THE QUESTION The analysis in this blog was designed to answer a single, seemingly simple, question: “ Given only what was known immediately after a player's 1st, 10th, 25th, 50th or 100th game,...

In the first in a three-party election history series about Optional Preferential Voting called ‘Just Vote 1’, Ben explores the rise of preferential voting – how it happened, who …

This year’s post Round 8 simulations suggest that the teams can be roughly grouped as below: For anyone who is curious about the precise methodology I’ve employed, see this blog post over on the Gen...

WoSHBODS tipped 5 from 9 winners this week, as did the bookmakers. Its Margin MAE was 17.1 points per game, compared to 16.7 and 17.3 for the two bookmakers, and its Total MAE was 22.8 points per gam...

WoSHBODS tipped 7 from 9 winners this week, as did the bookmakers. Its Margin MAE was 17.9 points per game, compared to 18 and 17.9 for the two bookmakers, and its Total MAE was 21.9 points per game,...

The contrarian Head-to-Head Tipsters - the MoS twins, Bookie Knows Best and Consult the Ladder - were ultimately unsuccessful this week, but only after the Lions staged an astonishing comeback after m...