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The Plunge! (Demonland Style)

Yeah it's there - click on sports then MLB (left hand side of the page) ... then scroll down from the featured baseball games to - MLB - Saturday Or take this short cut ... then log on.

I just got $106 boosted on Laddies. If BM comes in with the late mail I'll add them on to the 6 for the big payday for a small outlay. As it stands we can use the picks any way we want just like it is with the best bets on the horses. We can even incorporate a few sports best-bets with our racing best-bets Lots of options now fellas.

I'm a Boston Red Sox fan so I feel slightly unclean picking the Yankess ... but hey, when you're on the punt, anything goes. We might even have to barrack for the Pies in a bet - that's a tough one Wadda! I'd rather do Sunday baseball games (AEST) but there's a delay on when the games are available to bet on. Anyway, the bet will either be still alive at about 1pm tomorrow or it won't be. We can always multi up the residual picks if we're out early. I've done that before with a bit of success. By the way, it's a really good idea and I hope we have a few collects out of it all.

Like 'em both Wadda - here are my 2 ... Best Sports Bets: New York Yankees -1.5 ($1.95) vs Texas Rangers Houston Astros -1.5 ($1.95) vs Seattle Mariners Click on the links for the match previews ... the Yankees game starts at 9.00am Saturday AEST whilst the Astros game starts at 10.00am Saturday AEST. If you've got cable ESPN will have both games highlighted on 'Strike-Zone' (from 9am) So it's over to @Dee Zephyr and perhaps even @binman to complete the package! An 8 leg multi? I've landed 2 pick 7's and 1 pick 8 previously but it's been a while haha. Best of luck to all the punters on the weekend.

Best bet ... Flemington Race 3 No.2 Ruban Bleu $6.50

There's a couple of feature races at the weekend - One each at Rosehill & Flemington. Both over the 1200m, small fields but both are decent betting races. Rosehill Race 6 The Rosebud 1200m Listed Flemington Race 7 Aurie's Star Hcp 1200m Group 3

Gold Mag which ran so impressively in defeating El Magnificence is running around in the 5th at Flemington on Saturday ... $2 favourite though! Big field as well.

I've just nominated you to start the thread Wadda haha ... you've named it so it's your baby (so to speak!)

After the footy season there's the NFL, MLB till late Oct, the NHL & NBA as well as the various soccer competitions. Also Rugby internationals. As previously stated, I don't mind the NBA as a betting sport as the good teams generally win at home against lesser opposition but to get some decent odds you've got to go half time/ full time or go-to-whoa (lead at the end of every quarter) The NFL is also a reasonable option ... again, half time/full time or margins with a 10 point buffer. Or you can take the line which is the popular option. Soccer & Ice Hockey are tricky but I like the 12 point margins in rugby union. I reckon the new thread could be quite popular as this one is ... this thread gets a lot of views - over 32,000 now which is a good number. Good luck launching it Wadda ... I'll be there to support!

I agree ... it's unlikely but you never know. I know way more people who are into sports betting rather than the horses. We'll want to keep the sports multi going - especially if we get an early collect! The transparency of our picks will build a want to get it right just like it does in the best-bets and to a lesser extent, the trifecta combo. So are you thinking a 6 pick yeah? What if there's 4 of us or more? BM has flagged his interest in sports betting and then there's the 3 of us that are in. I'm happy to just have the 1 pick if it works out we've got too many. As for the thread name 'Monkey Business' ... it's got my vote Wadda. Perfectly apt in many ways. Luck plays a big part in sports multi's ... there are always upset results that you don't see coming but a lot of the picks are for the favoured team in a 2 horse race. Pardon the pun! I'm genuinely excited for the idea and concept.

Ha ha ... the Marx bros also starred in a film called 'Horse Feathers' The sports multi might intrude on our best bets & trifecta combo if we do it here. Where as on a separate thread it stands alone. And I reckon we can fine tune a sports multi where we can give ourselves a decent chance at a collect. If that happens we'll want to keep it going. But if the sports multi idea stays here that's ok as well. I'm all in on the idea and I reckon it can work Wadda but I'm just a bit concerned about too much going on in the one thread. We can't rule out having others joining in on a different concept like sports betting ... and some of those others may not have any interest in horse racing.

In other news ... Crownbet/William Hill soon to be known as EasyBet will have free access to the Sky Racing channels. Sky cover NSW & QLD racing and the racing from overseas.

A Line in the Sand? Line Dancing? haha

I would probably just do 2 Saturday baseball games (AEST) if we have 2 tips. And as previously discussed I reckon we need a separate thread for the sports betting ... a clever thread title would be better than 'sports betting' as a title as well Wadda. We don't want to draw undue attention. I just reckon we'll want to keep up the joint sports multi once we hit the spring and this thread is better suited if it's predominantly about the thoroughbreds.

You go with whatever feels best Wadda ... I'm happy to just play along. If you want 2 different tips then I may end up going with 2 baseball tips. I usually get most right in a baseball multi but only ever seem to get a collect if I plumb for 3 picks only. Just to clarify ... the baseball odds don't appear until late arvo on the day prior to the games being played (AEST) In other words, a Saturday 9am game's odds won't appear until about 5pm on the Friday and a Sunday 9am game's odds won't appear until about 5pm on a Saturday. That's why I suggested that we have all our tips in by Friday evening. In that case my baseball tip or tips would be for the Saturday game or games (AEST)

I'm no good at footy or NRL & the Super Rugby season is over so I'll nominate a baseball game that will be played Saturday or Sunday AEST. The baseball odds aren't up until late in the arvo on the day prior so it might be a bit of a tight squeeze getting on. The dividend is usually in the $2 - $3 range. If we get all our tips in by Friday night we should be ok. I'm no good at soccer as well although I did get a 7 leg soccer multi up a few years ago that paid quite well ... no luck since though. NBA in the summer is my preference as well.

-1.5 is the safer option but the amount of legs is the key. I've tried 5 or 6 legs but that's probably 1 or 2 legs too many. 3 legs is the smart play but we get greedy don't we DZ! Golden rule is getting on the superior home team with a strong pitching advantage against the weaker away team. MLB.com always has the pitching match-ups available. And Ladbrokes offers the odds boost and then it's all systems go. In the summer I prefer the NBA with the Half time/Full time option or Q/Q/Q/Q (go to whoa) ... but it's just the odd bet with me. I've won a few big collects in the past but never 7k!

Not the exact score Wadda ... picking a bracket with a 10 point buffer (31-40) The scorelines were - Cronulla 32 Manly 33 & Penrith 40 Canberra 31. So my mate picked all 4 teams to finish with a score in the 31-40 bracket. In other words a 4 x 31-40 score brackets for both teams in 2 NRL matches. He didn't even have to pick the winners either - just nominate the right 4 brackets. Seems simple & easy in hindsight but what are the chances? As for the team multi until the Spring kicks in, I'm in. Do we look for some value because I like the -1.5 or -2.5 line in certain baseball matches?

I'm doing baseball multi's this week so my mate has inspired me! Inspiration all round DZ haha I think it was 34-1 in one leg and 41-1 in the other leg. Obviously he was banking on close, high scoring games in both legs and up it came. Amazing. As for Chautauqua, I've come to terms with the happenings ... I was listening to the trial live on RSN and I just knew he wouldn't jump. They might bring in the horse-whisperer from the States but if he never races again, so be it. The horse belted out a fabulous record and will retire as a champion of the turf. Let's face it, they retire gun 3YO's on a constant basis and the grey flash is now an 8 year old.

Had a mate win 7k from a 2 pick multi on the NRL on Sunday. He had to pick the right score for each of the 4 teams with a 10 point buffer (all 31-40) and nailed it with a $5 bet at odds of 1394-1. He's done similar once before with an Ice Hockey multi Can ya believe it! Well he did send me a snapshot of the winning ticket. Just incredible!

Following the overseas racing a lot more closely this year has made me realise just how much of an advantage the overseas trainers/connections have over their Aussie counterparts DZ. There are truckloads of European horses bred to stay (esp in the UK & Ireland) and when you look at our racing we really concentrate on breeding sprinters & milers. Thus, a large loophole has been created. The amount of lucrative staying races held in Europe is immense compared to what is on offer here. And that loophole is even bigger for the overseas 3YO stayers - they get a big pull in the weights due to the entry conditions of the Cups. And because of the relaxing of the quarantine conditions (2 weeks overseas & 2 weeks here) it's any wonder that we're now going to see an increase of overseas runners. The horses are effectively spelled whilst in quarantine. It doesn't bother me personally as I'm more attracted to betting on WFA or SW races over the 1200m - 2000m anyway. I'm also a great believer in growing the sport so the more overseas horses, the better, as far as I'm concerned.

Was thinking the same thing Wadda ... our record post late April started plummeting. Much prefer having my hard-earned on proven Group performers (or suchlike) but I've purposely looked for some value runners backed up by the form experts in the off-season. With dividends around the $4 - $5 mark we only need 1 winner to make a profit (if we back them all to win) Even including any of the tips in a 2 - 5 - 5 trifecta only costs $10 for 45% of the dividend (if you like another horse in a best-bet race) Races like the Missile Stakes are different - we're more inclined to use our own knowledge & judgement in trying to find the winner in such a race.

Turns out I was miles off the mark @Wadda We Sing Last season's best bet record ... 82: 28 - 16 - 6 Best Bet Record (2018/19) ... 3: 1 - 1 - 1