OLBG Community News

We have plenty of trend blogs on OLBG available most weekends. To make it easier to see which races are covered, we will list the upcoming races here, along with links.

These blogs (all times are GMT) can help you find race selections when adding your horse racing tips. Races marked in bold mean the trend shortlists are available.

Sunday 10th May

• 07:40 at Tokyo - NHK Mile Cup
• 14:50 at Longchamp - Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French 2000 Guineas)
• 15:25 at Longchamp - Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas)

A big thank you to everyone who participated in the 2026 Snooker World Championship Tipster Competition. Congratulations go to saddlerman on winning the £50 top prize after finishing the competition with a +35.32 level stakes profit (LSP).

The runner up was CJMST380 who finished with a +30.36 LSP and third place went to MC12MQ9 with a LSP of +25.94, both members win £25. The next ten highest placed tipsters win £10.

Here are the thirteen prize winners:

1. saddlerman +35.32
2. CJMST380 +30.36
3. MC12MQ9 +25.94
4. lola1183 +15.33
5. twolf85 +15.24
6. nanualex +11.60
7. punziconia +11.16
8. walkthewalk +8.62
9. AsapNast +5.16
10. gillybrook64 +4.74
11. Plasticninja +3.26
12. JoshLFC180 +2.43
13. Hoatey418 +2.10

The final Competition Tipster table can be viewed here.

Thanks again and well done to saddlerman and all the cash prize winners, prizes will be allocated to OLBG accounts in due course.

Here are some of the sporting highlights for the week ahead (All times are GMT and are subject to change). Live TV events are usually popular, so why not share your tips to help those who want to bet on them?

Monday 4th May 2026

• [2:00 AM Ice Hockey] NHL (Stanley Cup Finals) - Minnesota Wild @ Colorado Avalanche (Premier Sports 2)
• [1:00 PM Snooker] World Snooker Championship (TNT Sports 3, BBC Two)
• [3:00 PM Football] Premier League - Chelsea v Nottingham Forest (Sky Sports)
• [3:00 PM Cricket] IPL 2026 - Mumbai Indians v Lucknow Super Giants (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [8:00 PM Football] Premier League - Everton v Manchester City (Sky Sports)

Tuesday 5th May 2026

• [3:00 PM Cricket] IPL 2026 - Delhi Capitals v Chennai Super Kings (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [8:00 PM Football] UEFA Champions League Semi-Final 2nd Leg - Arsenal v Atletico Madrid (Amazon Prime Video)

Wednesday 6th May 2026

• [1:00 PM Horse Racing] Live racing from Chester - Live Racing (ITV4)
• [3:00 PM Cricket] IPL 2026 - Sunrisers Hyderabad v Punjab Kings (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [7:00 PM Snooker] Snooker World Seniors Championship (5 Action, Pluto TV)
• [8:00 PM Football] UEFA Champions League Semi-Final 2nd Leg - Bayern Munich v PSG (TNT Sports)

Thursday 7th May 2026

• [12:00 PM Snooker] Snooker World Seniors Championship (5, Pluto TV)
• [1:00 PM Horse Racing] Live racing from Chester - Live Racing (ITV4)
• [3:00 PM Cricket] IPL 2026 - Lucknow Super Giants v Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Sky Sports Main Event)
• [7:00 PM Darts] BetMGM Premier League Night 14 - First Direct Arena, Leeds - 2026 Premier League Darts (Sky Sports Action)
• [8:00 PM Football] UEFA Conference League Semi-Final 2nd Leg - Crystal Palace v Shakhtar Donetsk (TNT Sports)
• [8:00 PM Football] UEFA Conference League Semi-Final 2nd Leg - Strasbourg v Rayo Vallecano (TNT Sports)
• [8:00 PM Football] UEFA Europa League Semi-Final 2nd Leg - Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest (TNT Sports)
• [8:00 PM Football] UEFA Europa League Semi-Final 2nd Leg - SC Freiburg v SC Braga (TNT Sports)

Friday 8th May 2026

• [11:00 AM Cycling] Men's Giro d'Italia - Stage 1 - UCI Giro d'Italia (TNT Sports 3)
• [12:00 PM Snooker] Snooker World Seniors Championship (5, Pluto TV)
• [1:00 PM Horse Racing] Live racing from Chester - Live Racing (ITV4)
• [3:00 PM Cricket] IPL 2026 - Delhi Capitals v Kolkata Knight Riders (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [8:00 PM Football] Championship Play-Off Semi-Final 1st Leg - Hull City v Millwall (Sky Sports)

Saturday 9th May 2026

• [10:05 AM Cycling] Men's Giro d'Italia - Stage 2 - UCI Giro d'Italia (TNT Sports 3)
• [12:00 PM Snooker] Snooker World Seniors Championship (5, Pluto TV)
• [12:30 PM Football] Championship Play-Off Semi-Final 1st Leg - Middlesbrough v Southampton (Sky Sports)
• [12:30 PM Football] Premier League - Liverpool v Chelsea (TNT Sports)
• [12:45 PM Horse Racing] Live racing from Lingfield Park, Ascot and Haydock Park - Live Racing (ITV)
• [2:30 PM Rugby League] Challenge Cup (Semi Final) - St Helens v Wigan Warriors (BBC One)
• [3:00 PM Football] League One Play-Off Semi-Final 1st Leg - Stevenage v Stockport County (Sky Sports)
• [3:00 PM Cricket] IPL 2026 - Rajasthan Royals v Gujarat Titans (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [5:30 PM Football] Premier League - Manchester City v Brentford (Sky Sports)
• [8:00 PM Football] League One Play-Off Semi-Final 1st Leg - Bolton Wanderers v Bradford City (Sky Sports)
• [9:00 PM Boxing] Fabio Wardley vs Daniel Dubois - Live Boxing (DAZN)

Sunday 10th May 2026

• [1:00 AM Boxing] Leo vs Aleem - Live Boxing (DAZN)
• [2:00 AM UFC] Khamzat Chimaev vs. Sean Stricklan - UFC 328 - UFC Fight Night (TNT Sports 1)
• [10:15 AM Cycling] Men's Giro d'Italia - Stage 3 - UCI Giro d'Italia (TNT Sports 3)
• [11:00 AM Cricket] IPL 2026 - Chennai Super Kings v Lucknow Super Giants (Sky Sports Mix)
• [12:00 PM Football] Scottish Premiership - Celtic v Rangers (Sky Sports)
• [12:00 PM Snooker] Snooker World Seniors Championship (5, Pluto TV)
• [2:00 PM Football] Premier League - Crystal Palace v Everton (Sky Sports F1, Sky Sports)
• [2:00 PM Football] Premier League - Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United (Sky Sports)
• [3:00 PM Football] League Two Play-Off Semi-Final 1st Leg - Grimsby Town v Salford City (Sky Sports)
• [3:30 PM Rugby Union] Gallagher PREM Rugby - Exeter Chiefs v Bath Rugby (TNT Sports 2)
• [4:00 PM Rugby League] Challenge Cup (Semi Final) - Warrington Wolves v Hull KR (BBC Two)
• [4:30 PM Football] Premier League - West Ham United v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
• [6:00 PM Football] League Two Play-Off Semi-Final 1st Leg - Chesterfield v Notts County (Sky Sports)

What a Master we were treated to, Rory going back-to-back for the first time since Tiger, and so many players in with a shout on the final day. A big congratulations goes to whippetman, a member since 2010, on winning the £50 top prize after finishing the competition with a +20.38 level stakes profit (LSP).

In second place was meoldmate, who finished with a +17.72 LSP, and third place went to lesego2 with a LSP of +14.10; both members won £25. The next ten highest placed tipsters win £10.

Here are the thirteen prize winners:

1. whippetman +20.38
2. meoldmate +17.72
3. lesego2 +14.10
4. Edwinp +13.58
5. Cheesex +10.06
6. mnauman19945382 +10.02
7. gary1888 +8.48
8. zephyr +7.82
9. DPtips +7.58
10. Cool Running +7.50
11. steenie1 +5.74
12. realitycheck +5.00
13. mojojak +4.46

The final Masters Tipster table stats can be viewed here, and a big thank you to everyone who took part. We have over 1,000 tips on the event, and well done to whippetman and all the cash prize winners. Prizes have now been allocated to OLBG accounts.

Did you know you can earn crowns, which you can then spend on merchandise in the OLBG store in many ways, just by using your OLBG account? 

You can earn OLBG crowns for use in the store by doing any of the following with your OLBG account:

✅ Add tips - via your dashboard task menu to receive crowns and new tasks added regularly.

✅ Hit A Winning Streak - Place at least one winning tip on consecutive days and build a winning streak, earning crowns as your streak progresses.

✅ Have Profitable Days - Have at least 5 winning tips (with comments) on a sport and finish in profit on any given day to win 200 crowns!

✅ Settle Tips - Enter results and scores for completed events in many sports to receive crowns.

✅ Surveys - complete topical surveys via your "Explore And Earn" section on your dashboard to receive crowns.

✅ Bookie Reviews - Add useful bookie reviews to help users and receive crowns. New reviews are added regularly to your dashboard tasks.

Take a look in the store, there are lots of OLBG goodies to pick from, ranging from Umbrellas, Bobble Hats, Caps, Water Bottles, Coasters, Notebooks, Playing Cards, Pens and digital items for the tipsters amongst you who like to keep track of stats and figures for the year.

We wanted to let you know about a new feature on OLBG that you may not be aware of. If you are a tipster, then you are probably aware of the monthly tipsters newsletter that we send out at the beginning of each month.

However, there are now even more newsletters that you can subscribe to in your 'My Subscriptions' area of the site. We have plenty of newsletters in there, some of which may not be suitable for you; you can subscribe to as many as you want.

We have a Dorking Wanderers Newsletter. In case you are not aware, we sponsor Dorking Wanderers, and that is packed with insights into the club.

We also have the Harry Derham Racing Newsletter, another sponsorship of ours and the yard that looks after the OLBG Racing horses.

You may want news on Casinos, Slots or Bingo, we have a newsletter for each of those, as well as much more, so head over to your subscription page and pick which ones you want to receive.