Mike Brown is the Sports Betting Editor at CaughtOffside and is based in Manchester. He has worked with odds since 2013, first as a tipster for private clients and then as an analyst for an independent betting syndicate. His work starts where the headline price stops: the bookmaker’s margin, the expected value of a bet (what it returns on average over many repeats) and the reasons a market moves before an event.
From 2017 to 2022, Mike built probability and expected value models for football, rugby and tennis at a Manchester syndicate. He saw how quickly a mispriced line gets corrected once the money arrives. Since joining CaughtOffside in 2022, he has run the betting section. He tests UK sportsbooks the way a punter uses them: he requests withdrawals, goes through KYC (the identity checks a bookmaker runs before paying out) and reads the promotional terms. A free bet that has to be staked five times over is worth far less than its headline figure. If the terms don’t hold up, the review says so.
His previews follow the whole sporting calendar, from racing festivals to tennis Grand Slams.
