Betting On The 2018 World Cup

We're all pretty excited here at Club 20 because for the next few weeks we Aussies don't have to stay up, nor get up at stupid o'clock to watch golf!  The PGA Tour's Asian swing starts in Korea this week on the Island of Jeju for the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges where Hedge and the Meatman go through thir bets and player picks as well as key stats and weather.  They stop off also in Paris briefly for the Open de France as well as tip punters into a solid LPGA bet in Shanghai. 

The boys are back with all their best bets, long shots and lock of the week for NFL's Week 6! Nick has been on fire and had another big collect with his Week 5 long shot saluting once again, and had a ripper week with his three best all coming through. Josh still has an edge on the season best bets though, sitting pretty with a 9-5 win-loss record. James; infatuation with Carolina's Brian Burns continued, with the young linebacker pushing his case for a Defensive Rookie of the Year award. The lads chat about the 'Funeral Bowl,' while another backup QB with an interesting name will make his starting debut in Week 6, and Josh mentions a quiet dislike for a popular TV commentator. Nick asks "is this the best Pats team we've ever seen?" and the boys discuss whether the New England franchise have any weakness in 2019. For every game and more, have a listen to the Week 5 edition of the Punt Return Podcast and don't forget to subscribe and leave a review on your favourite podcast platform! Follow us on Twitter: @Sta

There are weak fields in the PGA, and then there’s the absolute sh*t show we’ve been presented with at the Houston Open this week with Sweden’s Henrik Stenson the only top 40 golfer in this field teeing it up at the Golf Club of Houston.    The good news is that betting markets are struggling to to price such relative unknowns which means value for punters and fantasy coaches alike!    Join Hedge and the Meatman in their Club 20 Betting on Golf Podcast debut as they run through their favourite bets, player picks, course and weather info and key statistics for the Houston Open.

Nick, James & Josh are all back on deck for the Week 5 Edition of The Punt Return Podcast.  They open the show talking about the power balance in the NFL and how weak the AFC is behind New England and Kansas City while the NFC is loaded with potential Super Bowl contenders.  Nick asks what is wrong with the Rams? While on the flip side of that discussion, Josh asks "are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers actually good?". After recapping their Week 4 results, where Nick continues to dominate on his long shots and Buffalo Bills plays, they jump right into Week 5 of the NFL. Of particular interest to the boys this week was the "we're actually good" bowl between young quarterbacks Gardner Minshew & Kyle Allen. Both have been impressive filling in for their injured starters & Josh notes that both are top ten QB's in the NFL in ANY/A (an important metric when evaluating QB's).   While discussing this game, James continues to pound the table for Brian Burns' Defensive Rookie of the Year prospects as he racks up sacks and QB H

In the Week 4 Edition of the Punt Return Podcast, James & Josh open the show with some playoff statistics about 3-0 & 0-3 teams before they recap give their major takeaways from Week 3.  James raises an interesting point about the correlation between offensive line performance and team record so far this season and Josh links that to his overarching question from Week 3: what is wrong with the Cleveland Browns offense? Before jumping into Week 4, they recap their Week 3 results and in particular, Nick collecting yet again on his long shot with Ezekiel Elliott landing on exactly 125 rushing yards as he predicted.  Josh & James open their Week 4 analysis asking if Kyle Allen is for real & whether the Texans offensive line will hold up for the second week in the row.  Josh notes that the combined records of the teams New England & Buffalo have faced so far this season are 1-17 so something has got to give between them this weekend.  In looking at the Rams & Bucs game, James notes the Rams are doing a tremendous

Nick, James & Josh are back on deck at The Punt Return Podcast to look at Week 3 in the National Football League. Opening the show discussing the plethora of injuries at quarterback and how that affects the power balance in the AFC & NFC, they then discuss the trade market for superstar cornerback, Jalen Ramsey, and the three most likely destinations for him. Before jumping into Week 3, they recap their Week 2 betting results, with Josh going 3-0 ATS with his best bets, and Nick collecting yet again on his long shot with Buffalo delivering the goods and not scoring too many points in the process. The boys open their week 3 analysis chatting about the two huge lines with Dallas -21.5 vs Miami (https://www.statsinsider.com.au/nfl/match?matchid=NFL_2019_3_DAL_MIA) and New England -22.5 vs New York (https://www.statsinsider.com.au/nfl/match?matchid=NFL_2019_3_NE_NYJ) . Since 1984, there have been seven NFL favorites of 20 or more points and every one of them has failed to cover the spread. While discussing the ga

Nick Splitter, James Rosewarne & Josh Wye are all back on deck to look at Week 2 in the NFL after an explosive opening week of the 2019 Season. The boys start the show mentioning that Week 2 might be the hardest week of the year because it is often hard not to overreact or underreact to the Week 1 results. Before jumping into the Week 2 lines, the lads recap their Week 1 Results with Josh pounding the table in disgust at conservative coaching - especially from Matt Patricia and Vic Fangio - while Nick shares his elation in Lamar Jackson's form. James makes an interesting observation about the state of the running game in the NFL and wonders how that will play out with a very anti-run analytics community in NFL fandom. Looking ahead at Week 2, starting with Thursday Night Football's #CARvsTB clash, and the show was glowing in its praise of Kellen Moore and his new-look Dallas offense and are all keen to see the Cowboys produce again. They then discuss how to approach such a massive line with the Patriots being

It's been described by some as the "Melbourne Cup" of Australian sports betting. For punters, beating the Brownlow is as tough as it gets. It's not enough to simply know who played well in each and every game of the season (as hard as that is on its own). To bust open the Brownlow, bettors must get inside the minds of the men and women giving the votes... the umpires. And, that, of course, is impossible. Or is it? Can the Brownlow be busted? Can empirical data be used to get inside the minds of the umpires to predict who they were most likely to give votes to in Season 2019? Let's find out, shall we? Stats Insider's senior AFL data analyst, Greg Butyn, joins Hedge Hopkins to discuss a revolutionary way of modelling the 2019 Brownlow Medal.   In this podcast, we look at markets including:  Outright Winner; Top 5 / Top 10 Finish; Leader After Rounds 5 / 10; Team Leaders; and much, much more! Download Stats Insider's complete 2019 Brownlow Medal report right here (https://www.statsinsider.com.au/afl/brownlow) .

That's right, normality is restored to the world and The Punt Return is back for NFL Season 2019! After a comprehensive preview of every single team earlier in the week, the crew regroups for a look at each match of the new season, with the best bets at the ready. Josh, Nick and James run through every game Week 1 and work through the major markets and Vegas lines for each one, with a smattering of player props and DFS plays thrown in for good measure. The guru, Dr Darryl 'Data' Woodford joins the group at the end of the podcast to go through the Stats Insider model value plays. 2.35 #GBvsCH 6.00 #KCvsJAX 8.00 #BALvsMIA 10.40 #ATLvsMIN 13.08 #BUFvsNYJ 16.22 #LARvsCAR 18.05 #TENvsCLE 20.54 #WASvsPHI 22.12 #INDvsLAC 27.20 #CINvsSEA 29.29 #SFvsTB 31.51 #DETvsARI 34.27 #NYGvsDAL 36.11 #PITvsNE 38.45 #HOUvsNO 40.48 #DENvsOAK 43.09 LOCK OF THE WEEK 44.00 BEST BETS 46.12 Darryl Woodford & the Stats Insider value model Check out http://statsinsider.com.au for all model predictions, Super Bowl projections and much mor

We're back! NFL is back! Get excited NFL fans, "The Punt Return" is back for Season 2019 & a new-look panel kick things off in style with a 100-minute season preview. Josh Wye, Nick Splitter & James Rosewarne head around the NFL looking at every single team and use the Vegas season win totals and the Stats Insider Superbowl probabilities (https://www.statsinsider.com.au/nfl/futures) to evaluate how successful they’ll be in 2019. In particular, the Chicago Bears, Houston Texans, Carolina Panthers & Cleveland Browns get the panel fired up as opinions vary greatly. James, in particular, "gets sexy" for the Browns, while Nick & Josh go head to head on the state of the Houston Texans. They wrap the show up by giving their Super Bowl LIV matchup, MVP candidates & quite a few bold predictions about the season with a couple involving Ravens QB, Lamar Jackson. For those who want to skip to their team, or their team's division, here's the order of divisions as discussed: 4:02: AFC East (Patriots, Jets, Dolphins, Bills)

Stats Insider's Darryl Woodford is joined by Woot & Wye to discuss betting on the Super Bowl LIII, before the two lads talk stats and prop bets for the big game. #TrustTheModel

Barring wildcard weekend, the 2018 postseason has gone completely chalk with the four top seeds filling the final four spots of the season. This is the first time since 2015 that the NFL playoffs have featured the No. 1 Seed vs No. 2 Seed in both the AFC & NFC championship games. One more interesting wrinkle for this weekend is that both games are rematches of regular season fixtures that featured 80 or more points. In the Conference Championship edition of The Punt Return Podcast, Darryl Data & Wye open the show recapping their average results in the divisional round. The Rams being the only team that they both won on. Kansas City helped Darryl and the model to a winning week while the Chargers & Colts let Wye down. Before going game by game with their picks, bets and DFS plays, the show mentions some interesting tidbits about this particular round of the playoffs, including: * The last time a team went to the Super Bowl that won a road playoff game at all was the 2012 season. Home teams in the co

Wildcard Weekend saw the continuation of a golden run by underdogs in the playoffs (underdogs are now 14-1 against the spread since Atlanta choked/gave the Super Bowl away). Three road teams won last week with Dallas being the only favourite to win outright. This is the second straight season where underdogs have gone 4-0 against the spread in the wild card round. The Divisional round though presents a unique experience, in that half of the teams have had the bye, will get to play at home and typically against teams with a worse record. As bettors we have to be smart about what that means and how that will affect the outcome of these games. Darryl Data & Wye open the show recapping a terrific week of results. Wye went 4-0 against the spread in his selections and correctly picked Clemson winning the National Championship game while the model celebrated the Under 48.5 in the Indianapolis/Houston game and Eagles +6. Before going game by game with their picks and bets, the show mentions some key stati

After a long 17 Week Slog, the NFL Playoffs are finally here and are kick started by four amazing Wild Card Games. Before Darryl Data & Wye preview those games they recap the final week of the regular season and look at any value in the Super Bowl LIII odds. They then give you their favourite plays of the first week of the playoffs and preview the College Football Championship Game between Clemson & Alabama. They close the show by giving you their best DFS plays.

Four edges across three games from the model in an Inside Edge pod that has everything from Billy Birmingham to Ron Burgundy. Four solid value plays across three games as Hedge and Ritchie guide punters through the weekend's Big Bash action. It was especially nice to see Hedge forced to grudgingly accept that P. Siddle can play a bit!

The [Stats Insider](statsinsider.com.au) boys are back to take a look into the betting markets for the next few days worth of Big Bash value! Hedge's disgust at some of the 'batting' thus far in the Big Bash continues with the big man producing a few massive sprays to superstar openers Ben Dunk and Joe Denly. he doesn't miss Callum Ferguson, Jon Wells and Josh Phillipe either (he is an angry, angry man). The Stats Insider model has adjusted to the chaos and started to really hit it's straps, going 3/4 in the last two games. All you need to know about the Hurricanes v Thunder game tonight oh and wait for it…the Melbourne Renegades have been installed as favourites to win BBL08 by the Stats Insider Simulator!! The boys will be back on Monday working hard to ensure you, the punters, get the best information before having a flutter on the Big Bash. Always gamble responsibly. Five days [FREE ACCESS to Stats Insider Premium](https://www.statsinsider.com.au/premium)? What have you got to lose?

The Stats Insider boys are back to take a look into the betting markets for the next few days worth of Big Bash value! Hedge isn't happy with the quality of batting so far (let's be honest, Hedge is just an angry man today) after the first two BBL matchups and is hoping to see some swashbuckling, bat on ball contact over the weekend, while Nick is still celebrating after a big night onDraftstars, coming in top 15\. Settle down son, it's one game. The model has gone three from four in the loss of first wicket plays (thanks Max Bryant for that one loss), so it might just be time for punters to #TrustTheModel. Data analyst extraordinaire, Ritchie gives us some brand new insight into what the Stats Insider data can tell us about Jackson Coleman's T20 bowling, when discussing whether the "Wild Thing" (you make my heart sing…) Lance Morris should get a game against the Thunder on Friday night on what is being called "an absolute road" of a pitch in the nation's capitol. If there's only 16 minutes of Big

The boys open the show recapping Week 15 which saw five teams put an end to some horrific losing streaks against rivals. They also lay out all the different playoff scenarios and point out the most important games of the Week. Data Darryl & Wye then go game by game outlining their best bets and finish the show giving their best value DFS plays of the Week.

Welcome to the Inside Edge, the Podcast that makes betting on the Big Bash as easy as possible! In Stats Insider's inaugural BBL podcast - with a working title of "Episode 1" - host Hedge introduces the audience to Ritchie and Nick from SIHQ, who clearly, have been studying the form leading into Wednesday nights BBL Season Opener. After a bit of education on who and what Stats Insider is and does, and how the revolutionary new cricket model works, it's time to get stuck into the juicy, meaty, goodness that is Big Bash cricket.   While touching on the Futures markets for each team, the focus is on the first two games of the season. 6.25 Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers The Stats Insider model loves the Strikers, but with Travis Head on national duty with Australia, the lads look at how the Strikers look without their talismanic batsman. Colin Ingram, Matt Short and Jon Wells get a mention on the batting side, while last season's highest wicket-taker Rashid Khan and 'death bowler' Ben Laughlin

Data Darryl joins Wye to discuss all the miracles of Week 14 in the National Football League before jumping into all of their favourite plays and bets for Week 15. They agree on two locks of the Week and briefly discuss College Bowl Season.