Jim Makos Blog

Back in 2009 I had developed a tennis betting system based on rankings. I had used a mathematical formula I found in a publication of 2002. The calculations weren’t difficult and back testing the system using a sample of 600 tennis matches in an Excel spreadsheet proved worthwhile. Apparently though, I must have done that [...]

A Betfair bettor selling a tennis betting system contacted me in 2009. EUR5,000 was the initial price to buy the sports betting system from him but eventually the deal came down to EUR750 upfront payment and EUR750 more if the betting system made me at least EUR2,000. In the end the deal was off and [...]

Searching in google for a winning tennis betting system didn’t help at all. The first 3 pages returned advertising pages and affiliates’ links to so-called amazing tennis betting systems that guarantee instant profits. I understand that internet offers great potential for everyone to make money following different routes, but I was just looking for tennis [...]

Most bettors are betting on the tennis matches at the Australian Open 2009 nowadays. I came across a publication which discusses about forecasting the winner of a tennis match and I back tested the suggested mathematical formulas using the historical data from the previous Australian Open Championships. While this is the first formula I found [...]

We have defined our bankroll and staking plan we are going to apply and we may now calculate how much winnings we should expect and when we will make our first withdrawal. Because, after all, if we are not going to spend our hard earned money, what is the point to build our Betting System [...]

We have now arrived to the point we  are confident with our probability calculations  and understand value betting, and we want with no further delay to submit our bets and start making money. However, if we don’t bet according to a staking plan and not having defined any bankroll for our system, we will be [...]

Usually, inputing data, variables and stats into an excel spreadsheet is dull and when it’s done on a daily basis it can get frustrating. Now, the clever part of building a betting system is making proper use of those numbers in order to calculate a probability percentage as close as possible to the real probability [...]

Having already discussed about selecting a sport to bet on in the tutorial series on how to build your own Betting System, it’s time to deal with the input variables of the system we are going to develop. Now, don’t panic, by saying “input variables” doesn’t mean we plan on building a nuclear reactor! We will [...]

So, you want to start betting with a system and not randomly huh? But where to begin with? Building a betting system looks like a labyrinth and a heavy task, but not in my book. There are some steps you should take in order to be successful and completing each one of them with the [...]

We all have visited plenty of websites offering picks which are based on some betting systems and strategies. We never get the chance to see one, but we are happy to receive the picks in our emails and move on. How about this time to build our unique betting system and have the tips right in [...]