Seven Year Hitch
While researching backing the Draw, I stumbled across a blog that seems to no longer be active, called Sport DW written by Ian. It's one of the better written blogs out there, with a statistical angle which I like, but it hasn't been updated for about two years which isn't a good sign. What caught my eye was a post from about seven years ago, which claimed that "If we look at the past three completed seasons in the Premier League, we can see how blindly backing the draw can be particularly profitable:" Evidence in the form of a table is then shown, with the three EPL seasons from 2010-13 shown: Ian clarifies that: "The figures are based on placing �10 on the draw in every Premier League match over the course of a season. As we can see, you would have won money in two out of the three seasons, with the overall profit for the three year period being an impressive �668.90, which represents a 5.87% return on your initial stakes." Unfortunately where the odd...