AI Football Tips

A Unique New Football Tipster – Exclusive to The Smart Betting Club!

Edges in sports betting are hard to find.

Maintaining and profiting from them over the long-term is even harder.

How do you know when you have lost your edge?

How long do you give a strategy that has served you well if its performance appears to be waning?

These questions can drive any bettor to despair but a new generation of tipping services are coming up with answers.

Artificial Intelligence takes the guess work out of things as hundreds of metrics are used to arrive at value selections.

This is exactly what you get with AI Football Tips – a statistics-driven tipping service from Predictology that has built an enviable record of results backing singles and doubles in the global 1×2 football markets and an exclusive service we are proud to now offer via a special deal through the Smart Betting Club.

With a 4.20% ROI made over the first 1,896 bets of proofing and all at achievable odds, it’s a service we expect to be much in demand!

Click here to subscribe now or read on for more information on AI Football Tips’ approach and record.

In Their Own Words: AI Football’s Methodology & Expertise

AI Football is a tipster service that advises single and double bets to be backed in the 1X2 market. They quote fair odds available in the betting market, based on average bookmaker prices (with positive outliers removed).

To learn more on the methods behind AI Football bet selection, we asked Jon, the man behind Predictology, to explain more:

“We use cutting edge machine learning techniques and statistical models to analyse our internal database of over 400,000 matches to predict outcomes and determine the true probability of each team and match.
It looks at 100s of metrics including league and team strength, form, player influences, market noise and many others, overlaying these with mathematical distribution models to generate ratings and probabilities for each team and match.
We then analyse the live market odds across our portfolio of 35+ bookmakers and compare the odds available against our probabilities to determine which matches are presenting value. In other words, the odds available are higher than what we have determined to be the true probability of the team winning.
Lastly, we further overlay our key performance indicators which compares the match characteristics and ratings against our historical database, looking at similar teams, odds points, and value probabilities to allow us to ‘cherry pick’ the matches with the highest probability of delivering a positive return and the highest realistic, and consistent, win rate. (E.g. the frequency of winning bets you will receive).
We then advise those bets whereby our model suspects them to be value as AI Football Tips. These are both advised as singles and double bets.”

Doubling Up For Greater Profit

As well as advising bets as singles, by combining the right value bets into doubles, AI Football also is able to further maximise profits. Here is what Jon said on this front:

“When opportunities are available, and to maximise our returns, we additionally look to leverage our value and returns by carefully selecting match pairings to be used in double bets (Bet A x Bet B).
We choose only two teams to include in our double bet as our internal modelling has proven this to be the most effective and consistent way to increase our profits.
Acca bets are generally poor value, hence why they are so widely publicised by the bookmakers. However, there are occasions where you can use multiple bets, especially doubles, to turn this on its head and make the positive value sit with you, the bettor.
First, an example of a traditional (poor value) acca bet. You take 4 selections, which when including the bookmakers overround are 96% value (e.g. negative 4%)
0.96 x 0.96 x 0.96 x 0.996 = 0.849 or 84.9%
You have multiplied the ‘poor value’ and are now giving over 15% to the bookies in value.”
Turning This Value Transaction On Its Head
”What we are doing with our “Value Doubles” is turning this strategy around and putting it in our favour. Let’s say our value is 5% on two matches. So we have determined that the price on offer, even after the bookies overround, is 5% better than the true probability for each game.
1.05 x 1.05 = 1.1025 or 110.25%
We’ve now turned our 5% value into more than 10% on a simple double bet.
Why only two bets and not more?
Put simply, the more selections we add into an accumulator type bet, the more chance, on any given day, that one selection will let us down. It stands to reason, the more complex we make a bet, the harder it becomes to be successful, in isolation at least.
Yes, the value multiplier increases with each additional selection. However, our focus with AI Football Bets is on generating the highest possible win rates (frequency of profitable bets) while generating significant and consistent profits.
Our modelling has determined that two bets, as doubles, (and we may have multiple doubles on any given day), is the optimal frequency to deliver on our objectives – consistency and profit.”

In Numbers: AI Football Tips’ Results

This methodology is working. Since April 2022, AI Football tips have put 1,896 global football selections forward from across the 1×2 markets in the form of both singles and doubles, with the following headline results:

As you can see, the service has relatively consistent ROIs . A steady stream of profits contributed to an overall Return On Investment of 4.20%, which is exceptional considering the competitiveness of these markets and the traditional yardsticks for returns from football tipping services.

These returns are slightly under the in-house calculations at Predictology, where they have identified a 7.5% average expected value across their selections to date.

You can of course explore all results from AI Football via this regularly updated spreadsheet.

Singles & Doubles – Does It Work?

The quality of the service’s selection process is also vindicated by the data from the table below that shows how ‘doubling up’ some value propositions enhances returns further (just as Jon said it does in his explanation of the methodology above).

Single bets account for a considerable majority of AI Football Tips’ selections, with a solid 71% strike rate ensuring that average odds of around 1.5 (1/2 in fractional odds) result in a profit and a 6.00% ROI.

‘Doubling up’ certain pairs of selections pushes their average price up to 2.14, and considering that this is ‘odds against’, a 54.05% strike rate means that this has derived even more profits, despite having slightly more variance in the dataset.

What we can see here is a good blend of solid, steady single bets that have low variance and consistent returns. A 54.05% strike rate is by no means a ‘long-shot’ element of the service, but the doubles, that make up just under 20% of the bets, account for a considerable share of the profits, complementing the other 80% and driving the ROI towards 10%.

Capital Growth With Compounding Stakes

A high strike rate and impressive monthly Returns On Investment (ROI) lend AI Football Tips to being an excellent service to drive capital growth.

The table below demonstrates how staking 2.5% of a betting bank on each selection can drive profits further through the use of compounding.

As you can see, compounding profits in a growing betting bank resulted in outstanding Return On Capital , with a 100 point bank producing 293.967 points of profit, representing a colossal 293.97% ROC in just over 2 years. This compares favourably with flat level staking, which ‘only’ returned 79.55% over the same period.

A full bet-by-bet record of AI Football’s selections with ‘2.5% of bank’ staking is available in this regularly updated spreadsheet.

The Record Pre-April 2022

The original model for AI Football Tips was developed by Jon through his Predictology platform in 2017 using historical data, system testing and analysis models to refine it. Prior to this, Jon used similar modelling to bet on the global 1×2 markets. The record of the bets from August 2015 to April 2022 (prior to the service’s current iteration) had the following ‘headline’ results*:

1,012 bets were placed
Selections had an average price of 1.56
These bets had a strike rate of 71.64%
Level (1pt) staking produced a profit of 117.88pts
This represented a Return On Investment (ROI) of 11.65%

*All of these bets can be verified in the Predictology database; a full bet-by bet record of the ‘pre-April 2022’ period is available here

As the technology and the algorithm capabilities improved, Jon was able to expand the selection frequency and develop strong value assessments into the model, culminating in the primary results shared for AI Football Tips. These bets have continued to be live bet by Jon since early 2022.

Explore Results

You can explore all of the historical results from AI Football via this regularly updated spreadsheet.

The sheet outlines:

Level Stakes Performance – April 2022 To Present Day
2.5% Staking Performance – April 2022 To Present Day
Full record of performance from those bets logged prior to April 2022 (see above section noted ‘The Record Pre-April 2022’ for more)
All results 2015 to 2023
Monthly Summary results sheets

Where To Place These Bets

All of the figures above are based on average bookmaker prices (with positive outliers removed), providing a realistic return for any follower using bookmaker accounts. The bookmakers used most frequently for these averages are as follows:

bwin*
SportingBet*
BetCRIS
NordicBet
William Hill*
Betsson*
Tipico
Marathon Bet*
1xbet
Pinnacle
SBO Bet
Bet365*
Dafabet*
Betway*
Unibet*
888Sport*
10bet*
Comeon*
188Bet

*available to use in the UK

Our experience of using both independent bookmakers and other major bookmakers suggests that football odds are generally quite consistent across many firms and using sites like Oddschecker or Oddsportal can help to increase returns further by shopping for the best price. In opposition to markets like horse racing, football markets (especially 1×2) are hosted on most platforms.

Signing up to as many bookmaker sites as possible should maximise returns and reduce the chances of restrictions if bets are spread around sensibly.

Exchanges

Despite not having any comparative data for this period, Jon has been using Betfair and other exchanges to place some of these bets when prices are better than what is available with the bookmakers.

Even with deductions for commission, odds are generally competitive and the service can be used profitably on these platforms.

Service Nuts & Bolts

About: AI Football Tips uses a 400,000 game database, machine learning and a value strategy to identify both single and double bets for placement.

Bet Timing: Bets are released at around 8am GMT each day, usually earlier. They are typically finished and ready by 5am UK time but this gives a little latitude in case of the odd delay.

Bet Type: Singles and doubles on 1×2 football markets from a range of global markets.

Bookmakers: AI Football Tips’ results above are based on average bookmaker prices. These figures have been tested using bookmaker ‘fair odds’, taking the average price across around 35 bookmakers (and always avoiding stand outs or stale prices). It is very rare that followers can not get (or beat) the quoted prices by using a wide range of bookmakers. Pinnacle price recording is a plan for the service moving forward.

Number Of Bets: Around 2-4 bets per day can be expected with a full calendar of global football matches but this can drop slightly if there are less games (or value bets) available. It is naturally busier on a weekend, when many football fixtures take place.

Staking: 2.5% of any betting bank as a stake is advised for each single or double bet.

Betting Bank: We advocate a 100 point starting bank for this service.

The only place you can now subscribe to the AI Football Tips service is via the Smart Betting Club.

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SBC 126 Out Now – 3 New Betting Exchange Friendly Tipsters Reviewed

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Peter Ling

The latest SBC Magazine – Issue 126 is out now and available for immediate download to all Smart Betting Club members.

It’s a ‘Betting Exchange Tipster’ special with 3 services you can follow on Betfair or other exchanges – ideal if you have been stake restricted/closed or are worried about it in the future

Review 1: The Free PGA Golf Tipster Up 44% ROI since 2019. Best of all – the tips can easily be followed and backed on the betting exchange as our review outlines the better performance achieved when backing these in real-life on Betfair.SBC 126 contains detailed reviews on three very profitable, yet very different tipsters as follows:

Review 2: The fantastic Golf Betting Club service and the profits made both from their pre-tour and in-play bets. The ‘Odds Movement’ section of our in-depth review outlines the better odds available on their tips if using betting exchanges. Note – SBC members can save £50 on the cost of joining GBC.

Review 3: The winning football tipster advising bets to obtainable Betfair exchange odds only! He has turned a steady profit over the course of 3 years and more than 1400 bets betting in major European Leagues and cups. Bets are only advised when markets are liquid on Betfair and thus ensuring everyone can get on and at least match, if not beat the quoted odds.

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Memberships are currently at super low prices with subscription starting from as little as £32.99 + VAT.

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The Spanish football tipster with an 8 year profitable record betting at Pinnacle

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Peter Ling

Betting and being profitable at Pinnacle is perhaps the holy grail (or pinnacle) of sports betting for shrewd bettors who understand the complexities of betting with normal bookmakers.

Reason being is that Pinnacle does not follow the same business model of UK bookmakers and actually encourages winners to bet on their site meaning no limitations and the opportunity to bet large stakes.

Plus, as it’s one of the sharpest bookmakers around, it means you are clearly doing something right if you are able to make money there.

This is why the latest SBC Tipster Review of the Serpa Bets service is so fascinating as its a football tipping service that has made a profit to Pinnacle quoted odds for several years.

Sergio, the expert behind Serpa Bets is also regularly beating the closing line (i.e. odds at Kick Off) at Pinnacle which, if you know a bit about betting, is the goal you should be aiming for and will secure you profits in the long run.

What does this mean for followers of Serpa Bets?

Well it means 2 things…

If you have access to Pinnacle, either as a non-UK resident or through a broker, you have a ready-made, profitable strategy to use with no limitations or restrictions to face at the bookmaker.
If you do not have access to Pinnacle, you can often get these odds at other more ‘UK-friendly’ bookies/exchanges meaning you too can regularly beat the closing line.

This latest review looks into exactly how the service is essentially beating the ‘sharp’ bookmakers and illustrates how it is beating the closing line.

The numbers are there to prove it as well…since 2013 the service has shown a 5.03% ROI over 1996 bets. That’s a profitable record over 8 years of betting!

Plus, until the end of 2021, Serpa Bets’ tips will be free to SBC members.

You can read this review and sign-up to follow Serpa Bets for free as a Smart Betting Club member. Subscribe now for instant access!

More On Serpa Bets

Sergio Perez of Serpa Bets is a Spanish football betting expert, providing followers with betting advice from the Primera (La Liga) and Segunda leagues.

Over the years Sergio has built up an impressive body of work, initially via the tipping platform Blogabet (2014 to 2021) and since the start of 2020 as one of the SBC’s stable of free to follow tipsters. The focus lies on the Asian Handicap markets and the Over/Under goal lines, where Serpa Bets has achieved very solid long-term ROI figures.

So solid in fact the long term figures show a Return on Investment of 5.03% over 1996 bets. That‘s profits spanning 8 years which clearly indicates a long term edge.

It is fair to say that Serpa Bets has evolved over the years. Although today the service concentrates solely on the two main Spanish leagues, it initially mixed this with bets on international games, Champions’ League and Europa League matches too.

Gradually however, Serpa Bets became more and more Spanish-centric. In 2016 the two current leagues plus the Segunda B (third tier Spanish division) became the sole focus. The latter has been subsequently dropped due to an increasing lack of liquidity in the market which meant that it was difficult for followers to get anything like a meaningful bet on without crushing the odds.

Nowadays the service simply focuses on bets in the top 2 Spanish Leagues and a mix of Asian Handicap, 1X2 and Over/Under bets.

Detailed Review Analysis

In the SBC Serpa Bets Tipster Review we have extensively analysed the service and how it has made profits spanning 8 football seasons.

There are 3 main areas of analysis that I wanted to highlight to you in this email. There is of course a lot more analysis to be read in the Tipster Review.

Firstly, amongst the analysis we discovered some edges of note including how profits were broken down by bet type.

We see here that both Asian Handicap and 1X2 bets are the most profitable with over/under bets being the least profitable (but still in profit).

There’s also significance in the performance by bookmaker table which clearly demonstrates Sergio’s edge at ‘sharp’ bookmakers Pinnacle and SBOBET.

This table shows every bet at every bookmaker since 2013. In recent years Sergio has cut all but Pinnacle/SBObet from his selections and since 2020 he has just advised bets at Pinnacle.

Odds That Are Available

Then perhaps most importantly for non-Pinnacle bettors, the below two tables show the odds tracking analysis we performed which monitored the odds movements on bets advised.

The tracking was done over 116 random bets and looks at advised prices, the odds when the bet was received, 60 minutes later, and the closing line odds, i.e. those at kick off time.

It also incorporates 2 sets of bookmakers, the likes of Pinnacle and SBO Bet and then a more “UK-friendly” set of bookies (Bet365, BetVictor and the Exchanges)

What this shows is that while you can get better odds at Pinnacle, the ROI differences are minimal, suggesting that even if unable to bet with Pinnacle, you can benefit from Serpa Bets without taking too much of a hit to your ROI, especially if able to get on within an hour of bet release.

Crucially it indicates a clear edge over closing prices too.

The odds movement analysis was a small subset of the service’s bets but if we assume the pattern remains for the overall picture then we can also assume we will be profitable taking these bets at UK-friendly bookmakers.

So if betting at Bet365, BetVictor and the Exchanges you are still beating the closing line (great) and ROI differences are only minimal when comparing the odds movements against betting at the sharps.

As an example then, you could take these bets at Betfair Exchange, still be profitable and not face restrictions and staking limits that you would get from the usual UK bookie.

Which makes Serpa Bets a tipster that you should certainly consider adding to your betting portfolio!

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Kind regards
Pete

Smart Betting Club
Owner and Founder

Professional punter insight on what it takes to win football betting – One expert speaks

Posted on August 9, 2019August 19, 2019 by Peter Ling

Tuesday saw the release of our 2019/20 Season Football Tipster Guide – featuring our take on 16 of the very best football tipsters to follow this season.

Designed to help you find genuine, proven experts to follow in this season – its the perfect antidote to all the ‘predictions’ written by ex professional footballers or journalists with no background or experience in what it takes to make a profit football betting.

Playing football is one thing – betting on it another thing entirely!

One man who does know how to make a profit football betting is the very highly rated expert – Greg Gordon, who since 2006 has run a very profitable tipping service advising bets across a range of major English, Scottish & European leagues.

Greg was one of the experts featured within our 2019/20 Football Tipster Guide and alongside our detailed analysis on his performance, we also grilled him on the current state of play football betting as he saw it.

As a peek behind the curtain on what you can expect to find in the 2019/20 Football Tipster Guide, in this article you can read his interview in full.

We asked him about his performance last season, his thoughts on modern day football betting, the bookmakers & exchanges he uses PLUS his top advice for aspiring football punters.

As Greg also outlines, Smart Betting Club members can save a whopping £100 on the cost of joining his expert service – all thanks to our independent punter-first setup, where you pocket savings not us!

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Interview With Greg Gordon – As Taken From The 2019/20 Season Football Tipster Guide

SBC: Can you talk us through your tipping performance during the 2018/19 season and what you achieved overall?

Greg: At the end of each season, I always go back to first principles and I look at the season as a whole, before breaking it down into its constituent parts and its particular themes.

The first thing I’d say is that I am always happy to take a profit.

A profit of 20+ points is respectable enough. So is an ROI of 5.28%. With fees of £275 (with the £100 SBC discount applied) a return of £2,000 for an outlay of £275 is not to be sniffed at when compared to other places you could put your money for 10 months.

So big picture is OK. Not as good as last season, where I made a 44.37pts profit at an ROI of 14.84% – but not bad by any means.

Last season, your return would have been £4437 for the £275 outlay and adding the last 2 seasons together, that’s a £6437 profit for a £550 outlay.

Adding the last 2 seasons together, that’s a £6437 profit for a £550 outlay.

During the 18/19 season, we were prisoners of where the results fell and that is basically an occupational hazard in any betting endeavour.

Those that joined in the second half of the season will have had poor results and perhaps even a negative impression of the service. But the season as a whole was good, just as the previous seven seasons have been good.

Over the past 7 seasons I have averaged a profit of 31 points each season at a ROI of between 7 and 8%. Some seasons this figure is slightly higher and some slightly lower but I take strength from the fact my advice consistently beats the bookmaker.

Over the past 7 seasons I have averaged a profit of 31 points each season at a ROI of between 7 and 8%

It is what keeps me going on the days when things go wrong and equally I never go overboard on those great days where everything we touch turns to gold, which seems to happen at least once or twice every season.

And this is the nub of things for anyone betting seriously:

In a short run of bets, such as a half season or a few months you often get an extreme run of positive or negative results and I am sure that’s what happened for me this season more than usual.

When things went well in the first half of the season they went extremely well – with a lot of results falling our way, late in games. Latterly, when we’ve had a bad day or a bad run, the bit of counterbalancing luck you’d expect has deserted us.

At the time it doesn’t seem significant – three bad days a season.

But if you take say just five losing football bets and turn them into winners over a run of say, 100 bets you’d see quite a different picture and the effect of small margins for error, really running for you in individual games.

If you extrapolate that out, then -15pts or +15pts over 300 bets could typically be turned into a -15pts to a +20pts, a swing of as much as 35pts.

I’ve tried to mitigate against that potential for volatility by having more bets this season. It hasn’t worked out like I’d have hoped, largely because there’s been less goals around than I’d expect in the second half of the season. What I’ll need to ponder is, ‘is that likely to be an ongoing trend or is it just a quirk of a particular run of games?’

I look at 2019’s results and I don’t think there’s a deeper meaning to them than the variance of a small sample, based on my experience over the last 12 years. And I also know that to look or invent reasons for a run of results in retrospect, when you are dealing with a small sample size, can lead you down a false trail. I am wary of doing that.

SBC: Were there any notable highlights or challenges faced last season which stand out?

Greg: Starting with a negative: In a football sense there’s been a lot less late goals than I’d normally expect in the leagues I bet in, over the last two quarters of this season.

There’s been a lot less late goals than I’d normally expect in the leagues I bet in

That could be a function of a few things – players mentality, teams’ instructions and a fear of conceding overriding a desire to go and take risks to score that winning goal.

My suspicion is that current coaching fashion and the ‘too many cooks’ culture at most football clubs isn’t helping teams get a consistent, coherent message across to players for the whole season long.

For example, Liverpool take 25+ staff to every away game. In my opinion what can they possibly be adding other than a need to justify their own salaries? The result isn’t good for players that basically need a clear, concise message at all times, and strong sense of who they answer to and what the expectations are for them. Instead, their heads are full of complex, competing messages from a series of ‘expert practitioners’ from various disciplines.

So, what does this mean in terms of football betting? I think in a season of two halves, motivation and demotivation is going to be a key influencer on results and also goals tallies looking ahead. I think we now have to consider how we respond to a season, not as individual games or quarters but as two distinct halves.

So, while I started this answer with a negative, I think there is also a massive opportunity here for punters and tipsters that can look at the calendar in a dynamic, new way.

SBC: Will you be changing your tipping strategy at all for the forthcoming season? If so, what adjustments will you be applying and why?

Greg: For me it is always small changes, tweaks to thinking. The foundations are all solid but what fluctuates are short term results. Mainly, I’ll approach this season with optimism and an open mind. I think being open minded to the need to adapt on the hoof, and also being resolute where you need to be, is the balancing act that every punter has to negotiate.

SBC: Which bookmakers do you recommend for those following your service?

Greg: These days I am almost running a three tier service. For every member I have with a full suite of bookmaker accounts as listed on Oddschecker, I have many more restricted to a few accounts, solely to the exchanges or solely to Asian accounts or a provider such as Mollybet.

I only bet on match results and goals markets these days so the service isn’t restrictive or hard to follow.

It is a broad church service with a common sense approach – whether you bet with bookmakers, exchanges or bet brokers.

Basically it is a broad church service with a common sense approach – whether you bet with bookmakers, exchanges or bet brokers. I’ve set it up so everyone can get the bets on somewhere and in some combination that suits the accounts at their disposal.

SBC: What advice do you have for punters to help them with their football betting this coming season?

Greg: In terms of addressing a bad run, and this is general betting advice for tipster or punter alike, and advice I’ve been given myself: it is a balancing act between maintaining good principles that have stood you in good stead for many years while keeping an open mind to the potential for underlying change in the markets you are betting on.

On an individual level that means going back to first principles with every bet and making sure that you are confident that your thinking is sound and that you are betting to prices where you have an edge. Those are the two things that as a punter you can control – your opinion married to the price on offer. Everything else is ‘on the day’ and especially so in a low scoring game like football.

When the dust has settled and you are looking back over the bets you’ve done, see if there are common mistakes in your thinking, or pitfalls that you regularly fall into. Obviously, these are things that cost you money, that you don’t want to replicate.

I always say that you learn far more from your losers than your winners because winners don’t tend to be evaluated fairly. When we win we assume that skill has played a greater part than luck for the most part. It is easy to be over-critical of a good bet that has lost and to consider the process that got you there to be flawed.

I always say that you learn far more from your losers than your winners because winners don’t tend to be evaluated fairly

I wish there was a series of easy answers I could give you, but I know from past experience that taking care of details and simultaneously working hard on individual bets and the bigger picture is the only way to turn results around and that’s what you should strive to do. It is sore when you lose always, but it is not half as sore when you know that you have done your homework and applied your methods consistently. That’s what generates long term, steady success and that’s what means you’ll come out in front in the end, again and again.

SBC: Do you have any strong ante-post bets or teams/angles/managers to watch for the coming season?

(Note – the following was written on the 30th July and since then, some of the market prices have changed)

Greg: In the antepost markets, I can’t see past Cove Rangers in League Two they have been a popular choice in preseason but I still think there is value in their chances at anything over 5/4 (2.25). They are probably going to go off at around 7/4 (2.75) by the start of the season.

(Greg was correct on the above as before their first game of the season, Cove were 7/4 and are now 11/10 after an impressive start)

As an each way treble of Falkirk to win League One and Dundee United to win The Championship and Cove to win League Two should pay around 13/1 (14.0) and I’d expect all three to be in the frame

Cove have three players on Championship wages in League Two (Park, Masson and Megginson) and the money to back up an assault on the lower leagues above their current level. I can’t see any consistent challenge to their deep pockets over the next 10 months as every other team in their section has had to rebuild from scratch this summer and will take time to gel, even if their recruitment proves to be good. Cove, with a settled team that are used to winning, could be out of sight before the daffodils have bloomed.

SBC: Can you outline the membership options and terms you are offering during the 2019/20 season and any special offers you might have for SBC Members?

Greg: I always offer a £100 discount to SBC members. That takes annual fees of £375 down to £275 for the season up until May 2020.

Factor in the ability to join the Smart Betting Club for just £27.99 and anyone wishing to join my service would be mad to not join you guys first.

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Providing insight into the experts with a proven history of making money football betting long-term

It also includes details on 2 expert football tipsters providing their advice for free to Smart Betting Club members this season.

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Best Regards

Peter Ling

Smart Betting Club Owner and Founder

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. Download the review in PDF form via this link.

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.

With strong profits made so far, our review explores all aspects of the Wisdom of Crowds service including how the automated software works and our findings in real-life testing. No stone is left unturned in our analysis.

This review of The Wisdom of Crowds is another great example of how a membership of the Smart Betting Club can help provide you with everything you need to make money betting using tipsters.

You can now read our original SBC review of his service in full for free. Simply click the link below to download your special free PDF.

Download The Detailed ‘Wisdom of Crowds’ SBC Review

Missed Our Other Free Review?

If you are a racing fan or even a fan of good tipsters in general, make sure you don’t miss out on the other FREE SBC review of ‘The Value Bettor’ service.

Since we began proofing his tips in 2012, he has made a Return on Investment of 35.1% from 1,305 bets advised and continues to impress hugely.

Already for the current, ongoing NH season (for that is his specialty), The Value Bettor is up an extra 16 points profit @ 31% ROI from his first 52 bets of the year, with more profits expected over coming months.

You can now read our original SBC review of his service in full for free. Simply click the link below to download your special free PDF.

Download The Detailed ‘The Value Bettor’ SBC Review

Forensic Tipster Examination As Standard

These reviews are indicative as to the level of detail the Smart Betting Club team goes into when analysing a tipster we recommend.

We don’t simply put forward a tipster based on a few months results or a streak of good form, but genuinely long-term stats that demonstrate they have a clear edge on the bookmaker.

A tipster has to tick a lot of boxes to get through the Smart Betting Club review process and come out the other side with our recommendation.

After all our goal is not to help you beat the bookmaker for a few weeks or months but for several years to come.

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If you enjoy these free reviews and are keen to learn more on many other tipsters just like The Value Bettor and Wisdom of Crowds, then you might like to consider a Smart Betting Club membership.

They are just 2 of many tipsters providing advice across a range of sports and markets that we track, analyse and recommend for Smart Betting Club members to follow.

Upon joining, you gain full access to our ‘Hall of Fame’ listings, which features more than 20 other recommended tipsters of high quality that we independently recommend.

Discover more on how the SBC team can help your betting.

Best Regards

Pete Ling

The Football Insider With A Unique ‘Laidback Betting’ Tips Strategy

Posted on November 19, 2018August 21, 2019 by Peter Ling

Earlier this month saw our publication of the very latest SBC Best Tipster Guide review – our take on the outstanding football insider tipster with 12 seasons of profits behind him.

Since the start of the 2016/17 season alone, he has made a 87.6 point profit from 583 bets at 11.5% ROI and averaged 80% bank growth each season to outline just why he rate him so highly.

But its not just this recent record behind our recommendation, but several other key points ranging from his longer-term profitable record, his football & betting connections, his suitability for exchange or bet broker only punters and his laidback betting approach.

To help illustrate more on this, here are 6 key reasons as to why you need to read this review. (Immediate access to the review and the full SBC service can be obtained right now with a Platinum ‘Pro-Punter’ membership)

1. An exceptionally well connected ‘insider’

These tips come from a very well connected source indeed who holds a variety of roles in the football and betting world. Not only does he run this tipping service but he also works as a ‘Next Opponent Analyst’ – a role which takes him to any number of matches, each of which he will watch with an analytical eye and allow him to assess teams’ form and relative strengths and weaknesses.

His contact book is also very well stocked with connections in both the football world (scouts, coaches, ex and current professional footballers) and the betting world (traders, pro-punters, syndicates) that marks him out as a true ‘insider’ with a network that is second to none.

2. A profitable record dating back to 2006

This tipster is one of the longest running services we monitor here at the SBC. It opened its doors to paying customers back in 2006 and we first reviewed it way back in SBC issue #27, first released in July 2008, more than a decade ago.

Following sustained profitability this service was inducted into the ‘Hall of Fame’ in 2012 where it has remained since, which is testament to the consistency in profits produced over the years. It’s fair to say that to maintain an edge in the betting markets for twelve years, you must become a genuine expert within your chosen field.

3. Suitable for following with bookmakers or exchanges/brokers only for those restricted

Our research into the service revealed that 80% of the bets advised are best priced with either an Asian firm or a Betting Exchange, which suggests that this is a service you can follow without access to UK high street bookmakers.

This is also not a service quoting early, unavailable prices with little-known bookmakers as it focuses on the main betting markets (1X2, Asian Handicap & Over/Unders) when plenty of money is swishing around.

4. Laidback betting – easy to follow

The service works based on a theme titled ‘laidback betting’ which means easy instructions, available markets and a commitment to steady, incremental gains underpinned with an aversion to morale-sapping losing runs. This is also reflected in the number of bets each week, where you can expect between 3 to 5 as a average for each set of weekend fixtures and an outlay of between 4 to 7 points in total.

5. All tips come with detailed explanation as to their selection

Whilst you can simply place the bets and walk away as per the ‘laidback betting’ concept, for those of you after more detail on the reasons behind each tip, you can enjoy access to a informative write-up as to its selection.

Whether it be a tip on ‘Peterhead’ in the Scottish Cup or Real Madrid in the Champions League, the detail supplied is second-to-none and provides all the confidence needed that your bet is well researched.

6. Save £100 on joining this tipster with SBC

As an SBC member you can save £100 on the cost of a full season (pro-rata discounts also available for shorter periods) with this particular expert as part of the Tipster Savings we negotiate on your behalf.

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Full details on this tipster plus a further 12 other recommended experts can be accessed now through the SBC’s Best Tipster Guide. Available now via the very popular Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ membership (our complete package).

What Is The Best Tipster Guide?

The Best Tipster Guide is a collection of 13 of the very best tipsters as uncovered by the Smart Betting Club since 2016 and it comes in three parts as follows:

The 2018 Best Tipster Guide featuring 3 new top tipster reviews from this year
The 2017 Best Tipster Guide, featuring reviews of 5 more top tipsters, who continue to make consistent profits;
The original 2016 Best Tipster Guide, which featured our first 5 top-rated tipsters, each of whom have also continued to make a profit since inclusion.

By purchasing access to the Best Tipster Guide through a Platinum SBC membership, you will receive full access to all 13 detailed tipster reviews and unique tipster discounts.

As well as gaining access to the full Best Tipster Guide, a Platinum Smart Betting Club membership also grants you full access to our complete ‘Professional Punter’ package including:

1 Year of SBC Magazines;
1 Year of Tipster Profit Reports;
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Access to our 12-year Back Catalogue;
Access To The SBC Tipping Forum;
Gold Tipster Discounts & Trials;
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Our Best Systems & Guides;
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All told – it’s quite the package with a huge amount of expertise and information available to you and all from a genuinely independent source.

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See you on the inside.