Racing Testing Lab

I wrote an article for my eletter on this subject, focussing on Banker Bets and showing you how we can profit from them.

I’ll list some apparent “bankers” in this post, and time permitting, will try to do this daily. I try to look for 1.1 odds or higher. The goal is to win back your initial stake and bank that immediately, then play on, banking profits every £10 or so.

This is not a strategy where I’m trying to create the biggest odds returns. I want a “banker”, a bet which is obvious.

Bankers and Blowouts – the mini-DRT angle.

www.drt.club is my trading service where I do all of my football research. I have noticed that these bankers, whilst sometimes frustrating us with score draws and throwing away 2-0 leads, rarely lose matches. How can you profit? Well are you familiar with football trading? That is, reacting to how a match unfolds in-play? If you are then you would have taken on faith the fact that these bankers rarely lose, and layed Dundee in play , when they were 1-3 up to bankers Aberdeen. Final score ( as you see below), 3-3. How about more frustrating bar stewards like Club Brugge the other day against Mechelen.

Staying with our premis that Bankers rarely lose, what could you have done if Mechelen ( as they did) take the lead? Lay Mechelen! Better yet, what if the match was still 0-1 coming to 90 minutes? Lay Mechelen at lower odds for potentially greater profit! You know what happened next, I am sure. Club Brugge equalised in the 90th minute.

I have already mentioned the idea of laying a team 2-0 up, to lock in profit. Consider the above elements too , in order to maximise the premis that Bankers rarely lose.

Yesterday

16:00 UK Porto v Academica – 1.17 home – 4-1 – that’s what I want from a banker!

Sporting Lisbon also play today but they are 1.25 shots against a Setabul side who seem ” up for the cup” Not for me. – 1-1 – that’s why I left this one alone.

At 530pm, The Greek Cup sees Olympiakos as 1.05 shots. Now we have had 2 Turkish 1.08 and 1.16 shots fail to win. Will the mightly Oly fall foul today? If you don’t think so, then back Oly halftime/fulltime to enhance the odds, or better yet, lay them at 1.05 as you have miniscule liability. I cannot put this up as a banker! – 4-0 at halftime and 8-0 fulltime. I actually got the 8-0 scoreline for members of www.drt.club

At 745pm Parma and Juve meet in the Italian Cup. A look at Juve away from home tells you they are not at their best in the cup. So, despite playing an out of form Parma, I would have to leave this match alone. 0-0 until the 90th minute when Juve came up with a 0-1 win. Not a banker but the betting gods smiling on me IF I had put this up as a banker

Today

A day of limited opportunities today. The first match of interest sees Bristol City v Gillingham in the exciting area final of what I think is the Johnston’s Paint Trophy ( Arsene Wenger’s trophy target?). 1.4 odds Bristol are 2-4 up from the first leg. This suggests they are the best team  but conceding 2 goals does not make them bankers.

At 9pm Sevilla are 1.57 shots at home to Espanyol in the 2nd leg of the Copa del rey. Espanyol are 3-1 up from the first leg. The market expects the home team to come out and get the 2 goals they need to bring parity to this match. Not a banker for me , although the need to attack and home advantage certainly makes it interesting.

No official bankers for me today.