Back Lucrative – Final Review
We have reached the end of our nine month review of Back Lucrative and here are the final results:-
Profit/Loss: | +105 points |
Strike Rate: | 26% |
Bank Growth: | 53% |
ROI: | 11% |
Average number of bets: | 6 per day |
Cost: | £1 for first 7 days then £37/month or £297/year |
VERDICT: | PASSED |
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You can view full results here. (please note there are two tabs on the spreadsheet for both sets of results).
Back Lucrative – Full Review
Back Lucrative is a long-running horse racing service operated by a professional gambler called Michael Carr. We originally took a look at the service way back in 2015 and have kept an eye on it ever since. It had been closed to new members for quite a while but recently reopened, giving us a chance to run a new review.
Michael who runs the service is a well-known figure in the racing world having produced a number of informative guides and videos on gambling and how he has achieved his own success in the field.
Back Lucrative is a very successful service, having been running since 2013 and amassing over 1500 points profit in that time, including making a profit every year.
With such a strong reputation, you are always a bit worried the review will be a jinx and things will all go pear-shaped.
Well fortunately this time we weren’t a jinx on the service and it performed very well, netting 105 points profit at advised prices across its two strategies.
However, the two strategies – the Value Bets and Banker Bets – performed so differently during our review that we thought it would be useful in this instance to give the results separately.
So looking at them individually, the Value Bets made an excellent 180 points profit whilst the Banker Bets sadly lost 75 points (both at advised prices).
So really it was chalk and cheese between the two strategies.
Looking at the Value Bets first, these are one-point each-way bets looking for value (obviously!) in the market, usually at high odds. They still managed a good strike rate of 31% (including placed horses) even though they are focused on higher-odds selections. And of course with 180 points profit they performed superbly, almost doubling the recommended 200 point betting bank.
The return on investment was also good at 15%, so all in all we were highly impressed with Back Lucrative’s Value Bets.
The only negative we could see is that the Betfair SP results were a long way behind the advised prices and actually made a loss of 2 points in the end.
Such a big difference between the advised prices and BSP results is not something we see very often and may be down in part to the popularity of Back Lucrative, which as you can imagine with over 1500 points profit made in 7 years has a large and loyal following.
The bottom line is that if you want to follow the service you will need access to bookie accounts because you will struggle to make a profit using Betfair.
Turning to the Banker Bets, there isn’t too much that needs to be said really but a loss of 75 points is obviously disappointing and we’re not sure why there was such a discrepancy between the two strategies. The vast majority of the Banker bets are at odds of between 3.0 and 6.0, so perhaps Michael just struggles to find value at this lower odds band.
Either way we wouldn’t be surprised at all if members were betting solely on the Value Bets and if so we certainly wouldn’t blame them.
So how to sum up? Well overall we are definitely happy to award the service a PASSED rating. Even if you followed both strategies you still would have finished with over 100 points profits which is very good going. And if you had followed just the Value Bets then 180 points profit would have been made at advised prices.
So whichever way the tips are followed the results produced strong returns and given the long history of over seven years of profit this has to rank as one of the best horse racing services out there. We would recommend grabbing a place whilst the doors are still open.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The tips are accessed by logging into the Back Lucrative website and the selections are normally available by 10am UK time. With an average of just 3 bets per day per strategy it’s relatively straightforward to follow the service.
Availability of prices: Prices get hit quite considerably, which is not surprising given the popularity of the service but means you will need access to a good number of bookie accounts and to act quickly once tips are posted. As mentioned above, the Betfair SP results actually finished in deficit which helps to demonstrate the value being found early.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 31% (including placed horses) for the Value Bets and 21% for the Banker Bets, which is solid and certainly for the Value Bets is impressive given that it tends to go for horses at longer odds.
Advised Betting Bank: A 200 point bank is recommended for following each strategy, which seems more than sufficient to us.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £1 for the first 7 days then £37 per month or £297 per year. This covers both the Value Bets and Banker Bets, which are not available as separate subscriptions currently.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
This was very much a “Tale of Two Strategies” for Back Lucrative, which is a horse racing service that has two separate betting strategies it employs. One of the strategies, the Value Bets, really hosed up by making 180 points profit whilst the other strategy, the Banker Bets, rather fell at the first, losing 75 points.
Overall though that’s still 105 points profit and given the consistency of the service over the years, which we first started following way back in 2015, it’s a definite PASSED rating from us.
Given the overall profits made over the years and during our trial, we consider this one of the premier horse racing services out there and deserving of its high reputation. Grab a place whilst you still can.
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Back Lucrative – Results Update
3rd August 2020
It’s been another good month for horse racing service Back Lucrative, with 44 points profit made at advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 117 points up for our trial overall at advised prices.
It remains something of a mixed picture however, with their Value Bets 133 points up, while their Banker Bets are 16 points down. It has been a much better month for the Banker Bets however with a profit of 39 points made.
You can view full results here. (please note there are two tabs on the spreadsheet for both sets of results).
At Betfair SP the Value Bets are 22 points up whilst the Banker Bets are 18 points down, giving a total for our trial of +4 points. So it looks like this is a service where you need bookie accounts really to make it worthwhile.
Anyway, we’ll be looking to wrap up this review shortly and unless something dramatic happens it is heading for a clear passed rating.
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Back Lucrative – Results Update
3rd August 2020
A small profit for horse racing service Back Lucrative over the last month, with 8 points profit made at advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 73 points up for our trial overall at advised prices.
It remains a very mixed picture however, with their Value Bets 128 points up, while their Banker Bets are 55 points down.
You can view full results here. (please note there are two tabs on the spreadsheet for both sets of results).
At Betfair SP the Value Bets are 23 points up whilst the Banker Bets are 65 points down, giving a total for our trial of -42 points.
So at the moment it looks like this is a service you need bookmaker accounts for to get the most out of it. If you have bookie accounts then the results for the Value Bets have been strong and are living up to the pre-trial billing.
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Back Lucrative – Results Update
6th July 2020
Horse racing service Back Lucrative has bounced back nicely following the covid break, making a profit of 105 points at advised prices since our last update back in April.
That means they are now 65 points up for our trial overall at advised prices.
It has been a mixed picture however, with their Value Bets actually being 129 points up, while their Banker Bets are 64 points down.
You can view full results here. (please note there are two tabs on the spreadsheet for both sets of results).
At Betfair SP the Value Bets are 48 points up whilst the Banker Bets are 65 points down, giving a total for our trial of -17 points.
So it looks at the moment that the BSP results are falling quite a bit behind the advised prices.
Anyway, good to see the improvement for Back Lucrative since racing resumed, let’s hope it continues.
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Back Lucrative – Results Update
8th April 2020
It’s been a tough start to our re-review of horse racing tipster Back Lucrative, with a loss of 40 points made at advised prices since our trial recommenced at the end of January.
It has been a mixed picture however, with their Value Bets actually being 18 points up, while their Banker Bets are 58 points down.
You can view full results here. (please note there are two tabs on the spreadsheet for both sets of results).
At Betfair SP the story is a little worse, with 62 points lost for our re-review so far (with the Value Bets 1 point up and the Banker Bets 63 points down).
Obviously with racing suspended there are no selections for the time being. The latest from UK racing is that the early season classics – 1,000 Guineas, 2,000 Guineas and Derby – have been postponed until further notice. There are still plans for Royal Ascot to go ahead, with the Queen’s course making plans to hold races behind closed doors but they are dependent on the government allowing it to go ahead, so at the moment it’s up in the air as to whether that happens.
Anyway, whenever racing does get going again let’s hope things pick up for Back Lucrative.
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Back Lucrative Re-Review
30th January 2020
Today we are going to take another look at a service we originally reviewed way back in 2015 and that is horse racing tipster Back Lucrative.
In our original three month review it made a solid 27 points profit, resulting in a neutral rating.
However, since 2015 it has gone on and produced some excellent results and demonstrated a superb level of consistency, adding another 1,000 points profit at a long-term ROI of over 12%.
We often say here that longevity is the ultimate measure of a tipster’s quality and Back Lucrative have certainly demonstrated longevity in spades, having been running since 2013 and amassing over 1,600 points profit in total over that seven-year period.
The yearly totals since our original review have been as follows:-
- 2015: +376 points profit
- 2016: +402 points profit
- 2017: +57 points profit
- 2018: +120 points profit
- 2019: +247 points profit
So as you can see pretty awesome stuff, as also demonstrated in the graph below of compounding stakes (but only compounding up to a £50 maximum):
So the bank would be up to over £60,000 now since 2013 with a maximum risk of £50 stakes.
Now with such impressive long-term results, the service has proved very, very popular as you can probably imagine and they therefore often close the service to new members for long periods.
It has been closed to new members for some time now, but they are opening it up again for a brief window so we thought it would be a good time for us to have another look at the service given its stellar long-term record.
So we will be launching a formal re-review today and will update results here during our trial. Hopefully we will see the same kind of steady, consistent growth they have generated over the last seven years.
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Back Lucrative Final Review
17th June 2015
Here are the final results for our 3 month review of Back Lucrative:
Profit/loss: | +27 pts (advised prices) / +9 pts (BSP) |
Strike Rate: | 14% |
Bank Growth | 13% |
Cost: | £7 for first 30 days then £32 / month |
ROI: | 5.6% |
Average number of tips: | 5 per day |
VERDICT: | NEUTRAL |
You can view full results here.
Back Lucrative Final Review
So we come to the end of our review of Back Lucrative, a horse racing tipster that promises to make you “up to £1179.50 every month.”
So did it deliver us £1179.50 every month?
Sadly not quite. It made 27 points profit at advised prices over three months and 9 points profit at Betfair SP (BSP), which isn’t bad going but at £10 per point equates to £90 per month.
The trial actually started off very promisingly with over 50 points profit in March, which made us think we might be on to something special here.
But sadly April only managed to break even and May saw a loss of 20 points.
So no disasters overall and any profit a service manages to make should be welcomed.
However, following the service does require quite a bit of work. There are a large number of tips and to back them all at advised prices takes quite a bit of time. You also have to log in to the site rather than having the tips e-mailed to you, which adds to the time required.
So overall perhaps this one is worth a try – after all it did make a profit – but having made only a 13% growth in the bank over three months means it doesn’t quite merit a place on our recommended list.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: Quite time-consuming. First you have to log in to the site rather than having the tips e-mailed to you and then there are 5 tips per day on average, so backing them all at advised prices takes a while each day.
Availability of prices: Fairly good – there was an 18 point difference between advised prices and Betfair SP, so not a massive difference over the course of 480 bets and generally you should be able to get the advised prices or close to them.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 14% so there will be some long losing runs when using this service.
Advised Betting Bank: A 200 point betting bank is advised, which seems sensible and should be more than adequate to cover the drawdowns. According to historic results, they have only had four losing months in just under two years, with the worst month being around a 20 point loss.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are fairly reasonable, at £7 for a 30 day trial, followed by £24.75 per month if you take the yearly subscription or £32 per month for the quarterly option.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
Overall this one warrants a neutral rating. It made a profit which is good, but with only a 13% bank growth and 5.6% ROI over the course of 3 months and with the time involved in following the service, we feel it does not quite merit a place in our portfolio at the moment.
That is not to say it is not worth trying, but for us to recommend a system it has to be of the very highest quality and deliver good profits consistently that could provide a valuable second income.
This service didn’t quite manage that during our trial. However, if it could reproduce previous results then the rating could be upgraded, so we will keep an eye on this and update things accordingly.
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