New York Giants vs Washington Redskins (NFL)

New York; - 3.0; ...2.05

Edit: You can now get NY at -2.5, although at the lesser price of 1.87, that bet is still very good value in my mind.

My early tip for next weeks NFL round is a  very early one, it's for next Monday nights matchup.
The Giants need to win this game to likely tie the Cowboys for the last NFC wild card, and with only 3 games left, can not afford to let this one slip.
The Giants and Skins have both been "ok" recently, but the Skins seem to only get close to good teams, so the low points on offer are a bonus at this time.
My educated guess would be a 7-10 point NY win, so 3 points seems very light on.

PROFIT/LOSS STATEMENT

Basically after each week, I will try and prepare a little report on the profits and/or losses of the bets I have placed up during the week.

My basic betting system is to place 1 unit on an outsider (3.00 or more) and 2 units on a head to head value bet (3.00 or less).

Following that line of betting, and after calculating up all the results, I achieved;

A loss of 4.50 units for the week, saved mainly by Nick O'Hern scraping into 5th spot in the oz PGA, and also good NFL wins by the Eagles and Chargers.

Over the coming weeks, I will be placing large value, high return, but low percentage multi's also that will hopefully raise the level of this site's returns.

Not a good first week, but not a "shocker" either.

Best of luck to all.

Australia vs West Indies (Cricket)

Ricky Ponting - Man of the Match - 9.00

Dwayne Bravo - WI high bat, 1st innings - 8.50

A couple of nice value bets here, at very juicy odds, just to make the 3rd and final test more interesting. Ponting has been in good form without breaking out, and is set for a big score.
Bravo is a good value bet, with Chanderpaul and the young opener Barath in doubt and unlikely to play.