Jack Houghton

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge: The conclusion ... "I'm just a blind squirrel"

10 August 2010 / 1 Comments

Jack Houghton has spent a year gambling a fictitious £1,000 on every sports and special event he could set his eyes on in an effort to disprove a theory - that winning gamblers specialise. So what was the result? Read...Read more »

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge: In search of a 150-1 winner...

04 August 2010 / Leave a comment

He's been a jack of all trades for for 51 weeks in an attempt to turn a profit but with a betting bank reduced to mere shekels, Jack Houghton returns to the sport closest to his heart - racing - for a final crack of the whip...Read more »

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge Week 51: Goodwood multiples

28 July 2010 / Leave a comment

Jack Houghton's quest for an unlikely winner is getting desperate now as the Betting Challenge enters its penultimate week. Will Goodwood provide glory or should our man wait for the Gaspers?...Read more »

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge Week 50: The King George Stakes

22 July 2010 / 1 Comments

Jack enjoyed some success with last week's betting challenge and, on safe ground at Ascot this weekend, we can surely expect more of the same, can't we?...Read more »

The Betting Challenge: Desperate Measures

17 July 2010 / Leave a comment

Jack Houghton curses his luck and the editors of betting.betfair before telling us where his money is going this week in one of his last, desperate throws of the dice......Read more »

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge Week 48: Revenge of the data monkey

06 July 2010 / Leave a comment

Jack Houghton tells us how he proved plenty of people wrong when it came to the World Cup, none more so than his mate Paul who thought spreadsheets of data only worked for four-legged animals.......Read more »

Tour De France: The best betting opportunities in the side markets

02 July 2010 / Leave a comment

Jack Houghton searches for a little value in the 2010 Tour de France betting and explains some of the concepts behind betting on the world's greatest cycle race...Read more »

Tour De France Betting: Can Wiggins account for "The Accountant"?

02 July 2010 / 1 Comments

For intrigue, infighting and sheer pre-event brouhaha, the 2009 Tour De France will likely never be surpassed. Even as Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong stood atop their respective podiums on the Champs-Élysées, no one had yet brought order to the...Read more »

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge Week 47: Are there chinks in Nadal's armour?

27 June 2010 / Leave a comment

The clay court genius needs to be operating at full throttle to win at Wimbledon but there are signs that he is not, says Jack Houghton, who will be taking the Spaniard on...Read more »

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge Week 46: Cursed?

20 June 2010 / Leave a comment

Jack's getting no help from the African teams at the World Cup but at least the French are struggling. Can South Korea provide the Betting Challenge with a timely boost and will Roger and Serena rule Wimbledon again?...Read more »

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge Week 45: Royal Ascot

17 June 2010 / Leave a comment

After last week's excursion to South Africa, the Betting Challenge returns to more familiar ground at Royal Ascot. Also, our man speaks out on the flat-earthists who are obsessed with laying......Read more »

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge Week 44: World Cup

11 June 2010 / Leave a comment

After last week's Derby disaster, Jack Houghton dusts himself down and selects some World Cup bets. After all, football is his speciality......Read more »

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge Week 43: The Derby

02 June 2010 / Leave a comment

Jack Houghton reflects on a salutary Derby betting experience as he looks for value in this weekend's big race at Epsom....Read more »

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge Week 42: Hungary hounds

29 May 2010 / Leave a comment

Mr H will be settling down in front of the Greyhound Derby with a big bowl of goulash tonight as he bets against his namesake jolly. Meanwhile, our man gets stuck in to some football friendlies......Read more »

The Betting Challenge Week 41: Fed up with all of the Nadal hype

23 May 2010 / Leave a comment

Having called last year's French Open winner, Jack Houghton is back to tennis for more of the same and tells us where his precious £100 is going in Week 41....Read more »

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge Week 40: Horses First rivals Europe's best

08 May 2010 / Leave a comment

He may have been chased from the premises by pitchfork wielding trainers but Jack Houghton harbours no hard feelings towards Horses First Racing. In fact, at the start of an important weekend, our man is keen to pay tribute to their spectacular achievements....Read more »

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge Week 39: Election selection!

02 May 2010 / Leave a comment

Our man of many betting tastes goes to the Thursday's election armed with a big hunch on a few marginals......Read more »

London Marathon Betting: Tipping the hat-trick and running for charity

24 April 2010 / 1 Comments

Having tipped the winners of the men's and women's races two years straight -- at [4.0], [3.25], [4.5] and [17.0] -- the pressure's on for Jack Houghton to achieve the hat-trick this time around. Our man is also running in...Read more »

Jack Houghton's Betting Challenge Week 38: Sublime Spurs can win race for fourth

18 April 2010 / Leave a comment

After wins against Arsenal and Chelsea, Tottenham are poised to finish fourth in the Premier League. Meanwhile, some handy hints for betting on this summer's World Cup from Betfair's Betting Challenge supremo....Read more »

Jack Houghton's Election 2010 Racing Manifesto

18 April 2010 / Leave a comment

The campaign buses have taken to the roads; the first televised debate is over; and placards litter suburbia. In their manifestos some candidates promise change, some more of the same, and all some financial pain. If only racing held elections - what fun could be had. Here is Jack Houghton's manifesto for our great sport....Read more »