Mike Cooksedge – Editor and founder of Bet Exchange News

Age                                         40

cv:                                           Worked in the amusements and leisure industry for 16 years.  Left full time employment In February 2004 to focus on Bet Exchange News and sports trading.

Career highlight:                  Big Brother 5 – a big win on Nadia was a huge boost and eased the financial worries of leaving work.

Career lowlight:                   2002 German Grand Prix – I lost £800, a disaster at the time and almost the end of my betting career before it had started.

Speciality                               Reality TV

Number one rule:                Never place a bet without a very good reason.       

Contact details:                    Click here to send an email to Mike

Tom Millard – Regular contributor to Bet Exchange News

Age:                                        26

cv:                                           Left university in 1999, and started betting in my spare time.  Betting skills were honed by a period of time working full time for Sporting Life, which I left in 2003 to become a full time sports bettor.

Speciality:                              Motor racing and football.

Career highlight:                  Siding with Bolton in the ante-post Premiership spreads market.

Career lowlight:                   A losing streak three months after leaving work lost me a big chunk of my betting bank and shook my confidence.  Fortunately, thanks to a strict staking plan I was able to turn this around. 

Number one rule:                Don't play out of boredom and never chase losses. Always look to lock in profit where possible.

Contact details:                    Click here to send an email to Tom

Another thing:                       I continue to do motorsports previews for Sporting Life's Bettingzone, as

well as contributing to their Formula One and Net Gains subscription tipping services.