Betting can often feel like a solitary game and it’s rare for many of us to regularly talk about our punting in an honest and transparent way, if at all (booming on social media doesn’t count!).
Which is why Rowan Day writes his Bet Diary for us here at SBC as we felt there was a gap in the market for an honest, realistic and at times humorous rundown of what it is like to bet on tipsters to make a profit.
Follow Rowan’s real life betting journey
Below are some excerpts to show why this series is so popular as Rowan gets into the weeds on the ups and downs of how he makes a long-term betting profit.
And the good news is that lately it’s been a very positive time as Rowan outlined in his latest diary update. Here is an excerpt:
“My last post was headlined, “56% bank growth…in one bet!!!”.
What’s it going to be in my next post? “1,000% bank growth…in one bet!!!”, as a Lucky 15 is landed with four double digit winners?
A man can dream.
But, what is no dream, is that following on from a 3 out of 4 winning Lucky 15 using the Bookie Bashing Racing Tracker last week, Weekly Golf Value – taking value priced players from the Bookie Bashing Golf Tracker – put up 200/1 winner of the Genesis Championship in South Korea, Junghwan Lee! I woke up to the news that a final round 64 had shot Lee to the head of the leader board, and there he had stayed. Wow!
If memory serves me correctly, and sadly I’ve reached an age where perhaps my memory is not quite as sharp as it was, that’s the biggest winner I’ve ever had on the golf. “
Yet as good as a period of form its been lately (His October ROI sits at 16.49% as he updates at the end of each blog post), it’s not always sunshine and rainbows when betting as we all know.
There are often challenges, not just losing runs but things like online restrictions and juggling it around work and other commitments as he posted about on the 1st October:
“September has been a particularly underwhelming month, and several issues have arisen that frankly, have been a little tiresome to deal with. I’ve recognised the problems, because I’ve been through these situations before. More to the point, I knew they would arrive again, and have therefore had plenty of time to think ahead.
In a nutshell, the time has arrived again to start to look towards betting predominantly in shops and on the exchanges.
My betting now has to be designed largely around work, and being able to get to bookmaker shops. I’m fortunate in that I have a number of BetFreds, William Hills and Ladbrokes all within a very short drive. I’ve been here before, and I’ve been able to make it work.”
Real Life Betting
Rowan lives and breathes his betting, reporting the challenges that can come with following any tipster or system.
He has been doing this for a long time so he knows ‘the game’ but I still find it fascinating (and refreshingly honest) when he articulates the joys, biases and paranoia that can come with serious betting for profit.
In addition to this, Rowan’s posts also discuss things like:
- New tipsters, strategies and angles that have come into the SBC or the general market
- Account restrictions
- Exchange betting
- Shop betting and dealing with the ‘beady eyes’ when taking that value
- Rowan’s thoughts on developments in the gambling world
- Arsenal’s title challenge (Yawn!)
- A lot more besides!
Read More Every Week
For those of you interested in reading the Bet Diary, simply visit the Bet Diary link each week to read Rowan’s posts.
Every one of Rowan’s pieces is also kept on this page if you would like to go back and read through the archive!
Betting doesn’t have to be a solitary game when you can read the thoughts of others – this is the perfect opportunity to do just that!
