Weekend football review and round 3 of the league cup; NFL retirement at half time, the William Hill NFL treble comes in. Ryder Cup preview, cognitive biases and advice for drug overlords. #thisisBig

We look at a weekend where we cleaned up on the football if not the spilt mile, but had to curb our enthusiasm due to Arsenal appearing everywhere. A breakdown over at Matchbook during the Watford vs Manchester United game is discussed. Will Kasoouf loses his sponsorship deal with Grosvenor, and breaking down bankroll management when there’s no upper limit on the stake. #thisisBig

We look at the superb, unmissable greatest sports tournament that ever existed - UEFA Nations League. Serena Williams top trumps and a short discussion on the cricket. After the break a story about advantage playing and a look at whats coming up.

The BashCast returns from Paternity leave. A look at the EFL Cup and Premiership results, NFL season starts, casino marketing firms a law unto themselves - and whats your Metagame score? #thisisBig

I miss a humdinger of a weekend in the Premiership due to a music festival. Whilst I got muddy at a music festival all you bookie bashers cleaned up on the first week of the Premiership - some posting big numbers. USPGA roundup and a quick look at the upcoming NFL season. Idris Elba posts unsubtle tweet, Pokerstars suffers a DDOS attack during the Sunday majors and Ladbrokes look to merge with MGM resorts. #thisisBig

Surround yourself with people who push you to do and be better. No drama or negativity. Just higher goals and higher motivation. Good times and positive energy. No jealousy or hate. Simply bringing out the absolute best in each other. We’re back for an episode where we briefly disect the World Cup and the Golf, before launching in to an amazing story about edges found in the McDonalds Monopoly Game. My baby is due in the next 10 days so the next BashCast will be 13th September, when we will return to a weekly podcast.

World Cup review up to the end of the quarter finals; our bets going into the semis will be £100 Pogba AGS 5/1; £100 Kane 2+ goals 11/1; £50 Young AGS 16/1; £50 on each semi going to a shootout 7/1; £150 England win and Kane score 7/2; £150 on France vs England final 7/2; £100 on England to score both halves 4/1; £100 on Stone or Maguire 8/1; £200 on France to win and o2.5; £200 on England to win the world cup and Harry Kane top goalscorer 7/2; £200 on France to win both halves at 10/1 and £100 on England to win in extra time at 12/1. #thisisBig

This weeks bets; England to reach the semi final 4/2.6, England + Tunisia double at 5.4 and 4.7; A penalty awarded double tonight (and two singles) 13/2 (and 7/6) and Uruguay to reach the semis 5/1. After the break we discuss Jetbull changing Terms and Conditions mid offer and the argument that just because the exchange says a price, don't mean that we cannot beat that price. #thisisBig

We look through our first round bets with the BashCast bankroll, and simply because they all sucked and we ran as bad as we could we go straight into another set. Topping up on England to reach the final at 8/6.2, Shaqiri to score any time vs Serbia 5/4.8, England Colombia and Japan all to win on Sunday 11/10.7 and Belgium Mexico Germany all to win on Saturday 3.8/3.7 (slim, we know!). A discussion of optimism bias, and the favourite/longshot bias. #thisisBig

This week we bring in the BashCast Bankroll for the World Cup! Our bets this week are: £10, Angels first song in Opening ceremony. 2/1; £10, white T-shirt worn by RW in Opening Ceremony; DDHH Smolov - £100 mugged and £200 hedged at 4/3.9; £20 Neymar top goalscorer £20 34/18; £80 Brazil or Germany to win 3.6/2.9 ; £20 England to reach the final 12/9.8; £50 Russia and Uruguay o2.5 goals 7/6.4; £100 Brazil, Germany and France to win their groups 2.48/2.6; £30 penalty in the Russia game 4.5/4.2; £30 Belgium -3.5 5.5/5.1. My old friend from Stoke Robbie Williams comes on to the BashCast, live. It doesn’t end well. #thisisBig