For anyone that fancies a bet, the next 7 days will be about one thing only: The 2013 Cheltenham Festival – and the best tips to be had to make money betting from it!

As ever, one of the biggest talking points in the coming days will be about the Cheltenham betting market.  I am sure you have already been inundated with a list of the favourites heading some of the major races and top tips about where we should be waging our hard earned cash.

This often translates to much excitement in the 20 to 30 minutes before each race, with fevered debate over those horses who’s odds crash in and rumours of ‘shrewd’ punters wagering huge sums of money on them.

The logical step in these instances is to automatically place a bet on these horses and follow the money in. Yet our research reveals that well backed favourites are actually extremely bad value, despite what some may tell you!  Instead, here at SBC we would strongly recommend that you focus your attentions elsewhere to find the best ways of making a profit at Cheltenham.

As ever, to be successful betting, you have to think differently from the crowd.

Let me talk you through why and how…

Why Backing Favourites at Cheltenham Is A Mugs Game Continue reading →

2 more high quality tipsters have been added into the line-up for our free 2013 Cheltenham Tips Profit Pack.

This includes some exclusive advice from the 3-time Racing Post Naps Champion – Paul Jacobs  including his best bets for each day of the festival. Now one of the top tipsters at Easyodds.com– you won’t want to place a bet before you hear what he has to say!

The racing experts from Bettertipster.co.uk have also agreed to share with us their analysis and tips for the most talked about race of the meeting – the Cheltenham Gold Cup. They have a full preview to share, including their big priced value tip for the race.

Due to be published this Wednesday 6th March, you can register to receive your own free copy as soon as its released by registering your details at our special Cheltenham Tips 2013 page.

From a technology perspective, it’s never been easier to be a punter. Whether it be placing bets from behind a laptop as we lie in bed on a Saturday morning or secretly via our mobile phone when our other half isn’t watching – almost everything is now possible.

Increasingly these days, mobile betting is becoming more and more popular, with new apps coming out every day and extensive 3G and WIFI coverage wherever we go.

Therefore one of the most critical decisions for any punter keen on ‘betting on the move’ has to be: What’s the best mobile phone for betting with?

Making the right decision here is often critical with the need for 18, 24 month contracts on many of today’s modern phones packages. Make the wrong choice today and it’s an expensive mistake.

Helping You Choose The Right Mobile For Betting

With new phones coming out all the time (each one slightly better than the rest), it’s a tough choice for even the most avid techno geek. Two years ago it was the iPhone 3G that was all the rage, a phone that is today’s equivalent of a horse and cart compared to the Lamborghini of the new Samsung Galaxy S III.

To help you choose the right phone, we recently commissioned our resident technology expert, ‘Kodagira’ to explore the current market place and pen an article for our members on the best phones, tablets and apps for betting on the move.

Its due out in full next week, but here’s a sneaky peak on his rundown of the best phones that are out there. Continue reading →

If you’re still unsure of who and what to back at Euro 2012, don’t panic, as we have it covered for you with our free Euro 2012 Tips Guide. Download your copy here now.

In it we have grilled 7 of the best football tipsters around to help dig out some rock solid betting advice for Euro 2012 from proven experts. Outright winner, group stages, dark-horses and most over-rated teams are all explored in-depth.

You can get the full set of advice in our Free Euro 2012 Tips Guide but to give you a taster, we have an overview of what each expert is backing in some of the most popular betting markets. Continue reading →

In this article, the analysts at the Smart Betting Club delve into the stats to unearth the top five Grand National 2012 tips for finding a winner in the big race.

In Part four of our Top Five Grand National 2012 Tips series, we looked at the importance of jockey & trainer trends In this article, we bring everything together

For more top Grand National 2012 tips including bets from expert tipsters, make sure you check out the FREE SBC Grand National 2012 tips package.  

Grand National 2012 Tip #5: Top Tips

We’ve covered a number of variables in this series, now it’s time to bring it all together.

As a recap, here are our important findings:

• Age: 9 & 10 year olds perform best.
• Odds: The front twelve in the betting market have an edge.
• Weight: Be wary of horses the top five or bottom ten weights rank.
• Jockey/ Trainer: Ruby Walsh riding is a big tick in the box for your selection. Timmy Murphy, AP McCoy, P Carberry, Barry Geraghy and Ruby Walsh all have fine national records.

There are no horses that meet all these criteria, but what we can do is give a point to each time one of the criteria is met. We expanded the odds to include the top 15 to account for late withdrawals. This means that we don’t discount any strong contenders just because they run against a negative statistic like being 11 years old.

Awarding points in this way, we get the following shortlists:

All horses with three stars:

• Chicago grey.
• Seabass.
• Shakalakaboomboom.
• West End Rocker.
• Cappa Bleu.
• Arbor Supreme.
• Killyglen.
• Becauseicouldnsee

Horses with four stars:

• Synchronised (15/2 ew, 5 Places, 888 Sport)
• On His Own (16/1, 5 places Blue Square)
• Sunnyhillboy (20/1, 5 places various bookmakers)

In our Grand National 2012 tips pack: http://www.grand-national-tips-2012.com we also award points for any horse given a positive write up by the two featured racing experts Scott Armstrong and PCB. Doing so we get a more refined short list of five star horses.

To get this full Five Star list, get your Grand National Tips pack today.

For the record, we’ll be putting some money on ‘On His Own’ at 16/1 with Blue Square paying out 5 places with some exposure to the other five star tips.

If you want more tips like this, including bets that expert tipsters are following, make sure you download our FREE Grand National 2012 Tips Pack. This pack will also highlight all the horses currently meeting the criteria for the top five tips.

Our expert Grand National 2012 Tips Profit Pack is out now. .

Grand National 2012 Tips Series: 

• Part 1: The Right Age. 
• Part 2: Focus On Favourites. 
• Part 3: The Right Weight.
• Part 4: Jockey & Trainer Trends. 

Smart Betting Club. With thanks to Pro Form Professional, an excellent horse racing analysis tool.