Month: December 2018

Free Tipster Review – Wisdom of Crowds

Posted on by Peter Ling

If you are interested in football betting, make sure you download our FREE review of the unique auto-pilot ‘Wisdom of Crowds’ football system, which is making waves at the moment. Download the review in PDF form via this link.

This football service is unique due to its setup, given that it uses automated bet placement software to get each bet on for those following it in. Instead of charging a high fee for access, Wisdom of Crowds also take a small % of returns to further set it apart from many other ‘traditional’ tipping services.

With strong profits made so far, our review explores all aspects of the Wisdom of Crowds service including how the automated software works and our findings in real-life testing. No stone is left unturned in our analysis.

This review of The Wisdom of Crowds is another great example of how a membership of the Smart Betting Club can help provide you with everything you need to make money betting using tipsters.

You can now read our original SBC review of his service in full for free. Simply click the link below to download your special free PDF.

Download The Detailed ‘Wisdom of Crowds’ SBC Review

 

Missed Our Other Free Review?

If you are a racing fan or even a fan of good tipsters in general, make sure you don’t miss out on the other FREE SBC review of ‘The Value Bettor’ service.

Since we began proofing his tips in 2012, he has made a Return on Investment of 35.1% from 1,305 bets advised and continues to impress hugely.

Already for the current, ongoing NH season (for that is his specialty), The Value Bettor is up an extra 16 points profit @ 31% ROI from his first 52 bets of the year, with more profits expected over coming months.

You can now read our original SBC review of his service in full for free. Simply click the link below to download your special free PDF.

Download The Detailed ‘The Value Bettor’ SBC Review

 

Forensic Tipster Examination As Standard

These reviews are indicative as to the level of detail the Smart Betting Club team goes into when analysing a tipster we recommend.

We don’t simply put forward a tipster based on a few months results or a streak of good form, but genuinely long-term stats that demonstrate they have a clear edge on the bookmaker.

A tipster has to tick a lot of boxes to get through the Smart Betting Club review process and come out the other side with our recommendation.

After all our goal is not to help you beat the bookmaker for a few weeks or months but for several years to come.

20+ More Tipsters Like This In The SBC Hall of Fame

If you enjoy these free reviews and are keen to learn more on many other tipsters just like The Value Bettor and Wisdom of Crowds, then you might like to consider a Smart Betting Club membership.

They are just 2 of many tipsters providing advice across a range of sports and markets that we track, analyse and recommend for Smart Betting Club members to follow.

Upon joining, you gain full access to our ‘Hall of Fame’ listings, which features more than 20 other recommended tipsters of high quality that we independently recommend.

Discover more on how the SBC team can help your betting.

Best Regards

Pete Ling

Free Tipster Review – The Value Bettor

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It’s the season for giving and goodwill – and so with that in mind, I have just put together a special new FREE download featuring my team’s detailed review of a very profitable tipster from earlier this year.

The tipster in question is called ‘The Value Bettor’ – who we have proofed since 2012, during which time he has made a Return on Investment of 35.1% from 1,305 bets advised.

More than just tips, this particular expert provides detailed write-ups to explain the reasoning behind each selection and just why he is backing it. Meet ups at race fixtures are arranged and a general love for the game shared amongst many of his like-minded members.

Already for the current, ongoing NH season (for that is his specialty), The Value Bettor is up an extra 16 points profit @ 31% ROI from his first 52 bets of the year, with more profits expected over coming months.

Our review and subsequent recommendation of The Value Bettor is a great example of how a membership of the Smart Betting Club can help provide you with everything you need to make money betting using tipsters.

You can now read our original SBC review of his service in full for free. Simply click the link below to download your special free PDF.

Download The Detailed ‘The Value Bettor’ SBC Review

 

Forensic Tipster Examination As Standard

This review is indicative as to the level of detail the Smart Betting Club team goes into when analysing a tipster we recommend.

We don’t simply put forward a tipster based on a few months results or a streak of good form, but genuinely long-term stats that demonstrate they have a clear edge on the bookmaker.

A tipster has to tick a lot of boxes to get through the Smart Betting Club review process and come out the other side with our recommendation.

After all our goal is not to help you beat the bookmaker for a few weeks or months but for several years to come.

The Value Bettor is indicative of that, having made 213.7 points profit at 35.1% ROI from 1305 bets over the past 6 years. His record is no flash in the pan and he has a clear edge over the bookmaker.

With easy to obtain odds on the tips advised, PLUS the ability to follow on the exchanges, its a great example of the type of tipster many SBC members follow in order to win at betting.

Download The Detailed ‘The Value Bettor’ SBC Review

 

20+ More Tipsters Like This In The SBC Hall of Fame

If you enjoy this review and are keen to learn more on many other tipsters just like The Value Bettor then you might like to consider a Smart Betting Club membership.

The Value Bettor is just one of many tipsters providing advice across a range of sports and markets that we track, analyse and recommend for Smart Betting Club members to follow.

Upon joining, you gain full access to our ‘Hall of Fame’ listings, which features more than 20 other recommended tipsters of high quality that we independently recommend.

What’s more, as a Smart Betting Club member, you can also enjoy a significant discount on the cost of joining tipsters like The Value Bettor, thanks to the special deals we negotiate on your behalf.

Discover more on how the SBC team can help your betting.

Best Regards

Peter Ling

Smart Betting Club Owner and Founder

Minimum Bet Guarantee Update – Betfair, Skybet & Bet Victor

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There was a very welcome announcement last week on the topic of Minimum Bet Guarantees with news that Betfair have decided to extend their own £500 guarantee to cover all races from 10am onwards each day.

Previously, Betfair were only offering this guarantee on Class 1 and 2 races, so the fact it’s been expanded onto all UK and Ireland meetings is certainly a positive step for shrewd punters looking for places to bet.

This news also counters the reduction in value we have noticed from Bet Victors own offer and the fact their Bet Guarantee market overrounds have been steadily increasing since their introduction a few months back.

I will get into more on the changes with Bet Victor shortly, but first of all a quick update on the online firms offering £500 Min Bet Guarantees as it stands:

Min Bet Guarantee – The Current State of Play

Bet Victor – Offer a separate ‘Guaranteed Bet’ market for every UK/Ireland race, where you can win up to £500 from 11am onwards. Both win and each way betting is allowed.

Those of you who have had Bet Victor accounts closed in the past can also apply to have them reopened, so you can bet into this Guarantee market.

Betfair Sportsbook – Recently expanded to cover all race meetings in the UK and Ireland, you can now bet to win up to £500 from 10am onwards. Win only and those of you ‘stake factored’ (i.e. restricted) in the past can bet without issue.

Skybet – Their own guarantee covers Class 1 and 2 races only and they will lay a bet to lose up to £500 from 10am onwards.

Bet Victor Guaranteed Market Update

As referenced above, we have noted a number of changes in Bet Victor’s own £500 Guaranteed bet offer, specifically regarding the overrounds and quality of odds available in this market.

When this offer was first launched, Bet Victor confirmed to me that their ‘Guarantee’ market odds were identical to those offered in their ‘normal’ racing markets.

If you logged on at 11am and could only place a bet in their guaranteed market, you would get the exact same price as everyone else betting at Bet Victor.

It then became quickly apparent that this initial policy had changed with a gradual decrease in the odds offered if betting into the Guaranteed market compared to elsewhere on the Bet Victor site.

As time has worn on, the Guaranteed market odds have continued to drop and this recent study by the TAPS website outlines the increase in overround and thus reduction in odds value that Guaranteed market punters are seeing.

Examining the first 18 races on one Sunday last month, they found a 117% overround in the normal Bet Victor market, compared to a 126% overround in the Guaranteed market. Quite the difference with 131 out of 189 horses on that day at shorter prices.

How To Use The Bet Victor Offer

Whilst I don’t agree with the TAPS authors assertions that Bet Victor’s offer is a ‘publicity stunt’ and of no value – what is clear is that if betting into their Guaranteed market, you need to check the odds on offer first.

If you want a bet that is 3/1 in the regular market but only 2/1 in the Guaranteed market, then you probably won’t take it. But if its 3/1 or indeed 11/4, it might still be worth it if restricted in your choices of where you can bet.

How many of you unable to bet due to restrictions would take 11/4 instead of 3/1 if it meant you could win money long-term? As long as you don’t lose your profitable edge taking a lower price of course.

So whist the Bet Victor guaranteed bet market is clearly no silver bullet for restricted punters – it is of value if the odds on offer stack up for you.

From the outside looking in, it seems that Bet Victor’s original intention to offer the same odds was not deemed sustainable and ultimately if we want Min Bet Guarantees to work, then higher overrounds is the price we might well have to pay to achieve that. I do wish Bet Victor could have communicated these changes better as simply changing the odds without making it clear why only serves to frustrate and make punters wary that their intentions are genuine.

Without legislation compelling Min Bet Guarantees from all bookies, no firm is going to voluntarily offer a market if it makes them a loss, so we have to be realistic in our expectations.

Don’t forget either that Bet Victor are the only firm offering both win and each way bets – with the latter allowing punters to punt in well known ‘each-way thievery’ races and get preferential terms.

Will SkyBet Commit Further?

As it stands, only Betfair, Bet Victor and Skybet have £500 online Minimum Bet Guarantee offers, although the clear hope from those liaising with them, such as the Horseracing Bettors Forum, is that more firms join the party.

Betfair’s offer is the best for win-only betting from 10am onwards, whilst those of you betting each-way can use Bet Victor from 11am – although being sure to check the value odds on offer when doing so.

The Skybet offer is a way behind, covering as it only does Class 1 and 2 races thus far. You would like to think with their high profile commitments to responsible gambling, one aspect of this would be to expand this offer to allow all punters to bet with them – both winners and losers. Otherwise, how responsible is it if Skybet only take bets from losing gamblers? Not at all in my opinion.

As and when any other bookmakers roll out or update their own offers, I will keep you updated.

You can also follow the Smart Betting Club on Twitter (@sbcinfo) where I also share all breaking news on topics such as this.

If you have any questions on the above or how a Smart Betting Club membership can help you, please contact me directly via pete@smartbettingclub.com and I will be only too happy to speak with you.

Best Regards

Peter Ling

Smart Betting Club Owner and Founder

 

Profitable with Bookmakers & Betfair SP – The racing tipster quoting fair & achievable odds

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Last week saw the release of the very latest SBC Magazine – Issue 108 which featured reviews of 3 new winning tipsters to help in your profitable betting quest.

Chief amongst them was our exploration of ‘The Betting Man‘ service, which since inception back in November 2017 has produced some exceptional results, having made 328 points at 27.2% Return on Investment.

In fact since our original review was published – he has picked up an extra 28 points profit, including a 16/1 winner on Friday, so he remains in red-hot form.

Yet as good as his form has been, as tipster reviewers we always need to delve much deeper than simple headline profit figures to get the real lowdown on how good a service really is – including one of the most vital topics – Odds Movement.

Odds Tracking & Movement Analysis

In today’s racing betting world – one thing we must always explore before considering joining a tipster is exactly how fair the odds they quote actually are.

Because if a tipster puts up a bet at 16/1, yet this price is slashed within seconds to 12/1, before going into 8/1 within 15 minutes, then the reality is that it will be very difficult to match the prices quoted. A tipster good in theory, but not in practice.

Therefore, as part of our detailed tipster review process, we run an odds tracking analysis study, which gauges the odds a tipster quotes and how quickly these prices move (or not) over time. Exploring the practicality of following a tipster in the real world.

In The Betting Man’s case we tracked the odds movement of his tips for 2 1/2 months from a group of major bookmakers. Comparing his advised odds with those immediately available upon receipt of his tips, the best odds after 15 minutes had elapsed, at 1030am and finally at SP.

During this 2 1/2 month odds tracking period, The Betting Man had a fantastic time, making a ROI of 54.3% and over 100 points profit so it was an intriguing time to run such a study!

Here are the results of it:

The key figure to look at here is the ROI Difference percentage as the odds available upon the tips being received were actually 3.2% better than those he was advising.

Suggesting that the quoted odds are fair and actually can be beaten by using a website like Oddschecker to source the best prices.

After 15 minutes the ROI difference is still positive, although only at 0.2% – but still the point remains that the advised odds can be matched as long as betting within 15 minutes.

Beyond that – we did see some movement with a drop of 17.8% ROI down to 36.6% if betting at 10.30am and a 30% ROI drop at SP. The latter is not surprising as no-one should bet at SP these days, but what it does tell you is the edge The Betting Man has over the market.

Odds Findings – Summary

To summarise – it seemed clear to us that as long as backing The Betting Man’s selections within the first 15 minutes, you should easily match, if not beat his advised odds and obtain a similar level of performance.

There is movement come 10.30am although we do have a concern that the drop off in ROI is somewhat exaggerated due to the exceptional run of form during this tracking period.

Betfair SP Performance

In each review, we also examine the potential profitability of following any such tipster on the betting exchanges, including at Betfair SP after 5% commission is deducted on each winner.

Our analysis indicated that The Betting Man has been very profitable to date backing at Betfair SP with a 37.3% ROI from the 573 bets we were able to match to an external data source (all at 1 point level stakes)

Here is the full comparison of the 573 bets we matched:

Despite this strong performance, we would prefer to see a larger sample of bets first before recommending this as a bonafide Betfair SP service, although it is certainly an angle worth keeping an eye on.

Join Now & Save 50% (Offer Ends Soon)

You can read our very detailed review of The Betting Man and 2 other winning tipsters in SBC 108 – which is available to download the instant you join the Smart Betting Club as either a Silver, Gold or Platinum member.

And for those of you interested in joining The Betting Man, we have secured SBC members the chance to save up to 50% on the cost of membership in an exclusive deal.

If interested in this deal – BE QUICK as news reached me this morning that they will be closing to new members at the end of December and a waiting list will be put in place. This in order to further protect the odds availability of those tips. So if you wish to both join and SAVE up to 50%, you need to move quick.

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SBC Awards: Vote for your best & worst bookmakers, websites & podcasts

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Vote In The SBC Awards & Win A Brand New Dell Laptop

Public voting has now opened for the Smart Betting Club’s 2019 Tipster & Betting Awards, and we want your help in deciding the best (and worst) of the betting world from 2018.

This year – not only do you have the chance to name and shame the bookmakers you both like and dislike, you can also vote for your favourite betting website and podcast.

Best of all, those of you taking 60 seconds to cast your vote can also enter a special prize draw to win one of 3 prizes including a brand new Dell Chromebook Laptop (Worth £200) and lifetime SBC Membership (Priceless!).

Click Here To Cast Your Vote

 

3 Special Prizes Up For Grabs – Simply For Voting

To encourage as many of you to take part as possible, there are 3 prizes to be won simply for casting your vote as follows:

1st prize: A brand new Dell 11 3000 Chromebook Laptop (Worth £200) – Ideal for placing your bets on.

2nd prize: A lifetime membership to the Smart Betting Club – A prize money can’t buy.

3rd prize: A brand new Amazon Echo (Worth £60).

At the end of the Awards voting, you will be prompted to put your email address in to enter the prize draw. The winners of each prize will be drawn at random once voting ends.

Click Here To Cast Your Vote

4 Categories To Vote In

There are 4 public categories in the 2019 SBC Awards you can now vote on as follows:

  • Your Favourite Bookmaker
  • Your Worst Bookmaker
  • Your Favourite Betting Website
  • Your Favourite Betting Podcast

Voting itself should take you no more than 60 seconds of your time and will help us highlight those companies doing the right (and wrong!) thing by you and all punters generally.

Perhaps its the bookmaker or betting exchanges offering the best odds and service or even the betting website providing a superb resource for punters.

And because we know not all bookies play fair – you can also nominate your worst bookmaker of 2018 to help us expose the firm that let you down the most. Perhaps they restricted your stakes, closed your account or simply offer the worst odds and service going. If so we want to know who they are!

We also have a category to recognise your favourite betting podcast to highlight the growing number of quality betting shows being produced these days.

Click Here To Cast Your Vote

A Truly ‘Ordinary Punter’ Representative Awards

We will be publishing the results of your votes early next year in the SBC Awards big reveal with a special focus given to the winners of each category.

Because these categories are voted for by you – the general public, they are also truly representative of those in the betting world that are worthy of greater recognition and making a real difference to your punting.

Far too many award ceremonies at this time of year simply serve to recognise those companies with the biggest profile, deepest pockets and ultimately those making money at punters expense.

This is where the SBC Awards are different, because they are based on the Smart Betting Club ethos of helping ordinary punters make money betting.

So we are looking to recognise those really helping you make ‘an edge betting’ whether it be in the information or resource they provide OR by simply offering you the best place to bet itself.

It’s not just the ‘best of’ in our sights either as we are not afraid to name and shame the worst bookmakers through these awards, because lets face it – many still treat punters as second-class citizens, especially those with the temerity to want to make money betting.

So if you want to help reward the best and decry the worst- make sure you cast your votes now.

Best Regards,

Peter Ling

Smart Betting Club Editor

The Betting Man: Exclusive first review & 50% discount on the tipster everyone is talking about

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The latest SBC Magazine (Issue 108) has just been published with the feature review our exploration of the on-fire racing tipster: The Betting Man

Having racked up a profit a 328 points at 27.2% Return on Investment and an outstanding Betting Bank Growth figure of 219% since conception, we investigated all aspects of this popular service. Including its profitability at Betfair SP, staking plan and crucially how well the advised odds stand up in the live betting market (answer – they stack up very well indeed!)

Described by SBC members as ‘The best service I have ever followed‘, ‘Peerless‘ and ‘Highly recommended if you are serious about making the game pay‘, you can read our full independent analysis in this complete review.

…And for those of you interested in joining The Betting Man, we have secured SBC members the chance to save up to 50% on the cost of membership in an exclusive deal.

You can read about The Betting Man and 2 other winning tipsters in SBC 108 – which is available to download the instant you join the Smart Betting Club as either a Silver, Gold or Platinum member.

Why SBC Reviews Are Different!

Smart Betting Club tipster reviews are renowned for being some of the most detailed you can find – here is why you should trust us to help you find the right tipsters for you:

  • Independent, Expert Analysis: SBC has been reviewing tipsters since 2006 so we know what to look for when it comes to making a profit betting. Best of all, as we are 100% independent (never using affiliate links in our reviews) you can be assured that when we say something is good, it really is.
  • Odds Availability Reports: When scrutinising horse racing tipsters, its vitally important to understand just how easy (or hard) it is to get the advised odds. Our unique odds availability studies (published in each review) track this and keep you fully informed on the best tipsters not just in theory, but practice.
  • Exchange Profits & Suitability: For every tipster that goes under our review microscope, we also examine the profits that can me made following them on betting exchanges. Marking out those suitable for those of you unable to bet with traditional bookmakers.
  • Ratings & Recommendations: Alongside our detailed review, we also provide you with informed ratings and recommendations on those tipsters we encourage you to join to make you money betting. Helping you find the best tipsters quickly.

How To Get Your Copy Of SBC 108

You can access your own copy of SBC 108 and our entire back catalogue of magazines the instant you join the Smart Betting Club.

This includes access to every single tipster review we have ever written (there are literally hundreds available) and all of the Hall of Fame Tipsters we recommend to make you money betting.

Check out some of our latest publications.

You can also enjoy significant discounts on the cost of joining many of these tipsters via our unique Tipster Discounts – exclusively available to SBC members only.

2018 Special Deal: Save £45 on SBC Membership

Best of all, you can also now save £45 on the usual cost of a Smart Betting Club membership as part of a special 2018 discount we have on site.

This is because I have slashed the price of joining to ensure as many of you as possible have access to SBC’s expert reports, magazines and guides.

I know that SBC can make a difference to your punting – so why not sign-up right away

(There is a 90-day money back guarantee available after all!)

All Smart Betting Club membership options (Silver, Gold and Platinum) offer access to SBC 108. Simply choose the membership option that suits you best (view the membership comparison table here) and once signed-up, you will be able to instantly download the guide.

Best Regards

Peter Ling