How to win at Greyhound betting

How to win at Greyhound Betting

Samuel Blankson

How To Win At Greyhound Betting Copyright © 2004, by Samuel Blankson. All rights reserved including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review. ISBN: 1-4116-2377-0

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements I give full thanks and all glory to GOD for all I have to share, my wife Uju for always being there during the many loosing days it took to create these systems and her tireless work during the editing of this book.

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Contents

Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................ V CONTENTS.................................................................... VII Introduction .................................................................................................. ix

CHAPTER 1 ...................................................................... 2 Investing in Gambling................................................................................... 3 Prerequisites................................................................................................ 4 Elliot Wave and Fibonacci Drains .............................................................. 5 Basic Greyhounds Betting Techniques....................................................... 6 Trap Repeat Technique .......................................................................... 7 Increasing profitability of Trap Repeat Technique..................... 10 Trap 2, 3 And 6 Capture Technique..................................................... 10 Increasing profitability of Trap 2, 3 and 6 Capture Technique... 12 Co-Favourite Price Erosion.................................................................. 12 Three-Grid Unnamed Favourite Crawl Technique .............................. 14 The Grids ............................................................................................. 16

CHAPTER 2 .................................................................... 20 Advanced Techniques ................................................................................. 21 The 7-Sum Chase Technique.................................................................... 21 The Triple Bottom Technique................................................................... 23 The Fibonacci Spread Technique (FST) ................................................... 23 FST on the morning greyhounds.......................................................... 24 The Single Hit Fibonacci Spread Technique (SHFST) ........................ 27 Single Bet Popular Trap Chase (SBPTC) ................................................. 29 SBPTC Contention Settlement............................................................. 32 The Grand Slammer Technique................................................................ 34 The Non-Loosing Technique (NLT)......................................................... 35 How does the NLT work...................................................................... 35 Improving On The NLT....................................................................... 40 The Ultimate Greyhound Betting System................................................. 41

SUMMARY...................................................................... 42 vii

How To Win At Greyhound Betting APPENDIX ......................................................................44 Appendix 1.................................................................................................... 45 Fibonacci................................................................................................... 45 Appendix 2.................................................................................................... 47 Elliot Wave ............................................................................................... 47

NOTES ............................................................................50 OTHER WORKS BY SAMUEL BLANKSON ..................53 ABOUT THE AUTHOR ...................................................74

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Introduction

Introduction Today sports’ betting is a big industry for the bookmakers and race organisers. Of all the people who benefit from sports racing the “punters” (or in this case you), are the last on the list of people who consistently gain. In fact, the greyhounds probably gain more from these races than most punters. Why is that? Well there are many reasons but most of them centre on these two things: • •

Lack of a proven system Greed

We shall closely examine these two points later in this book but for now let me put your mind at rest, we will also look at how to win consistently, because in this book you will learn many techniques and systems for winning with greyhound betting and controlling your greed.

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Chapter 1 • Investing verses Gambling

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Investing in Gambling

Investing in Gambling Greyhound betting is a very high-risk investment tool. It has a bad name and stigma. Add to that the fact that most gamblers are not investors, but instead, addicts of a vice and you have a channel of investment that is dismissed as a bit of fun or a mugs game. The positive point about investing in gambling is that wins are tax free in the UK, and probably are in your country as well (check this for your country). The rules to successful gambling investing are: 1. Follow a proven system. 2. Eliminate greed from your decisions. 3. Never increase your investment allocation in order to make more profits, or recoup lost money. In addition to the above, limit the total amount you invest to a maximum of one week’s income. Therefore, if you earn $50,000 per annum, invest up to: $50,000.00 = $961.54 52 Now put your income into the equation and see how much you can invest. It is critical that you do not break any of the three successful gambling rules. There are many tipsters and gambling systems offering gambling advice or services for a fee. Avoid them all. Almost all of them are unscrupulous fraudsters, making promises that never materialise, whilst running off with your money. Try and always trade your own money, as opposed to empowering others to trade on your behalf.

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Prerequisites Before you can start investing in gambling, you will need the following: 1. Accounts with two to three bookmakers who accept stop at the first winner bets, deal with greyhounds, and with horse races. 2. Internet connection. (I like to use the Opera internet browser to display the William Hill results page http://www.willhill.com/iibs/EN/results.asp for the Greyhound and Horse race results, because it allows you to auto refresh every 1 second to 30 minutes. You can download it free from http://www.opera. com/download). You can also use teletext access for receiving racing results. 3. Money to invest. (As mentioned earlier, do not to exceed a week’s wages, make this smaller if possible). The following are some of the most reliable bookmakers I know: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 4

http://www.willhill.com http://www.gamebookers.com http://www.Betfair.com http://www.PaddyPower.com http://www.PinnacleSports.com http://www.SportingOdds.com http://www.SportingBet.com https://www.betandwin.com http://www.Bet-At-Home.com http://www.bet365.com http://www.VictorChandler.com http://www.PremierBet.com http://www.SportingIndex.com http://www.Canbet.com http://www.Ladbrokes.com

Investing in Gambling • • • • •

http://www.Eurobet.com http://www.Expekt.com http://www.Bets4All.com http://www.beteuro.com/ http://www.coral.co.uk

When opening a bookmaker account, there are only three things you should be interested in. These are as follows: 1. Do they accept Stop at the first Winner bets? 2. What is their minimum bet? 3. Are they free to join? If their answers for the above questions are all “yes”, then open an account with them. After your account is opened, you can then transfer your investment allocation into this account. The next step is to set up your computer. You will need prompt results when dealing with gambling investments. The best way to obtain this through the internet is from the following websites, which you should bookmark: • • • • • •

http://www.racingpost.co.uk http://www.willhill.com/iibs/EN/results.asp http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/results/ for horses http://www.e-tote.com/24dogs/results.php http://www.thedogs.co.uk/trap6/res_races.php http://www.willhill.com/iibs/EN/results.asp

Elliot Wave and Fibonacci Drains Like all things in life, racing conforms to the Elliot Wave and Fibonacci principles and laws. The Elliott Wave theory has periods where there will be 61.8% losses to 38.2% wins. In racing, you will find that using any system works well 61.8% of the time, whilst 38.2% of the time, you will experience 5

How To Win At Greyhound Betting uncharacteristic losses. Watch out for these drain periods, as I like to call them. Unlike the equity markets, you cannot use reverse strategies to make money during a drain period in the betting results. You just have to stay out of the market. Luckily, drains can be spotted easily. When your system fails two to three times in a row, you have encountered a drain. Stop and paper trade until you are back to consistent wins. The wait will never be longer than a week. Whilst reading the following systems, you will need to bear the drain principle in mind.

Basic Greyhounds Betting Techniques Greyhound racing unlike horseracing is not normally affected by the weather. This is because the race is normally held indoors. Greyhound racing however is notorious for race fixing. In spite of all this, there are several systems for making profits with this gambling investment. Unlike horse racing, where a random number of horses start each race, with greyhound racing, there are always a fixed number of dogs in each race, six. This allows for some statistical advantages over horseracing. The greyhounds are assigned trap numbers, 1 to 6. Unnamed favourites are also used in greyhound racing. However, there tends to be a larger occurrence of co-favourites thus lowering the chances of making profits. There seems to be some strange patterns with dog racing which make no statistical sense. However, these patterns can be used to win. The patterns are as follows: 1. On any day in all the greyhound races, the trap number that repeats first is normally going to repeat many times at other venues throughout the day. 2. Amongst the sixteen biggest venues listed below, I have found that trap numbers 2, 3 and 6 are regular winners: 6

Investing in Gambling Venue Belle Vue Brighton and Hove Monmore Park Brough Park Catford Crayford Hall Green Milton Keynes Oxford Perry Barr Reading Romford Sunderland Swindon Walthamstow Wimbledon 3. Even stranger is the fact that amongst these sixteen venues, when a favourite wins at one venue, a favourite normally wins within the next three races no matter the venue. These three observations are the basis of the greyhound systems that I have developed.

Trap Repeat Technique For this technique, you will need to have a copy of the sixteen venues listed previously. Then with this, go to the following web page, which lists all the greyhound races for the day: http://www.willhill.com/iibs/EN/allsportsandcoupons.asp? sport=GR. Note that the races are in three sections, the morning (11:00 until 13:30), the afternoon (14:00 until 18:00), and the evening (18:30 until 23:00). Avoid the evening races, as most of the race fixing occurs then, especially if the venue is not on the list of the sixteen listed previously. 7

How To Win At Greyhound Betting Firstly, obtain the two morning race venues from http://www.willhill.com/iibs/EN/allsportsandcoupons.asp?sport =GR. Secondly, sort them into time order as illustrated below: Time 11:26 11:34 11:41 11:48 11:55 12:02 12:09 12:16 12:23 12:29 12:37 12:44 12:51 12:58 13:06 13:12 13:19 13:27 13:33 13:44

Venue Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield

Trap #

With the Trap Repeat Technique, you have to watch the results of the morning and afternoon races. (The morning and afternoon will have separate outcomes; the observation from the morning will not necessarily hold true for the afternoon. Therefore, observations will have to be repeated for both racing periods). Observe the trap numbers. If you see one that appears twice, place a 7-race grid on the next 7 races, after the second appearance. Then place your bet with the bookmaker, making sure you ask for a stop at the first winner bet on the 7 races with the trap number you have observed to win. 8

Investing in Gambling

Next, you will see the results for the races on the 15th July 2004. As you can see, you would have placed your bet after the results for the 11:34 Sheffield race came in. The results via the internet can be delayed by up to 5 minutes; therefore, you would have missed including the 11:41 in your grid.

11:41 11:48 11:55 12:02 12:09 12:16 12:23

Time Venue Trap # 11:26 Sunderland 1 11:34 Sheffield 1 Sunderland 6 FAV 9:4 Sheffield 6 CF4 7:2 Sunderland 6 6:1 Sheffield 1 6:1 Sunderland 2 FAV 3:2 Sheffield 5 4:1 Sunderland 1 FAV 7:4 12:29 Sheffield 6C2F3 12:37 Sunderland 3 12:44 Sheffield 3JFAV 12:51 Sunderland 2 12:58 Sheffield 3 13:06 Sunderland 2JFAV 13:12 Sheffield 2 13:19 Sunderland 4 13:27 Sheffield 3 13:33 Sunderland 2 FAV 13:44 Sheffield 5

Odds 4:1 5:1 £5 £11 £24 £52 £114 £249 £545 7:2 4:1 5:2 7:2 7:2 9:4 12:1 4:1 5:1 3:2 6:1

lost lost lost won stop stop stop

From the results, you can see that you would have won on the £52 stake at 6:1 odds. To calculate your winnings, use the following formula: (Winning bet of x odds) – (loosing bets) = Total returned £52 + ((£52 x 6) – (£24+£11+£5)) = £324 represents 32.4% gain

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How To Win At Greyhound Betting This is a good system, as you place the bets very close to the races thus making it more difficult for your bet size to affect the results of the race. Secondly, you place the bet based on a trap number, thus avoiding co-favourite price erosion. Increasing profitability of Trap Repeat Technique

When using this system, you will observe that the repeats often occur in the first races. For this reason, I always place my bets backwards, thus making sure that the highest stakes are on the earlier races. To illustrate this point, the following grid has been used as an example: Time 12:23 12:16 12:09 12:02 11:55 11:48 11:41

Venue Stakes Sunderland £5 Sheffield £11 Sunderland £24 Sheffield £52 Sunderland £114 Sheffield £249 Sunderland £545

Always call your bets in with the lowest stakes first. This system requires the reversal of the race times only, NOT the stakes.

Trap 2, 3 And 6 Capture Technique This technique places a seven-race grid over the morning or afternoon races, hoping to catch the third trap out of traps 2, 3, or 6, to appear. To do this technique, you need to get the morning or afternoons race list from the following web page: http://www.willhill.com/iibs/EN/allsportsandcoupons.asp?sport =GR. Now, sort them into time order. Once you have done this, you then watch for one of these numbers (2, 3 or 6), to appear 10

Investing in Gambling twice in a row. When you spot this pattern, place a seven-race grid over the next seven races, as below.

12:16 12:23 12:29 12:37 12:44 12:51 12:58

Time Venue 11:26 Sunderland 11:34 Sheffield 11:41 Sunderland 11:48 Sheffield 11:55 Sunderland 12:02 Sheffield 12:09 Sunderland Sheffield 5 Sunderland 1 FAV Sheffield 6C2F3 Sunderland 3 Sheffield 3JFAV Sunderland 2 Sheffield 3 13:06 Sunderland 13:12 Sheffield 13:19 Sunderland 13:27 Sheffield 13:33 Sunderland 13:44 Sheffield

Trap # 1 1 6 FAV 6 CF4 6 1 2 FAV 4:1 7:4 7:2 4:1 5:2 7:2 7:2 2JFAV 2 4 3 2 FAV 5

Odds 4:1 5:1 9:4 7:2 6:1 6:1 3:2 £5 £11 £24 £52 £114 £249 £545 9:4 12:1 4:1 5:1 3:2 6:1

lost lost lost win stop stop stop

Call your bookmaker, and place a stop at the first winner bet for the third number to appear. To calculate your winnings, use the following equation: (Winning bet of x odds) – (loosing bets) = Total returned £52 + ((£52 x 4) – (£24+£11+£5)) = £168 represents 16.8% gain Watch the results to determine whether you have won or not. If you win, stop betting for that session (morning or afternoon). You will only erode your profits if you continue to bet in the same session after you have won. 11

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The trap 2, 3, and 6 Capture Technique is a more volatile system than the Trap Repeat Technique; however, it does eliminate co-favourite price erosion. Wins are normally at or within the first four bets in the grid. Increasing profitability of Trap 2, 3 and 6 Capture Technique

When using this system, you will observe that the third trap number to appear out of traps 2, 3, and 6, often occurs in the first races in your grid. For this reason, place your bets backwards, thus making sure that the highest stakes are on the earlier races. To illustrate this point, the following grid has been use as an example: Time Venue Stakes 12:58 Sheffield £5 12:51 Sunderland £11 12:44 Sheffield £24 12:37 Sunderland £52 12:29 Sheffield £114 12:23 Sunderland £249 12:16 Sheffield £545 Always call your bets in with the lowest stakes first. This system requires the reversal of only the race times, NOT the stakes.

Co-Favourite Price Erosion The unnamed favourite is a great system, but has one major flaw. This is caused by co-favourite price erosion. When more than one favourite wins a race, the profits are split amongst the winners, and therefore on the principle returned too, as illustrated in Figure 4-1. Thus in the case of a joint favourite 5 to 1 win on the last race of the previous grid, you would earn: (545/2) + (((545/2) x 5) – (249+114+52+24+11+5)) = £1180.00 12

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Figure 4-1: Effects of eroding profits from increased co- favourite 5 to 1 odds

From the graphs in Figure 4-2 and Figure 4-3, you can see that co-favourites can also erode your wins.

Figure 4-2: Effects of eroding profits from increased co-favourite numbers at 3 to 1 odds

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Figure 4-3: Effects of eroding profits from increased co-favourite numbers at 2 to 1 odds

From the graphs in Figure 4-1, Figure 4-2 and Figure 43, you see that favourite and co-favourites can really erode your wins. To guard against this problem, I use the three-grid Unnamed Favourite Technique. Here, you have to shorten the grid length. Therefore, for the Three Grid Unnamed Favourite Crawl Technique, I use a three-race grid.

Three-Grid Unnamed Favourite Crawl Technique Just as we did for the unnamed favourite grid we used for the horse races, you will divide your allocated funds by five. If this total is for example, $500, you will split your $500 into five $100 pieces. This gives us a grid size and money distribution as illustrated below. $10 $25 $64

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Investing in Gambling Before 11:00 am GMT, you must collect the day’s race details and sort them into time order. Once you have your day’s races, divide them into sets of 3 races as illustrated below: Time 11:26 11:34 11:41 11:48 11:55 12:02 12:09 12:16 12:23 12:29 12:37 12:44 12:51 12:58 13:06 13:12 13:19 13:27 13:33 13:44

Venue Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield

Bet $10 $25 $64 $10 $25 $64 $10 $25 $64 $10 $25 $64 $10 $25 $64 $10 $25 $64 $10 $25

Remove the incomplete grid from the end of the list. Call your bookmaker and place your bets. Make sure you tell them you want to place a stop at the first winner bet on unnamed favourites to win. Place the first five stop at the first winner bets first. If you are in profit after these five, stop betting for the day. If not, then place the rest of bets from your grid. To show you how this works, let us view some actual results.

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Time 11:26 11:34 11:41 11:48 11:55 12:02 12:09 12:16 12:23 12:29 12:37 12:44 12:51 12:58 13:06 13:12 13:19 13:27

Venue Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield

FAV lose lose FAV CF4 lose lose FAV lose FAV lose lose JFAV lose lose JFAV lose lose lose Total

Odds 4:1 5:1 9:4 7:2 6:1 6:1 3:2 4:1 7:4 7:2 4:1 5:2 7:2 7:2 9:4 12:1 4:1 5:1

Bet $10 $25 $64 $10 $25 $64 $10 $25 $64 $10 $25 $64 $10 $25 $64 $10 $25 $64

Profit $0 $0 $173 $11.25 Stop Stop $25 Stop Stop Stop Stop $77 $0 $0 $69 Stop Stop Stop $355.25

From the results of the morning races in the grid above, you see that you have to stop after your first five bets, as you are up 255.25%. This is the time to apply greed management. Because you are in profit, you should not continue for the rest of the day.

The Grids Most bookmakers accept a minimum bet of £5, thus the grid structures have a minimum starting stake of five. Subsequent stakes after this minimum grow by a factor of two, or as close to two as possible. Therefore, the most efficient grids are as follows:

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Investing in Gambling The 2-race grid: 5 10 15 The 3-race grid: 5 10 20 35 The 4-race grid: 7 13 27 53 100 The 5-race grid: 5 9 18 36 72 140 The 6-race grid: 5 9 18 36 72 145 285

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How To Win At Greyhound Betting The 7-race grid: 5 9 18 36 72 145 290 575 The 8-race grid: 5 9 18 36 72 144 289 577 1150 The 9-race grid: 5 9 18 36 72 144 288 576 1152 2300

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Investing in Gambling The 10-race grid: 5 10 20 39 78 156 313 626 1251 2502 5000 As you can see, the total grid stakes rise dramatically with grid size. This means that profitability therefore drops with wins. We will look at ways to deal with this challenge, starting with the Triple Bottom Technique.

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Chapter 2 • Advanced Techniques

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Advanced Techniques

Advanced Techniques We will now look at some more advanced greyhound betting techniques.

The 7-Sum Chase Technique This technique is very simple. You need to use a 3-grid bet stake. Use it only on the morning and afternoon greyhound races. Firstly, list all the races in time order in your spreadsheet. Wait for the first races’ result. After you receive the results of the first race of the day, you may begin. Depending on what trap came first, you will subtract the trap number from 7 and place a bet on the result. For example, if trap 6 came first then 7-6=1 so bet your first stake on trap 1 to win the next race. If you win wait until the next 2 race results come in (this is as if you are using a stop at first winner bet. When you win, you do not place further bets from the 3 grid stakes). This means if you won on the second race in the grid you would stop and not place a bet on the third race of the grid. After a complete grid of races is over you may start again with the next three races. There will be roughly sixteen 3-grid blocks in each day. On average, you will win in 61.8% of them and loose in 38.2% of them. Keep this in mind. Remember the Fibonacci division of 61.8 to 38.2%. Use this to guard against your greed. If you win half of your day’s grids consecutively, stop for the day, as you will inevitably loose most grids after that. Aim to win double what you loose then stop for the day. Because you are betting on traps, you will not experience co-favourite price erosions. Moreover, you will often win on 31, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, or better odds.

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Time 11:26 11:34 11:41 11:48 11:55 12:02 12:09 12:16 12:23 12:29 12:37 12:44 12:51 12:58 13:06 13:12 13:19 13:27 13:33 13:44 13:51 14:03

Venue 1st Trap to bet on Wimbledon 1 Walthamstow 1 6 Wimbledon 6 6 Walthamstow 5 1 Wimbledon 2 2 Walthamstow 6 5 Wimbledon 3 1 Walthamstow 6 4 Wimbledon 1 1 Walthamstow 1 6 Wimbledon 2 6 Walthamstow 1 5 Wimbledon 6 6 Walthamstow 1 1 Wimbledon 3 6 Walthamstow 3 4 Wimbledon 1 4 Walthamstow 5 6 Wimbledon 3 2 Walthamstow 1 4 Wimbledon 3 6 Walthamstow 2 4

Result Stake Wait 0 Loose 5 Win 10 Loose 0 Win 5 Loose 0 Loose 0 Loose 5 Win 10 Loose 15 Loose 5 Loose 10 15 Win 5 Win Loose 0 Loose 0 loose 5 Loose 10 Loose 15 Loose 5 Loose 10 Loose 15

Table 1: Example of 7-sum chase technique

From Table 1, you can see how the 7-Sum Chase Technique works in practice. Remember to observe the drain periods as well as stopping as soon as you have won twice as many grids as you have lost. Note also that in the bet on trap column of Table 1, the previous race result is subtracted from 7 to obtain the trap number to bet on in the next race. Note also that within each grid, we stop at the first winner (see the stake column of Table 1). 22

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The Triple Bottom Technique This simple greyhound technique is based on the trap number of the dog that came second. It works as follows: If the same trap comes, second in two consecutive races in the morning or afternoon greyhound races, place a three-grid stop at the first winner bet on the next three races in time order of first race, third race, and second race. An example illustrating this point is shown below: 12:51 13:06 12:58

Sunderland Sunderland Sheffield

£ 143.00 £ 286.00 £ 571.00

In the above example, the first race is 12:51, then 12:58, and finally the 13:06. As you can see, the races have been arranged in order of first, third, and second. The reason for this is that the second race seems to win more than the other two. Therefore, by placing it against the largest stake (the third stake), you increase your winnings whenever the second race alone wins. This system has a high reliability rate. In addition to this, because you are betting on traps, you will not suffer from the cofavourite price erosions experienced when the there are joint or co-favourite wins.

The Fibonacci Spread Technique (FST) Before reading, this section, first read Appendix 1. The Fibonacci 61.8% and 38.2% add up to make a perfect 100%. In greyhound racing, something interesting occurs when you take all the day’s races and divide them into sets of three races. You will find that the unnamed favourite wins in 61.8% of the sets, whilst loosing in 38.2% of the sets. The Fibonacci Spread Technique (FST) is based on this phenomenon. 23

How To Win At Greyhound Betting To work this technique, you must first gather all the greyhound races of a session (morning or afternoon races). With greyhound racing, never bet on the races in the evening after 18:00 pm GMT. These races have terrible favourite odds and many multiple favourites win. This adds up to a loosing night. In greyhound racing, you will have races from 11:26 until 17:20; however, I find it better to separate the greyhound races of the morning from the afternoon races. AVOID USING THIS TECHNIQUE ON FRIDAYS AND SUNDAYS. On Friday and Sundays, the betting volumes tend to be very low. This seems to cause the winning odds to be lower. Occurrences of co-favourite wins will erode your returns further.

FST on the morning greyhounds There are 6.67 three-race grids in the morning greyhounds (six complete three-race grids, and 2 races extra forming an incomplete grid). So using Fibonacci, we use the following calculations: Winning grids = 6.67 x 0.618 = 4.1 Losing grids = 6.67 x 0.382 = 2.5 From this result, you can see that four of your three-race grids will win, and two of them will loose. This rule stands true for all high bet volume races. (Normally, Saturday is the highest whilst, Monday to Thursday are average). The winners tend to occur separately to the losers, so that you will often find four winning grids together, and two loosing grids, one after the other. The key here is that you will be in profit on the day if you only have one loosing grid, therefore as 24

Advanced Techniques soon as you loose a grid, stop. Wait until you spot a winning grid before continuing. This technique works well on horse racing too. What you must do however, is stick to the grids, and not deviate from the system. You will need timely race results to decide whether to enter into the next grid or not. If you do not have the results by the time a grid’s earliest race occurs, do not carry on. You must wait until the next grid. During the weekdays, the horse races can have terrible odds on the favourites. For this reason, I prefer to invest in the morning and sometimes afternoon, greyhound races. As with other techniques, reverse the times of the races for maximum profitability as illustrated in Table 4-1 and Table 4-2. Win/Lose Time 13:44 WIN 13:33 13:27 LOSE 13:19 13:12 13:06 LOSE 12:58 12:51 12:44 WIN 12:37 12:29 12:23 WIN 12:16 12:09 12:02 WIN 11:55 11:48 11:41 WIN 11:34 11:26

Venue Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland Sheffield Sunderland

Odds £33 £67 £14 £29 £57 £14 £29 £57 £14 £29 £57 £14 £29 £57 £14 £29 £57 £14 £29 £57 25

How To Win At Greyhound Betting Table 4-1: Morning races with the times reversed

Win/Lose Time Venue Odds LOSE 18:04 Crayford £0 17:58 Romford £14 LOSE 17:48 Crayford £29 17:44 Romford £57 17:33 Crayford £14 WIN 17:27 Romford £29 17:17 Crayford £57 17:07 Romford £14 WIN 16:57 Crayford £29 16:48 Romford £57 16:37 Crayford £14 WIN 16:27 Romford £29 16:18 Crayford £57 16:08 Romford £14 WIN 15:58 Crayford £29 15:48 Romford £57 15:38 Crayford £14 WIN 15:28 Romford £29 15:17 Crayford £57 15:07 Romford £14 LOSE 14:57 Crayford £29 14:47 Romford £57 14:37 Crayford £14 14:27 Romford £29 LOSE 14:18 Crayford £57 14:08 Romford £14 WIN 13:58 Crayford £29 13:48 Romford £57 Table 4-2: Afternoon races with the times reversed1

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The 18:04 race has £0 assigned to it, as it is an incomplete grid.

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The Single Hit Fibonacci Spread Technique (SHFST) There is an even more profitable technique utilising the Fibonacci spread phenomenon. This system requires you waiting until you see the 38.2% three-race grid losses occur, followed by a subsequent single grid win. This will mean that the drain is over therefore, any grid bet from then until the end of the session will win. So now, you can place the next grid with 50% of your betting allocation. This 50% allocation is to ensure that if the next grid looses, you will not be wiped out. You will win about 20% or more of your betting stake back. This represents a 10% minimum win per day. (Winning 5 days, a week will equal a 50% per week win). Reverse the races, so that the first is the furthest away, whilst the last is the next race. When placing your bets, place the stop at the first winner bet within 5 minutes of the previous race. In Table 4-3, you would have waited until 15:43 before placing the 16:08, 15:58, and 15:48 Stop at the first winner bet. I have used £100 betting totals for each three-race grid.

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Win/Lose Time Venue Odds WIN 18:04 Crayford £0 17:58 Romford £14 WIN 17:48 Crayford £29 17:44 Romford £57 17:33 Crayford £14 WIN 17:27 Romford £29 17:17 Crayford £57 17:07 Romford £14 WIN 16:57 Crayford £29 16:48 Romford £57 16:37 Crayford £14 WIN 16:27 Romford £29 16:18 Crayford £57 16:08 Romford £14 WIN 15:58 Crayford £29 15:48 Romford £57 15:38 Crayford £14 WIN 15:28 Romford £29 15:17 Crayford £57 15:07 Romford £14 14:57 Crayford £29 LOSE 14:47 Romford £57 14:37 Crayford £14 LOSE 14:27 Romford £29 14:18 Crayford £57 14:08 Romford £14 LOSE 13:58 Crayford £29 13:48 Romford £57 Table 4-3: Using the single hit Fibonacci Technique (FST)

If you want to use a different betting allocation value (as opposed to the £100 betting total per each three-race grid above),

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750 x 0.142857142857143 750 x 0.285714285714286 750 x 0.571428571428571

You can key these equations into a spreadsheet application, and have this calculation automatically executed every time you change the total stake. Please note that if all the winning grids occur at the start of the day, and the loosing grids occur at the end of the day, you should not place any bets that day, as doing so will be deviating from the system.

Single Bet Popular Trap Chase (SBPTC) This technique requires time, but it is great if you have the time to dedicate to it. SBPTC is very profitable and can be used any day of the week on greyhound races. It works as follows. You keep a tally of the trap number appearances so that as soon a trap wins twice, and has won more races than all the other traps of the session (morning or afternoon only), you place a bet on the next race for that same trap to win. If this trap looses in the next race, but is still the highest winner of the session, then place another bet on the same trap for the next race. The betting stakes to use are as follows: 29

How To Win At Greyhound Betting £5 £9 £15 £27 £47 £82 £144 £251 £440 £770 If you have the funds, you could use the following stakes instead: £25 £44 £77 £134 £234 £410 £718 £1,257 £2,199 £3,848 Remember not to use a stop at the first winner bet, as this technique requires individual bets placed manually. After each race, your tally of the top-winning trap may change. Therefore, you will need to decide on your bet stake size with each result. As soon as you win, reset the betting stake back to the lowest stake (in the examples above this would be £5 or £25). Continue until you only have five races or less left for the session (morning or afternoon) after a win, then stop for the session. You may start again in the next session, but treat each session individually.

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Time 11:26 11:34 11:41 11:48 11:55 12:02 12:09 12:16 12:23 12:29 12:37 12:44 12:51 12:58 13:06 13:12 13:19 13:27 13:33 13:44 13:51 14:03

Venue Wimbledon Walthamstow Wimbledon Walthamstow Wimbledon Walthamstow Wimbledon Walthamstow Wimbledon Walthamstow Wimbledon Walthamstow Wimbledon Walthamstow Wimbledon Walthamstow Wimbledon Walthamstow Wimbledon Walthamstow Wimbledon Walthamstow

1st 1 1 3 5 3 6 3 3 1 4 5 3 1 3 6 1 1 2 6 6 1 1

2nd 4 2 1 2 1 4 4 1 2 2 6 5 4 2 5 2 5 1 5 1 2 2

3rd 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 2 4 3 3 1 2 1 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 6

Table 4-4: Race results of the morning session on the 8th of October 2004

From Table 4-4, you can see that the following trap winnings occurred: 1 2 3 4 5 6 13 9 10 14 8 6 Appearances in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd position 6 1 6 1 2 4 1st place appearances only Using this technique, you would have started by betting on trap 1 after you received the results of the 11:34 race. However, you would have swapped from trap 1 to trap 3 after 31

How To Win At Greyhound Betting the 12:09 race. You would have continued to bet on trap 3 until near the end of the day when you would have switched back to trap 1, after the 13:12 race. You would have won six races in total. Remember that you are only interested in the number of times a trap came first.

SBPTC Contention Settlement When using SBPTC, you will sometimes have contentions, i.e. two or more traps with the exact same amount of scoring (they have appeared first the same amount of times, and they have equally appeared the same amount in second and third positions too). In these special cases, you will have to judge, using the trap with the most second appearances. Therefore, in Table 4-5, you will see that trap three appeared five times in second place compared to trap 2, which had threesecond place appearances, and trap 6, which only had onesecond place appearance. Time 14:21 14:28 14:38 14:44 14:52 14:58 15:06 15:13 15:22 15:27 15:37 15:43 15:53 15:59

Venue Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes

Table 4-5: Contention illustration

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1st 1 3 6 2 2 1 6 6 5 3 4 1 2 3

2nd 5 4 3 6 3 5 2 5 3 2 3 2 3 4

3rd 4 6 1 4 4 6 5 4 1 6 2 6 1 2

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3 8 5 3

4 6 2 1

5 5 3 1

6 8 1 3

Total2 2nd 1st

From the above contentions in Table 4-5, you can see that trap 3 should be used from the 15:59 race onwards (until another trap beats it in appearances). Following on from that race, let us see what happened. Time 14:21 14:28 14:38 14:44 14:52 14:58 15:06 15:13 15:22 15:27 15:37 15:43 15:53 15:59 16:08 16:14 16:22 16:28 16:37 16:46 16:54

Venue Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford Milton Keynes Oxford

1st 1 3 6 2 2 1 6 6 5 3 4 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 6 1 4

2nd 5 4 3 6 3 5 2 5 3 2 3 2 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 3 2

3rd 4 6 1 4 4 6 5 4 1 6 2 6 1 2 5 5 5 2 3 5 3

Table 4-6: Contention settlement illustration

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2 11 4 4

3 14 6 6

4 10 4 2

5 9 3 1

6 12 4 4

Total3 2nd 1st

As you can see from Table 4-6, trap 3 is still in possession of the lead, and you would have carried on winning with trap 3. The examples above are the actual results from 10th October 2004.

The Grand Slammer Technique At the beginning of this book, I mentioned that the race results conformed to the Elliot Wave and Fibonacci theories, and that 38.2% of the time, you would experience uncharacteristic losses, which were drain periods. The Grand Slammer Technique was designed to deal with the drain observations. This technique involves a lot of waiting until you spot a drain. The drain period could be a time where there is a lack of favourites, joint favourites and co-favourites winning, but with generally awful odds like 10:9 or 1:3 etc. After each favourite drain, there is a string of wins, normally the following day. You will see favourites occurring twice every five races or better. When you spot this, the drain is over. You then place a large stop at the first winner bet on the next three races. Make sure you reverse the times and place the bet very close to the start time of the first race in your three-race grid. You can use a larger amount than normal for the Grand Slammer, as long as you do not exceed a week’s wages in this investment category. Exception: If the first grid of the session (morning or afternoon) is a loser, and the second is a winner (see illustration below), do not play that day. If you must play, wait until you see two consecutive grids win. This exception will save you many loosing days if you observe it. 3

Total of 1st, 2nd and 3rd position appearances

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WIN

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14:37 14:27 14:18 14:08 13:58 13:48

Perry Barr Hove Perry Barr Hove Perry Barr Hove

On average, wins with this technique are normally 50% or better of the total stake. Possibilities of loosing are greatly minimised by using the Elliot Wave cycle to determine your point of entry. However, I also never exceed 50% of my gambling allocation with the Grand Slammer Technique. Remember that you can use the Grand Slammer on the horses or greyhounds, but do not mix the two in any one bet. When drains occur in one, they normally do not occur in the other.

The Non-Loosing Technique (NLT) When designing this system, the criteria was simple: to design a system that never lost, was simple enough for anyone to apply, required less than one hour a day to execute, required a single bet a day to maintain, and the profits for the first year should exceed £100,000 tax free. The Non-Loosing Technique was born.

How does the NLT work There are three reasons why this system works; firstly, a very small betting base is used (£25 per bet). After each grid loss, the stake is doubled until you win. After this, the betting base returns to the first grid size, £25. Therefore, only a small amount is needed for this technique. The second reason why this system works is that the grid size is only two races long, as in the example below. The use of this small grid size means that 35

How To Win At Greyhound Betting losses have less of an effect on your betting allocation, whilst the effect of winning greatly increases your profit. £5 £20 The third reason is that in this technique, you are betting on the trap number that was the first in the day to appear three times. Because of this, you always win and make money when you win, rather than having your winnings eroded by joint favourites. Here are the actions to take each day for this technique: 1. Find the two race venues of the morning. 2. Watch the results for the first trap to appear three times. 3. Immediately after you spot the third appearance, place a Stop at the first winner bet on the next two races for the same trap number to win. 4. If you loose, double the betting stakes the next day. 5. Each day, start this cycle again. (The five-day version will be only Mondays to Fridays). Only place a single bet each day. Some days will be a non-racing day i.e. Christmas day, so continue on the next racing day as normal after these non-racing days. This technique will now be explained using the following grid. Here, you would have placed your two-race stop at the first winner bet on trap number 1 to win at the 12:23 and 12:29 races.

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Time 11:26 11:34 11:41 11:48 11:55 12:02 12:09 12:16 12:23 12:29 12:37 12:44

Venue Perry Barr Hove Perry Barr Hove Perry Barr Hove Perry Barr Hove Perry Barr Hove Perry Barr Hove

1st 1 4 5 3 3 1 4 1 1 5 3 6

In the mornings for UK greyhound races, one or more traps will appear three times or more. The first trap to win three times is what you look out for, because you will place your stop at the first winner bet immediately after the third appearance. Normally your first bet will loose, which is an advantage. You want to loose your first bet in order to double your betting base to a substantial figure. You will eventually win after less than ten losses, and by this stage, your profits will be multiplied by the last betting base figures. The results are illustrated below: Race 1 £500 £1000 £2000 £4000 £8000 £16000 £32000 £64000 £1,28000 £2,56000 £5,12000

Race 2 £2000 £4000 £8000 £16000 £32000 £64000 £1,28000 £2,56000 £5,12000 £10,24000 £20,48000

Bet size £2500 £5000 £10000 £20000 £40000 £80000 £1,60000 £3,20000 £6,40000 £12,80000 £25,60000

Total lost £2500 £7500 £17500 £37500 £77500 £1,57500 £3,17500 £6,37500 £12,77500 £25,57500 £51,17500

Losses 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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How To Win At Greyhound Betting As you can see, the more you loose, the more you risk until eventually you win. From this grid, you will see the single flaw in this system. You need a lot of investment capital for the potential eventuality of a major loss. So far using this system, I have not experienced more than eight losses in a row before a win, but the potential is there. Luckily, if you play this system for any amount of years, you will earn enough to be able to fund that potential loss. Because of the sums of money required to maintain this system, I would not advise it for anyone who is not debt free, financially secure, and financially independent. If you cannot afford to invest in excess of £25,000 before you see returns, then this technique is not for you, and you should stick to other investments. For the few who can afford to invest a potential £25,000, this system will make you hundreds of thousands every year. You will need to place your bet daily, and keep track of your winnings and losses to determine the next betting size. If you play seven days a week, you will need a smaller buffer for the potential losses to use this system (less than £25,000). For those who have close to £100,000 to invest, you can trade Mondays to Fridays only. The five-day week version of this system will make you more money, but the losses can often last longer. You will not make regular large wins with this system, but over a six-month period, you will make in excess of £50,000, depending on your investment. The longer you use this system, the more profits you stand to make. The following illustrations show the results of the best month of 2004 using this system (five-day version).

Figure 4-4: First part of the results from February 2004

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In the Figure 4-4, you will notice the following row labels explained next: • • • • •

The Trap illustrates the trap number that won. The Race # illustrates which one of the two races of the grid won. The Odds illustrate the odds at which the winning trap won. The Win illustrates the total sum that was won or lost. The Totals column on Figure 4-7 is the sum of all the wins and losses.

Figure 4-5: Second part of the results from February 2004

Figure 4-6: Third part of the results from February 2004

Note that Friday 20th February 2004 was a non-trading day. The win on Tuesday 24th February 2004 followed a ten betting day loosing streak.

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Figure 4-7: Fourth part of the results from February 2004

Improving On The NLT To improve the performance of the Non-Losing Technique, only play for a win on the second race. Here, the first race is used as a trigger for betting on the second race. If the first race wins, you do not place a bet on the second race, and if it looses, then you do. Reset the betting base to £25 if the second race wins. Therefore, in this technique, watch for the third appearance of the same trap, and then watch for a loss in the next race, straight after the third appearance. If this is a win, reset your betting base and start again the next day. However, if it is a loss, call the bookmaker and place your entire grid allocation for that day on the second race to win, with the trap number that was first to appear three times that day. This system will return 15% to 25% more than general NLT over a twelvemonth period. Tip: After the second appearance of the any trap, call your bookmaker for the race results three minutes after the races. Bookmakers get the results two to three minutes after the race, whilst the results on the internet appear five to eight minutes after the race. This will give you more time to decide whether you will be placing a bet or not.

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The Ultimate Greyhound Betting System I have saved the best technique until last. This system is only available through the purchase of the Ultimate Greyhound Betting System, a computer program that semi-automates this system. You will only be required to input your balance, the venues, and the results of each race of the morning or afternoon. The program will then tell you what trap to bet on and how much to invest. When you win, you will need to input the odds that you won on, as the program will also monitor your growing balance. I have created this program specifically for trading my most successful betting system for greyhound betting. This system can regularly be used to make £1,000 on most days of the week. This system can be purchased from www.practicalbooks.org. The initials BAGS stand for Bookmakers’ Afternoon Greyhound Services Ltd, which is the bookmakers’ organisation that negotiates contracts with track promoters to provide a service of greyhound racing during betting shop hours. For a simple way of making regular large wins with UK BAGS greyhound betting, purchase your copy of The Ultimate Greyhound Betting System today. We have covered many techniques that you can use to make profits from horse and greyhound betting. With these techniques, you will be able to trade every day (barring Fridays and Sundays). On Saturdays, use the #1 Horse Technique exclusively.

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Summary Betting is a risky business and no more so than Greyhound betting. You have just completed a crash course in successful Greyhound betting. The information you now know cost me over £50,000 in losses to learn. You are lucky because it cost you less than £100 to gain the same knowledge. I hope you use it wisely. Remember knowing the technique is not enough. You also have to apply greed management in order to win in Greyhound betting. You have been given over eight techniques to use when betting on Greyhound races. Treat them as your box of tools and use them as such. Remember if at any stage, you have two or three loosing days, STOP. Analyse your self to see where you may be going wrong. If you cannot find fault in what you are doing then remember the Fibonacci drain principle. Wait and monitor the race results until your system begins to work again, then, and only then, should you get back in the play. Greyhound betting, like any investment type, requires dedication, discipline and most importantly, accurate monitoring of statistics. If you are not keeping accurate result sheets for each betting session, you may not be able to argue with bookmakers over incorrectly placed bets or review your performance in order to improve. You have been shown techniques that, as a set, work under all market conditions. So if one particular technique is not working well on a particular day (remember the “drain”) switch to another. I like to use any of the trap systems and switch to an unnamed favourite system when the trap system experiences a “drain”. I wish you the best of luck using these techniques, and hope you too can benefit from consistent and regular winning days whilst engaged in Greyhound betting.

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Appendix

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Appendix 1 Fibonacci Fibonacci is the nickname of the 1170AD born Algerian Educated Italian mathematician. For a full break down of Leonardo Pisano’s (Fibonacci) achievements go to; http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/ Fibonacci.html Leonardo Pisano’s produced several works of mathematical genius involving numbers. The theories that you as an investor should be most interested in are his number series theory. Simply put, if you start with 1 and add the last 2 numbers you will get the series; 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, etc Carrying the series on will produce the following results; 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610

0.000000000000000 0.500000000000000 0.666666666666667 0.600000000000000 0.625000000000000 0.615384615384615 0.619047619047619 0.617647058823529 0.618181818181818 0.617977528089888 0.618055555555556 0.618025751072961 0.618037135278515 0.618032786885246 45

How To Win At Greyhound Betting 987 1,597 2,584 4,181 6,765 10,946 17,711 28,657 46,368 75,025 121,393 196,418 317,811 514,229 832,040 1,346,269 2,178,309 3,524,578 5,702,887 9,227,465 14,930,352 24,157,817 39,088,169

0.618034447821682 0.618033813400125 0.618034055727554 0.618033963166707 0.618033998521803 0.618033985017358 0.618033990175597 0.618033988205325 0.618033988957902 0.618033988670443 0.618033988780243 0.618033988738303 0.618033988754323 0.618033988748204 0.618033988750541 0.618033988749648 0.618033988749989 0.618033988749859 0.618033988749909 0.618033988749890 0.618033988749897 0.618033988749894 0.618033988749895

If you then divide the last number by the current number i.e. ½ 2/3 3/5 5/8 8/13 etc. You will arrive at the constant, 0.618033988749895 (phi) eventually. This number can then be used to calculate a large array of naturally occurring phenomenon, like the stock market 46

Appendices price bounces and our case the distribution of losers and winners in a given Greyhound racing system. For other applications see http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat. html.

Appendix 2 Elliot Wave Stock markets were thought to be chaotic and without any order but during 1929 Ralph Nelson Elliott discovered a repeating pattern in the stock markets. He found a fractal type mathematical model to define the pullbacks and gains that a stock and the markets as a whole go through. This work was later improved on and published in the ground breaking book, “The Elliott Wave Principle – The Key to Stock Market Profits” by Robert Prechter and A.J. Frost (published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd). Get this book if you want to learn a lot more about this theory. In this work, I will only be covering Elliot Wave theory so that any one can use it to create profits. You do not need t be a mathematician to do that. The theory is simple enough; it states that there are 5 impulsive waves and 3 corrective waves in stock or market movement. If you looked closer at these waves you would see that smaller waves existed within each wave itself, and so on and so on, giving a fractal effect. You can see in Fig 1 the repeating five impulsive and three corrective wave cycles.

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Fig 1: The basic principle of Elliot wave theory. In Fig 1, you see that after “C” the pattern repeats itself, starting back at “1” again. Let us have a look at some practical uses of this wave theory. Like most things in life, racing conforms to the Elliot wave and Fibonacci principles and laws. In racing, you will find that using any system works great 61.8% of the time whilst 38.2% of the time you will experience uncharacteristic losses. Remember also that the Elliott Wave theory also has periods where there will be 61.8% losses to 38.2% wins. Watch out for these “drain” periods, as I like to call them. Unlike the equity market, you cannot use reverse strategies to make money during a drain in the betting results. You just have to stay out of the market. Luckily, drains can be easily spotted. When your system fails 2 to 3 times in a row, you have encountered a drain. Stop and paper trade until you are back to consistent wins. The wait will never be longer than a week for Greyhound racing. Whilst reading the following systems please bear the drain in mind.

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Other Works by Samuel Blankson Living the Ultimate Truth, 2nd Edition Printed: 166 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in, Perfect-bound Download: PDF (855 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2375-4 Copyright Year: © 2005 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com Today most people live a poor example of a balanced life. The centuries of wisdom passed down from the great leaders of our past seem lost amid lives centred on minutia and selfishness. Today we care more about what we wear and where we are seen, than we do about discovering and Living the Ultimate Truth. Throughout the world, there is an imbalance in people’s spirituality, consciousness, and inner harmony. This has taken a great toll on our environment, our health, and our happiness. Many are wondering around like lost sheep, seeking a shepherd in all the wrong places. Many false prophets have promised quick fixes to these problems, but if these solutions are not firmly rooted in The Creator, love, integrity and inner harmony, they are doomed to fail. This book is a reminder of all those virtues and universal principles that we need, to return to a balanced, harmonious, and happy life. You will learn to love yourself, love others, and finally find that inner peace you seek through spiritual growth.

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How To Win At Greyhound Betting Developing Personal Integrity, 2nd Edition Printed: 118 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in, Perfectbound Download: PDF (627 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2376-2 Copyright Year: © 2005 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com In the field of human character development, integrity is the last frontier. Many people use the word, but few really know what real integrity is. This book breaks down the fundamental components of personal integrity and offers a path to attaining it. Like success or happiness, integrity is a journey not a destination. We can only measure how far on the path we are through the observation of our inner voice, the voice of our conscience, and through deep contemplation and reflection. This journey of personal excellence is not an easy one, and as a friend once said, “When peeling this onion, sometimes you cry.” Nevertheless, in all great endeavours, the harder the struggle, the greater the victory will be.

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Other Works by Samuel Blankson The Guide to Real Estate Investing Printed: 117 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in, Perfectbound Download: PDF (723 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2383-5 Copyright Year: © 2005 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com If you have ever wanted to know how to make money from real estate, but could never find one source that listed and explained all the different options available to you, then your search is over. This book covers over 20 different ways of investing in real estate. You will find the author’s style easy to understand and very practical. The section on self-build is so in-depth, that after reading it you will actually know how to build a house, and the section on REITs, Indexes, and REIT Options will leave your mind boggling at the potential profits available to you. This book also covers the conversional and popular methods of real estate investing as well. Therefore, whether you want to learn to develop real estate projects, build your own home, or simply rent a room in your house, this book will help you maximise your success and avoid the pitfalls.

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How To Win At Greyhound Betting Making Money with Funds Printed: 79 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in., Perfect-bound Download: PDF (8769 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2671-0 Copyright Year: © 2005 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com Today the world fund market is a multi trillion-dollar industry. There are many types of funds and as many reasons for choosing them. In this book, you will learn how Funds work, and how you, can make money with them. How to make a fortune with Options trading Printed: 59 pages, 8.5 x 11.0 in, Perfectbound Download: PDF (1808 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2378-9 Copyright Year: © 2005 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com This is a practical book on winning in the Options trading market. Whether you are a sophisticated investor or a complete novice, this book is for you. The author takes complex ideas, and explains them in a way that is both practical and easily understood by anyone. Having used these techniques to achieve financial freedom, Mr Blankson now shares with you how he did it. There is no waffling here, just plain speaking and powerful techniques that anyone can apply.

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Other Works by Samuel Blankson How to make a fortune on the Stock Markets Printed: 190 pages, 8.5 x 11.0 in, Perfectbound Download: PDF (8769 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2379-7 Copyright Year: © 2005 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com This book contains simple but effective techniques for achieving regular and consistent profits from stock trading. Unlike other books on the topic, it is not full of theory and projections, but practical advice learned the hard way, by trading personal hardearned cash daily in the world’s stock exchanges. Moreover, unlike other books on the subject, it is not about how to be a stock trader and trade other people’s money, but on how to grow your own funds to a level where you will never have to work for anyone else again. This book contains real techniques used by the author to amass a fortune significant enough to have made him Financially Free. Now you too can use these simple but highly effective techniques to achieve the same results. Therefore, whether you are a professional trader or a total beginner, this book will show you how to achieve Financial Freedom through trading Stocks and Shares.

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How To Win At Greyhound Betting Tax Avoidance A practical guide for UK Residents Printed: 104 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in, Perfectbound Download: PDF (355 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2380-0 Copyright Year: © 2005 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com UK residents pay some of the highest taxes in the world. Most of these taxes are hidden through VAT and service charges. This guide clearly explains what taxes you are paying, and which ones you can and should avoid paying through claiming your allowed deductions and allowances. Prudent tax efficient estate planning is explained in detail, and hundreds of tax saving ideas are shared within these pages. Whether you are a qualified accountant or a non-professional, you will find this little guide an invaluable source of tax saving ideas and strategies.

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Other Works by Samuel Blankson The Ultimate Guide to Offshore Tax Havens Printed: 418 pages, 8.5 x 11.0 in, Perfectbound Download: PDF (12602 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2384-3 Copyright Year: © 2005 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com This book is a detailed listing of all the known and not so commonly known Tax Havens, their benefits, and their suitability for relocation by the low tax seeker. If you are looking for ways to cut your taxes, there is no better way than to relocate to a low or no tax haven. The South East Asian Tsunamis and earthquakes have shown us that it is prudent to select the haven you will reside in carefully. Low taxes cannot be your only gauge for this task. This book will help you make that decision. A must read for all who aspire to changing their lifestyles by relocating offshore. The havens are listed in geographical order, starting with the USA and ending with the South Pacific Islands.

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How To Win At Greyhound Betting Attitude Printed: 418 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in, Perfectbound Download: PDF (13700 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2382-7 Copyright Year: © 2005 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com Attitude, so often misunderstood, yet so vital for success in every aspect of our lives. A positive attitude will guarantee happiness in your life, promotion, and growth in your career or job, peace and joy in your family life, and in addition, a positive attitude has been scientifically proven to help extend your life expectancy. In this book, this essential success attribute is explained in detail. You will learn how to safeguard against positive attitude erosion, and learn how to build a positive mental attitude to help you achieve measurable success in every aspect of your life.

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Other Works by Samuel Blankson How to win at Greyhound betting Printed: 68 pages, 8.5 x 11.0 in, Perfectbound Download: PDF (639 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2377-0 Copyright Year: © 2005 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com Today, sports betting is a big industry for the bookmakers and organisers. Of all the people who benefit from sports racing, the “punters” (or in this case, you), are the last on the list of people who consistently gain. In fact, the greyhounds probably gain more from these races than most punters. Why is that? Well, there are many reasons, but most of them centre on these two things: lack of a proven system, and greed. This book closely examines these two points, and offers techniques and systems for achieving consistent wins in greyhound betting.

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How To Win At Greyhound Betting The Ultimate Greyhound Betting System Download: MS Excel (233 kb) Copyright Year: © 2005 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com If you think there is no trustworthy betting system out there, then prepare to be proven wrong. This is the betting system described in the series The Practical Guide to Total Financial Freedom, and the book How to win at Greyhound betting. This semiautomatic system allows its user to achieve a minimum of 30% profits per week by following a proven statistical and rule based system betting on UK Greyhound races. The system only requires you to supply the race results and place the bets with your bookmaker. Armed with this incredible system, you will be able to beat the odds, and win one over the bookmakers. How to Win at Online Roulette Printed: 81 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in, Perfectbound ISBN: 1-4116-2570-6 Copyright Year: © 2005 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com This is a guide to consistently winning at online Roulette. It is a simple and to the point writing about an amazing system for gaining an advantage at online Casinos. This book will show you how to make £1000 per day or more from online Roulette.

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Other Works by Samuel Blankson Sixty Original Song Lyrics Printed: 200 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in, Perfectbound Download: PDF (1072 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2059-3 Copyright Year: © 2004 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com This is a compilation of original song lyrics by Samuel Blankson. This book contains 60 of the songs he wrote in between 2000 – 2002. Having had some of these lyrics made into songs for an album (see www.practicalbooks.org), and several of them now on compilations, Samuel now shares these 60 song lyrics with you. Images of Kilimanjaro Printed: 53 pages, 8.5 x 11.0 in, Perfectbound Download: PDF (2573 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2016-X Copyright Year: © 2004 Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com This is a book of pictures taken from Kilimanjaro. This is an accompanying book to the Calendar of the same name.

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How To Win At Greyhound Betting Images of Kilimanjaro Printed: 26 pages, 11 x 8.5 in, Coilbound Start Date: January 1st, 2006 Duration: 12 months Copyright Year: © 2004 by Samuel Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com Kilimanjaro, the tallest freestanding mountain in the world, is captured here for you to feast your eyes on each month through 2006. Kilimanjaro is a source of life for Tanzania and Kenya locals, who live on its life giving rains and water. I had the honour of climbing this majestic mountain, and captured the essence of its allure and mystery through these pictures. Uju Download: MPG (6523 kb) UPC: 4-3157-3526-2 Copyright Year: © 2004 by Samuel and Uju Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com A six track EP with soulful R&B tracks with a pop flavour. This EP is bound to have you humming along addictively. For more info about the artist Uju, visit www.uju-music.com and look out for her forthcoming album.

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Other Works by Samuel Blankson The Bass by Samuel Blankson Download: MPG (4811 kb) Copyright Year: © 2004 by Samuel and Uju Blankson Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com A sexy, R&B track with wicked beats and a deep baseline. With a melody and chorus that will stay with you for a long time, this addictive and catchy tune deserves your download (see www.practicalbooks.org). Investing in En Primeur Wine Printed: 88 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in, Perfect-bound Download: PDF (1,095 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2867-5 Copyright Year: © 2005 Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com Wine investing is not new, it has been going on for centuries. In more recent years (the last two centuries), government tax laws on alcoholic drinks have made buying wine a little more prohibitive to the investor who wants to keep them at home in his/her private cellar. Nevertheless, as usual, the market has found a way around this problem. You can avoid taxes and V.A.T. (Value Added Tax) by buying fine wine on Bond (also called wine Futures or En Primeur). This book covers a simple and effective way in which anybody coming into the fine wine investing market place can safely securely and successfully select, and invest in En Primeur Wine.

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How To Win At Greyhound Betting Eight Steps to Success Printed: 105 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in, Perfectbound Download: PDF (1,095 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2738-5 Copyright Year: © 2005 Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com We would all like to live a successful life, a life where our relationships and finances are a source of happiness and joy. This life is attainable by following timeless success principles. These principles have been forgotten by our fast food, fastpaced, reality TV society. This book defines, explains, and shows you how to apply these principles and skills in your life to attain happiness, contentment, peace, joy, and prosperity. The eight fundamental virtues and skills required to succeed long-term in any endeavour, are explained in detail and in a style that everyone can understand and immediately apply. The Eight Steps to Success is an inspirational book that will help you understand, acquire, hone, and apply the principles of success.

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Other Works by Samuel Blankson Taking Action Printed: 105 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in, Perfectbound Download: PDF (1,095 kb) ISBN: 1-4116-2735-0 Copyright Year: © 2005 Language: English Publisher: Lulu.com This is a book about taking action. For some, taking action means something you will do, might do, should do, have done, or never will do. This book will show you how to change your understanding of taking action to mean something you are doing NOW! When you change this focus in your life, you will release great powers. This book will show you how to tap into this phenomenal power and change your life.

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About the Author

About The Author An entrepreneur at heart, Samuel Blankson blends art, creativity, passion, business acumen, and financial expertise with careful planning and execution in the achievement of measurable results. He is an avid reader, writer, researcher, and securities trader. He is an advocate of self-empowerment and an individual’s ability to control their destiny through the achievement of personal freedom from economic, financial, spiritual, social, mental, and interrelationship restrictions. Samuel is constantly working to push the boundaries of personal achievements to their limits, recognising that these limits are only self-imposed. Samuel has authored over twenty books (How to Destroy Your Debts, Living the Ultimate Truth, Developing Personal Integrity, The Practical Guide to Total Financial Freedom volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and Attitude are some of these works). He has written over 100 songs, sixty of which are featured in Sixty Original Song Lyrics. He writes poetry, creates artwork, and works daily to express his creativity in many ways. Having successfully run several businesses, Samuel diversified into securities trading over a decade ago, with great success. After learning from the masters of the time, Samuel progressed to develop his own methods and systems for successful trading. Today, he trades many financial instruments and has developed ways of successfully generating profits from his many investments. A firm believer in knowledge sharing, Samuel travels the globe, teaching and sharing his personal knowledge with groups of friends, associates, and anyone who seeks to improve their life. This is the spirit of Samuel Blankson, a God centred philanthropist, overcomer, and high achiever.