Welcome to Betfair Education. This site is a dedicated resource of material to help you understand how to get the most out of Betfair, the world's no.1 betting exchange. There are dozens of articles here covering everything from the basic to advanced betting and trading principles. Take your time to work through the site at your own pace. New material will be added to the site regularly.
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INPLAY November 2008
Racing, cricket, rugby, strategy, Tradefair - it's another INPLAY newsletter packed full of exciting content.... Read more
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Betfair Education events - new UK and Ireland dates
The mission of the Betfair Education team is to travel far and wide to help punters make the most out of betting on Betfair. At Betfair, we have a genuine interest in wanting you to win - it's the only... Read more
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INPLAY October 2008
Competitions, strategies, promotions and feature event previews - it must be the latest edition of INPLAY.... Read more
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INPLAY September 2008
The Ryder Cup edition of our monthly newsletter has just been released featuring, you guessed it, the Ryder Cup. Plus there's plenty more on F1, greyhounds, racing, strategy and much more. Click here to have a read.... Read more
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INPLAY August 2008
Latest edition out now, featuring a preview of the Ebor meeting at York, the US Open tennis, the new Premiership season, a sports guide for Rugby League and much, much more. Click here for this month's essential reading.... Read more
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INPLAY July 2008
Latest edition out now, featuring a preview of the July meeting at Newmarket, the Open Championship golf, England vs South Africa test series, a sports guide to the Olympics and much, much more. Click here for a jolly good read!... Read more
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INPLAY June 2008
June 2008 edition out now. Packed full of useful insightful information including a Royal Ascot preview, exclusive interviews with Justin Rose, Kevin Pietersen and Thierry Henry and much much more! To read more click here.... Read more
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INPLAY May 2008
May edition out now, featuring a preview of the Dante meeting at York, a sports guide to cricket betting and our latest trading platform, Betfair Rapid. Click here for a darn good read!... Read more
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INPLAY April 2008
Latest edition out now, featuring the Masters golf and Punchestown National Hunt Festival previews - click here.... Read more
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Galway
The Galway racecourse is most famous for its annual seven-day festival, which brings Ballybrit and practically the whole city to a standstill.... Read more
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Historic Data
In case you weren't aware, if you want to go back check old results and see how many horses get beaten at Towcester after trading at 1.22, then you can dig out old data at data.betfair.com.... Read more
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Horse Racing Lay the Field - Version II
New betting strategies are some of the most popular articles on the Education pages so this time we've taken one of our favourites - lay the field - and added a twist to cover races you might have thought of... Read more
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Price Leverage
Another way of looking at a rather advanced, but very rewarding strategy.... Read more
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Punting on Competitions
Dogs expert Mark Sullivan takes a long, hard look at greyhound racing and how to make the most out of it.... Read more
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Finding Winners
Dogs expert Mark Sullivan takes a long, hard look at greyhound racing and how to make the most out of it.... Read more
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Types of Races
Dogs expert Mark Sullivan takes a long, hard look at greyhound racing and how to make the most out of it.... Read more
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Information sources
Australia loves its racing, with over 350 thoroughbred racecourses spread over the country. The main day is Saturday, where racing takes place in each of the mainland State capitals.... Read more
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Fairyhouse
Fairyhouse is home to the Irish Grand National - the most valuable jumps race in Ireland, which takes place on Easter Monday as part of the annual festival.... Read more
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Dundalk
Older punters will remember racing at Dundalk in the past, but the course fell into a state of disrepair and was finally closed down in the late 90s. It was nearly a decade before we'd see racing here again, but... Read more
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