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📰 SBC Magazine Issue #148: Tilt The Odds Reviewed. BUMPER ISSUE out now!

Posted on by Josh P

Today saw the release of the latest SBC Magazine (Issue #148) which is once again packed with information, news, intelligence and reviews to help you to make your betting profitable. Explore the SBC Magazines here.

The feature tipster review this month examines the Tilt The Odds racing service – and it’s a VERY detailed exploration (21 pages long) of just what their win-only strategy offers.

A unique platform, offering the potential to place LOTS of bets, both singles and multiples, our review highlights just where the value lies and the type of bettors it suits.

The detail in this review is where we think we stand apart: surface level analysis can hide all kinds of quirks and the only way to really get a clear and realistic picture is to drill down into the data and investigate. We want to be able to tell readers if the service will be suitable for them!

(Note – there is a special 60 day trial available for Tilt The Odds for SBC Members keen to test them out. Another benefit of being part of SBC!)

Also In SBC 148

Jose, a legend of the betting world joined me for a special 2-parter on the SBC Podcast, providing insight that will be useful for bettors everywhere. He really is a master when it comes to the practicality of betting.

In addition, we introduce two new football betting services who we have worked closely with to create sustainable and achievable returns. Lots of work has gone into making these offerings the best they can be – we explain how inside!

The magazine also contains two other previews and several stories from the betting world with our comments and commentary on them, making this the perfect one stop shop for everything you need to know!

Sign-up for membership to get instant access to SBC 148 and our full back catalogue​

Clocking in at 63 pages long, SBC 148 includes:

  • A detailed review of the Tilt The Odds win only multiple strategy and what is needed to get the most out of it
  • A 2-part podcast with Jose covering everything from edges and networking through to CLV and the practicalities of getting on
  • An introduction to two new betting services that are currently FREE for SBC Members
  • Syndicates, unlikely alliances, bad bookmaker behaviour and much more in our gambling news round up
  • A Snapshot Review and a Six Nations Preview

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To have a good look at what SBC Members get, this video introduces changes to the area of the site for those with full subscriptions, providing you with a sneak peak of what is inside!

📰 New Racing Tipster Profit Report: Best To Follow In 2025 (And Beyond!)

Posted on by Josh P

Today saw the release of our latest Racing Tipster Profit Report which documents the ongoing performance of well known and previously reviewed services such as Andy Holding Speed Figures, Learn Bet Win and Bookie Bashing.

Tipsters’ performance can fluctuate over time and in an ever changing betting world with volatile markets, keeping an eye on this is more important than ever. This is why we produce these reports – to keep on top of who has maintained their edge.

Independent from marketing spin or the selling of dreams, we combine the objectivity of data and our more subjective intelligence to serve one purpose – finding the best tipsters for our members.

Sign-up for membership to get instant access to this report and our full back catalogue

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Clocking in at 23 pages long, this report includes:

  • Up to date headline results for a plethora of services including 9 SBC Hall Of Fame greats (there have been two new ‘inductees’, our 5 Premium Services and several others
  • Profit, ROI and ROC tables to compare the very best tipsters against each other
  • Commentary on important ‘user experience’ information such as odds attainability and the workload needed to follow tipsters in
  • Our intelligence and thoughts about developments since the last report, looking at items such as customer service, policies that tipsters use and performance

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Gwdihw Racing: Analysing This Betfair SP Tipster – Explaining Our New Metrics

Posted on by Josh P

In our SBC Magazine for November, Issue #147, we took a look at Gwdihw Racing, a Betfair SP tipster that is free to follow.

From our usual analysis point of view, this presented issues as for the first time we were looking at a service that didn’t have Closing Line Value as a metric we could look at. I.e. we couldn’t benchmark performance against Betfair SP as that is what it used!

With that in mind, we introduced a few more bits of analysis to help us explore not only Gwdihw Racing but Betfair SP and exchange-based tipsters themselves. We talked about it in SBC Podcast #82 but thought that sharing a little more detail in this email would be useful too!

An Evolution In Betting

Before discussing those metrics, it is worth discussing why a Betfair SP tipster is so attractive to punters, especially successful players.

Account restrictions, high margins on early prices and bookmakers’ unwillingness to lay racing bets have made it more difficult than ever to make sustainable profits from the sport.

As John, Gwdihw’s operator, discusses here, profit and loss to bookmaker prices can often be illusory:

 

Gwdihw avoids all of these pitfalls by taking on the toughest of lines – Betfair SP. Outside of pure Profit and Loss figures, here are two of our newer metrics that we introduced to analyse the service…

A/E and PRB

Actual/Expected is a great way to test whether a system or strategy is performing beyond bare profit and loss as it weeds out unsustainable approaches and tests the selection process against market expectation.

This will be tethered to P&L for the most part (especially at Betfair SP), but as Josh points out in the review, a record can mask unsustainable approaches when big winners skew the overall figures – we introduce A/E to assess Gwdihw’s approach.

Another way to assess a racing tipster is Percentage Of Rivals Beaten (or PRB). Here we took each selection’s position in the market at the off and compared that to where they actually finished, providing more context to how the bets were performing.

Advanced Analytics & Adaptations To Suit The User

Another item of discussion in the review was staking, something that John had identified as an area of possible improvement himself.

Using our Advanced Analytics, we compared the flat staking that John uses to measure his bets against a unit-win staking to deepen our understanding of performance:

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Why did we do this? Well a flat staking strategy can place a massive premium on certain longer priced horses if they are staked to the same level as an odds-on favourite so a more blended strategy can be deployed to even this disparity out.

As you can see here, it also provides the opportunity to approach a strategy with lower drawdowns and a less volatile betting journey.

Read All Of Our Reviews With A Subscription!

A full review of Gwdihw with all of this analysis (and a lot more!) is instantly available with a SBC Membership and different sign up options are available here.

Along with Gwdihw Racing, you will also be able to access all of our historical reviews in our back catalogue as well as several further member benefits that you can read about here.

If you want to know how a SBC Membership can help your betting it is well worth reading this Case Study from our member, James, who details how he has made just under £20k using the SBC since (re)joining us in January 2023!

If you want to know more about what we do or have any further questions please get in touch!

📰 SBC Magazine Issue #147: Exploring The Tipster Up 8.78% ROI at Betfair SP

Posted on by Josh P

Today saw the release of SBC Magazine #147 and it is packed with information, news, intelligence and a review to help you to make your betting profitable.

A free Betfair SP (BSP) Racing Tipster takes centre stage in our review this month as we introduce some new metrics to assess a service that has made an 8.78% ROI from nearly 5000 bets.

Betting at BSP presents challenges, so we have incorporated some newer measurements to see how strong the edge is and whether it is sustainable. The whats, whys and hows are all discussed in detail inside!

Cryptocurrency and offshore bookmakers also feature prominently this month as I was joined by Alex ‘Pisky’ Piskopos for SBC Podcast #81. To follow up, we recorded a Members Only video to talk specifically about this medium and how to use it securely and safely.

Alongside these themes, we have all of our usual news, commentary, tips and tricks to keep readers informed and ready to do battle with the markets!

Sign-up for membership to get instant access to SBC 147 and our full back catalogue​

Clocking in at 49 pages long, SBC 147 includes:

  • A full review of a free BSP horse racing tipster with tipster quotes and alternative following options presented
  • Accompanying metric and measurement analysis in a brand new guide
  • A podcast, a Members Only Video and a visit I made to another show
  • Cryptocurrency and offshore bookmaker content
  • Safer Gambling Week messaging madness from industry stakeholders
  • Our plans to support the wider betting community
  • Much more!

 

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If you want to learn more about the SBC then our members are probably the best people to listen to.

To read about the experience of someone who has been with us for just over a year, click here. If you would like to read a wider range of opinions, this page has some testimonials and this page profiles some wider case studies!

🎧SBC Podcast #79 – Thomas Pearson On Punting, Tipping & How To Treat Customers Fairly!🎧

Posted on by Josh P

In the latest SBC Podcast I am joined by a fascinating guest who’s service was the at the centre of the latest SBC Magazine.

Thomas Pearson is the owner/operator of the service that bears his name and he has built up a very impressive record since he started his horse racing tipping at the start of 2023.

Big prices, big winners and 20%+ returns to Betfair SP have made him popular with a wide ranging audience and in this chat we discuss all aspects of his service alongside his journey to get here and his own personal betting.

Thomas’s Fair Odds Policy was also a big part of our chat as we went through what he does, why he does it and how this compares to the rest of the tipster market (of who many have no qualms in taking the best prices before markets have even formed!).

You can listen to Episode 79 now via Apple / Spotify / YouTube and all other major podcast directories (search Smart Betting Club)

You can also support the SBC Podcast by visiting our brand new podcast sponsor, Matchbook. You can get 150 days, commission free with them via this link.

 

In this chat, Thomas and I talk about:

  • An introduction to Thomas Pearson
  • Thomas’s punting – is he a full-time punter?
  • How ‘TP’ got here
  • Switching from being ‘degenerate’ to betting more selectively
  • Horse racing only? What else does TP bet on?
  • Thomas’s favourite types of races for betting & tipping
  • Tissue pricing & other ways to determine price
  • What makes a horse value? How does a race set up help?
  • Thomas’s favourite code & race types
  • TP Racing Tips & what came before
  • Data, drawdowns & tempering expectations
  • Fair odds, attainable prices & bad tipster practices discussed
  • An edge at BSP
  • How Thomas bets his tips
  • A very affordable price point
  • Betting on pool – a possible future service?!

Thomas was a great guest and the way he runs his service is both innovative and refreshing.

One quote that stood out in our chat was ‘One thing I would say is… a tipster’s record…if you’re following them, you should be able to better them.‘ – I wholeheartedly agree!

I hope that you enjoy the listen!

Jam Packed SBC Issue: Explore The Betfair SP Racing Tipster (20% ROI) & A Lot More

Posted on by Josh P

The latest SBC Magazine (Issue 145) has just been published, and it is packed with information, news, resources and reviews to help you make your betting profitable.

Horse racing is a sport where how you tip matters and our first tipster review looks at a service that does everything right.

Mid-morning bet release, a (very) fair odds policy and profitable on exchanges (20.91% at Betfair SP) – this service is young but looks very promising – we take a deep dive into the numbers!

Our other reporting from the month focuses on a SBC Premium Service Demetrio Giotti, who has started the 24/25 season with 4/4 successful tips.

We look at the long-term data, CLV, a challenging 23/24 season and a lot more for a service that is the perfect fit for anyone looking for a solid, scalable edge that can be utilised with sharp bookmakers such as Pinnacle.

We provide a snapshot of what’s inside below. If it sounds like it could be for you, then sign-up for membership to get instant access to SBC 145 and our full back catalogue​

SBC 145 includes:

  • A horse racing service review with an edge to both advised prices and Betfair SP: lots of boxes are ticked with this one and at just £15 a month, it is a candidate for anyone’s portfolio​
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  • A deep dive recap on Demetrio Giotti and one of the very best scalable edges
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  • Various podcast and Spaces content with the likes of Mads Kindberg Nielsen, Matthew Trenhaile & Lee Keys starring
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  • Video guides for the ‘Top 10’ services that can be used worldwide and Irish Cash Consortium

Alongside this, the magazine also contains our ongoing commentary on political developments on both sides of the Atlantic as bettors face some new (and old!) challenges from both operators and legislators alike.

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To have a good look at what SBC Members get, this video introduces changes to the area of the site for those with full subscriptions, providing you with a sneak peak of what is inside!

🏇 An Update On The Very Best Horse Racing Tipsters 🏇

Posted on by Josh P

Ranked: The Very Best Horse Racing Tipsters

Following on from our recent Sports Tipster Profit Report, we have just released our brand new Horse Racing Tipster Profit Report featuring all of the latest results, ratings, league tables and recommendations from us for the very best racing judges.

Our 8 Hall of Fame rated tipsters are joined by 19 other top horse racing advisory services that have unique offerings for different codes of racing, odds ranges and betting strategies to make consistent profits.

Inside, you will find:

  • Updated results & figures for each tipster over the last 12 months
  • Latest ratings for everything from profitability and risk through to odds availability and cost
  • Comparative league tables to help you pick out the best racing experts
  • Our independent commentary to help you decide which tipsters you should follow in!
  • Any relevant notes on service changes, exclusive SBC Member discounts and betting bank analysis.

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For You: Find The Service That Meets Your Needs

As we all have different circumstances regarding things such as bookmaker availability, time and risk tolerances, this report has specific comparison tables to help narrow down your search to find the very best horse racing tipster for you.

These rankings include:

  • Overall SBC Ratings (with scores out of 5)
  • The best historical performance using a £2,000 bank
  • The best 12 month performance using a £2,000 bank
  • The best ‘Low Workload’ service
  • The best ‘ Low Cost’ service
  • The best ‘Odds Availability’ service (those with low price sensitivity)
  • The best ROI service

With so many options available, these rankings provide the perfect tool to filter services down before making a shortlist and finding the right tipster to start or grow your portfolio!

Read Now With A Smart Betting Club Membership

A SBC membership grants you access to this report and a host of other great features, all designed to help you make money with betting.

Now is a great time to sign-up too as our memberships are currently priced very favourably, starting from as little as £49.99 + VAT for 3 months.

The monthly cost drops considerably if you choose a longer-term membership, adding extra value for those who decide to take up annual subscriptions.

At these prices, you can often make back the subscription fee with the numerous exclusive discounts and free trials we have available. Some discounts actually save you the cost of subscription many times over, so if you have considered any of the services that we preview, SBC Membership is a no brainer!

Plus, we’re so confident that you’ll love our subscription that we’ll give you your money back, no questions asked for up to 90 days, depending on your membership term.

If you have yet to make a profit betting OR if you are looking to add more profit on top of what you already make, then the time to get started is right away.

As soon as you sign-up you are given INSTANT access to the Smart Betting Club members area and all of our expert betting content.

​Subscribe here and take your betting to the next level

Tipster update: ROI jump from 32% to 42% for this in-form racing expert

Posted on by Alex Lyons

What a last few weeks it’s been since we reviewed Hanbury Racing!

Since the cut-off point for our latest review that featured the prolific racing tipster, Hanbury Racing’s ROI has jumped from 32% to over 42%!

That’s another 400 points profit in just a few weeks

Better still, that ROI has shot up to 44% at Betfair SP!

We never like to go overboard on short-term form, but given the interest in this latest review and service, we felt it was fair to pen a full update.

HANBURY DISCOUNT BOOST FOR 3 DAYS!

Not only can you read a full results performance update in this latest review, but there is also an extra discount boost Hanbury Racing is now offering SBC members…

SBC member’s exclusive discount has now been boosted from 25% to 33% on the cost of all Hanbury Racing subscriptions.

That’s a whopping £144 off a full year’s membership!

Full details on this discount is available to SBC paid members as a perk of being in the club.

This huge discount is not available for long. In fact this flash sale will end at midnight on Thursday. So now is the time to join…

Best of all as an SBC member you can read our updated review on this tipster and of course our huge back catalogue of reviews and reports too.

Start profiting today here

Magic Multiples: How This £42.75 bet returned £8652.83!

Posted on by Peter Ling

Are you like one of the many successful gamblers that have faced restrictions from bookmakers due to your success?

Has this derailed your attempts to make some serious profit before you’ve even got started?

And maybe you’re looking for a solution but haven’t come across anything that can help yet?

If so then the Magic Multiples betting service (Currently 100% FREE to follow with SBC) might be the answer to your account restriction problems.

Especially given that just a few weeks back, it tipped up all 6 of these selections on the same day! Yes that’s a £42.75 bet returning £8652.83!

Check out this 9.9 points profit from an advised Super Yankee bet as well.

It was SO close to the 5 out of 5 as we explain below.

He’s how the bet went that was advised for racing on Monday this week:

  • 3.15 Lingfield – Faustus 5-2 generally. Won at 3/1
  • 5.30 Windsor – Secret Shadow 2-1 generally. Won at evens
  • 6.30 Windsor – Ooh Is It 7-4 generally. Won at 11/8
  • 7.30 Windsor – Patient Dream 9-4 generally. Won at 5/2
  • 8.15 Musselburgh – Silver Shade 2-1 generally. Pulled Up

You can see that we actually got quite unlucky on the last leg as the selection pulled up with a bad injury once being released out of the stalls. Advised at 2/1 it was well backed into evens and with his main challenger at 6/4 being beaten by a 12/1 shot you would have had to fancied its chances of winning. Some bookies even voided the bet, although our immediate concern was for the welfare of the horse following the injury suffered.

More on Magic Multiples

Magic Multiples is a service that tips value bets on horse racing and advises the bets in a multiple format designed to help with your betting in 2 main ways…

  1. The multiple bets compound the value found by the expert tipster behind the service meaning you’re making great bets
  2. Multiple bets are more ‘bookmaker friendly’ meaning your shrewd action is hidden from traders and your betting account will last longer

Not only does this strategy have these 2 huge benefits that can really help your betting but the service is massively profitable and is having an absolute stormer of a 2021.

This year alone, Magic Multiples has made a 166.81 point profit at advised prices, which works out at a huge 240.92% ROI.

If your account has Best Odds Guaranteed applied then your profit would have increased to 313.1 points profit at 126.63% ROI!

Here’s another benefit…

…this service is absolutely free to SBC members! You don’t need to pay a penny extra on top of a Smart Betting Club membership to get these tips!!

Our memberships are currently the lowest price they have ever been and come with the many other benefits and free tipsters included in the subscription.

Find out more about SBC memberships and Magic Multiples here

Best Regards

Peter Ling

Smart Betting Club
Owner and Founder

Our Lucky 15 Winning Betting Strategy

Posted on by Peter Ling

If you’re looking for a solution to keep your value bets ‘under the radar’ with bookmakers then the remarkable Lucky 15 strategy we outline in the very latest SBC Magazine Issue #122 might be the perfect solution for you!

Not only can it help you win money betting BUT best of all, does so in a way whereby bookies think you have got lucky and so can easily extend the life of your betting accounts.

Sounds too good to be true?

Well I thought you might think that, which is why in todays email I have some real betting slips with big payouts to prove otherwise, plus details of how it works and the numbers behind it all.

Its safe to say this has been a real gamechanger for members of the SBC team and could easily be for you too.

So if you only ever read one Smart Betting Club review – you might want to make it this one!

This review and strategy is available to read now with a Smart Betting Club membership

Lucky 15 Winners

The strategy itself is based upon Bookie Bashing’s exceptional Horse Racing tracker tool (as featured in SBC 122), which does all the work in finding value horse racing bets for you to back.

When you use this tool with a simple Lucky 15 strategy (as we outline in our review) then you have a seriously powerful betting strategy to add to your portfolio.

In this special review we outline some of the attractive features and benefits of it including…

  • How Lucky 15 bets are looked at more favourably by bookmakers even when you win.
  • How Lucky 15s reduce variance when compared to other accumulators meaning losing runs are less severe. The more risk averse of you will find this much easier to handle!
  • The neat trick that occurs when you compound multiple value bets together.
  • The 10 rules to consider to get the most from the strategy meaning you will give yourself the best chance to profit.

The Lucky 15 Strategy in Action

To put this all into action, in the review we outline the performance obtained using this Lucky 15 strategy during the last few months with real betting accounts and real stakes.

During a 10 week period, we placed 405 Lucky 15 bets and achieved a profit in 99 of these (24%).

Staking a total of £22,740 across these 405 Lucky 15 bets, it returned a clear profit of £6198.33, an impressive ROI of 27.26%!!

Check out some of the winning tickets generated by it below:

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What People Say…

To further back up the performance of this strategy, here are a couple of quotes from two people using it:

“The Racing Tracker offered by Bookie Bashing is one of the best tools that I’ve used in my betting career so far. It is very easy to use and the value it provides is quantifiable, the longer and longer I used it I began coming up with different tailored approaches to what type of horses I select as part of my Lucky 15’s which has increased my ROI Leveraging the Lucky 15 strategy has provided me with an ROI of 20% so far over a sample size of 500+ Lucky 15’s but it also gives you lots of entertainment value and action where you have some action on almost every single race of the day”

S . Long-term SBC member

 

“I was directed towards using the racing tracker a few months back by Pete, the editor of SBC who is a friend of mine. I had time on my hands and he told me it could be a fantastic way of making some extra cash betting on horse racing. Safe to say he was right and after he explained how to best use it by placing Lucky 15’s, I got to work. I have made over £3500 profit since then and using the tracker forms part of my normal morning betting routine these days. I can’t wait to use it during the Cheltenham Festival especially!

M – SBC Member & Bookie Bashing Member

 

Save 50% on your first month with SBC

You can read the full lowdown on this strategy in the full review now available in Issue 122 of the Smart Betting Club magazine.

For those of you looking to give it a go then Smart Betting Club members can save 50% on your first month with Bookie Bashing – enjoying a saving of £34.50!

Given that SBC membership itself can be snapped up for as little as £29.99 + VAT per quarter, then you can effectively sign-up now and save overall if also interested in joining Bookie Bashing.

To access this fantastic discount and our comprehensive review on the service you need to hold a Smart Betting Club Membership.

All memberships are at our lowest ever prices and are backed up by our 30 day and 90 day money back guarantees.

Sign-up to gain instant access

Peter Ling
Smart Betting Club Editor

pete@smartbettingclub.com

P.s. There is no better time to sign up with Cheltenham just around the corner. We expect this racing tracker to really come into its own that week!