I really hope I’m not about to offend anyone…
So I’m driving down the A34 in Cheshire, and reach the end at Alderley Edge. For those that don’t know, Alderley Edge is one point of what is known as Cheshire’s Golden Triangle. In other words, there’s A LOT of money around. Being out of the way a bit too, it’s very popular as a place to live for plenty of Man United (boo!), City (boo!), Liverpool (boo!) and Everton (oh dear, never mind) players. And with footballers of course, come very flash cars.
So as I say, there I am driving (in my beat up old Ford Focus), and at the end roundabout there’s a horde of teenagers with iPhones and cameras at the ready to snap the latest supercar to drive through. I reckon this must be in 2024, what standing on a platform spotting trains was in 1984. I mean, what is wrong with these kids?!? Whatever’s happened to getting some stranger to buy you a bottle of Merrydown cider from the local corner shop and sitting in the park on the roundabout and swings swigging it down with your mates.
Honestly, kids of today…
My circumstances have changed recently, and consequently for the next few weeks (and maybe months depending on restrictive covenants, non-compete clauses and the like) I find I have a lot more time than usual on my hands. It is in this context that one of the SBC’s marketing pieces hit my inbox last week, telling me all about The Value Machine. You can read a lot more about it
The Value Machine is run by Kieran Ward, a much respected bettor who has been behind the incredibly successful Morning Value Service and spin offs. In short, the guy knows how to run a successful tipping service and has been doing so professionally and with a huge amount of dedication for many years now. If getting on every bet The Value Machine spits out each day, then you’re placing a huge number of bets, probably around the 100/day mark.
Obviously, if using bookmakers, then these numbers will be restricted somewhat, or you may choose to effectively limit the number of bets you place by using a strategy of only betting the lower or mid-priced horses. It’s up to you and your own circumstances, and that is one beauty of TVM – you can tailor it to your needs.
I was also intrigued by the promise that good returns are available via the Exchanges, perhaps using Betfair SP. As regular readers may know, a lot of my online betting is now done by proxy via my son, which is a godsend. But even so, I’m always open to good profitability driven by Exchange betting and with being able to get on a lot of bets right now, I thought I’d sign up for the cheap, 14 day trial.
With high turnover, comes high and rapid bank growth opportunity, and I’m kinda seeing this as the horse racing counte-equivalent to another high turnover service I’m using currently, WinnerOdds Football.
How have I got on?
Well, bearing in mind due to cricketing responsibilities on Saturday, Sunday and Monday which did in fact limit the time I could spend at my desk, I’ve struck a lot of bets, averaging over 35 per day. I’m currently running at 4.53% ROI, but to be honest, it should have been significantly more than that.
I’ve been playing with different strategies, have made one or two mistakes in the way I follow that led to missing more than one winner, and fell initially into the trap of rushing to get everything possible on. As soon as I started to think more strategically, to relax a bit and accept I couldn’t get on every bet but relax in the knowledge that there were more than plenty I could get on…that’s when I started to make some profit. The more chilled approach is now working, and I should mention too that I’m using half the stake for each bet that I will when the 14 days are up and I’m on the full membership rate.
It’s exciting. I realise too that I’m not always going to be so time rich and will in fact, at some point fairly soon, become very time poor. So finding a lower workload approach that still results in strong returns is a priority.
Until then though, I’m going to enjoy myself with it.
Figures updated, including those for The Value Machine, coming in the next post. See you then.
