2023 SBC Awards

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2023 SBC Awards - What the Nominees Say

Daryl Carter

www.gg.co.uk

I'm sure I speak for many of the nominees when I say being considered for an SBC award means a great deal, and that's a testament to Pete and his team for the effort and detail that goes into the planning and execution of these awards. An SBC award has become a real badge of honour for anyone working in the betting industry because the public votes for it. I was lucky enough to win Best Racing Tipster in 2022 and now in 2023, and for someone like me who is carving a path in the industry, it feels me with immense pride and confidence.

Matt Bisogno

www.geegeez.co.uk

Pete has grown the SBC Awards from a humble start into an event anticipated by service providers and punters alike. Because the awards are voted for by the betting public, the results can be relied upon as a barometer of the content people are actually consuming to improve and enjoy their play. It always means the world to me when geegeez.co.uk receives an SBC Award: it's a strong sign that we're continuing to offer our users what they need.

The 2023 SBC Awards Have Arrived

🏆 The 2023 SBC Awards Have Arrived 🏆

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock… Ricky Gervais ‘roasting’ Hollywood Royalty… Jarvis Cocker storming Michael Jackson’s performance before he got to Moonwalk.

All of these are ‘award incidents’ that stick in the memory but we think that we have something coming up that will be more memorable than all of them!

Tipsters, writers, bookmakers, experts and websites from across the land have been waiting anxiously for their moment. Well it has arrived as voting is now open for the SBC Awards 2023!

To add to the anticipation, we will be giving three stellar prizes away in a draw for those who vote! A laptop, a tablet and a 1 year SBC Membership are all available and all you need to do to be in with a chance is to answer the SBC Awards 2023 Survey!

There are 12 categories that you can vote on, as follows:

  • Your Favourite Free Horse Racing Tipster
  • Your Favourite Sports Tipster
  • Your Favourite Betting Podcast
  • Your Favourite Betting Website
  • Your Favourite Betting Data Resource
  • Your Favourite Betting Writer
  • Your Favourite Betting Video Producer
  • Your Favourite Betting Expert
  • Your Favourite Independent Bookmaker (NEW)
  • Your Favourite Bookmaker
  • Your Favourite Betting Exchange
  • Your Worst Bookmaker

This should take no more than three minutes and is a great way for you to share your appreciation (or frustration) with the people or organisations that are central to the betting industry.

For any self-respecting industry insider it is not ROI, Twitter followers or their bank balance that they will look back on with pride. It is the acknowledgement from the betting public that they will tell their friends and family about for years to come. You can make or break their dreams by voting now!

Click here to cast your votes.

Vote now in the 2022 SBC Awards – Your best tipster, website, bookmaker, podcast and more!

Fellow bettors, we want YOUR opinions on all things betting related in this year’s bigger than ever SBC Awards.

The awards that give YOU the chance to give your feedback on all things positive (and negative!) that happened in the betting and tipping industry over the past 12 months.

We have 10 public categories for you to vote in including your best & worst bookmaker alongside your favourite betting podcasts, websites, videos, writers, tipsters and more with a couple of new categories this year too!

Best of all, you will be entered into our FREE prize draw just for voting…

3 SPECIAL PRIZES UP FOR GRABS – SIMPLY FOR VOTING

This year’s special prizes are as follows…

  • 1st prize: A Brand New Asus 14″ Laptop Computer (Worth £230) IDEAL for placing your bets on
  • 2nd prize: A Brand New Lenovo Smart Tablet (Worth £150) Also IDEAL for placing your bets on
  • 3rd prize: A year’s membership to the Smart Betting Club (Worth £107.99)

At the end of the awards voting, you will be prompted to share your email address if you wish to enter the prize draw. By doing so, you will then be entered into the hat to win one of the 3 above prizes.

The winners of each of the 3 prizes will be drawn at random once voting ends and be notified by email.

Cast your votes in the 2022 SBC Awards now

10 CATEGORIES TO VOTE IN

There are 10 public categories in the 2022 SBC Awards as follows:

  • Your Favourite Betting Website
  • Your Favourite Free Tipster
  • Your Favourite Betting Podcast
  • Your Favourite Betting Writer
  • Your Favourite Betting Video Content Creator
  • Your Favourite Betting Expert (NEW)
  • Your Favourite Betting Data Resource (NEW)
  • Your Favourite Bookmaker
  • Your Favourite Betting Exchange
  • Your Worst Bookmaker

Voting itself should take no more than 3 minutes of your time and will help us highlight those companies and people doing the right (and wrong!) thing by you and all punters generally.

Plus you’ll get the option to enter our free prize draw for a chance to win one of our 3 great prizes.

Cast your votes in the 2022 SBC Awards now

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

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

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

2020 SBC Awards Results – Your Best and Worst Bookmakers

Tuesday saw the grand unveiling of the 2020 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 post 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 grab your copy of the 2020 SBC Awards Report via the link below.

 

Best Bookmaker – Bet365

There was no contest this year when it came to your Best Bookmaker with Bet365 once again top of the pile taking nearly half of all votes cast.

There was notable movement below them as Skybet jumped from 4th to 2nd this year with 16.55% of the votes, whilst Pinnacle snared Bronze with 9.34%. The latter was quite the achievement when you consider that many punters are still unable to bet with them directly.

Of the other nominees, only William Hill polled a significant number with 7.15% of the votes in 4th spot. A full breakdown of the votes can be found below:

Best Bookmaker Votes

Worst Bookmaker – Ladbrokes (again!)

When it came to the Worst Bookmaker Award, the competition for places really heated up with 6 firms all attracting more than 10% of the vote share.

Despite the increased competition, it was Ladbrokes who once again won this Award – for the 4th year in a row no less, polling just short of 20% of your votes.

Up one place to Silver this year was Irish firm, Paddy Power, who increased their worst bookmaker vote share from 12.85% to 15.06%, whilst Coral took Bronze with 12.90%.

The 3 other firms each polling more than 10% each in 4th, 5th and 6th spot were BetfredBoylesports and Betway respectively.

The issues put forward by those of you commenting after voting in this category surrounded the usual common themes of poor customer service, stake restrictions and account closures.

For balance it is worth noting that Best Bookie Award winners – Bet365 and Skybet both also polled about 2 to 3% each in this category. Reflecting the diverse ranges of opinions and experiences many of you have when it comes to bookmaker treatment.

Worst Bookmaker Votes

Best Exchange – Betfair

This year for the first time we also introduced a separate award for Best Betting Exchange to acknowledge the growth and increased competition in this market.

With only 4 contestants, we awarded prizes to the top two, with the Gold Award taken by the Betfair Exchange who took 74.05% of the votes.

Matchbook were their nearest competitor with 15.56% of your votes and took Silver, whilst Smarkets and Betdaq polled around 10% between them in 3rd and 4th.

It will be intriguing to see how the Exchange market changes in coming years with Betfair now adopting a lower 2% commission model for those that demand it – the same tariff as their 3 main rivals.

(It should be noted you have to choose this 2% rate as by default Betfair places you on 5%, whilst there is also an 8% option for anyone who wants it – not that you should, it’s terrible value. You can read more about setting your commission rate via this link.)

Of these exchange rivals, we have already seen how Matchbook continue to lead the way with impressive content – podcasts, articles and free tipsters, whilst Smarkets have been expanding their own remit with new sportsbook app – SBK and innovations of their own. Read our recent interview with Smarkets.

More competition is only a good thing as it ensures lower costs for us punters as we have seen with Betfair’s move from 5 to 2% commission last year. We therefore welcome this rivalry in the Betting Exchange sector.

Best Exchange Votes

For more on all the other public voting categories, including that of Best Free Tipster, Best Betting Podcast, Writer & Website, make sure you grab your free copy of the 2020 Awards Report.:

How To Access The Expanded Awards Report

For those of you interested in reading more on the 2020 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.

Gain instant access with a Smart Betting Club membership – now available at the lowest ever prices for 2020.

 

 

 

The 2020 SBC Awards – All Your Winners Revealed!

It’s a pleasure to share with you today the results from the 2020 SBC Awards – helping to recognise the very best of the betting and tipping world from last year!.

You voted in your thousands across 7 different categories from Best Free Tipster to Best & Worst Bookmaker with the top 3 in each category winning a Gold, Silver or Bronze Award.

Follow the link below to grab your copy of the 2020 SBC Awards…

 

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 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

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.

Follow the link below to grab your copy of the 2020 SBC Awards…

How To Access The Expanded Awards Report

For those of you interested in reading more on the 2020 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 2020 SBC Awards Report also reveals the Gold, Silver & Bronze Award winners for:

  • The Best Horse Racing Tipster
    The Gold winner made a 38.7% ROI from all advice supplied last year
  • The Best Sports Tipster
    The Gold winner made a 27.57% ROI from all advice supplied last year
  • The Best Overall Tipster
    The Silver winner made a 22.41% ROI from all advice supplied last year
  • The Best Tipster Newcomer
    The Gold winner made a 147% ROI from all advice supplied last year
  • Plus!! It also provides the lowdown on why 79% of SBC members made a profit last year from their betting.

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 2020.

SBC 2019 Awards – The Results Are In!

The results from the 2019 Smart Betting Club Awards – featuring details on who you voted for in 4 public voting categories: Best Betting Website, Best Betting Podcast, Best Bookmaker & Worst Bookmaker.

And as these Awards are based on your votes and with more than 3000 of you casting them in each category during December 2018, the results are widely representative of the best and worst of the betting world.

In particular – the Worst Bookmaker Award (AKA the ‘golden toilet’) is always hugely competitive and this year was no different with your votes spread closely amongst all 8 nominees with the worst firm polling only 10% more than the 8th ranked.

You can read the full rundown on the 4 public Awards and the winners now via the 2019 SBC Awards page.

Why These Awards Matter

Because these 4 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.

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

Through the Worst Bookmaker Award, we are not afraid to name and shame the bookmakers deserving of criticism, because lets face it – many still treat punters as second-class citizens, especially those with the temerity to want to make money betting.

You can read the full rundown on the 4 public Awards and the winners now via the 2019 SBC Awards page.

Read More Including ‘Best Tipster’ Winners In The Full Awards Report

For those of you interested in reading more on the 2019 SBC Awards, including who won the prizes for several ‘Best Tipster’ categories, you can access all of this with our special Awards Report.

 

 

 

Available only to Smart Betting Club members, it reveals:

  • The Best Horse Racing, Sports & Overall Tipster (Gold, Silver & Bronze winners)
  • The Best Free Tipster (Gold, Silver & Bronze winners)
  • The Best Tipster Newcomer (Gold, Silver & Bronze winners)
  • The Outstanding Contribution to Tipping Award (recognising some of the best tipsters and betting experts)
  • The lowdown on why 75% of SBC members made a profit last year from their betting.

If interested in reading this full SBC Awards Report, you can gain instant access with a Smart Betting Club membership – now available at the lowest ever prices for 2019.

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


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