IS THERE VALUE IN PLACE BETTING?

This is a question I am often asked by visitors to this website.

Everything is relative in this life and for most punters the goal from betting on horse racing is to try get a big return, irrespective of the risk. It seems punters prefer to place bets with a high potential return rather than bets with low risk but relatively low returns.

Below is a link to an American scietific study titled "Efficiency of the Market for Racetrack betting".

This paper explains a technical system for place and show betting which demonstrates market inefficiency that can produce substantial positive profits. In Amercia "place" betting is to run first or second while "show" betting relates to running in the first three. While this study is US based I think it is relevant for the Australian market.

EfficiencyoftheMarketforRacetrackBetting.pdf

In Australia one way to add value to place betting is to couple up several selections for a place with an online bookmakers

If you are only a small punter and are interested in punting this way then I suggest you look at opening an account with Betfair.

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