Continuing our recent theme of helping YOU ‘Find The Best Tipsters’ that are out there, this week my attention turns to the thorny subject of odds availability.

If you haven’t really thought about this before, then stand up and take note!! This is a massive issue for anyone following a tipster, because if you can’t get the odds advised (and more importantly the odds that results are settled to) then what is the point?

It’s something that trips up many a novice  punter who joins a service based on outstanding results, only to then find that you can’t actually get the odds they suggest.

Pricewise…But Not Oddswise

An example of one such tipster that has dire odds availability is that of ‘Pricewise Extra’ from the Racing Post. So much so, that we have even stopped tracking their results as they were just so impractical to obtain (making it a fairly pointless exercise). Continue reading →

This week, to continue our guide on ‘finding the best tipsters’, I want to focus on just how much they cost…and just how much you should expect to pay for tips (if at all!).

It’s fair to say that prices for tipsters can vary a fair bit.  But thankfully it doesn’t always mean that the tipster charging the highest amount will offer the best results.

In fact, quite the opposite is often true, and with the help of our tipster reports, we can point you in the right direction.  Here at the SBC we have recently added an entirely FREE service into our ‘Hall of Fame’, which has a profitable record to make many a paid-for-tipster blush (more about him later).

The Tipster Industry Has Evolved!

The tipster industry has moved on from the bad old days of premium phone lines and 4 figure membership sums offering you ‘inside information’ tips. Thankfully you can file them along with your old Betamax videos, shell suits and Bermuda shorts. The Racing Post may still carry adverts for a number of chancers who still operate in the tipster ‘dark ages’, but they really are flogging a dead horse (pardon the pun!).

These days, the best tipster services are run by professional people who send them via email, SMS and provide secure access to designated membership sections. We have everyone from Maths professors to accountants and directors operating them. Continue reading →

Over recent weeks, I have been helping to uncover just how to find the Best Tipsters and today I have more to share on this topic.

It involves another extremely important, yet often misunderstood indicator for your betting – Return on Capital.

It’s a vital ingredient to weighing up a tipster, as it puts the profits they have made into perspective and shows how much your money has grown in relation to its starting point.

It’s a great way of cutting through marketing hype and finding out just how good a tipster really is.

Let me show you why with a simple example…

Which Is The Best Tipster?

Consider the following question:  Which of the following Tipsters do you think is the best? (Tipster X or Tipster Y)

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Here at the Smart Betting Club, our primary role is to help YOU find the best profit making tipsters around.

As part of that quest, we proof hundreds of tipster services every week, who are each hoping to make the grade and prove to us that they are worthy of a recommendation.

I am sure it will come as no surprise that for every GOOD tipster, there are a hundred others YOU need to avoid. I’m not just talking about scams (such as the tipster who is lifting free tips and selling them on as his own – more about him soon hopefully), but tipsters that are often profitable…based purely on luck and not skill.

We see it all too often – a tipster that enjoys blistering form for the first 6 or 12 months and looks outstanding, only for results to then tail off and for them to disappear into the sunset.

If you start following them at the wrong time or indeed too soon, then you can easily be caught out (with a hefty dent in your wallet).

How To Pick A Skilful Tipster – Not A Lucky One Continue reading →