The inside story on how one bookmaker restricts the stakes of its customers

Posted on February 1, 2019July 9, 2020 by Peter Ling

In today’s blog post, I want to share a fascinating document which outlines the lengths one bookmaker goes to in order to restrict winning punters and apply ‘stake factoring’ to their customer accounts.

The stake factoring details were kindly shared with me by Brian Chappell from the Justice For Punters website. I felt it was worthy of sharing with you all. The document was leaked to ‘Justice for Punters’ a few months ago. The leak was anonymised, hence no mention of an individual bookmaker.

To help with this article I also spoke with a current bookmaking employee who works within the ‘restrictions’ department for one firm, who helped outline more on what really goes on behind the scenes. My thanks go to Brian and my ‘insider’ for their help with this article.

SBC Case Studies: The 2 punters up a combined 65k simply by using the right tipsters

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Peter Ling

Earlier this week I was chatting to a couple of long-standing Smart Betting Club members about their betting performance and was very pleased to hear that both of them had enjoyed some tremendous success since joining a few years back.

Darren (as you can read about below) is up 30k since 2015 and K.F. (he requested I use his initials only) is up 35k since 2016 – simply by following the right tipsters.

So to help understand more on their success stories, I asked them if they would mind answering a few questions on their time with the service. Both agreed and you can read more from both via this article

SBC 2019 Awards – The Results Are In!

Posted on January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 by Peter Ling

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.

Join the Smart Betting Club Today For Just £27.99

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Peter Ling

You can now join the Smart Betting Club and take advantage of our lowest EVER membership prices for 2019.

From as little as £27.99 + VAT per quarter, you can get started immediately and access the ENTIRE Smart Betting Club service including all our SBC Magazines, Tipster Profit Reports, Best Tipster Guides, Pro Betting Guides & more.

This includes access to our full 13 year back catalogue and no quibble money back guarantee if you join and don’t like what is on offer (unlikely!).

The Best Tipsters For 2019 & Lowest EVER SBC Memberships

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Peter Ling

Get ready for betting success in 2019 with the very latest SBC Tipster Profit Report

Inside you can read the latest results, league tables and ratings for 60 different tipsters, including the 19 experts holding a prestigious ‘Hall of Fame’ award.

2018 was an exceptional year for many of the expert betting tipsters we closely monitor here at the Smart Betting Club, with many of our members making strong profits following their advice.

Free Tipster Review – Wisdom of Crowds

Posted on December 28, 2018 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.

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.

You can now read our original SBC review of his service in full for free. Link in article.

Free Tipster Review – The Value Bettor

Posted on December 20, 2018 by

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.

You can now read our original SBC review of his service in full for free. Link in article.

Minimum Bet Guarantee Update – Betfair, Skybet & Bet Victor

Posted on December 13, 2018August 21, 2019 by Peter Ling

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.

Read all about the current Minimum Bet Guarantee offers from Betfair, Skybet & Bet Victor in this update article

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

Posted on December 11, 2018August 21, 2019 by

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.

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.

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

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Peter Ling

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!)