7.0) with Bet365
Cincinnati Bengals To win the Superbowl at 15/1 (16.0) with Bet365

Now the thing is this Motor Racing never seems to be a shoe in when it comes to the BBC Sports Personality Awards and normally Button would be a given but when Lewis Hamilton cant do it it is hard to see why Button can,

But what of Giggs, it seems to be a phenomenon at the moment to give Giggs awards and no doubt there has been a push for him but it is hard to see how he can win the award even with a Man Utd fans coordinated voting campaign to get him the award.

The unfortunate thing this year from a betting point of view is the lack of well known Sports persons in with a shout in the vicinity, it has been a bit of a poor year on the high profile front.

That said the England cricket team did regain the Ashes but even in that there seems to be no ground swell of support for Andrew Strauss or any other cricketer.

Chances are that Button will win it and the odds of evens (2.0) with Ladbrokes could in hindsight look value but for us we will have a tiny punt on David Hayes.

Hayes won the World Heavyweight Championship and boxers tend to do well, previous winners include, Lennox Lewis Joe Calzaghe, Barry McGuigan and Henry Cooper with numerous placed.

Hayes is as high as 17/1 (18.0) to win with Bet365 and as low as 8/1 (9.0) with Skybet.

Bet365 are also offering Hayes to finish in the top 3 at 9/4 (3.25).

David Hayes to Win The BBC Sports Personality of the year Award at 17/1 (18.0) with Bet365
David Hayes top 3 in The BBC Sports Personality of the year Award at 9/4 (3.25) with Bet365

But it does show how far Tottenham have progressed that a draw away to Everton is seen as a disappointment.

Spurs also drew away with direct rivals in the Premiership Aston Villa in their previous match and in both games looked y far the better team.

This Tottenham side appear to have created a pattern, lose to the “original” top 4 (Liverpool apart) draw with the teams considered on their level and beat all other teams.

If they manage to maintain that pattern throughout the season then they look a solid bet to in the top four.

It is also very presumptuous of us to assume that Spurs will not beat Villa, Man City and even Chelsea and Arsenal at White Hart Lane, they are more than capable of winning those games.

All in all Tottenham odds of 5/2 (3.5) with Bet365 is overpriced in our opinion and we will help ourselves to a little of that.

Tottenham to finish Top 4 at 5/2 (3.0) with Bet365

You can still get odds against on Newcastle who could go 7 points clear of WBA if they win their game in hand and even with so long to go it is hard to see Newcastle giving that up.

Skybet are offering Newcastle at 6/5 (2.2) and that is great value.

Yes The Championship can be competitive but it usually breaks down to 1 or 2 in the hunt and generally speaking the team that sets the pace generally is still there come in the end of the season.

For us it was just a case of will WBA be able to catch Newcastle, well of course they can and so can a few others but it is a whole lot less than an evens chance it will happen and if anything Newcastle should be odds on.

Newcastle to win The Championship at 6/5 (2.2) with Skybet.