Happy Friday everyone; the weekend's nearly here! And this weekend's a special one for me...

...no, I'm not going to The Venue - far from it. Instead, this weeking sees my inaugral trip to the dogs at Walthamstow for my mate's 18th. In doing a bit of research on betting tips and that, I simply thought: "This is too hard, surely there's a way that I can win, without fail, easily?"

Think that's silly? Think again.

In his first TV series, professional mind-bender Derren Brown forced bookies to pay out on losing tickets at the very same establishment in a sort of 'psychological bullying' - sort of like when you buy your mate a small t-shirt as a joke, clearly in the knowledge of his ever-expanding waistline (sorry, Matt!)

Take a look how he did it:

Looks easy, eh? I reckon I'll inevitably (drunkenly) give it a try. In the words of Dr Pepper, what's the worse that could happen? Other than the burly bouncers showing me the exit, not alot...

Fancy giving it a go yourself? Then you may want to clue yourself up on the more deeper subliminal mind games:

What say you, the ZOO public? Are any of you fans of the dogs? Any tips when betting for me? Get in touch using the comments box!