This morning was damp. Very damp. In fact, it was bloomin’ wet as the rain from some “Storm” or other hit the North West of England. Not sure storm is an accurate description, but it’s been a bit breezy and certainly, the rain was at times pretty torrential.
Which is in stark, stark contrast to where I was last week, holidaying in Crete. Hot, sunny, warm sea to swim in. Why oh why do I live in England?!?
Being on holiday meant that other than ten minutes sticking on the Weekly Golf Value bets, I had a gambling free week, and I feel much refreshed for it. It was the first time my wife and I had been away just the two of us for any longer than a couple of days, for 22 years! I think the last thing she would have appreciated would have been me taking up time on the laptop. Far better to swim, explore, find good food, drink good wine.
The upshot of all this is that I didn’t really do anything to add to or subtract from the July figures. So now is time for a quick review of the month.
Final Figures: Staked 14,938.8pts, +1,233.38pts, ROI 8.23%, ROC 15.41%, Biggest Drawdown: -334.04pts.
That is a fine month.
The biggest contributor was WinnerOdds Tennis, which generated bank growth of 32.9% in just two weeks worth of betting. I had considered waiting to sign up until I got back from holiday, but I’m pretty pleased I didn’t! That ROC figure and an ROI of 15.4% is way over the norm so I know that I was simply the fortunate beneficiary of some short term positive variance.
My observations of the service are that Tuesdays/Wednesdays are ridiculously busy and results over those two days have real potential to fundamentally impact whether I have a winning or losing week, that odds on many bets disappear before I can get on but that said, by being quick, there are plenty I can get on. What will be interesting is how long it is before restrictions kick in. The main account I use for WOT is the same as that I used for eSoccer Edge (more on that anon), with that same firm – and I’m sure everyone can guess which it is! – now restricting me to pennies on Esports and football, but remaining perfectly happen to take my business on golf, tennis and horse racing.
In the meantime, Service of the Month winner for July 2025 has to be, without any doubt, WinnerOdds Tennis!
The we have three services that each produced a very solid month.
The first of these is The Value Machine Exchange Profit. After a couple of weeks of July I was flying but a bit of a drawdown knocked some, but certainly not all of the shine off. Bank growth of 12.5% and an ROI of 9.5% is more than respectable and losses from a biiig drawdown suffered earlier this year are being clawed back. I have to acknowledge too that once the summer is over, I’ll be in a position to get on a greater percentage of the bets, and so with increased turnover I’m hoping will come increased profitability.
I can apply very similar comments re solidity of performance through July and losses being clawed back from a bigger historical drawdown to SharpBetting Football. A not dissimilar level of bank growth of 11.4% came at a much lower ROI of 3.5%. I started to experiment with placing a few selections in Doubles towards the end of the month, with a view to increasing the ROI figure and also in an attempt to appear a bit more “muggy” to the books. We’ll see how that goes.
The third – with an ROC of 11.5% – is Weekly Golf Value. There’s not much I can say here. I just love the service and those that run it!
Overall though, I’m delighted with SB Football – I can get plenty of bets down each day and since starting just a couple of months ago, and despite a biggish drawdown, I’m sitting at 57.7% ROC.
The sad news that hit during July was the restrictions that brought my eSoccer Edge betting to a sudden halt. I’m looking to resolve this issue, helped by exploring some “clone” options to see if I can find alternative market entry points. In a short space of time, this service was a revelation, and I miss it badly already. I’ll be doing everything I can to make it an “au revoir” and not a terminal “goodbye”.
Finally, a small losing month for Tilt The Odds, but as ever with this service it’s a case of waiting for a big one to hit. It felt like I hit the bar more times than is fair last month, but I’ll keep trying to land a big one or two. As I type this, I have a race starting in just over an hour which if it kicks up the right result, will represent the type of “big one” I’m talking about. Fingers crossed!
If August turns out literally half as good a month as was July, I’ll be a happy man.
July 2025 (stakes normalised)…
Bookie Bashing Golf Tracker/WGV: Staked 1,156pts, +173.4pts, ROI 15%, ROC 11.56%
eSoccer Edge: Staked 1,860pts, +116.5pts, ROI 6.26%, ROC 7.76%
The Value Machine Exchange Profit: Staked 1,960pts, +187.86pts, ROI 9.58%, ROC 12.52%
Tilt The Odds: Staked 814.8pts, -76.01pts, ROI -9.32%, ROC -5.06%.
SharpBetting Football: Staked 4,913pts, +171.82pts, ROI 3.49%, ROC 11.45%.
WinnerOdds Tennis: Staked 4,280pts, +659.81pts, ROI 15.41%, ROC 32.99%.
TOTAL: Staked 14,983.8pts, +1,233.38pts, ROI 8.23%, ROC 15.41%
