I don’t know whether or not Charles Darwin enjoyed a flutter, but I do know he talked a lot of sense when it came to evolution, natural selection and survival of the fittest. From what I can gather, the fundamental of Darwin’s theories was that species would either adapt and if not thrive, at least survive. And if they didn’t, well, it was curtains.
Now let’s take that principle and apply it (admittedly clumsily) to betting. I think we have to acknowledge that being able to adapt and to be resourceful are two pretty useful skills to be able to call on if wanting to survive and then thrive in the betting world for any substantial period of time. And I do. I do want to.
And so it is that since losing the ability to bet on the eSoccer Edge picks last week, my mind has been concentrated on figuring out what next to do for the best. eSE was very, very good to me. I made a decent amount of dosh from it, but temporarily at least, that tap has been turned off. So what next?
I think I mentioned in last week’s post that I was looking ideally for a high turnover approach, from a trusted source, with a track record of success. I had a thought, placed one bet to test something out, and then it was clear where it was I should turn to…WinnerOdds Tennis.
Regular readers of the Bet Diary will know that I used WinnerOdds Football, and what wound that up for me was the inability after a while, to get on enough of the bets that came through. It seemed though, from my experimental bet, that tennis is a sport I can still bet on, without restrictions that are too, well, restrictive.
How long this will last, who knows? But my thought process is, let’s squeeze as much juice out of this account-shaped orange as is humanly possible.
After one week, and no issues so far. Furthermore, WOT has got me off to a grand old start. Don’t worry, I’m under no illusions. The current ROI of 18.68% is waaaaaaayyyy too high, but always nice to get off to a good start with something new. There are a few other accounts I have access to that I can use for the moment too, so it’s not all going in one firm’s way just yet. Let’s see how long I can make this last.
Meantime, ever conscious of Darwin’s theories (ahem), I’m thinking about what happens when I next need to adapt. A road I’ve been down before – and successfully so – was betting more with cash in shops. It may be that this is something I need to pick up again and to that end, I’ll be running a trial using one particular strategy that involves shop betting in the not too distant future. Two weeks to be precise, when I get back from holiday. But I’ll be writing a lot more about that once I get going.
Have a good week, and here are the latest figures…
July 2025 (stakes normalised)…
Bookie Bashing Golf Tracker/WGV: Staked 896pts, +136.4pts, ROI 15.22%, ROC 9.09%
eSoccer Edge: Staked 1,860pts, +116.5pts, ROI 6.26%, ROC 7.76%
The Value Machine Exchange Profit: Staked 1,670pts, +220pts, ROI 13.17%, ROC 14.66%
Tilt The Odds: Staked 681.4pts, -154.58pts, ROI -22.68%, ROC -10.3%.
SharpBetting Football: Staked 4,188pts, +248.01pts, ROI 5.92%, ROC 16.53%.
WinnerOdds Tennis: Staked 1,533pts, +286.49pts, ROI 18.68%, ROC 14.32%.
TOTAL: Staked 10,828.4pts, +852.82pts, ROI 7.87%, ROC 10.66%