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Sports Arbitrage World Outlook: February 2009

One month into the new year and reports from traders for January indicate that the start of the year has proved extremely rewarding for sport arbitrage trading. Profitable arb trades were available from almost the entire assortment of sporting events covered by the online sports bookmakers. There were a total of 19,898 arbs reported by ArbAlarm from 1,219 different matches in the various sports events held last month. The average yield was around the 4.3% mark.

The most prominent sports were soccer and tennis which provided over an aggregate of over 12,000 arbs. Soccer provided over 6,500 arbs while tennis gave traders over 5,000 arb opportunities. In addition, traders dealing in arbs from NHL and NBA also did remarkably well. Most of these were created by Racebook, SportsAcumen and 5Dimes. Average profit yield was around the 3.5% mark.

Snooker and Darts were also important this month, with almost 1000 trades. Stan James, Skybet & VCBet featured most prominently in generating surebets for these sports events. Average profit yield was around 4%. In tennis, the Australian Open Grand Slam, which took place in Melbourne, was the main event and it proved extremely profitable for traders with yields as high as 7.5%. The bookmakers Stan James, SportingBet and SkyBet were most useful in this major sporting event.

February looks set to be a busy month with the many golf matches lined. The Buick Invitational golf match is scheduled to play off at North Course La Jolla, California at the start of the month. There ought to be plenty of Arbs opportunities to capitalize on with Tiger Woods playing here. He will also be playing towards the end of the month at the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship at the Ritz-Carlton GC Marana, Arizona. Remember to check out the Sport Arbitrage calendar for more details on the other sporting events taking place over the next month.

Don’t forget there are also a few opportunities in February to capitalize on some extra free money from bookmakers offering Superbowl bonuses. Intertops will add up to $100 to your account if you make a deposit before 11pm GMT today (1st February 2009). Meanwhile, Bets4All will add up to €100 to your account for deposits made until 24th February 2009. To claim it, just make your deposit & send an email with the subject ‘Bundesliga Bonus’ to service@bets4all.com.

If you are unsure how to take full advantage of these bonuses, read up on this bonus scalping tutorial.

And remember that ArbAlarm has a special bonus-trading feature which makes bonus-scalping hassle-free for you by automatically finding risk-free trades which involve the bookmakers you have bonuses with. If you haven’t done so already, click here to sign up for your free TraderZone account and you’ll get full and immediate access to all of Sports Arbitrage World’s software & services.

I wish you a very profitable month ahead!

Sports Arbitrage World Outlook: January 2009

Traditionally seen as a quiet month in the sporting calendar, December 2008 turned out to be surprisingly profitable for sports arbitrage traders not taking the month off.

Last month, ArbAlarm reported a total of 14,909 sports arbitrage trades across 798 separate matches and games. The average profit yield of these trades was 4.06%.

The most most active sports were soccer (8193 arbitrage trades) and the American sports Basketball (NBA) and Ice Hockey (NHL) which provided a combined total of just over 4000 trades.

Darts and snooker featured prominently during December with most of the arbs created by Boylesports, Coral, Skybet, Stan James & VCBet. Profit yields were as high as 7%.

January looks set to bring us a huge amount of trading opportunity with 3 snooker tournaments, 8 golf events and 12 tennis events including, of course, the Australian Open.

The Australian Open is the first Grand Slam event of the year and it always provides a wealth of sports arbitrage trades as bookmakers struggle to work out the form of more than 200 hundred players on a surface that have not played on for months.

Look out for sports arbitrage trades in the normal match-betting and also by cross-betting match bets with set bets.

Set Betting

These bets specify which player will win, and by what set-score. For example, in a 3-set match, the winner’s score will be either 2-0 or 2-1. These bets provide an alternative way to hedge against a match bet on one of the players. Here is an example.

PLAYER	HEWITT	GONZALES
BEST MATCH ODDS	1.30	4.00
BEST SET ODDS
2-0	2.30	8.00
2-1	2.40	12.00

Although the best prices available on simple match-betting do not produce an arb, placing a bet on Hewitt to win the match (1.30) and combining that with bets on Gonzales to win 2-0 (8.00) and 2-1 (12.00) produces an arb of just over 2%

HEWITT		GONZALES
1.30	76.92%	8.00	12.50%
		12.00	8.33%
TOTAL PERCENTAGE = 97.76%

Keep in mind the extra profits up for grabs by taking advantage of bookmaker bonuses at the start of the year. 188Bet will give you a 48% bonus up to £88 (or €95) between now and 21st January 2009. Just open your account and send an email to promo@188bet.com using the same email address that you registered with them when you opened the account. Include the following information:

• Email subject: (PromoCode: FTD0109 )
• Email contents: Your member code, Your deposit transaction ID

This is an easy bonus to pocket as the wager requirements are only 6x

I wish you a very profitable month ahead!

Once again, traders have detailed an extremely profitable month of trading. Last month a myriad of profitable arb trades came from the almost the whole range of sports activities covered by global online sports bookmakers.

In November, there was a total of 24,529 sports arbitrage trades from 1042 separate matches and games.  The average profit margin from these arbs was 4.25 %.

On the whole, soccer afforded the most trading prospects – exceeding 16,500 trades. Tennis featured over 1700 arbs.

In addition, traders of the US sports Basketball (NBA) & Ice Hockey (NHL) did well with over 1700 arbs in each sport. The majority of these were created by BetCris/Yabet, The Greek and 5 Dimes. Many of these arbs exceeded the 4% profit margin mark. These bookmakers together also managed to provide over 1000 arbs in these US Sports.

Concurrently, the Darts & Snooker events that occurred gave PaddyPower, Stan James, SkyBet and Unibet the opportunities to generate several hundred surebets in the 2% to 3% range.

“The Greek” , “Victor Chander” and “William Hill” were prominent in the numerous Golf events that took place, with arbs ranging from 1% to 5%.

With over 200 sports arbitrage trades involving their prices in many of the fighting/combat/boxing matches last month, 5 Dimes was also an active participant here.

Despite the year drawing to an end and many people getting ready for the Christmas season, there are still excellent opportunities left for you to take advantage of with several major tournaments drawing to an end. The Davis Cup final tennis tournament will be ending on 2^nd of December. I expect there will be plenty of arbs in this event, as usual.

This coming December will also be an active month for Golf with several Tour events taking place. The Dubai Ladies Master on its last leg of the European Tour will be playing off in Emirates Golf Course, (Majlis Course), Dubai, U.A.E.  from 11^th to 14^th December. The Volvo Masters of Asia will also be taking off in Bangkok at the Thai Country Club on the 18^th to 21^st of December. Be sure to check out the sports arbitrage calendar for more details on the sporting events that are held all over the world for the month of December.

There are also quite a few prospects in December to you to capture some extra free money from bookmakers offering bonuses. Bet 365 is offering up to £200 in free bonus money and Canbet has up to $400 up for grabs as a deposit bonus. If you are in doubt how to take advantage of these bonuses, take a look at the Sports Arbitrage World bonus-scalping tutorial. 

And remember that ArbAlarm has a special bonus-trading feature which makes bonus-scalping hassle-free for you by automatically finding risk-free trades which involve the bookmakers you have bonuses with. If you haven’t done so already, click here to sign up for your free TraderZone account and you’ll get full and immediate access to all of Sports Arbitrage World’s software & services.

Traders have reported a highly profitable October this year, with profitable arbitrage opportunities again appearing across the complete range of sports in last month’s calendar.

During October, ArbAlarm reported a total of 12,412 sports arbitrage trades across 867 separate matches and games. The average profit yield of these trades was 4.69%.

Overall, soccer and tennis provided the most trading opportunities – well over 3500 in soccer and over 3000 in tennis

1118 MLB arbs were reported by ArbAlarm in October, created mostly by the bookmakers SportsInteraction and 5Dimes. Profit yields were low though with the average yield at around 1%. to 2%.

November will be a good month for Golf arbs trading with the kicking off the USPGA Nationwide Tour Championship on November 6^th in TPC Craig Ranch, McKinney, Texas. The Barclays Singapore Open golf tournament will also kick off on November 6^th in Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore. With Formula 1 Grande Premio do Brasil, in Sao Paulo, Brazil will be drawing to a close in November 2^nd; be sure to look out for plenty of sports arbitrage trading opportunities before the season is concluded.  Remember also to check the Sports Arbitrage World trading calendar for more details on the sporting events held all over the world during November.

Don’t forget to check the bonuses offered for the month of November by the various bookmakers get some extra capital for your arbs trading. BETWAY.COM is offering 100% bonus up to $50 when you when you make you make your first bet. MY BET.com is also offering 100% bonus of up to €50 when you open an account with them. These “extra” freebets will considerably increase your profit yield when you utilize them properly. If you are in doubt about how to go about doing this, just consult the Sports Arbitrage World bonus-scalping tutorial. 

And remember that ArbAlarm has a special bonus-trading feature which makes bonus-scalping hassle-free for you by automatically finding risk-free trades which involve the bookmakers you have bonuses with. If you haven’t done so already, click here to sign up for your free TraderZone account and you’ll get full and immediate access to all of Sports Arbitrage World’s software & services.

Sports arbitrage traders have reported a remarkably successful September this year, with profitable arbitrage opportunities appearing across the complete range of sports in last month’s calendar.

During September, ArbAlarm reported a total of 11,541 sports arbitrage trades across 890 separate matches and games. The average profit yield of these trades was 3.79%.

Overall, soccer and tennis provided the most trading opportunities – well over 3000 in soccer and over 2000 in tennis

The September Darts tournaments featured well over 1000 arbs created by PaddyPower, SkyBet and Unibet and many of these were over the 4% profit mark.  The same three bookmakers, together with SportingBet, also provided over 600 snooker arbs.

Meanwhile, the various fight matches that took place gave 5 Dimes and Sportsbook the opportunity to create several hundred surebets in the 2%-3% range.

SportingBet, 5Dimes and ToteXpress all featured heavily in the various golf events last month, with arbs ranging from 1% to 5%

5Dimes also featured heavily in MLB, with nearly 400 sports arbitrage trades involving their prices.

The coming month of October will be very profitable for active sports arbitrage traders. Look out for an abundance of Formula 1 arbs from Interwetten and Expekt. The races take place on October 10-12 in Japan and October 17-19 in China.

There are a total of 22 separate golf events, Asian, American and European, taking place in October as well as 9 tennis tournaments. ports Arbitrage World trading calendar.

You’ve got a few opportunities in October to capture some extra free money from bookmakers offering reload bonuses. Check out The Greek for his 11% reload bonus and Intertops for their 10%  Tuesday and Thursday reload bonuses. If you’re not sure how to make the most of these free cash handouts, just take a quick look at this bonus-scalping tutorial.