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Could This Industry Be the Source of Mobile VR’s Killer Apps?

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After a rocky introduction in the nineties, it was another two decades before VR would begin to show its true potential. Despite finally being able to measure up to the promise, however, the adoption of VR devices has been slow. As is the case with many new technologies, speculators have suggested that all VR could need is a true killer app.

Looking at this idea through the lens of mobile virtual and augmented reality opportunities, we want to make a case for why mobile VR casinos could be a stepping stone to success. All the pieces are already nearly in place, so what final moves could consolidate these technologies into a totality greater than the sum of its parts?

 

 

The Mobile Solution

Among the primary issues that users have with the current state of VR is the cost. For a dedicated unit such as FuLov or LEFXCAM, costs can easily reach over the £1,000 mark. Given the limited library of games on these devices, this isn’t an investment that many are willing to make.

There is a cheaper alternative, however, in specially designed enclosures for smartphones. These adapt modern smartphones into VR-type systems. While not offering quite as in-depth an experience as more specialised models, their relatively lower costs of well under £100 make the choice an easy one for many.

 

 

The one major problematic factor with these mobile devices is one that counterintuitively plays perfectly with the idea of casino game AR or VR. This issue is one of processing power. Most up-market VR solutions rely on powerful computers in order to calculate the rendering of large and open worlds. This is because running a game in VR requires pushing at least 90 frames per second (FPS) in order to avoid giving the user motion sickness. This is a challenging task, to the point where most standard console video games operate at only 30 FPS as standard.

Casino games see an advantage here in that they don’t rely on vast open worlds or flashy effects to generate an enjoyable experience. The fun of these games has always been the central gameplay, and this gameplay can be accurately represented at high frame-rates without requiring top of the line hardware.

Online Casino Success

The current state of online casinos is one of immense breadth and scope. This is illustrated by any of the top online casinos that exist today. From the game selection to the welcome bonuses, to how easily they run on mobile devices, the promise of this industry has long been fulfilled. With millions of fans and an overall size which is growing daily, this market is prime for continual exploration.

Contributing to the size of online casinos is the flexibility on which many of the games lean. Essentially, as long as the core components remain constant, developers have enormous freedom with the surrounding themes and bonuses that casino games employ. This is what led to an adoption of themes from television, movies, music, video games, and more, and it is also what could help digital casino integration with VR and AR.

With Your Powers Combined

Combining all of the components together reveals a situation where casino gaming, entirely accidentally, has become a perfect fit for mobile augmented and virtual reality. As for who will rise to first take advantage of this potential to the utmost degree, this is a question that only time will answer. Unfortunately, most VR developers have moved away from the mobile space, as it was sadly underutilised during the first wave of new systems.

That said, development for VR and AR is easier today than it has ever been, owing to powerful tools in engines like Unity, Sumerian, and Unreal Engine. With online casinos growing larger by the day, it could just be a matter of time before the first fully online virtual casino becomes a literal reality. The first killer app is coming, we just don’t know when.

 

 

 

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Live NFL Trading – Get Your Free Trial

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Superbowl LV kicks off in the early hours of tomorrow morning with reigning champions the Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Houston Texans. 

We have a professional trader lined up to provide live in-play trades throughout the NFL Season and he is offering a completely FREE 7-day trial, no payment details required.

This is a trader we proofed previously and in just 10 matches he made over £1,000 profit. Here are his results from our previous proofing period:-

Date Game Profit/Loss Total
16th Dec Patriots vs Steelers £250.00 250
22nd Dec Washington Redskins vs Tennessee Titans £107.13 357.13
23rd Dec New Orleans Saints vs Pittsburgh Steelers £247.84 604.97
30th Dec Chicago vs Minnesota £186.00 790.97
5th Jan Texans vs Colts -£120.00 670.97
5th Jan Dallas vs Seahawks £42.00 712.97
6th Jan Bears vs Eagles £90.00 802.97
20th Jan Rams vs Saints £80.00 882.97
20th Jan New England Patriots vs Kansas City Chiefs £207.69 1090.66
3rd Feb Superbowl -£85 1005.66

That was in just 10 matches so you can imagine the kind of profits that could be made across a whole season.

We were highly impressed by the trader’s exceptional knowledge of NFL and their in-play trading skills and we have to say we are super-excited about this new season and we will be following this with our own money. 

The in-play trades will be provided by the Telegram app (which in case you haven’t used it before is a lot like Whatsapp). The trader posts a screenshot of the trade he has just taken, normally together with a short commentary. 

You then just copy what he has done – you don’t even need to know anything about NFL – we certainly don’t but still made a great profit from following the trades last time! 

There will also be pre-match tips to add to the mix and hopefully generate some additional profits. 

As we say there’s a completely FREE trial for the first 7 days – no payment details required.

So you can check out the service, see what it’s all about and the potential of it.

If you are interested please just pop us an e-mail at info@honestbettingreviews.com saying you are interested in the Live NFL Trading and we will provide sign-up details. 

 

 

 

Horses for Courses: Is There a Profitable Cheltenham Festival Betting System?

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For many punters, both professional and casual, the Cheltenham Festival remains very much the jewel in the crown of the racing calendar.

From the extensive options that the bookies offer to the amount of liquidity available on the exchanges, bettors of all styles have an opportunity to make hay while the sun shines on the Cotswolds market town every March.

This is not like the Grand National, where closing your eyes and sticking a pin in the racecard seems to be a reasonable way to make your picks given the chaos that can unfold at Aintree. Instead, the Cheltenham Festival offers savvy punters a chance to find winners based upon a carefully curated set of parameters.

But is there a reliable betting system or strategy that can yield consistent results at the spring meeting? Well, if you can plug these conditions into your betting model, the history books suggest you won’t go far wrong.

Trained to Perfection

All of the leading trainers and their connections will head to Cheltenham for the festival, and yet year-on-year it’s the usual suspects who enjoy the biggest winners.

You have to go back to 2009 to find the last time that one of Willie Mullins, Gordon Elliott, or Nicky Henderson didn’t win the top trainer trophy at the meeting, so clearly this is a good place to start with your betting system.

The training trio were up to their old tricks at the 2020 edition of the festival, with Mullins enjoying dominance in the Ryanair Chase and the Gold Cup, while Elliott picked up five wins across the meeting. Henderson, meanwhile, claimed the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and the Champion Hurdle with Shishkin and Epatante respectively.

There were a couple of wins for Henry de Bromhead, while Paul Nicholls had the 1-2 in the Queen Mother Champion Chase, but it was the same three trainers who really enjoyed the lion’s share of the profits once again. So make them a key part of your Cheltenham Festival strategy. You can typically see the trainer’s name listed in the horse racing betting cards published online or in the newspaper, as well as other information like form, weight, and so on.

When the Going Gets Tough

They say that the course at Cheltenham can be a very different animal depending on the weather.

As we know, the going is key in selecting horse racing winners at the best of times – some like a quick tempo on firm ground, others love a muddy slog, but, at the festival, that premise seems to be even more prevalent.

The longer races, such as the Gold Cup and the Stayers’ Hurdle, are largely dictated by the going, and so it is well worth watching the weather forecast prior to placing your Cheltenham bets; be it ante-post a week or two before or even on race day itself.

Courses for Horses

Cheltenham is a racecourse with its own unique machinations, and both the ‘Old’ and the ‘New’ tracks tend to reward horses with a style that suits.

Both jump left-handed for starters, which is fairly uncommon, while the ground is undulating and the fences nice and stiff. The long home straight tends to test stamina over jumping ability too, and that’s why some horses fare particularly well at Cheltenham year after year.

Indeed, using the 2020 edition as our guide, ten of the winners had triumphed at Cheltenham in the preceding six months prior to March, while a number of others became multiple-time Festival champions across the four days.

So, if you plug these three parameters into Cheltenham Festival betting system, you shouldn’t be too far away from a successful week!

 

 

 

Angel Business Club

Angel Business Club – Results Update

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Risk warning While the content on the Angel Business Club website is for general information purposes only and does not form financial or professional advice, any investment opportunity on the Angel Business Club website carries a high degree of risk. Your capital is at risk which can include loss of investment and dilution, illiquidity, lack of dividends and it should be done only as part of a diversified portfolio. Any financial promotion contained on the Angel Business Club has been approved by Angel Corporate Finance Ltd; a firm authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK.

 

 

N.B. – Please note this review was continued at our sister site, tradestocksfx, here.

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There has been some massive news for one of the companies in the Angel Business Club’s portfolio recently. It involves a small British fintech company that has struck a huge deal with one of the world’s biggest financial institutions. 

For reasons of confidentiality we cannot reveal who this company is or details of the deal, but we understand an official announcement will be made soon. 

In the meantime though the Angel Business Club released details to members via a special webinar and the implications were nothing short of mind-blowing. 

If you have followed our review here over the last couple of years you will know that we have cautioned patience and that it could take time, but there was always the chance that one of the portfolio companies would hit it big. 

Well with this deal there’s a real chance this particular company could hit it very big. Out-of-the-park big, as it were. 

They still have to deliver on what the larger financial company is asking for, but if they do then the potential for growth is tremendous. 

And the really good news is that if you sign up to paid membership of the Angel Business Club before the end of the month (so by the end of tomorrow UK time) you will get FREE BONUS SHARES in this amazing company.

Not only that but you will get allocated free shares in a number of other exciting early-stage businesses. 

So don’t miss out on this great opportunity – you can sign up to the Angel Business Club here today.  

 

 

 

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Angel Business Club – Results Update

22nd July 2020

The Angel Business Club is a facility whereby you pay a monthly membership fee and then receive free shares in a range of early-stage companies. It’s a bit like Dragons Den, apart from you don’t get to pick the companies, the Club does. 

We had remarked previously that is was difficult to give a results update on our investment in the Club as there weren’t any results in the form of companies being sold or floated on the stock market (IPO). 

Well the good news is we finally have some results to report! And they are positive.

Yes, the Club made an investment in a company that was about to float on the stock exchange and members were allocated shares at the end of May at the price of £0.025 per share.

Then the company floated on the stock exchange at the start of June and shares have generally traded in the range of £0.045 – £0.05 per share since then.

Taking into account the spread (i.e. the sell price being lower than the quoted mid-price), this meant that members could have sold shares for around 4-4.5p per share, potentially achieving a 100% uplift on the price of the allotted shares. 

If you had the standard membership for example at £89, you would have received 350 shares at £0.025 per share, for a value of £8.75. At this level you would have struggled to make a profit on selling the shares due to dealing costs, so really for it to have been worthwhile you would have needed a higher level of membership. 

If for example you had the Pro Membership at £428, you would have received 2500 shares, equal to £62.50 at the valuation of  £0.025 per share. That would have allowed you to make a good profit on the shares if selling at £0.04 – £0.045 per share, even factoring in dealing costs.

And of course whichever level of membership you had, you would also have received allocations in a number of other companies for the month. 

Anyway, this kind of short-term investment before an IPO is a new approach from the Club and we think it is a good one. They will still be making the more long-term investments (5-15 years) but having these shorter-term transactions in addition gives members something tangible to enjoy in the meantime whilst waiting for the longer plays to materialise. It makes good use of the Club’s privileged position as an Angel investor able to invest in early-stage companies closed off to most retail investments. 

We expect to see more of these in future and hopefully there will be opportunities for members to buy additional shares on top of the allotted monthly memberships allocations.  

In terms of the Club’s other invested companies there appears to be lots of good news coming out despite the covid difficulties experienced by many companies so that is encouraging. 

There have been no significant developments in Britannia’s Gold Ltd (BGL) however which is a shame but they are rather beholden to other authorities and restricted by the covid limitations. Hopefully they will get back out to sea in the next few months.  

 

 

 

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Angel Business Club – Results Update

20th April 2020

It’s been a few months since we updated our review of the Angel Business Club (ABC) so we thought a good time for an update given the hiatus in all things sporting-related at the moment. 

Just a reminder, the Angel Business Club is a facility whereby you pay a monthly membership fee and then receive free shares in a range of early-stage companies. It’s a bit like Dragons Den, apart from you don’t get to pick the companies, the Club does. 

The companies are varied and interesting, with everything from a healthy tonic company to a fire safety company to posh dog food! 

With the coronavirus crisis it’s obviously a very worrying time for all businesses, particularly start-ups and early stage businesses. Time will tell how it turns out for the companies in the ABC portfolio but let’s hope they make it through to the other side. 

There isn’t a great deal of news on the companies, other than that one went bust and is being restructured to start over when the covid-19 crisis is past. Some other companies seem to be making good progress, although as we say with the current economic crisis it is only sensible to be cautious in that regard.

Obviously it is also not the time to be doing stock market flotations or trade sales so we don’t have any clear results to report in terms of profit/losses banked. 

The good news however is that the Angel Business Club are offering free access to their weekly webinars, which are normally for paid members only. So you can check those out and get more info on the companies and what else is going on at the Club. 

You can sign up as a free member here. 

 

 

 

 

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Angel Business Club – Results Update

13th November 2019

It’s been a few months since we updated our review of the Angel Business Club (ABC) and in fact it’s been two full years now since we joined the club. 

Just a reminder, the Angel Business Club is a facility whereby you pay a monthly membership fee and then receive free shares in a range of early-stage companies. It’s a bit like Dragons Den, apart from you don’t get to pick the companies, the Club does. 

The companies are varied and interesting, with everything from a healthy tonic company to a fire safety company to posh dog food! 

Anyway, as we say we’ve been members for two years so you would think after that long we would have some concrete results to report. 

Well unfortunately – and those who have been following us in the long run will have heard this before – we still can’t report any clear results! 

That is because there haven’t been any exit opportunities like IPOs or trade sales of the companies in our portfolio, which is how you realise the investment you have made in the Club and potentially bank a profit (or a loss if a company happened not to have done well). Whilst there have been a couple of IPOs planned, they both fell through for one reason or another and no others are planned as far as we are aware. 

Now as mentioned below in our previous updates, you do have the option of selling your shares to other members on the ABC’s internal trading platform, although not all companies are tradeable on there (for example one of the companies has recently gone into voluntary liquidation so has been removed).

If you do sell shares on the platform however, you would generally be taking a loss on your shares so it is not recommended. Ultimately if you want to realise the full opportunity of the companies you will have to wait for the exit event in most cases. 

So needless to say the ABC is only a vehicle for people with a great deal of patience! You need to have a long-term mindset that it could take 5-10 years in many cases to see the companies go from early stage to actually float on the stock market or be bought out. 

That is all we can say at this stage really, we wish we had something more concrete to report in terms of results but that is the “nature of the beast” unfortunately. 

A quick word as well on Britannia’s Gold Ltd (BGL), one of the companies in our portfolio and one people could also invest in separately. There has been some positive news lately, in that they have been contracted by a third party to carry out a salvage operation on a vessel in the Pacific with a potentially large quantity of gold on board, which BGL would receive 12.5% of in addition to receiving a fee for doing the job. 

So if that came in it would provide a very nice dividend to shareholders and help to fund the mission on the Empress of Britain which is due to recommence next Spring. 

Here’s hoping anyway!

 

 

 

 

 

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Angel Business Club – Results Update

3rd July 2019

It’s Dan here and I thought it would be a good time to do an update on the Angel Business Club after I attended their Global Convention last week in London.

I’ll start with the Convention and then move on to a wider update on how things are going.

 

Global Convention

The Convention was held at the Holiday Inn Kensington on 22nd June and it was a fantastic day. We got to hear a dozen presentations about all the promising companies that are part of the ABC platform and how they are progressing, which was very interesting. These included:

  • – A drinks company that is making healthy, natural drinks and is hoping to get listed in all the major UK supermarkets.
  • – A premium, high end dog-food company that looks set to break into America.
  • – A payment app that has signed a big deal with one of the world’s biggest credit card companies and has a number of other deals lined up.
  • – A breakthrough fire safety company that could revolutionise how fires are dealt with in the home and workplace

And there were so many more inspiring stories from companies that could not only be big successes but have a positive impact on the world.

It was also great to meet other members at the Convention and share their experiences of the Club. Not to mention we got lots of goodies, including (non-alcoholic) wine and soft drinks at our table and excellent food at the conference venue. Joao (the CEO of the ABC) and his team did a great job so hats off to them. It was such a success they have even booked in the event for next year already! 

 

Portfolio Update

There hasn’t been much change in our portfolio since our last update. We currently have 13 companies in our portfolio (plus an extra investment in Britannia’s Gold – but more on that below). The total we have paid via membership fees is €2,592 and that is also pretty much the estimated value of our portfolio according to the strike price values. 

In terms of the strike price values, we believe it would be beneficial for the Club to report how they arrive at their strike price valuations (with price/sales ratios etc) to increase transparency and accountability and have suggested this to them. 

As we remarked last time though, in the grand scheme of things the strike price values of the companies are something of a moot point until a company can either float on the stock market or is bought out (what is called a “trade sale”). 

You can sell shares via the ABC’s internal trading platform in the meantime if the companies are listed on the platform. Of the 13 companies in our portfolio, 11 are listed on the trading platform.

We stated in our last update that it is not always possible to sell shares on the platform. This is not quite correct – as long as the company is listed on the platform you can sell shares, although it will usually be at a significant discount to the strike price so is not advisable unless you really have to sell in order to release funds etc. It is better to wait for the exit events – an IPO or trade sale.

 

The IPOs That Weren’t

Talking of IPOs, one of the disappointing aspects of our time as a member has been that two IPOs were promised but then didn’t materialise, for one reason or another. 

One of the companies in question had raised funds from members on the basis that it was about to IPO but then chose not to list on the stock market, for its own reasons. Whilst it is always of course up to the company to decide how to proceed in these matters and to act in the best interests of the company and its shareholders, there were complaints about this at the Global Convention and we can understand why.

In our view if a company raises money on the basis that it plans to shortly IPO and then pulls it (with no date given for when it may IPO in future), it is understandable if people are frustrated and we hope this is just a one-off and isn’t repeated by the ABC.

In terms of the other IPO, it is hoped this will proceed later this year.

 

Britannia’s Gold

We reported last time that Britannia’s Gold (BGL) was embarking on its third attempt to salvage gold from a Wold War Two shipwreck. Well sadly it wasn’t successful in that attempt.

We received an update from Philip Reid, Chairman of BGL, at the Global Convention and he gave a rather reflective summary of the situation, remarking that the whole project had turned out to be far more challenging than they had ever envisaged and it would require significant additional funds and time to complete the current salvage. It has been a salutary lesson for all involved in just how difficult such salvage operations are – as Mr Reid commented “that’s why no-one else has done this.” Well, er, yes indeed!

Whilst this was disappointing news for investors, there is something to be said for Mr Reid’s honesty and now at least they have more realistic expectations of the time and effort involved in not just completing this salvage operation but any potential ones in future.  

All is not lost as they have the funds to head out to the vessel again and try to complete the salvage, whilst now having to split any proceeds 50% with another company. However, whilst there is still hope this could all turn out successfully, when taking into account the tone of Mr Reid’s update and a cold hard reflection on how difficult it has all been you can’t help feel like the dream may be slipping away. We will see anyway…

 

Summary

So how would we summarise our time as an ABC member after more than 18 months? Well our experience probably mirrors private equity investing generally. It is high risk and there will be many disappointments and setbacks along the way. Certainly we have experienced those so far with the aborted IPOs and Britannia’s Gold. 

At the same time though I came away from the Convention feeling very positive about the opportunities of many companies in the portfolio. There were some great stories and promising developments reported, so hopefully at least one of the companies will go on to be a big success.

Only time will tell on that, so in the meantime we will just have to wait and see…and keep those fingers crossed!

You can check out the Angel Business Club for yourself here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Angel Business Club – Results Update

3rd April 2019

It’s been over a year since we started our review of the Angel Business Club, so it is more than high time for an update.

The strange thing however – and this is mainly why we have delayed doing an update for so long – is that we don’t really have any results to update!

Yes it may sound crazy, but even after having been a member of the Club for around 18 months, we haven’t been able to cash in any of our investments. 

Before we explain fully, here is a quick reminder of what the Angel Business Club (or ABC for short) is all about: when you join up as an active member, you pay a monthly fee and you may receive free monthly share entitlements at the Club’s discretion and in proportion to your membership level in companies at all stages of development, from start-ups to pre-IPO and even listed companies.

It is kind of like Dragons’ Den apart from you don’t get to choose which companies you get shares in, the Club does that for you on a monthly basis.

The problem is that you need to wait for an “exit event” like an IPO (a flotation on the stock market) or a trade sale (a company being bought out by a much larger company) for your investment to be realised and some profit (or loss) to be made. 

There is the option of trading internally on the ABC’s website, but we have tried this a few times and even when putting in the lowest price allowed, we still haven’t found any buyers for our shares. There just isn’t the liquidity available compared to trading on a platform like Hargreaves Lansdown for example. That isn’t surprising as the ABC has around 1100 paying members compared to hundreds of thousands or even millions of traders on a platform like Hargreaves (plus HL have market makers, but that’s a different story altogether).

Anyway, the overall picture is that so far we have paid €2,325 in membership fees and our shares are estimated to be worth around €2,860. 

However, this estimated value is the “strike price” attributed to the shares by ABC, which has to be taken with a pinch of salt as it just their internal valuation and as they used to say on those property programmes, an item “is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.”

So you will only know what those shares are really worth once there is an exit event and you can actually sell them. 

In summary then all we can say so far is that the Club is definitely for the long-term investor rather than the short-term one. If you are looking to make a “quick buck” then this isn’t for you. In many cases you will have to wait 3-5 years for an investment to come to fruition, so patience is of the essence. 

There are a couple of companies due to have IPOs later this year and Britannia’s Gold – one of the the ABC’s flagship projects – is currently embarking on their third crack at retrieving some gold from WW1 and WW2 shipwrecks, so it may be that we have some concrete results to report in the coming months. 

For the moment though, it’s very much a case of “wait and see…” 

 

 

 

 

 

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Angel Business Club – New Review

10th January 2018

If you are a long-term follower of ours you will know that we like to look into a wide-variety of money-making opportunities and not just betting systems.

We like to test out trading systems, forex strategies, cryptocurrencies and really any investment opportunity that we think has the potential to be profitable.

The latest opportunity represents something new again and is called the Angel Business Club. 

I attended a seminar they held just before Christmas and was impressed enough by it that I decided to join up as a paying member.

What is the Angel Business Club All About?

In essence the Club provides the chance to be invested in a range of start-up companies.

Normally this is something that is closed off to the vast majority of people and only venture capitalists like the guys you see on “Dragons Den” would have the chance to become involved in start-up companies.

For a lot of investors this is very frustrating because investing in new start-ups can be one of the most profitable forms of investment possible.

Think of the early investors in Facebook, Uber, Airbnb and the like and the vast fortunes they have amassed from being able to invest at the earliest stages of those companies, well before they floated on the stock market.

Venture capitalists who were able to do this have apparently made hundred-fold, or even thousand-fold, their original investment. 

There is even a story of a cleaner at the Google offices in the very early days of the company who was given a few hundred shares to thank them for their hard work, and now those shares are worth millions!

Whether it is true or not, the story gives you an idea of the incredible value that can be obtained from being an early investor in a company. 

This is where the Angel Business Club comes in. When you join up as an active member, you pay a monthly fee and you may receive free monthly share entitlements at the Club’s discretion and in proportion to your membership level in companies at all stages of development, from start-ups to pre-IPO and even listed companies.

It is all completely legal and legit and has been running for a couple of years now and has:

  • – Become Europe’s largest community of business angels with over 10,000 members
  • – Developed 10 Companies and driven 2 IPOs with more to come in 2018
  • – Built a complex and scalable financial e-platform

The Angel Business Club has an experienced professional team with decades of business and financial experience behind them who vet the potential companies to invest in and then help nurture them. 

The beauty of it as an investor is that you don’t have to do anything, just let the team do all the work and sit back and receive the shares. 

Track Record

Of course the big question you are probably eager to know the answer to is what their track record is like in terms of returns.

Well apparently gains on the portfolio have ranged from 40-70% per year for members to date, which comfortably beats the stock market average and certainly any savings account. 

A notable success includes Wide Cells Group, a stem cell company which the Angel Business Club (ABC) took from an early stage company to float on the stockmarket and the IPO price represented a doubling in value to the price ABC members received shares at (8p to 16p).

Gains will of course vary and all investments in early-stage companies are high-risk, but the track record so far looks very good

There are currently over 20 companies currently on the ABC books. You can read more about them on the ABC website. 

I have recently joined up and will do a full review of the Club here, including the return on investment of my subscription over the course of the year.

This could be a great chance to invest in the next big companies of tomorrow, whilst also becoming involved in an investment community with regular meet-ups, online forums and webinars. 

You can check out the Angel Business Club for yourself here. 

 

 

 

 

4 Horse Racing Betting Strategies to Try for Your Next Race

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Horse racing is one of the most popular sports in the world, so it should come as no surprise that a rich betting culture has sprung up around it over the decades. The art of predicting odds has itself become a multi-billion-dollar industry, with sportsbooks around the world claiming to have mastered the alchemy of prediction.

However, we believe that the sport of horse racing is always an unpredictable one and that attempting to guess the horse that will finish first every single time is a futile exercise. If you’re a fan of betting on horse races, one way you can make the most out of it and stretch your bankroll out further is by adopting one of the many popular horse race betting systems out there.

Without further ado, here are four such betting strategies that you can try at your next race. 

1. Dutching

This is one of the most popular and widely-used betting strategies in the world of horse racing. It involves a fair amount of maths, but it is basically a way of covering multiple outcomes to give a higher chance of a successful outcome. It involves gathering all of the horses with the best odds and spreading your stake so that, even if only one of them pays off, it is enough to cover your stake. It’s not a foolproof method by any means, but it does decrease your chances of blowing your bankroll.

2. Laying the Favourite

This one is a lot more straightforward. Laying the favourite is the strategy of consistently betting against whichever horse has been tipped by a bookmaker as the favourite. While this might seem illogical, given that the favourite is usually the horse with the very best odds, it does make sense. Statistically, only 1/3 of favourites ever actually win the race. If you place a wager on the favourite performing poorly, you stand a decent chance of winning the bet. 

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3. Martingale

Granted, the well-known martingale strategy actually hails from the game of roulette, but the same logic applies. Thanks to the ever-increasing numbers of people who play online roulette, which often uses real roulette wheels via a live casino, the martingale strategy is spreading to other forms of betting as well. It involves placing multiple bets over time. Whenever you win a bet on a race, you should keep your stake the same or reduce it for the next race. However, if you lose a bet, then double your stake for the next race. The logic here is that you can offset your previous losses with bigger wins, should your horse come through in the next race. 

There are serious limitations to the Martingale strategy and it is not normally an approach we would ever advise anyone to use. Its dangers are obvious – you will either blow your entire bank before hitting a winner or reach the maximum bet allowed by the bookmaker. Either way you would be left with big losses. However, there are variants on Martingale with strict criteria such as the Fibonacci staking system used by the Little Acorns betting system which limit losses and is less risky than using a straight Martingale strategy.

4. Value Betting 

Finally, there is the time-honoured tradition of value betting. With this system, you are essentially trying to spot an under-valued horse that the bookmaker has overlooked. The goal is to find a horse that has a higher chance of winning a race than the odds that it has been given would suggest. Obviously, this is a betting system that requires significant experience and know-how in the world of horse racing, as its success depends on you being able to outsmart a bookie. However, when done right, the payoffs can be significant. You can check the tipsters who have passed a trial here at Honest Betting Reviews and shown they have a knack for finding value bets. 

These are some of the many different betting systems that horse racing fans adhere to today. Make sure to try one out next time you find yourself at the races.

 

 

 

Champions League Final Free Bets

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It’s set to be a mouthwatering encounter this evening for the final of the Champions League in Lisbon as two of the most attacking sides in Europe go head to head with Bayern Munich taking on PSG. 

Both sides are looking for history as Bayern aim to clinch the treble for only the second time whilst PSG are striving for their first ever European Cup and to be the first French winners of the trophy since Marseille way back in 1993.

That was before PSG superstar Kylian Mbappe was even born but he is no stranger to big occasions having already won the World Cup with France in 2018.

The bookies have Bayern Munich as favourites at a best price of evens to win in 90 minutes whilst PSG are available at 3.3.

As you would expect with such a mammoth fixture, the bookies are offering a variety of free bets for the final.

Here we have a look at some of the best free bet offers for the Champions League final:

  • – Bet 365 – £50 in-play free bet. Place a bet of £50 prior to kick off and receive a £50 free bet in-play (by invite only – check your messages).
  • – Paddy Power – £5 free.  Opt in via the promo banner on the PP homepage to claim the free Bet. Free Bet must be used on the Champions League Final on Sunday 23rd August.
  • – Sky Bet – Bet £5 get £5 free. Spend £5 IN-PLAY in the first half and they’ll match it with a £5 free bet to use In-Play in the second half. All qualifying bets must have minimum odds of 1/2 (1.50).

Please see each of the bookmakers for the individual terms and conditions of the offers.

So plenty of opportunities there to make some low risk extra cash.

Good luck with your betting for the final.

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Get Your Free Tips for the Europa League Final

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Tonight sees the final of the Europa League between Inter Milan and Sevilla at the RheinEnergieSTADION in Cologne. 

It matches two sides together who have great records in the  competition, with Inter Milan having won the forerunner of the competition, the UEFA Cup, on three occasions whilst Sevilla have lifted the trophy five times. The Spanish side have won all five finals they played in too. 

There is some speculation over the future of Inter boss Antonio Conte but his sights will be firmly set on tonight’s final with silverware at stake. Top-scorer Romelu Lukaku is in great form having netted 33 times this season including a record 10 in a row in Europa League games. 

Sevilla are unbeaten in their last 20 matches and overcame English clubs Wolves and Manchester United on their way to the final.

The bookies have Inter as favourites for the final after their 5-0 thrashing of Shakhtar Donetsk in the semis and are priced at around 2.2. Sevilla on the other hand can be backed at around 3.4 and the draw is also available at 3.4.

If you are looking for some free tips for tonight’s final from professional tipsters we can recommend the following:-

  • – Betting Gods – a highly respected website providing free tips with a top selection for tonight’s final plus free tips from other sports too.  
  • – Tipstrr – tipping platform with a range of top quality footy tipsters and by signing up for free you will get today’s tip plus free tips every day from their best services. 
  • – Sporting Life – one of the UK’s most renowned tipping services have their tips for tonight’s final lined up. 

So some top quality tipsters there and it should be a very good final this evening between two of Europe’s top clubs. 

Good luck if you are having some wagers tonight and here’s hoping you land some profits. 

You can also check out our list of the Best Football Tipsters here. 

 

 

 

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Could Britain Host A Major World Professional Poker Series?

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Poker games have soared in popularity in the past few years, and within this period, a game that many people hitherto regarded as a dingy cigarette smoke filled backroom affair turned into a refined mainstream activity. Nowadays, players can find poker variants at plenty of new casinos online and some sites will even go to the lengths of offering their players a bonus. This, in turn, can help players begin playing for free or a small deposit.

The rehabilitation of poker into what it has turned out may have started from the 1990s when it started getting televised regularly. Online poker also arrived at the same time and gave it a monumental boost. Presently, people can now enjoy the game in the comfort of their living rooms. 

With mobile poker sites growing in number and strength, more people can now access poker games from wherever they are. The advancements in online games have also influenced the popularity of the live or brick and mortar poker games, as more people started taking interest in playing the game in land based casinos, and these casinos embraced their new customers with excitement.

While most of the players prefer to stick with the cash games, professionals and the more adventurous normally opt for the tournaments, attracted by the fact that they can easily win prizes that you can only imagine, in some of the higher profile games. Because of this, most of the casinos that offer real cash games started organizing some form of tournaments on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, with some other larger events from time to time.

The Millions UK Main Event has been the biggest of such events, and it involves a £5,000,000 prize poll, while the next is the Aspers Casino hosted 888poker Live Event. The latter doles out a first prize of £100,000, and takes the winner into the World Series of Poker Main Event, which is as reputable as the poker Olympics that take place every summer in Las Vegas.

A UK WSOP

While these are very impressive tournaments, many people have been thinking of whether the UK can do more in poker, and possibly host an event that will be in the league of the WSOP, and which would be viewed by the biggest poker tournament fans from across the world.

In practice, this might seem very fine, but you cannot succeed in this without considering the current stats of the WSOP to see how difficult it may be to achieve this. Now, a look at the WSOP event of 2019 reveals that there were 90 separate tournaments and that more than 150,000 players registered to play. For the main event, the number of players at kick off was 8,569, and this number was reduced to nine after a series of events. The nine went further to compete till Hossein Ensan took the first prize and went home with $10,000,000.

In line with the tradition of the tournaments, the main event took place at the Las Vegas Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino where the gaming space covers up to 117,000 square feet, harboring up to 2,500 suites. Now, one of the major reasons why the UK may not be able to handle an event of this magnitude is the size of the casino needed to host such an event. But, this is not me saying that there are no large casinos that can host such events in the UK.

Potential Venues

Aspers Stratford would be the first venue to be considered here. This already played host to the 888poker Live Event, and stands as the largest gaming arena in the country. This was launched in 2011 with fanfare, and it has never failed to impress. However, what you have here is a gaming area of just 65,000 square feet, and that is actually 52,000 short of what Rio offers. This simply means that the crowd that will be coming to play the game and those that would want to watch them will outnumber what the venue can take.

However, we are not saying that the events cannot be split like it’s done in the football world cup where different parts of the tournament are split and held in different venues just like different stadia hosts world cup matches in the same country. In the UK, every major city has some casinos that can comfortably host tournaments. There are more than 7 of such in Manchester alone, and they all have poker facilities.

Birmingham, which is the second city in England, has a lot of venues for this, and this will give the games a central location. When you get back to the capital London, the best venue would be offered by the magnificent Hippodrome by Leicester Square. This was developed to host an indoor circus, but it is a perfect fit for the tournaments.

For the top elite events like the WSOP Main Event’s final table, one of the exclusive private casinos could take charge of that. Places like the Park Lane Casino and Ritz Casino will comfortably serve as a top notch venue for such.

A Question of Cooperation

Now, though these venues are owned and managed by various individual firms, a lot of cooperation would be needed for such an event to ever succeed. However, though the world of gambling is terribly competitive, the fact that hosting such events would bring an amazing amount of publicity alone would force the participating hosting venues to cooperate.

That said, we now get to the issue of the body to organize and host the event. The WSOP may be convinced to form a sub-division for this, or one of the big and reputable poker sites in the country may take it up.

Lastly, hosting such an event will only succeed if big names in the gaming world like Liv Boeree, Phil Ivey, and Daniel Negreanu could be attracted. To do this, the prize money has to be tempting enough to be able to lure them in.

Hope you’ve seen that it is not something that you just conceive and get on with, because some serious hurdles will have to be crossed before this will succeed. But the truth remains that when heads are put together and it is properly planned, these hurdles will be easily surmounted. So, let’s hope that the UK will be hosting one of the biggest and most memorable poker tournaments of all time in the nearest future.

 

 

 

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6 Top Tips to Win More in a Live Casino

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Playing in a live casino can provide a lot of excitement. Casino software developers design online casinos in such a way that you can enjoy the excitement and entertainment of a real casino while sitting on your sofa at home. These are some of the best brand new casino sites offering the latest in live online software right now. 

We have some tips below to get the most out of your online casino experience and to hopefully propel you to more winnings. What you have here are very simple strategies but they can make a big difference to your winnings. So read them carefully.

          1. Select the Live Casinos With The Best RTP

You must pay attention to the payback or Return to Player, otherwise known as the RTP whenever you are playing a live casino. There is an advantage or “house edge” on the side of the casino on all casino games and this is quantified by the RTP for each game based on how much players win on average. The RTP is expressed as a percentage, with 95% meaning for example that players lose an average of 5% of money staked on a game in the long run. There are some games that have better RTPs than others and those are the ones you should focus on.

One example is blackjack. It is the online game with the best RTP generally. Sometimes it offers an RTP of up to 99.28%. But this depends on the blackjack variant involved. For instance, this percentage varies in the case of 21 + 3 with 96.30% or Live Blackjack Perfect Pairs with 95.90%.

Another game that has a good RTP is live baccarat, with 98.94%. Here, the return is more than even high-paying slots like The Dark Knight Rises which has an RTP of 96.30%. This also offers more benefits than American Live Roulette that has an RTP of 94.74%.

         2. Maximize The Bonuses And Promotions

Players that are strategic will make the most use of the free money that comes through the bonuses and promotions in live casinos. These days online betting platforms are so numerous they they have to compete in their efforts to lure in and keep customers by offering them various incentives. They reward players with live casino bonuses and other promotions offered during registration, deposits, and at other times. These bonuses are normally sizable and they can help improve your returns at the casinos. To make the best use of them, it is important to check that they do not come with complicated terms and conditions that negate the value of the offer.

Live dealer roulette casino often offers free spins after registration for instance, and this will increase your chances of winning money on the site. You should also look out for loyalty programs. They deliver promotional gifts to players to reward them for choosing the casino and being active in it. For you to become a beneficiary of some of these live casino programs, you will need to stake to a certain level in the casino.

       3. Study Live Casino Games Rules Closely

If you are beginning to gamble in a new casino, one of the most important things to do is to learn the rules first. While you learn the rules of the casino website, you also learn the rules of the games you want to play. While all the live casino games may seem very simple, they come with bet types, rules, and strategies that you should know for you to succeed. To land winnings against the croupier of the live casinos and other players, you must learn these rules.

      4. Consciously Plan Your Budget

For you to land winnings in online casinos, you need to be smart. Let’s say that your budget is $60. It would not be a good idea to stake $10 on a live roulette spin.  In this case, and with this amount of bankroll, you should go for smaller bets.

You should also not get carried away if you land some big profits. If you do, it could lead to compulsive gambling, and that can be very destructive. Ensure you remain prudent with your bankroll and take regular breaks to relax your mind and body. That will help you stick to your plan and strategy and also to remain within your budget at all times.

       5. Stick to Reputable Live Casino Providers

Make sure you register with websites that offer games from reputable live casino providers.  Games from developers like Vivo Gaming, Lucky Streak and Betsoft are generally regarded to be safe. They also tend to offer the best variants of the most played live casino games. Another important aspect of what they offer is that their games are all certified by bodies like Ecogra. These are labs that evaluate each game’s software to gauge their honesty and transparency. When you play on sites that offer their games, you should be assured that your chances of winning are those advertised and that the games aren’t being manipulated by the casinos.

          6. Avoid Unlicensed Live Casinos

You should avoid registering at live casinos without a license. There is no way of ascertaining the honesty of these operators. When money is involved it is best to work with sites that are secure and reliable. When you play games and land a huge win, you would naturally expect to withdraw your money and see it appear in your account securely. You wouldn’t want to be in a situation where the casino refuses to release the money to you. Yes, some unreliable casinos do exist, so you need to avoid ghost casinos that are here today and gone tomorrow.

Hopefully with these tips you should have a more enjoyable and successful time in live casinos.

 

 

Get Your Champions League Free Bets!

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The Champions League is back in action tonight with two massive second round clashes.

Manchester City take on Real Madrid, with the Citizens holding a 2-1 lead in the tie from the match played at the Bernabeu way back in March. City are a best price of 1.72 to win the match and are just 1.17 to qualify for the next round. The Spanish champions may be a different proposition from the team City played a few months ago however with the confidence of having won La Liga giving them a potential boost.

The night’s other clash sees Juventus host Lyon with the French side defending a 1-0 lead from the first leg. The Italian champions are a best price of 1.54 to win the match. The odds to qualify are on a knife-edge however with both sides priced around evens.  

As you would expect with such a massive night of Champions League football, the bookies are offering a variety of free bets for us punters to get stuck in to.

Here are some of the best free bet offers for tonight’s action:

  • – Betfair Sportsbook – Bet £20 Get £20 Free – Place a min £20 sportsbook bet (single or multiple) on Champions League matches taking place on Fri 7th Aug 2020. After the qualifying bet has settled, you’ll get a £20 free bet. Min odds 1.5.
  • – Coral – £50 Refund – Simply back a team pre-match in any of our selected competitions and if they lead at Half-Time but fail to win, you’ll get paid out your potential returns, including your stake, as a free bet up to £50 after the match.
  • – Bet 365 – Bet £50 get £50 Free in-play – Place a pre-match single bet on the Man City v Real Madrid game and you will receive a Free In-Play Bet to the value of your largest pre-match bet (max Free In-Play Bet value £50). By invite only – check your email/messages. 

Please see each of the bookmakers for the individual terms and conditions of the offers.

So plenty of opportunities there to make some risk-free cash.

Good luck with your betting for tonight. 

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