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Sports Betting School
Best Price Guarantee Bookmakers – key to ensuring you don’t miss out on higher returns
Best Price Guaranteed represents excellent value to punters. By ensuring that you bet with an online bookmaker that offers best price guaranteed you ensure that you get the maximum return on your initial stake. Simply put, BPG is not to be missed.
Free Bets Guide
Genie likes to bet with his own gold coins but he is most happy when he is betting with free money. With so many online bookmakers vying for your custom, it is common for them to dangle the proverbial carrot in the form of a free bet for just opening your account. Genie’s guide to free bets gives you a quick overview and exlains what is so great about free bets.
Cashback Specials Guide
The cashback (or money back) special is a relatively new phenomenon and is associated largely with the online Irish bookmakers. They were looking for a USP to break into the british market and, alas, the cashback special was born. Genie’s guide to cashback specials helps you to understand why we love them so much and how you can benfit greatly from them.
Guide to Live Betting
Live Betting is the term given to betting that takes place while the game is actually in-play. It is undoubtedly the most exciting way to bet because the odds fluctuate regularly and it can be a real rollercoaster ride. The good news is that bookmakers make less money from live betting than they do from pre-live. Genie’s guide to live betting
Value Betting
Genie’s value betting article offers some helpful hints and tips to help you improve your betting. Value betting is the strategic cornerstone of any successful betting plan, making this a must read article.
Betting Exchanges Explained
The introduction of a betting exchange called ‘Betfair’ in 2000 revolutionised the online betting industry forever. On a betting exchange anyone can be the bookmaker and offer a price. You can back and lay, offer and request a price. Genie explains all that you need to know about betting exchanges in his beginner’s guide.
Bet Types Explained
From Super Yankee a to Goliath to a Reverse Forecast, there are so many possible bet types and combinations. If you want to know the difference and understand each bet type then read Genie’s guide to bet types.
Spread Betting Guide
Spread Betting is the alternative to the fixed odds betting or betting exchanges. The bookmaker sets the expected result of a market and you can buy or sell based on what you believe the outcome will be. It is a riskier way to bet because losses are often not limited but, then again, neither are gains.
Enhanced Odds Explained
Offering enhanced odds is a new way for bookmakers to differentiate themselves from the competition for a short period of time. The main reasons for offering enhanced odds are customer retention and acquisition but there may be more to it than meets the eye. Genie explains all.
Risk Control
Bookmakers employ many methods to manage and control their risk. The most common of these include applying maximum book losses and maximum singles takeouts to theri books as well as restricting certain winning customer by reducing their stake factor. To explain what is meant by these terms and others then follow Genie’s guide to bookmaker risk control.
Overround (Betting Margin) Explained
Like any businessman who is selling a service, the bookmaker intends to make a profit on each transaction. To achieve this he will factor in an expected margin of profit to each market, whilst still remaining competitive on his pricing. Genie explains what this all means for the punter in his ‘Overround’ article.
Betting Odds Explained
There are 3 types of betting odds known to man. If you are not sure of the difference between decimal, fractional and american odds then fear not because Genie is here to help.
Betting Markets Explained
Bookies take bets on up to 90 sports these days. As a result there are hundreds of unique betting markets. In this article we explain what exactly is meant by the most popular markets; from Asian Handicaps to Double Chance, we’ve got them all covered.
Betting Terminology
If you don’t know a pony from a monkey or still think that hedging is something best left to Alan Titchmarsh then we’ve got just the guide for you. All of the best known betting terms are explained right here on geniebet.wpengine.com.
Favourite-Longshot Bias in Betting
Bookmakers prefer to see you betting on selections with a higher price (the underdog). This is because they tend to build in a higher margin on the odds given for underdogs; making it more difficult for you to turn a profit.
Arbitrage Betting (How to Arb)
Through betting arbitrage a punter can guarantee a profit regardless of the outcome of the event. In short you can back both sides and lock in a profit. If you would like to learn more then please read on.
Casino Betting School
Using the Martingale Betting System to win
The martingale betting system is a commonly used strategy in Roulette. The system is based on doubling the bet after each loss so as to recover the previous loss. It is generally used for stakes where there is an almost equal chance of one of two outcomes occurring. Find out more in Genie’s guide to the system!
Advanced Blackjack Strategy
Hole Carding in Blackjack Hole carding refers to gaining knowledge of the cards that are supposed to be hidden from view. This tactic of advantage gambling can only be used in live casinos. The reason hole carding can be an…
Blackjack Terminology
What’s a choppy table, an advantage player, blackjack counter measures or doubling down refers to? Check out our Blackjack terminology guide and find out what’s being said at the table!
Blackjack Basic Strategy
Basic Blackjack Strategy is easy to use. It suggests the most appropriate action depending on every possible outcome. Using basic strategy will enable you to reduce the Casino house edge. While initially basic strategy may appear complicated it’s actually very simple.Read on to find out more or to download our Blackjack Basic Strategy Charts.
Blackjack Betting Guide
Blackjack is one of the most popular Casino table games. It’s fun to play, a game of skill and can offer players an extremely low house edge. Learn the basics of Blackjack or improve your Blackjack game knowledge by reading on in our Blackjack betting guide!
Baccarat Rules
Baccarat is one of the easiest Casino games to play and is as simple as betting on Red or Black in Roulette! Learn the basics of Baccarat in our betting guide or read on to improve your knowledge of the game!
Craps Betting Guide
Craps is one of the world’s most popular Casino games both online and offline. Although it appears to have a complicated table it is quite simple to play once you pick up the basics. Learn the basics or improve your knowledge base by reading furhter in our Craps betting guide!
Roulette Betting Guide
Discover the basics of Roulette in our handy guide! Pick up the lingo from ‘basket bets’ to ‘double street bets’. Ever hear of the martingale strategy? Here’s the place to find out more – get the know how to know when!
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Problem Gambling
At Geniebet.com we enjoy gambling and we would hope that our readers do the same. However, for some people gambling holds little or no enjoyment and is merely a compulsion. They have an impulse control disorder and gambling is an addiction. This problem is very real for a large number of people.
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