What is it?

A free fantasy betting game where you make bets with play money to try to make as much profit as you can.

Why is it interesting?

You can bet on pretty much everything a bookmaker has but without the risk so its a great place to experiment and learn about new types of bet or betting on new sports.

There are lots of cash prizes given away every month to the people who do best in the various league tables

You can set up your own mini league to have a private battle with your friends as well as competing as a team against other teams for prizes

What is it?

A great place to get advice or share your views on betting topics.

Why is it interesting?

The forum is heavily moderated making it an extremely polite and friendly place to chat

There are lots of very experienced gamblers who make some excellent posts both on specific events and on betting in general

What is it?

There are three main ways to find great tips on OLBG. The main ways are

- Use the tables to find the most successful tipsters & then check their profiles to see what current tips they have

- See a summary of the number of people tipping each selection for a specific event

- See a quick summary of the very popular selections (Hot Tips) where a large proportion of the tipsters are all going for the same team/player/horse.

Why is it interesting?

There are lots of very successful punters who use OLBG. You can use the tables and tip histories and tips pages to identify those you wish to follow and then see what tips they have for today.

What is it?

A free alert service so you can be immediately emailed when a tipster you follow makes a tip.

Why is it interesting?

So you can be sure not to miss a particular tipsters' tips.

What is it?

A quick summary of the latest free bets from the main online bookmakers.

Why is it interesting?

Free money is always interesting and as a punter we need all the help we can get. In several cases OLBG has negotiated some better free bet offers than are generally available to users of other sites.

What is it?

A collection of tools that highlight where odds for a selection may be significantly overpriced.

Why is it interesting?

The following three tools in particular can give some very interesting results

Value Bets - highlights where the odds on offer for a football team or tennis player seem significant higher than you would think they should be based on the historical results data would indicate.

Steamers - shows you when there has been significant market support for a selection - does someone know something?

Sleepers - shows you when one bookmaker has "gone to sleep" as his odds are much higher than everyone else's.

What is it?

A collection of betting guides and tools ranking from explanations of basic terminology to advance staking and best practice gambling.

Why is it interesting?

These guides and tools are extremely powerful. In particular be sure to check out.

Increase Profits Guide - illustrates how making the effort to shop around for the best price will fundamentally improve your betting profitability. If there's just one thing you read on this site, this is the most profound and valuable.

The Accumulator Tool -lets you find the best odds for your accumulator bets. Often the odds can vary dramatically by bookmaker so

Gambling Dos & Don'ts - the reasons why most people lose and what you need to do and what you need to avoid to be successful

What is it?

An odds comparison site with a twist.

Why is it interesting?

As well as having the best odds from over 20 major brand bookmakers, the site also incorporates value statistics to highlight where a selection may be over or under priced.

What is it?

A live scores site covering football, tennis, NFL, baseball and basketball scores.

Why is it interesting?

You can customise the pages to show just the matches you want

You can add your own bets to the page to see in real time how they are doing on a colour coded display.