Betting is more fun if you make money. We report on recent successes
It’s not often we ‘big up’ columnist Rob Shepherd, but we salute our footie man this month for his expert tipping before the Arsenal versus Manchester United FA Cup final.
‘It could well be the first final to be decided on penalties,’ mused our sports hack, before pointing out that ‘six yellow cards would net you a profit on the spreads – I fancy buying that!’ If only extra-time had counted, Rob would have been well in the money and buying the beers.
Red heat
The InsideEdge team breathed a collective sigh of relief when Ferrari finally outperformed McLaren, collecting 14 points to McLaren’s ten at the Canadian Grand Prix on 12 June.
About time, too – the sooner Ferrari start eating into McLaren’s chunky head-to-head lead in the constructors’ table, the sooner our supremacy bet on Ferrari will stop looking, well, like a car crash.
The betting exchanges proved their value again last month, as our recommendation to lay Dubawi in the Derby paid out beautifully.
However, even the sight of Motivator romping home to victory in the Derby was topped in the cash stakes when Spanish wunderkind Rafael Nadal won the French Open in convincing style against Mariano Puerta. We were all a little richer as Nadal lifted the trophy after we’d tipped the 19-year-old genius at 4/1 in issue 15. It was time to crack open the sangria – and we did!