Hello Bloggers,

There were two trades sent by Betting Pro Trades today.

Confederation of African Nations Cup
Sudan vs Angola
Advice: Lay Sudan in the Draw No Bet market.
Lay odds advised: 3.00, stake £100.00
Back odds advised: 6.00, stake £50.00.
Lay odds taken: 1.45.

When I first opened this market today, the odds on offer were 2.90/3.05. As usual, placed an order at 3.00 as advised, and waited for kick off.

By kick off, the market looked as if it was going to be liquid, but at this point, there was only some £12,000 matched.

Angola scored after only five minutes, and after waiting for the market to settle, which seemed to take a great deal of time, odds of 15.00 were on offer, which I took with both hands, which at that point had just over £12,500 matched.

At this point we had a winning trade in hand. However, the match ended as a 2-2 draw, and as this was a Draw No Bet market, all bets were voided.

Italy – Coppa Italia
A C Milan vs Lazio
Advice: Lay A C Milan to qualify.
Lay odds advised: 1.50, stake £200.00
Back odds advised: 3.00, stake £100.00.
Lay odds taken: 1.45.

When I looked at this market for the first time this morning, the odds on offer in another illiquid looking market (around £500), was £1.46/1.50. However, the amount available was £45, so took this and left the remainder to see what happened in the lead up to kick off.

By kick off, the odds had reduced quite substantially, to 1.40/1.41, especially in the period leading up to the game starting. Of course, during that time, our bet had been taken up.

Cup games often turn up surprises, and Lazio took the lead after only five minutes, at which point, the odds were briefly above 2.00, only for Milan to score twice in three minutes (15 and 18 minutes).

The second half was very quiet on the goals front, with Milan scoring a third after 84 minutes, and running out what seems on the face of things to be comfortable winners, but a losing trade for the review.

Loss to bank: £100.00.

Liabilities for today: £100.00.
Total liabilities to date: £20186.60.

Loss for the day: £100.00.
Current Bank: £809.80 (starting bank £2000.00)

Selections: 142 (11 voided or scratched)
Wins: 89
Strike Rate: 62.7%.

This review has been published for 56 betting days now, and although it has recovered a little from its position from just before Christmas, it is still substantially below its starting point.

The daily postings of trades will stop at this point, and I will be returning in the next few days with my final thoughts with regard to this service.

Until the next time,

Inspector DJ

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