Jim Makos Blog

Quality horse betting tips are essential to the novice bettor in this high risk high reward industry. Straight bets have always been around but quality horse racing tips and techniques really come into play when considering the more exotic and complicated bets. These intra-bets allow patrons to place multiple bets on different horses for any [...]

  The Aintree Grand National is undoubtedly the most famous meeting in the National Hunt calendar, but the annual renewal at Cheltenham is certainly considered the most prestigious of the year. With a schedule packed full of top class races comprising large field of talented animals, picking a winner is extremely difficult, although the prices [...]

The 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup looks like it will be a worthy sequel to last year’s sensational race, where a falling Kauto Star opened the door for Imperial Commander to take his first Gold Cup. 2011 is likely to be the last time that the brilliant Kauto Star graces this race, and he’ll face the [...]

Can election polls be trusted when betting on politics? Greek Election 2009 may provide the answer needed for political betting. The 2009 election results will be known on 4th of October but until then there are a lot of published polls that proclaim an easy win for PASOK. By scanning them and comparing the available [...]

Yesterday evening Karamanlis, Prime Minister of Greece, made an announcement regarding the next Greek Elections which will most probably take place in early October.  Thus, rumors that his party will not complete their 4-year incumbency as the ruling party are verified and every poll shows the opposition to be up to 6% ahead in the [...]

Olympics 2008 in Beijing have already started and more than 60 out of 302 gold medals have been decided. China has currently won most gold medals (17) but USA leads the overall medal standings with 29 medals won. Betting on China to win most gold medals looks like a sure bet but selecting USA is [...]