Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Results Update
We have reached the end of our six month trial of Banker Bets over 1.5 goals betting and here are the final results:-
| Profit/Loss: | +£91* |
| Strike Rate: | 79% |
| Bank Growth: | 9.1% |
| ROI: | 0.2% |
| Average number of bets: | 4 bets per day |
| Cost: | £27/month, £54/quarter or £155/year |
| VERDICT: | NEUTRAL |
| Rating: |
You can view full results here.
* Results are for both over 1.5 and favourite bets combined
Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Full Review
One of the first services we ever reviewed here at Honest Betting Reviews way back in 2015 was a football betting service called Banker Bets.
This is a service that tips heavy odds-on favourites in football matches.
We awarded it a PASSED rating as it produced an excellent 95 points profit during our trial. We have continued to track results since then.
Whilst it performed very well for the three years after our review, making 145% profit from the single bets and 410% profit from the accumulator bets, it rather trod water after that.
As someone who likes to innovate though, John Baker who runs the service decided to add a new over 1.5 goals market strategy to the service.
Those who are regular football bettors will no doubt be familiar with this market, but for those who are not in essence it means betting for there to be two or more goals in a football match.
Most of the time the odds of over 1.5 goals will be low so you are talking about a high strike-rate system that looks to build the bank over time from lots of small wins that can be compounded.
In terms of this review we tracked both the over 1.5 goals bets and the regular favourites bets – and the results in the table above are for both combined.
As combined results, a small profit of £91 was made over the course of our trial at £50 stakes, so just under 2 points profit at 1-point level stakes.
On that basis, the combined results would warrant a NEUTRAL rating.
However, it was a rather different story in terms of how the two strategies performed over the course of our review (both to £50 stakes):
- Over 1.5 goals: -£587
- Favourites: +£678
So it was the old-school favourites that did the business. Those are the selections they have provided since the inception of the service over 10 years ago and are clearly their “bread and butter” so to speak.
The over 1.5 goals bets did not perform so well unfortunately, losing £587 in our current trial and a previous version of the strategy also lost £1146 (results for that can be seen in our spreadsheet under the “Over 1.5 – Old” tab).
In essence then it doesn’t look like the over 1.5 goals strategy worked as hoped and that strategy would have to go down as a failed one.
The tried and trusted “bankers” – the short odds favourites – however performed commendably and produced a decent profit over our trial.
The stats for those on their own would be:
- Strike rate: 80%
- ROI: 4.5%
- Bank growth: 68%
So pretty decent metrics there – a very high strike rate with a solid ROI and the bank growing by a healthy amount.
Clearly then the favourites are the selections to follow if you are using this service and the over 1.5 bets would be best left alone on the basis of our trial.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The selections are sent out e-mail, usually early in the morning UK time on the day of the matches. There is plenty of time to get the bets on and there are around 4 bets per day on average.
Availability of prices: The bets can be placed at either the bookies or exchanges and we saw no issue with price availability during our trial. You would expect that given the very liquid markets these bets are tipped in.
Strike rate: The strike rate for our trial was very high at 79%. Given the odds tipped at, the strike rate needs to be around that mark or a little higher to generate a profit.
Advised Betting Bank: We used a 20 point bank for our trial – so a £1,000 bank with £50 stakes, which seemed reasonable but might need to be a little higher to withstand some of the volatility experienced.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are £27/month, £54/quarter or £155 per year
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
Banker Bets is a long-running service we originally reviewed way back in 2015 and gave a passed rating to, based on backing odds-on shots – the so-called “bankers” in football matches.
They have added a 1.5 goals strategy to the service in recent times. However, that did not perform well in our trial, making a loss of £578 to £50 stakes.
It was in fact the original bankers (the favourites) that performed much better, netting £678 profit in our trial.
So those are clearly the ones to follow and continue to produce solid results after all these years.
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Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Results Update
15th January 2024
It’s been a tricky time for Over 1.5 Goals Betting from Banker Bets lately, with a loss of £14 made to £50 flat stakes since our last update for their over 1.5 strategy.
That means the new over 1.5 goals strategy is £330 down to £50 stakes for our trial overall, or 6.6 points down to one point level stakes.
You can view full results here.
The favourites have also have had a tough month, with a loss of £93 made since our last update. They are still an excellent £971 up for our trial overall however, or 19.42 points up.
So as mentioned in previous updates, it looks like the Favourites are definitely the ones to focus on with this service.
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Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Results Update
9th December 2023
We continue to see the two strategies go in the opposite direction for Over 1.5 Goals Betting from Banker Bets at the moment, with a loss of £238 made to £50 flat stakes since our last update for their over 1.5 strategy.
That means the new over 1.5 goals strategy is £316 down to £50 stakes for our trial overall, or 6.32 points down to one point level stakes.
You can view full results here.
On the other hand however, the favourites have continued to perform superbly, making a profit of £208 since our last update. That puts them £1064 up for our trial overall.
As mentioned previously, the favourites have always been the bread and butter of the Banker Bets service, going right back to our original review way back in 2015.
So that looks like the strategy to focus on for the time being.
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Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Results Update
7th November 2023
It’s a mixed picture for Over 1.5 Goals Betting from Banker Bets at the moment, with a loss of £214 made to £50 flat stakes since our last update for their over 1.5 strategy.
That means the new over 1.5 goals strategy is £78 down to £50 stakes for our trial overall, or 1.56 points down to one point level stakes.
You can view full results here.
On a more positive note however, the favourites have continued to perform admirably, making a profit of £188 since our last update. That puts them £856 up for our trial overall.
As mentioned last time, the favourites have always been the bread and butter of the Banker Bets service, going right back to our original review way back in 2015.
So it’s not surprising to see those as the best performing of the current strategies and those look like the ones to concentrate on for the time being.
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Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Results Update
5th October 2023
The tough times continue for Over 1.5 Goals Betting from Banker Bets unfortunately, with a loss of £325 made to £50 flat stakes since our last update.
That means the new over 1.5 goals strategy is £136 up to £50 stakes so far, or 2.72 points up to one point level stakes.
You can view full results here.
On a more positive note, the favourites have continued to perform well, making a profit of £29 since our last update. That puts them £668 up for our trial overall.
In many ways it’s the favourites that have always been the bread and butter of the Banker Bets service, going right back to our original review way back in 2015.
So it’s not surprising to see those as the best performing of the current strategies and we wouldn’t be surprised to see them just concentrate on those going forward.
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Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Results Update
1st September 2023
It’s been a tricky month for Over 1.5 Goals Betting from Banker Bets, with a loss of £120 made to £50 flat stakes since our last update.
That means the new over 1.5 goals strategy is £461 up to £50 stakes so far, or 9.22 points up to one point level stakes.
You can view full results here.
We mentioned last month that John who runs the service was considering dropping some of his other systems and he has indeed put them on hold, leaving just the over 1.5 goals and Favourites strategies.
The favourites had a good month, making £117 profit. That puts them £639 up for our trial overall.
The other two systems, draws and over 2.5 goals, were slightly down when they were paused while John does additional study to see if he can make some alterations to improve performance.
In the meantime it makes sense to concentrate on the strategies that were working best and producing the profits, so for the time being we are down to just those two.
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