No doubt most of the planet are aware of Facebook & Twitter by now, for certain they have helped shape us in this 'information now' era. Now personally I think Twitter has been a fantastic addition to the betting man's arsenal, rumours and tips are abound in its ether and valued opinion is shared both pre-game and in play. Information overload it may be but during last months Cheltenham festival, as I was marooned in one of its many watering holes, it proved its worth providing me with valued information on a sport I am not overtly familiar with.
Following famous persons tends to be something of a must on Twitter, oh the joys of finding out how long it took Rio Ferdinand to take the kids to school or the overwhelming satisfaction gained by knowing you are probably the only person in the pub who knows that Helen Chamberlain makes a mean carrot cake. Just don't expect anything too controversial from the stars, the authorities can bite back as Ryan Babel knows. He was charged with misconduct after posting a digitally altered photo of referee Howard Webb in a Man Utd shirt soon after a controversial match in which Liverpool lost 1-0.
Journalists however are a different kettle of fish. What cannot be printed in tomorrows rag can most certainly be twitted. A manager can get an online torturing after a press conference if he has irked our scribe. In fact I'd go as far to say that sports journalists are the lifeblood of my twitter account. Back in 2009 I received information via twitter from a Dorset journalist, it was regarding a conference match between Weymouth & Rushden & Diamonds. Weymouth's players, who had gone months without pay, refused to play in the match and were replaced by youth team players. By 10am money was piling on Rushden getting a hatful of goals, which they duly did, nine in total. Thanks to a helpful Friday evening tweet I earned a months wage, as did most of the Sportsman's Arms pub that day. A local bookmaker did go under though (go on admit it you smirked then).
So Twitter can be a valuable tool if you can separate the chaff from the wheat, but what about Facebook?
Facebook has always seemed, at least to me, to be somewhat of a teenagers toy. Yes I use it, it is handy to keep in touch with friends when you are exiled 400 miles from home and a quick game of bejewelled blitz is always a handy stress buster but can it aid your sports betting? I didn't really think so until recently. Yes, if you search 'betting tips' or the like you can be pointed to a facebook page telling you that all IPL matches are fixed and the owner is willing to sell you the info at a bargain price, or you can find a teenager who thinks he's the next Gypsy Rose Lee and is happily displaying his £1 accumulator that will net him eight grand if a miracle occurs and all seventeen teams somehow win. But decent valuable information betting information? I hadn't found any.
That is until I was pointed to a recently spawned page dedicated to in-play betting, namely the corner market. The bets in question are placed on the 'race to x corner' market that Bet365 make available in its comprehensive in-play betting services.
I was pointed in this direction by a fellow gambler, via twitter as it happens, and the resulting conversations we had made interesting reading. It transpires that the facebook page in question, Cash 4 Corners, was set up to proof a selection of bets being made in preparation for the service being offered on a monthly subscription. Having spoken with the author of the page, he has informed me he is running this service for the next three months and initial results are looking pretty damn good.
They way it works is rather simple. Two/three evenings a week the tipster is sat at his PC, studying that evenings football games. He will closely watch the statistics of a few particular matches, a teams possession, the chances they are creating, are a certain team chasing a game etc. All in readiness for a bet on the 'race to corners' market. We will take a closer look at one of his highlighted games to explain in further detail.
On Saturday evening he was studying an FC Thun game (no I hadn't heard of them either). After 35 minutes, with FC Thun leading the corner race 3 to nil, he recommended backing FC Thun to be the first team to hit 5 corners. Now this wasn't the most fantastic price I'd ever seen, it was 4/11, but I stuck a twenty on it to see how things went. By half time Thun were leading the corner race 4-0 and looking good, then came another post recommending a bet on the 'race to 7 corner' market, this time better priced at 21/20. Another twenty quid exited my online balance and the second half got under way. Come the 60th minute FC Thun won the race to 5 corners so that was winning bet number one, then eureka, in the 78th minute FC Thun won the corner race 7-1 to give us another winning bet.
Now yes I know this was only one match and I wouldn't recommend anything without further trialling but his figures do add up, at least over the last week I have been watching. Since April 6th he has listed 24 bets of this kind and only 3 have failed to come in. Now that is damn good figures, I'd settle for that on a regular basis. It's addictive too, I never thought I could get so much fun out of watching a Mexican league match at 2am in the morning via the three inch viewer so kindly supplied by Bet365 and their streaming service.
So if you fancy a different slant on your betting for a change I'd suggest you take a look HERE, he isn't charging for this information and it beats bejewelled blitz for entertainment hands down.
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