{"id":7894,"date":"2015-11-14T13:59:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T06:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/meet-the-man-who-beat-the-bookies-and-the-banks-but-the-odds-are-against-you\/"},"modified":"2016-03-14T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T05:27:09","slug":"meet-the-man-who-beat-the-bookies-and-the-banks-but-the-odds-are-against-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/meet-the-man-who-beat-the-bookies-and-the-banks-but-the-odds-are-against-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the man who beat the bookies \u2013 and the banks. But the odds are against you"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIs it possible to make money on sports betting? Yes, says Simon Inglis, who has earned more than a best-buy savings account in a year \u2013 but no if you look at the victims of the industry, as we detail belowGambling, goes the consensus, is a mug\u2019s game. Certainly that was my view. Apart from an annual punt on the Grand National I steered well clear. Not least, having cleared the contents of my late uncle\u2019s slum flat, strewn with betting slips, I associated it with failure.Another obstacle is mental arithmetic. It\u2019s not my strong point. If ever a gambler tried to talk me through the basics, I glazed over within seconds. But then this time last year my book, Played in London, was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. My reward? A free \u00a31,000 bet. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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