Comment Bag : 3 October 2016

A very special comment bag today as this was left for me via direct message on Twitter and I wanted to address this publicly:

I have noticed you putting blogs out about betting on WWE etc. Please can you remove all this stuff? You do know LADBROKES have removed WWE betting from site now? You are giving the bookies the dream information they need to actually stop offering betting on that event. Please can you delete all this stuff you are putting up about line movements, script changes and writers that bet etc... We make money from this and still want to. Your information is now a roadblock in my earnings and I'm sure you want to make free easy money. Imagine all the people did what you're saying.. YOU are destroying something special at the moment.
Let me know if you agree and will remove mate. Cheers

After asking if the message was from him (I wanted to make sure he wasn't copy-and-pasting something somebody else had written), I was told that it was and that there were 'a few others' who were 'VERY pissed at this being leaked'.

Before getting to my response, I think it's worth acknowledging that this gentleman has followed me since the summer, so is a newcomer to what I do here. Judging by most of his message, it's safe to presume he doesn't regularly read this blog. Furthermore - it was only a couple of weeks ago that I took the time to explain to him how smart money works in that the oddsmakers/bettors follow the moves off-shore and adjust lines/wager accordingly. He thanked me for the assist, so today's message was out of left field.

Firstly, if anybody thinks that I am the problem or ruining anything, then they are very much mistaken. I am only following the odds as they move and writing what is happening. I am not the only person who does this. Many others out there are doing the same thing. These other people? Punters and oddsmakers from other companies watching how the markets move. All I am doing is 'reporting' the facts, if you can call it that.

When I monitor off-shore price changes, I do so to highlight where the moves are coming in. The information isn't only for bettors, it's for people interested to see if potential smart money has been placed on the eventual winners of matches.

As for being the source of 'dream information' for bookies - that's quite out there. In the weeks, days or even hours leading into a PPV, I may share an idea on how I believe a match will go. Sometimes these opinions turn out right, other times they don't. Just like with any other kind of betting. I have a hard time trying to reason with the logic that my ideas are forcing oddsmakers to adjust their lines heavily. I've already established that it's the off-shore moves that are forcing prices to change. The bookmakers aren't reacting to any of my blog posts. They don't need me for that!

I'm confident that anyone with a shred of sense will understand this already.

So, to answer the question and later threat (he told me it would be a 'Bad Move' if I didn't delete my content), it should go without saying that I will not be removing anything that I have put my time and effort into.