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What Are Blackjack Side Bets?Side bets are bonus bets placed on a round of Blackjack on outcomes beyond whether the player or dealer will win. The majority are staked at the start of the round before the cards have been dealt alongside regular bets and many have fixed odds that usually offer greater payouts than the simple 2:1 rewarded for beating the dealer.Play Blackjack at Pinnacle Casino

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Side bets provide an exciting way to make Blackjack games more interesting whilst offering you a greater number of ways to win. So what are side bets, what side bets are available and are they worth it? Read on to find out.

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Finding a niche market in betting can often lead to value. This can be anything from specialist knowledge of handball betting to extensive experience in betting on Japanese baseball. Providing you know more than the bookmaker, there is money to be made.  &lt;Bet on soccer at Pinnacle&gt; They also make for interesting and potentially profitable bets, as they can be a little more reliable

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A corner is one of the most inexplicably exciting events in soccer. Only around three per cent of them lead to a goal, but you can guarantee that the attacking team’s fans will roar their approval and encouragement if their team are awarded one. Read on to find out how you can benefit from betting on corners.

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Poisson Distribution is a mathematical concept for translating mean averages into a probability for variable outcomes across a distribution. For example, if we know Manchester City average 1.7 goals per game, so by putting the Poisson Distribution formula tells us that this average equates to Manchester City&nbsp;scoring 0 goals 18.3% of the time, 1 goal 31% of the time, 2 goals 26.4% of the time and 3 goals 15% of the time.

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What is Expected Value?The amount a player can expect to win or lose if they were to place a bet on the same odds many times over, calculated through a simple equation multiplying your probability of winning with the amount you could win per bet, and subtracting the probability of losing multiplied by the amount lost per bet.A simple example of Expected Value (EV) put into practice -&nbsp;if you were

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The Expected Value of a bet shows us how much we can expect to win (on average) per bet, and as such is the most valuable calculation a bettor can make when comparing bookmakers' odds. How can you calculate Expected Value in sports betting in order to predict your winnings? Read on to find out.

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<h3>Watch Pinnacle FC</h3><p>Pinnacle FC, available to watch on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/pinnaclesports">YouTube</a>, combines betting market data and xG performance stats to find value across the most important matches from the biggest soccer leagues in the world, every week throughout the 2024/2025 season.</p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?si=SWK0lHCL0DVSttxa&amp;list=PLaHjyt97b5kp2YMu1hUJXekvFs5FB7Fux" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><h2>Manchester City vs. Wolves Predictions</h2><p>Manchester City's players will still be on a high as they prepare to welcome Wolves to the Etihad Stadium on Friday evening.</p><p>Pep Guardiola's troops reached the FA Cup final with Sunday's 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest at Wembley, and they are now unbeaten in eight games.</p><p>City's hold on the league title was ended on Sunday by Liverpool, and it has been the team's defensive woes that have plagued it.</p><p>The Citizens have only kept two clean sheets in their last 10 games in all competitions, and they will do well to keep Wolves at bay.</p><p>Vitor Pereira's team has won six games on the spin, scoring two goals or more in four of those ties and both teams should find the net in this fixture for the fourth meeting in a row, a bet that is available at <strong>-116*</strong>.</p><p><strong>Bet: </strong><a href="https://www.pinnacle.com/en/soccer/england-premier-league/manchester-city-vs-wolves/1608130363/#all
"><strong>Manchester City vs. Wolves odds</strong></a></p><h2>Everton vs. Ipswich Town Predictions</h2><p>Ipswich Town's relegation to the Championship was confirmed after its 3-0 defeat at Newcastle United on Saturday and the squad could struggle to move on from that disappointment when it travels to Goodison Park.</p><p>The Toffees have lost two in a row without scoring, but they face an Ipswich side that has only won three times in 17 away games.</p><p>Everton ran out the 2-0 winner in the first meeting between the pair in October, and another low-scoring game should be expected here.</p><p>Under 2.5 goals has landed in Everton's last eight matches in the Premier League, but it should be the Toffees that prevail.</p><p>David Moyes' men have drawn four of their last five games at home, holding Liverpool, Arsenal, West Ham and Manchester United to draws.</p><p>Ipswich has already started planning for next season, and Everton should be able to secure a routine win. A win for Everton and under 2.5 goals looks good priced at <strong>+288*</strong>.</p><p><strong>Bet: </strong><a href="https://www.pinnacle.com/en/soccer/england-premier-league/everton-vs-ipswich-town/1608177689/#all"><strong>Everton vs. Ipswich Town odds</strong></a></p><div data-entity-type="block_content" data-entity-uuid="60be9cc0-83e5-471e-93b3-687f3a05d190" data-embed-button="embeddable_cta_block" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:block_content.full" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity">
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