Year: 2024

🎾My Personal Journey Using This Recommended Tennis Service🎾

Posted on by Peter Ling

Long-priced golf winners and horses that steam before winning on the bridle are very exciting but when it comes to making profit, slow and steady services are the cornerstone of any profitable betting portfolio.

For me, the SBC recommended Winner Odds encapsulates this as despite having a Return On Investment (ROI) of ‘just’ 5.15%, I have made a colossal £55,122.30 profit using it.

These returns come after over 11,425 bets and the old betting adage this reminded me of was: ‘ROI for show, ROC for dough!’

In the video below (click here to watch), I introduce the service, using the context of our process at SBC to show how and why it has become central to my portfolio. I recorded this back in September 2023, when my profits were only £39,852.26 – since when they have risen by a further 15k in 8 months.

  • The profits I have made
  • The software behind the site & simple results tracking
  • Bookmakers, Exchanges and Sharp Bookmakers
  • Tips and tricks to add extra value to the service’s offering

2nd ‘Advanced Video Guide’ To Maximise Profits

As I touch on in the video, SBC Membership offers so much value when it comes to services such as this one.

As well as being able to read our detailed reviews on the service in question, members also have access to a 30 minute advanced video guide on maximising profits.

This second video contains:

  • More advanced tips for how to maximise profits using the service
  • Practical advice on bet placement and notification
  • How to find little known (or connected) bookmakers to use
  • How to extend the length of your bookmaker accounts using some expert tips if following this service
  • How to compound profits using multiple bet strategies – both on this sport and others
  • How to stay strong mentally and understand the pros and cons of using

Paid members also get access to:

  • Tipster Reviews where we take a deep dive into performance by every metric, discussing historical records, bookmaker availability, exchange viability and using a service practically (alongside so much more!)
  • Ongoing Performance Analysis in the form of our regular Tipster Profit Reports where we revisit services and monitor their short, medium and long-term performances with rankings, tables and explainers
  • Detailed Practical Support in the form of videos, FAQs, email correspondence and reports from the SBC Team
  • Discounts that often cover (or exceed!) the cost of SBC Membership in one go!

If you are interested in this service (or any of the other of the services that we review) then signing up will provide you with instant access to all of the benefits outlined above. My deep-dive video will be added to an extensive library of first-hand accounts of using the very best services from the SBC team.

As ever, if you have any questions please get in touch, either by email or at @SBCInfo and I will get straight back to you!

⚽️ 24% ROI and ROC Above 100%! Easy To Use Tracker Delivers Massive Profits – Review Out Now!⚽️

Posted on by Josh P

For those of you who read Rowan Day’s Bet Diary series, some quite remarkable 2024 results were posted recently as our resident writer discussed his use of the Bookie Bashing Early Payout Tracker.

Using Lucky 15s for his staking, Rowan has posted Return On Investment (ROI) figures of 25.42% and this excellent performance has resulted in his starting bank for this strategy more than doubling this year (Return On Capital stands at 110.11%!).

How Does This Work?

Many bookmakers (including the likes of Bet365 and BetFred) offer concessions that offer excellent value in the football markets and with some sensible staking strategies, these can be used to create excellent value bets that don’t spook bookmakers. This is because they do not trigger mechanisms that would normally flag your action (e.g. beating the closing line).

Using a tracker on the Bookie Bashing website, you can find value propositions from leagues all across the world, meaning that getting bets down on a daily basis is more than achievable!

The good news is that despite the major European leagues now being on their Summer breaks, the European Championships and a wide range of global leagues are still up and running, providing plenty of opportunities to get these bets down!

Yes we know Man City have won the league in England but leagues such as in Scandinavia, North and South America and the rest of the world continue apace as usual.

Our Review

To accompany Rowan’s diary posts, we have just published a review of this strategy, with a detailed analysis of the historical figures, commentary from the SBC team and real-life usage all incorporated to provide an overview of who this strategy is best for.

Like with any of our reviews, we use advanced analytics to break the data down and one key takeaway from this work is how bookmakers are likely to react to this betting and whether account restrictions are a big risk here (or not!).

Sign Up To Read

You can read this review (and all of our other publications) immediately with a paid SBC subscription, options for which can be found here.

In addition, subscriptions to Bookie Bashing can be obtained at reduced rates, with 25% off your first three months with this service, which has many other tools and trackers that can help your betting (golf and horse racing are just two that have gone through full SBC reviews).

To find out more about discounts, our reviews and every other benefit that comes with SBC Membership, just visit this page, where we have tried to summarise it all!

As ever, if you have any questions, please get in touch!

Smart Bash – First 3 Big Name Panellists Announced!

Posted on by Josh P

I am pleased to announce the names of the first three esteemed speakers who will grace our stage at the 2024 Smart Bash: Nick Goff, Johnny Dineen, and Matthew Trenhaile.

These 3 industry heavyweights be in attendance throughout the day and will lend their expertise to engaging panel discussions scheduled to take place as part of it.

Today, I can also unveil details on two of the expert panels scheduled for the day for those attending, which are:

1. Sports Betting Models – The X’s & the Os. A dynamic session on real-time betting modeling with 3 experts! Watch as they demonstrate the art of pricing up any event from scratch.

2. Betting Syndicate Insight – Expert Panel Discussion On Running A Professional Betting Group. The type of insight you will only get at an event like Smart Bash – how exactly do syndicates win to scale?

Remember – as the Smart Bash is not being recorded or broadcast, the only way you can hear what our experts have to say is by having a ticket!

Stay tuned for the unveiling of additional sessions in the upcoming weeks, along with announcements about yet more prominent guests from the world of betting, including some very big names.

Tickets are currently priced at just £99 still but be warned – prices are set to increase very soon, so lock in your tickets now.

For more information about Smart Bash 2024, including location details, what to expect, and more, visit www.smart-bash.com to secure your Discounted Early Bird ticket for only £99

You can also purchase your ticket directly now via EventBrite.

See you there!

📈 Chasing Profits: Steaming Selections That YOU Can Follow! 💨

Posted on by Josh P

Chasing Steamers is one of the most innovative and impressive services we have had the pleasure of reviewing over the last few years.

Consistent profitability, a high volume of bets, strong bank growth and excellent customer service are all accompanied by smart and efficient bet delivery and results tracking, making this the perfect service for those who have access to bookmaker accounts.

We first reviewed CS back in November 2023 in a very detailed 18 page review that explored all aspects of how it works – including our experiences using it in real-life.

This means that we have plenty of tips, tricks and ‘hacks’ to choose the very best bets and prolong your action. To top it off, a 50 Euro discount is available too!

How Does It Work?

‘Chasing Steamers‘ is an apt title as this service tracks prices on the World’s largest sharp bookmaker, Pinnacle, and alerts you when any given selections shorten by a significant amount.

This means that (if you are quick enough!) you can back the selection with a soft bookmaker and take a value price before it gets backed there too.

Here is an example of what a Chasing Steamers notification looks like, with a minimum odds to beat and a 10% value bet for if you want a stronger filter:

All bets are delivered via the Telegram app and this ensures that it is easy to pick up bets as soon as they are delivered.

With a bookmaker account or two, you can make some serious profits, with a very solid and consistent edge playing out over as many bets as you want to take.

Best of all, this service delivers selections all day, every day. This means that you can set aside time for when you want to bet – missing ‘tips’ isn’t a problem like with other tipster services as there are always plenty more on the way!

It’s also an ideal service for those of you looking for something to bet on with the football season winding down! (although some might ask does it ever truly wind down with so much football on this Summer?!)

That’s because Chasing Steamers also advises bets on other key sports beyond ‘Soccer’ including Basketball, Tennis and several others such as Volleyball, Darts and Handball.

How Can SBC Membership Help?

A predictable issue that arises with taking value with soft bookmakers is account restrictions.

This is a reality with any expected value strategy but with plenty of experience under our belts, we have come up with numerous ways to help maintain use of services like Chasing Steamers. These include:

  • A free service that helps you to prolong any account by strategically placing neutral (or slightly negative) EV bets
  • SBC Member Video guides specifically for Chasing Steamers, where we discuss how to camouflage bets, filter out the best value and maximise profitability
  • A detailed bookmaker guide that profiles over 70 (yes, seventy!) fully licensed firms where you can get money down
  • A detailed, in-depth tipster review where we discuss everything from odds availability, bankroll management, drawdowns and long-term performance

Sign Up For All Of This & More

To get all of this (and much more) you will require a paid SBC Membership and options for different subscriptions are available to view here.

Chasing Steamers is a brilliant ‘bank builder’ and with a SBC Member discount you will cover nearly half of the cost of an annual membership before you access the rest of the site!

Further information about discounts and other member benefits are available to read here – as ever, if you have any questions, please get in touch!

 

Major Coup For SBC – A New Top Tipster Joins Us!

Posted on by Peter Ling

We are delighted to announce a real coup for us here at SBC, as we have recruited yet another high quality tipster, who for the next few months at least, has agreed to provide SBC members with exclusive access to his excellent service.

The service in question is called The Daily Sheet and is so named because it features a list of bets to take each day as advised throughout the morning from 9am to 12.30pm.

Its run by Matt, who is a professional gambler and has connections to several sources who supply him with shrewd value bets each day. This includes his contacts with various commission agents who share with him information on what horses (mainly) are being backed and at what prices.

Access to the Daily Sheet Telegram group also allows you to not only to see all of the official advised racing bets but also to see ‘warm’ Greyhound and Sports bets as well as knowledge of those bets being backed by Commission Agents.

The performance of his bets so far have been very impressive with the following figures at fair odds:

Late Jan to End of February 2024: 472 Bets / +145.7 Points Profit @ 31.17% ROI. ​

March 2024: 474 Bets / + 1.76 Points Profit @ 0.57% ROI. ​

April 2024: 413 Bets / +31.75 Points Profit @ 12.27% ROI . ​

May is well underway and already up 22.43 points @ 51% ROI

How To Access The Daily Sheet & Other Free Tipsters

Matt has kindly agreed to allow access to his Daily Sheet Telegram Channel for anyone with a Smart Betting Club membership for the next few months.
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Once you setup your SBC membership. you can find links to join The Daily Sheet Telegram Channel, where all bets are supplied each day.

You can also follow 2 other ‘Free’ Tipsters – Account Agent and Kieran Ward as this added benefit of being an SBC member.

More on them and The Daily Sheet can be found here: https://smartbettingclub.com/freetipsters/​

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⚽️ The In-Play Football Tipster With An Edge From Bet365 & the Betfair Exchange ⚽️

Posted on by Josh P

In the latest tipster review from April’s mega betting magazine! (Issue 141) we continued the ‘football focus’ theme with an introduction to the in-play football tipster that boasts an excellent record over nearly 1000 bets.

Easy to follow with both bookmakers and exchanges, our review of this service has proven to be extremely popular indeed with it being the first in-play tipster we have ever recommended to SBC members.

Especially because in-play betting is viewed very favourably by bookmakers – making it a great way to win without attracting quick account restrictions or closures.

Full details on the service in question and all aspects of what they do is only currently available to SBC Members, Subscribe now to explore the detailed review or read on for some key reasons why it should be of interest to you…

The In-Play Edge

This tipster advises bets in the major in-play markets, concentrating on the 1×2, over/under goal-lines and Asian Handicaps. Their edge comes from the use of data and this marries up perfectly with the experience within their team – the service is run by 4 professional punters!

High liquidity leagues make up a large portion of their action and this is beneficial as bookmakers take lots of bets on these games, especially in-play and there are more layers on the exchanges if you want to take bets there.

As speed is of the essence, they use Telegram to advise each bet to members of their service – which is charged at 40 Euros per month.

The Record

To be as fair as possible, this tipster tracks their bets using Bet365 prices but our review in SBC 141, identified how profitable the service is at various outlets, including the Betfair Exchange:

A 5.38% ROI to bookmaker prices and a 10.15% ROI on exchanges are reasons enough to be impressed, but there are other less obvious benefits to following these selections in:

  • Bookmakers like these bets. They are associated with ‘recreational’ play and have large in-built margins.
  • There is no Closing Line Value (CLV), making it hard for bookmakers to track how sharp these bets are (Note – they are very sharp!)
  • Any checks from the risk department or a trader are likely to be viewed more favourably with these bets on your ‘ledger’.

For those limited solely to exchanges, our analysis shows that around 50% of bets are available at value prices (minus 2% commission) in markets with deep liquidity. To add to this, we have tried placing bets in-play on heavily restricted accounts and have been pleasantly surprised by the amounts we can get on!

Learn More & Subscribe

If you would like to learn more about this service, then our brand new review takes a deep dive into the record and has everything you need to decide whether the service is right for you.

To read that, you will need a SBC Membership – which you will grant you instant access to not only this review but our whole back catalogue of reviews and everything else we provide to members!

As ever, if you have any questions, please get in touch!

📰 SBC Magazine Issue #141: A Football Focus For April! ⚽️

Posted on by Peter Ling

After an extremely busy month at SBC, today we are releasing SBC Magazine Issue #141, which has a strong football betting theme in preparation for the Euros!

Despite a high profile podcast with the CEO of the Gambling Commission, Andrew Rhodes, we have still got plenty of our ‘bread and butter’ content prepared and released in April, with two long-term winning football services put under the SBC review microscope!

We provide a snapshot of what’s inside below. If it sounds like it could be for you, then sign-up for membership to get instant access to SBC 141 and our full back catalogue​

Clocking in at 56 pages long, SBC 141 includes:

  • Analysis on Football Trading Club, the pre-match service that finds value in major markets with both bookmakers and exchanges
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  • A further football tipster review for an in-play service that has major benefits for account longevity (alongside profitability, with exchanges again providing a viable outlet for getting on!)
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  • SBC Member Q & As, with practical advice provided by the SBC team
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  • Two SBC Podcasts, with reflection and reaction to accompany our content

SIGN UP FOR INSTANT ACCESS

To gain instant access SBC Magazine #141 and all of our back catalogue of reviews and reports, you will require SBC Membership. To sign up as a paid SBC member, just click here and follow the registration link.​

To have a good look at what SBC Members get, this video introduces changes to the area of the site for those with full subscriptions, providing you with a sneak peak of what is inside!

🎧SBC Podcast #74: An Expert Panel Discuss The Andrew Rhodes Interview & What It Means For Punters

Posted on by Josh P

Following up on last week’s special podcast interview with Andrew Rhodes from the Gambling Commission, we’ve just released a special ‘reaction episode’, which is now available for download.

Joining me were three betting experts – Dan Waugh, Harry Stewart-Moore, and Chris Fawcett – as we delve into the key points discussed and offer insights on both what Andrew did and didn’t say and the work of the under-fire regulator.

We also debated the growth of the black market and what its increased usage tells us about the frustrations felt by so many punters.

So whether it be affordability or stake limits, issues getting bets on and getting paid out by bookmakers OR simply whether they can be trusted or not to oversee the change the regulator wants to implement, this is a podcast for you.

You can listen to Episode 74 now via Apple / Spotify / Google / YouTube and all other major podcast directories (search Smart Betting Club)

Not Yet Heard Episode 73?

If yet to hear Episode 73 and my interview with the UK Gambling Commission CEO Andrew Rhodes – you can find download links and information about it here.

Via that link I also share some of my thoughts on the interview and what I hope might happen next from the Gambling Commission.

Given how infrequently Andrew speaks to those who enjoy betting, this episode has proven to be very popular with lots of interest in it from all across the betting world.

Thanks to all of you who have commented, shared and messaged about this interview. Your support is much appreciated!

SBC Podcast #73: Andrew Rhodes – CEO Of The Gambling Commission

Posted on by Peter Ling

In the latest SBC Podcast I am joined by The Gambling Commission CEO Andrew Rhodes for an in-depth chat about the regulation of gambling in the UK.

‘The White Paper’ was published last year and this document has resulted in some fierce debate across the gambling world, with the Gambling Commission coming under fire as accusations of bias, secrecy and incompetence have been levelled at them.

This chat provides Andrew with the opportunity to refute those claims and to discuss some of the issues that are of interest to you – the punters.

I didn’t get to ask about every topic on our list (restrictions, Minimum Bet Liability (MBL), the debate around statistics in gambling and many more items were considered) but it was great to get some clarity on things like affordability, the black market and bookmaker behaviour.

You can listen to Episode 73 now via Apple / Spotify / Google / YouTube and all other major podcast directories (search Smart Betting Club)

MY THOUGHTS ON THE INTERVIEW

Given how seldom we hear from Andrew Rhodes or the Gambling Commission, especially when it concerns the perspectives of bettors, I genuinely appreciated the opportunity to interview him on this podcast. It was a unique chance to address numerous pressing issues and represent the concerns of the average bettor.
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With only about an hour of his time available, I made it my priority to delve into four key areas: Affordability Checks, Open Banking, Bookmaker Behaviour, and the Black Market. These topics often intertwined, prompting questions like why should we trust bookmakers with intrusive affordability checks and open banking given their track record?

I focused on these areas, not because others aren’t important, such as a Minimum Bet Law or the Gambling Commission’s use of statistics and data, but because of the necessity to prioritize.
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Reflecting on the interview, I felt a mix of frustration and intrigue. There were moments of frustration where clarity seemed elusive, particularly regarding the specifics of frictionless checks and their implementation, and the perceived lack of urgency in addressing issues with bookmaker behavior. Open banking, just like bookmakers restricting stakes was a ‘consumer decision’, which might be correct but yet when 80% of those confronted by open banking refuse to engage with it, clearly it’s not a tenable solution.
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However, there were also glimpses of progress, such as the confirmation that checks could be scrapped if proven ineffective or non-frictionless. Additionally, acknowledging the growth of the UK black market and a willingness to address it signalled a step in the right direction, although the Commission’s capacity to tackle it effectively remains in question. Exactly what kind of impact can an organisation with just 370 employees realistically have against the wave of black market websites and WhatsApp bookies out there currently?
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I emphasised the importance of the Gambling Commission engaging directly with bettors and their representatives, rather than solely with anti-gambling organizations or industry bodies like the Betting and Gaming Council. This podcast marked a significant moment as it seemed to be the first time Rhodes engaged with a pro-betting organization, potentially paving the way for more open dialogue with punters and their representatives such as Justice for Punters and the Gamblers Consumer Forum.
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While disagreements persist regarding the Gambling Commission’s policies and approaches, the opportunity to voice concerns about the UK betting landscape remains crucial. Here at the SBC, we have been extremely critical of the Gambling Commission and what we perceive to be regulatory failures both before and during Andrew Rhodes’s tenure.

Despite that, we thought that it was important to get him on the show, to let him speak and to get the opportunity to pose questions that punters want answered – something that we haven’t seen him do before.

This chat was difficult as unlike most of our previous podcasts, I quite strongly disagree with the guest on a whole host of issues! I hope that you enjoy it and as I said at the end of the show, I hope that it represents a fresh start, with the regulator interacting with punters and bodies who represent them more regularly.

SBC Editor – Peter Ling