Month: March 2021

2021 SBC Awards – The Best & Worst Bookmaker voted for by you

Posted on by Peter Ling

Tuesday saw the grand unveiling of the 2021 SBC Awards – featuring the results of your votes across 7 different categories from Best Free Tipster to Best Betting Website, Podcast & more.

In today’s article I have a bit more detail to share on a few of the winners, including that of just who you voted for in the Best & Worst Bookmaker Categories as well as Best Exchange.

Don’t forget you can download your copy of the Free 2021 SBC Awards Report via this link.

Best Bookmaker – Bet365

It is perhaps little surprise to see Stoke’s finest – Bet365 top of the Best Bookmaker charts once again with a whopping 37% of the votes cast. They continue to set the standard against which many bookmakers are judged these days with value odds and a slick betting experience.

It was another big firm – Betfair Sportsbook who took the Silver with 14% of the vote share with Bronze going to sharp bookmaker, Pinnacle, which is likely quite the achievement when you consider that UK punters are still unable to bet directly with them.

A full rundown of who you voted for can be found below. As ever experiences do vary wildly and it was telling that despite 37% of you voting for Bet365 as the Best bookmaker, another 3% of you rated them the worst firm!

Worst Bookmaker – Ladbrokes (again!)

There were several repeat winners throughout the SBC Awards and the Worst Bookmaker category is no different with the consistently disliked Ladbrokes winning it for the fifth year in succession!

The bad news doesn’t end there though as Ladbrokes stablemate – Coral (who are part of the same company – GVC Holdings) took Silver with 12% of the vote. A new ‘winner’ this time out was the Bronze Award victor, 888sport who squeaked into third with 11.2% of your votes.

It is worth noting how competitive this category often is – Ladbrokes aside, with very little separating second place Coral (12.14%) with seventh placed Unibet (8.51%). A telling stat about the lack of love many punters have for so many bookmakers in 2021.

Best Exchange – Betfair

Although there are only 4 major betting exchanges to choose from, this is always an interesting category as it helps to highlight any changes in market share away from the obvious big firm – Betfair.

Whilst the Betfair Exchange did take Gold with 70% of the votes, this was down on the 74% taken last year and indicates that their rivals are slowly eating into their market share. Matchbook took Silver with 16% of the vote, whilst the biggest growth came from Smarkets who went from 6% to 9.5% in third position.

Here at SBC we welcome this increased competition as it usually leads to better choice and lower costs for us punters. We have already seen Betfair reduce their base rate from 5% to 2% in response to Smarkets and Matchbook’s pricing and we remain hopeful this will come down further in time.

For more on all the other public voting categories, including that of Best Free Tipster, Best Betting Podcast, Writer & Website, make sure you download your free copy of the 2021 Awards Report.

How To Access The Expanded Awards Report

For those of you interested in reading more on the 2021 SBC Awards results, including who won the prizes for several vital ‘Best Tipster’ categories, you can also access all of this with our special expanded SBC-members-only Awards Report.

This includes details on the Gold, Silver & Bronze Award winners for:

  • The Best Horse Racing Tipster
    The Gold winner made a 33.4% ROI from all advice supplied last year
  • The Best Sports Tipster
    The Gold winner made a 22.20% ROI from all advice supplied last year
  • The Best Overall Tipster
    The Silver winner made a ridiculously good 63% ROI from all advice supplied last year. Best of all SBC members can enjoy a huge discount if joining them.
  • The Best Tipster Newcomer
    The Gold winner is free to follow to all SBC members and made a 8.24% ROI from 491 bets in 2020 alone.

If interested in reading this extended SBC members Awards Report, you can gain instant access with a Smart Betting Club membership – now available at the lowest ever prices for 2021.


Best Regards

Peter Ling
Smart Betting Club Owner and Founder

Your best bookmaker, betting website, podcast & more. The 2021 SBC Award winners revealed

Posted on by Peter Ling

It’s a pleasure to share with you today the results from the 2021 SBC Awards – helping to recognise the very best of the betting and tipping world from last year!.

You voted in your thousands across 8 different categories from Best Free Tipster to Best & Worst Bookmaker with the top 3 in each category winning a Gold, Silver or Bronze Award.

You can download your copy of the Free 2021 SBC Awards Report now in PDF form via the link below:

Download Your Free 2021 Awards Report

 

Best Website, Writer, Free Tipster, Podcast, Exchange & Bookmaker Awards

In this Free report you can read the results of the following categories:

  • Best Free Tipster
  • Best Betting Website
  • Best Bookmaker
  • Worst Bookmaker
  • Best Betting Exchange
  • Best Betting Podcast
  • Best Betting Writer
  • Best Betting Video Content

A Gold, Silver or Bronze Award was given in each category based on the percentage share of votes received. You can read the exact breakdown of votes cast plus a summary of who won what and where you can find out more.

You can download your copy of the Free 2021 SBC Awards Report now in PDF form via the link below:

Download Your Free 2021 Awards Report

 

How To Access The Expanded Awards Report

For those of you interested in reading more on the 2021 SBC Awards results, including who won the prizes for several vital ‘Best Tipster’ categories, you can access all of this with our special expanded members only Awards Report.

This expanded members 2021 SBC Awards Report also reveals the Gold, Silver & Bronze Award winners for:

  • The Best Horse Racing Tipster
    The Gold winner made a 33.4% ROI from all advice supplied last year
  • The Best Sports Tipster
    The Gold winner made a 22.20% ROI from all advice supplied last year
  • The Best Overall Tipster
    The Silver winner made a ridiculously good 63% ROI from all advice supplied last year. Best of all SBC members can enjoy a huge discount if joining them.
  • The Best Tipster Newcomer
    The Gold winner is free to follow to all SBC members and made a 8.24% ROI from 491 bets in 2020 alone.

If interested in reading this extended SBC members Awards Report, you can gain instant access with a Smart Betting Club membership – now available at the lowest ever prices for 2021.


About These Awards

The Smart Betting Club is an independent website dedicated to helping its members and readers make their betting a success. Primarily this is through our detailed tipster reviews & profit reports on the experts to follow to do just that.

Yet, in recent years our remit has expanded beyond simply reporting on the best tipsters to uncovering the truth on the betting world itself – be it the bookmakers/exchanges you bet with or the resources, websites & podcasts that help you make informed betting decisions.

Therefore to recognize those making a positive impact on your gambling – at the start of each year we now publish these Awards to help showcase the very best of both the betting & tipping world.

These Awards are important as they are based on the fundamental SBC principles of honesty, fairness and independence, with no bookmaker affiliations or advertising requirements to cloud opinions. They represent the true judgement of the general betting public and SBC members on what is out there of merit.

Best Regards

Peter Ling

Smart Betting Club Owner and Founder

A 41.23% ROI at Cheltenham and the top performing tipster

Posted on by Peter Ling

Another year of the Cheltenham Festival has come and gone and after a hectic few days of betting, it ended up another successful 4 days for SBC’s tipster blogger, Rowan Day to the tune of +40 points profit @ 41.23% ROI

After each day he has reported back on the winners and losers as put up by the recommended tipsters he follows in his usual Bet Diary column.

These tipsters are a mix of Hall of Fame rated racing tipsters and SBC’s own experts – all of those we advocate to follow and with long-term profitable records.

Here is what Rowan made in total over the course of the festival this week:

  • Points staked: 97.37 points
  • Points profit: 40.15 points
  • 41.23% ROI

Full details on his week can be found via the Bet Diary.

No Monkeying Around!

This week’s standout service was the Hall of Fame expert tipster Northern Monkey Punter who backed a series of winners over the course of the festival.

Northern Monkey Punter is just one example of how SBC’s tipster reviews and ratings can help you find the best experts to follow in.

This is a Hall of Fame rated service and SBC members can get a 2 week trial of Northern Monkey Punter as part of a special deal so they can sample what is on offer.

You can also read more about all of the tipster services Rowan follows via his regular Bet Diary posts.

He also follows a series of Golf and Sports tipsters, which have also been very successful so far in 2021 (and prior to that too) so even if horse racing is not your thing, you will find something to enjoy.

About The Bet Diary

Rowan’s Bet Diary is written to help communicate some of the practical realities of following tipsters to make money betting.

Each week on the Bet Diary, Rowan discusses his ongoing betting journey including the tipsters he follows, and his performance using their advice (win or lose – he is always refreshingly honest!).

The idea behind the Bet Diary is to provide some real-life, genuine, experiences of just how the tipsters we rate and recommend can actually make you a realistic extra income stream.

Whether it’s to simply make some extra pocket money, fund a family holiday, or to generate a sustainable second income – his Bet Diary will be able to help you achieve your goals.

You can also get ALL Bet Diary posts sent direct to your inbox for free each week.

Best regards,

Peter Ling
Smart Betting Club Editor

12 winning tipsters available to all SBC members

Posted on by Peter Ling

You may have been thinking about joining the Smart Betting Club for a while now but are not sure where to start.

Maybe you’re scared of using tipsters as they are too expensive?

Or maybe you’re wary of bad tipsters with poor long term records?

If this is you then our revamped Free Tipster section is the perfect way to start at the Smart Betting Club.

At SBC we’ve just increased our free tipster offering to 12 services, all of which come at no extra cost to members.

These services are the perfect way to confidently add tipsters to your betting portfolio as they all come with a strong track record and are often shrewd experts looking to showcase their skills to the SBC member audience.

In our Free Tipster section you’ll find…

  • A selection of 12 tipsters to follow at no extra charge to your membership.
  • A variety of sports covered including Racing and Football.
  • All results independently reviewed, some going back years, meaning full transparency.
  • Many of the tipsters available at the exchanges/Asian bookmakers making it ideal for those of you restricted.

Past examples of free tipster success include golf tipping service PGA Profit. The service was so successful that it is now a Premium service due to its outstanding profits.

During its period as a free tipster, over the course of 205 bets advised during a 7 month period, a profit of 665 points @ 104.37% ROI was made!

Amazing figures indeed and proof positive as to the difference that these free tipsters can make.

In February 2020, due to its phenomenal success and to protect odds availability for those following the tips in, PGA Profit became a Premium Service and began charging an additional subscription fee for access to their advice. Normally a tipster will be part of our ‘Free Section’ for longer than 7 months but due to the tremendous success and concerns about odds availability, PGA Profit made that switch earlier that most.

The good news is that since February 2020, PGA Profit has gone from strength to strength with significant profits being added to the tally.

Just one great example of how a Free SBC Tipster can help you make a profit from your betting.

SBC membership is available for as little as £29.99 + VAT for 3 months.

You’ll get access to all 12 of these tipsters at no extra costs plus other great products such as Tipster Discounts, SBC Magazines and Independent Tipsters Reviews.

As always, all our memberships come with our cast-iron money back guarantees which guarantee your money back up to 90 days depending on your membership level.

Get started with these tipsters today here

Best regards,

Peter Ling
Smart Betting Club Editor

pete@smartbettingclub.com

3 new free tipsters added to SBC. Experts in racing, football and NHL join the ranks

Posted on by Peter Ling

At the Smart Betting Club we’re providing our members with even more value by adding another 3 services to our FREE tipster portfolio.

This means members of SBC now get access to as many as 12 tipsters to follow across multiple sports and strategies – all available as part of their subscription.

Subscribe Today & Gain Access To All 12 SBC Tipsters

Introducing the 3 new free SBC tipsters…

Lucky Puck

Lucky Puck is an expert Ice Hockey (NHL) tipster with a proven track record of profits.

This tipster has the rare ability of regularly beating the shrewdest bookmaker in the land – Pinnacle Sports, so you know when following his tips you will be making great bets.

Over the past 2 NHL seasons we proofed his results and recorded a total of 54 points profits at 6.4% ROI over 680 bets.

This is a fantastic deal as the tipster behind this service has traded with some of the best US sports gamblers in the world.

The deal means we will receive all of his tips for the rest of the NHL season (until May 8th) and are confident the service will make a fantastic addition to your betting portfolio.

As a member you will get all of his tips delivered straight to your inbox with bets available at all major bookmakers and exchanges, including Pinnacle Sports.

Bassie 90

Professional bettor, Bassie 90 is Dutch football expert and joins SBC with over 5 years of experience in the game.

He has made regular appearances on high profile betting sites such as Blogabet and Betmarkets and comes with a profitable track record of betting on football since 2017. Since then he has made a 135 point profit @ 6.95% ROI from 1460 bets.

The service focuses on high limit bets that you can take with the likes of Pinnacle Sports or on the Betting Exchanges.

As a professional bettor and economics graduate you can be sure you are making smart bets when following Bassie’s expert strategy.

Pricewise with PCB

The 3rd addition to our free tipster portfolio comes after agreeing a deal with Paul Chandler-Burns for the continued supply of his Pricewise Strategy tips for the next few months – including during Cheltenham Festival!

Professional bettor Paul uses the popular Racing Post Pricewise tipping service to create an optimised strategy which makes the service more user friendly.

His filtered approach to Pricewise tips in 2020 made Paul an impressive 23% ROI in 2020 and all at SP.

The strategy is also suitable for use at the exchanges meaning it’s ideal for those struggling with bookmaker restrictions or those looking for viable long term prospects.

SBC Free Tipster Update

The 3 new additions now make it 12 free tipsters in total that are available to all SBC members

Overall the free tipsters section has been providing incredible value with all time records currently showing a 7.73% ROI from well over 15,000 bets!

How Can You Follow These Tipsters?

Access to all of the above tipsters is provided exclusively to Smart Betting Club members. Sign-up to the service and visit our ‘Free Tipsters’ members section for instructions on how to sign-up to each of them.

How Are The Tips Sent?

All of the tips are sent via email directly to you with the only exception being Pricewise with PCB where the advice is delivered via the Telegram app. When logged into the SBC members area, you can simply sign-up to follow those tipsters that interest you the most!

Why Do SBC Offer These In-House Tipsters?

We do so as it’s an ideal solution for those of you not sure where to start OR wary about spending money on subscription fees to a tipster service. Instead you can get all of the above as part of your Smart Betting Club membership.

How Quickly Can You Make A Profit?

Betting profits never come in a straight line so we make no bones about stating you will need patience and discipline to profit long-term from these tipsters. We can’t guarantee (nor can any tipster) that you will make a definitive profit within 1 week or even 1 month, yet what we can show you is that given time these tipsters have made a clear profit. If you join with that realistic mindset, you will go far!

Where Can I See More Detailed Results?

We keep a detailed log of all results at this online results spreadsheet. Please explore the individual tipster results sheets to see a full breakdown of performance.

SIGN-UP TODAY

You can sign-up today as a Smart Betting Club member and get started straight away by signing-up to the tipsters you want to follow

All of our low priced memberships are backed up by our 30 day and 90 day no quibble money back guarantees so if you’re not satisfied we’ll refund your fees up to 90 days later!

Subscribe NOW to the Smart Betting Club and gain instant access

Best regards,

Peter Ling
Smart Betting Club Editor

pete@smartbettingclub.com