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5 Ways to Be Green and Love Your Winning Race Horse

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Buying, rearing and training a race horse can be an incredibly rich and exciting process. Your love of racing is transferred into reality when you are training and looking after your racehorse investment. The sheer thrill of getting your horse into prime peak condition and seeing it romp home over a race or just pip the second at the post is a fantastic feeling and one that many equestrian lovers have each month. It will often take time money and energy to get to that point, of which of course will be paid back with winnings.

Looking after a prime race horse is of course paramount and something to look at when choosing the right runner for your betting. The extra care that the stables put into the care of the horse can make a real difference. Why not check out some stables and put a more well considered bet on – you can get a great Ladbrokes bonus code from here to give you a further advantage.

Unfortunately, horse ownership is not the most traditionally environmentally friendly activity; horses require a large amount of resources and create quite a bit of waste. However, there are a number of easy ways to help reduce your horse’s impact on the environment.

Manure Composting

Horses have large appetites. Large appetites result in a large amount of manure, which needs to be dealt with. Composting is a great green way of turning what could be a potential issue into something that is incredibly useful. Composting can be done by adding manure and a combination of other materials, such as moldy feed and straw, into a bin. Once the material converted to sludge, or the end result of the compost cycle, it can be used for manure. As an added bonus, purchasing an anaerobic digester can convert methane, a byproduct of the compost process, to biogas, which can be used to heat the home or parts of the stable.

Eco-Bedding

Using eco-friendly horse bedding, such as pellet bedding or compressed cardboard chips. These types of bedding are biodegradable, and are both made either using recycled wood products or are grown in sustainable plantation farms. These types of bedding are made to absorb more, which means that less can be used. Further, bedding pellets can actually be more healthy for the horse, as they emit less dust and reduce any hoof problems a horse may develop due to a damp stall.

Natural Nontoxic Fly Sprays

Switching to nontoxic fly sprays not only offers benefits for your horse, but will also keep the groundwater safe from contamination when the horse is bathed. They are also particularly good for horses with sensitive skin, as natural fly sprays do not contain any chemicals that will irritate the skin. Even better, many of these natural fly sprays can be made right at home.

Buy in Bulk

Buying in bulk is one of the easiest ways to go green. Essentially, purchasing more of the feed and bedding at once not only saves money on transportation costs, but also saves gas as fewer trips are made to drop off materials at the barn.

Recycling and Reusing

The barn can reduce the amount of waste it produces by reusing barn items. For example, old mop buckets can be washed and reused as planters and old, torn feed bags can be reused as trash bin liners, ground covers and even as bags to store other bags. It is also always important to recycle anything that cannot be used again, such as used horse shoes, and to buy products that use recycled material, such as toilet paper.

Reducing a Horse’s Impact on the Environment is Easy

While horses do require a large amount of resources, those resources can be made with the environment in mind. By simply switching to nontoxic sprays, using recycled materials for bedding, cutting down on transportation and turning horse waste into something useful, the barn can be a much greener place.

 

 

 

 

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Join the Live Trading Webinars!

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If you are interested in seeing how some professional traders produce regular profits from their trading, check out these FREE live webinars coming up over the next week:-

 

Sunday 22nd 11.00 Rugby England vs Tonga

The Rugby World Cup has just got under way and it’s a great opportunity to make some profit. Even if you don’t like/watch or know anything about Rugby this will be something you have never seen before. Phil the team’s Head Rugby Trader took over £100,000.00 from the bookies in under 12 months. He uses his in-depth knowledge and understanding of the game to beat the markets and find value, he somehow predicts what is going to happen long before the bookies react and that is how he finds the value. I wouldn’t hesitate to say he is the best Rugby Trader I have ever seen.

Register here https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_umxhIu_DSbKmjG-fzGI3wg

 

Thursday 26th 19.30 Football Torino vs AC Milan

Kevin the Head Football Trader is the author and publisher of many unique trading strategies. He has been trading since the Betfair Exchange was launched and in that time has blown more banks than he cares to mention. He has been through the pain it takes to learn to trade and is now without doubt in the top 1% of traders in the UK.

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__BSX2JMYR3aEvv3JGzr-8A

 

These Webinars are totally FREE and open to anyone – hope to see you there!

 

 

 

 

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Bet365 Early Payout Offer – Explained

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The Bet365 Early Payout Offer is one of the more attractive bookmakers offers currently out there and has acquired an excellent reputation with punters who enjoy the low-risk high gains provided by matched betting.

In a nutshell, if you back a team to win in the match odds market of a football game, Bet365 will pay out if they go two goals ahead at any time during the match, not just the final result. Even if your selection eventually loses the game, you will still profit. We will look in more detail at how it works and why it is an exciting option for matched betters.

How It Works

Let’s assume you are betting on Liverpool to beat Manchester City. Regardless of the final result, if at any stage of the game Liverpool goes two goals ahead of Manchester City, your bet will be settled as a winner, even if Manchester City go on the win the game or it finishes in a draw.

Even if the final score were 3-4 to Manchester City, if at some point in the game the score was 2-0 or 3-1 to Liverpool, then you would win. That must be worth considering, as there are significantly more ways to win, but it is even more impressive when you use it as part of a matched bet.

Bet365 Early Payout and Matched Betting

Building on the previous example, assume you bet on Liverpool to win with Bet365 and laid Manchester City on Betfair. If Liverpool goes two goals ahead at any time, Bet365 will pay you out as a winner. But you would also have your lay in play with Betfair. You now have two options:

  • – Cash-out your lay bet and take your profit
  • – Let your lay bet run

If you go for the second option and Manchester City goes on to win, or the game is a draw, then both your lay-bet and back-bet will provide you with a profit.

So if you had backed Liverpool at 2.5 with Bet365 for £100 and then laid them for the same amount at Betfair, you would win £150 from Bet365, plus win your £100 lay bet with Betfair. Pretty awesome eh?

Of course, if this didn’t happen and Liverpool went on to win the game, you would lose your lay bet, but you would almost compensate for that with your back bet on Bet365.

The Early Payout Offer is generally regarded as one of the best bookmaker offers around and has one of the highest EVs (estimated values), meaning over the course of a large number of bets it would be expected to have one of the highest returns of any offer. 

You can learn the perfect set up for it and dozens of other bookie offers with Profit Maximiser, which is highly recommended. 

Accumulators

The Bet365 Early Payout Offer also applies to accumulators. So, if any of your multiple selections were to go two goals ahead at any time, that leg of your accumulator would be a winner.

Restrictions

Do be aware there are some restrictions:

The offer applies to the Premier League, Championship, FA Cup, UEFA Champions League, EFL, UEFA Europa League, Serie A, Primera Liga, and Bundesliga.

It only applies to the Full-Time Result market. Any bets placed on enhanced prices markets are not eligible.

Please check out the full terms and conditions here. 

Six Nations

Bet365 Early Payout Offer also applies to Six Nations matches. Here the criterion is your selection must be 10 points ahead at any stage of the game.

NFL

There is also an Early Payout Offer on NFL (American football) matches, whereby if the team you have backed goes 17 points up at any stage, they will pay your bet out in full even if that team doesn’t go on to win the game. Applies to the Money Line market.

Finally

This is a useful offer from Bet365 that should result in higher profits for savvy punters. While sides that are two goals ahead rarely go on to lose or draw the game, it happens frequently enough to make this an attractive offer.

The availability of the early payout offer varies by country and customer, so please check the terms and conditions and your own account to see if you are eligible, or contact Bet365 if you are not sure.

If you want to learn how to profit from the Early Payout Offer and dozens of other bookie offers, check out this excellent package which shows you how to make up to £500 per month tax free (UK & Ireland only). 

 

 

 

 

 

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Join the Live Trading Webinar on 16th September

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Last season we conducted a review of a group of professional traders who made £2,000 profit trading football matches during our live trial.  

We are pleased to say they are holding a live webinar this Monday 16th September and you can follow along and see how they do it for FREE.

Here are the details:

On the 16th September at 19.45 (BST) – Live Webinar when the team will be trading Aston Villa vs West Ham.

The webinar is free and anyone can join by registering here https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aOuqdGV2QgC0nptrmFPN1w

During the Webinar they will also be officially launching a new auto-trading system that has been 2 years in development and is one of the most exciting new systems we have seen in some time.

The webinar is completely free, everyone is welcome and it is not to be missed.

Register here https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aOuqdGV2QgC0nptrmFPN1w

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Football Trading Webinars – 2019/20 Season Sign-Up

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Last season we undertook a review of Football Trading Webinars run by a team of professional traders and they performed excellently, making just under £2,000 profit with a very high strike rate.

We weren’t sure if they were going to offer the webinars again this season or just focus on their own trading, but we are delighted to announce they have decided to run the webinars again.

This is great news as we thought the trading webinars were highly valuable and it would have been a shame not to have them available again. 

However, what they are looking to do is work with a smaller group this time of around 20-30 people who are committed to learning how to trade like a professional and to understand the strategies. 

This will allow them to devote more time to making sure people really benefit from the webinars and not only profit from following them directly but members can then apply the strategies to their own trading and thereby increase their profits. So this will be about developing an elite group of traders rather than opening it up to “the masses.”

Membership will be strictly limited and on a first-come-first-served basis. The webinars are due to commence on Monday 16th September and you can secure your place now to ensure you don’t miss out. 

There is a 50% discount for the first month before the subscription reverts to the full monthly amount of £69.99 per month. You can join below:




The webinars are only really suitable if you have some experience with trading and are familiar with trading software such as Geeks Toy, Bet Angel etc.

If you are new to trading, we would recommend a trading course which is also offered by the same team and includes a series of guides, video tutorials, example trades and explanations of how to use  trading software. If you are interested in that, please drop us an e-mail at info@honestbettingreviews.com and we will provide further details. 

 

 

 

 

 

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SJP Golf Tips – Final Review

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We have reached the end of our six month trial of SJP Golf Tips and here are the final results:-

 

Profit/Loss:   +122 points
Strike Rate:   14%
Bank Growth:   61%
ROI:   31%
Average number of bets:   8 per week
Cost:   Free for first 14 days then £29.99/month, £79.99/quarter or £299.99/year
VERDICT:   PASSED
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You can view full results here.

 

SJP Golf Tips – Full Review

 

SJP Golf Tips is a golf tipping service provided by a professional golfer Stuart J Priestley and is hosted on the Sports Betting Stars platform. 

We undertook an extended six-month trial of the service, as with most golf services you need a good period of time to get a proper look at performance. One winner or a long losing run can distort results over a shorter period. 

Our chief reviewer Dan also followed the tips in a personal capacity for about a year before this review started so we can vouch for the results over a pretty lengthy period now. 

And what results they have been! 

Over the course of our six-month trial SJP racked up an excellent 122 points of profit at a superb return on investment of 31%. 

There were some great winners during our trial, including:-

  • – Bubba Watson at the Travelers at 33/1
  • – Ryan Fox to be 1st round Leader at the Irish Open at 66/1
  • – Brooks Koepka for the PGA at 20/1
  • – Brandt Snedeker to win the Wyndham at 22/1 and to be 1st rd Leader at 40/1
  • – Matt Wallace for the Made in Denmark at 33/1
  • – Jordan Smith to be 1st rd leader at the DP Champs at 66/1 (dead heated)
  • – Belgium to win the World Cup at 11/1

In addition there were also a plethora of placed finishes to keep the bank ticking over. 

Here are the results for the trial in graph format:

As is fairly typical for golf services, things did fluctuate around a bit but it was always in profit and was punctuated with some nice winners throughout. 

So together with the 100 or so points made in the year prior to our review that we were following the tips, this has to go down as one of the best golf tipsters we have ever come across and a definite PASSED rating.

One to undoubtedly consider adding to the portfolio. 

 

Service Breakdown

Ease of use: A pretty easy service to follow with just eight bets per week on average, usually sent on Wednesday morning. Quite a few of the tips are in the first round leader market which is a little unusual but those bets have been a big part of the profits so are clearly worth including. 

Availability of prices: We didn’t experience any problems getting the advised prices. As with most golf services, you can generally beat the win part of the bet by using the exchanges but get worse for the place part. 

Strike rate: The strike rate during the trial was 14% (including placed selections), which is fairly standard for a golf service and as ever does mean a good amount of patience and a decent-sized betting bank are required.  

Advised Betting Bank: A 200 point bank is advised for following the service, which seems reasonable given the largest drawdown to date is around 100 points. If you wanted to be really safe then a 250-300 point bank could be used though. 

Subscription costs: The subscription fees are FREE for the first 14 days then £29.99/month, £79.99/quarter or £299.99/year.

 

OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED

It’s been a fantastic trial for SJP Golf Tips with 122 points profit made at a return on investment of 31%. We have no hesitation in awarding it a PASSED rating. 

SJP is someone who clearly benefits from the inside knowledge of being a professional golfer himself and that comes through in his selections – and more importantly his results.

As we always say, golf services require a bigger betting bank and more patience than most other sports, but it can pay off in a big way if you do have those things and certainly it has for followers of SJP Golf Tips so far.

One of the best golf services we have seen and a superstar tipster in the making. 

And the great news is you can now get a free trial for 14 days here. 

 

 

* 2020 Update:– Just a note to say that after completing this review, it came to our attention that SJP had copied some write-ups for his tips from other golf websites.

Having contacted Sports Betting Stars who run the SJP Golf Tips service, they said that SJP’s response is that: 

The tips themselves are and have always have been is own, he simply types his selections into google on the Wednesday morning and searches for write ups for them and if they can’t be found he gives a little or no write-up…as writing is not his strong point.

Whilst we obviously cannot verify or deny SJP’s claims either way as to whether the tips originally were his own and he was just copying the explanations from other sites, it is rather worrying that he chose to copy write-ups verbatim from other websites.

Interestingly the tips have still been profitable historically and have continued to be so since our review ended, so whatever the route to finding them, the selections have made money overall. Having tracked the tips since noticing this infringement, we also feel that SJP is now providing his own tips and write-ups. 

So we are content to maintain our original rating for this service, with the slight caveat that it was a shame for some of the write-ups to have been copied for a period and we hope this doesn’t happen again. 

 

 

 

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SJP Golf Tips – Results Update

29th November 2018

It’s been a good month for SJP Golf Tips, with 37 points profit made since our last update towards the end of October. 

That means for our trial overall SJP is an excellent 148 points up.

You can view full results here.

Highlights over the last month include Jordan Smith to be first round leader at the DP World Tour Championship at 66/1, which dead-heated for the win, Belgium winning the World Cup of Golf last week at 11/1 and quite a few placed finishes too.

We have another month left in our sixth-month trial of this service but suffice to say it is heading for a resounding passed rating.

 

 

 

 

 

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SJP Golf Tips – Results Update

25th October 2018

There’s been quite a significant correction for SJP Golf Tips lately, with a loss of 43 points since our last update a month ago. 

However, with excellent results earlier in our trial, he is still 111 points up overall.

You can view full results here.

As ever, this is the way with golf tipsters – losing runs of 50 or 100 points are not uncommon. It is difficult to know exactly what the right bank is for following a golf service like this. They recommend a 200 point bank but we wonder whether a 300 or 400 point would be more appropriate to be on the safe side.

This service’s worst losing run to date is around 70 points, so a 200 point bank seems reasonable, but you never know when things can go badly wrong so you may want to err a little higher. 

In any event, the trial overall has still gone very well so hopefully a winner isn’t too far around the corner. 

 

 

 

 

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SJP Golf Tips – Results Update

24th September 2018

More profits to report for SJP Golf Tips, with a further 7 points made in the right direction since our last update a month ago.

That means they are now 154 points up for our trial overall.

You can view full results here.

Recent winners include Matt Wallace at 33/1 at the Made in Denmark and a few placed finishes have helped results also. 

With the Ryder Cup this week it should be interesting to see how they get on and can hopefully land us some more profits for the big event. 

 

 

 

 

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SJP Golf Tips – Results Update

22nd August 2018

The excellent form continues for SJP Golf Tips, with another 74 points profit added since our last update a month ago.

That means they are now 147 points up for the trial overall, which is superb going.

You can view full results here.

The recent winners include Brooks Koepka for the USPGA at 20/1 and Brandt Snedeker for the Wyndham Championship at 22/1 and to be First Round Leader at 40/1. 

So this is looking like a top quality service based on what we have seen and long may it continue. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SJP Golf Tips – Results Update

24th July 2018

It’s been an excellent start to our trial of SJP Golf Tips, with a profit of 73 points made so far after one month.

You can view full results here.

The strong start is down in large part to Bubba Watson winning the Travelers Championship at 33/1 and then Ryan Fox leading after the first round of the Irish Open at 66/1. 

It could have been even better though, as they also tipped Fox to win the tournament outright at 80/1. In case you missed it, he was very unlucky not to win, with Russel Knox holing a couple of massive 40-foot putts on the last hole and then in the playoff to deny Fox the title.

Those are kind of once-in-a-lifetime events that most golfers never get to experience, so Fox and his backers can count themselves very unfortunate.

Even so, 73 points of profit made so far is superb stuff and long may it continue. 

 

 

 

 

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SJP Golf Tips – New Review

21st June 2018

We don’t get to review many golf betting services here at Honest Betting Reviews – partly because there aren’t that many of them out there.

So when we get a chance to review a promising new service we are always quite keen to take up the opportunity. 

We were approached recently to take a look at a service called SJP Golf Tips and this is one we did not want to miss out on.

The interesting thing about SJP Golf tips is that the service is provided by someone who is a professional golfer themselves – namely Stuart J Priestley (initials SJP). 

Using his vast knowledge and golfing experience, SJP Golf Tips has generated large profits over the past two years and boasts an excellent return on investment (ROI) of 38%.

Since starting up in January 2015 the service has made a superb 1100 points profit, which works out an average monthly profit of £275 to £10 stakes. 

Being a professional golfer himself Stuart obviously follows the game very closely and knows the players strengths and weaknesses very well. Each week you get a nice summary of the tournaments, courses and fields taking part. 

As well as outright tips Stuart also supplies tips on things like first round leader, where he has picked a few long-odds winners over the years. 

Although we are starting an official review today, our chief reviewer Dan has been a member of the service since back in August so we can proof the tips from back then.

Golf betting can inevitably be very up and down with a 100/1 winner wiping out months of previous losses, so it is good to be able to do a long-term review.

Anyway, without further ado we will kick off the official trial and will report back soon on how things are going.

In the meantime you can check out SJP Golf Tips here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Big Hands Racing – Results Update

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It’s been a sticky time for Big Hands Racing since our last update, with 40 points lost at advised prices.

That puts them 22 points up for our trial overall at advised prices.

You can view full results here.

At Betfair SP things are somewhat worse, with 61 points lost since our last update, putting them 31 points down for our trial overall at BSP.

A couple of weeks ago they decided to suspend the service for the time being due to family commitments. They are due to return at the end of October for the start of the AW season, so let’s hope the break will do them good and they will return in fine fettle. 

In the mean time we will put the review into abeyance and picks things up again if and when they return.  

 

 

 

 

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Big Hands Racing – Results Update

21st June 2019

Big Hands Racing has been in excellent form lately, adding another 33 points profit at advised prices since our last update a month ago.

That means they are now 62 points up at advised prices for our trial overall.

You can view full results here.

At Betfair SP the results have been exactly half as good, with a profit of 31 points made for our trial overall – and 30 points profit made since our last update. 

Let’s hope they can keep things going and continue the strong recent form. 

 

 

 

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Big Hands Racing – Results Update

16th May 2019

It’s been a small step backwards for Big Hands Racing since our last update, with a loss of 8 points over the last month to advised prices.

They are still well up for our trial overall though, with 29 points profit made so far to advised prices.

You can view full results here.

The drop at Betfair SP has been a little more dramatic however, with a loss of 27 points since our last update, leaving them just 1 point up at BSP for our trial overall. 

It will be interesting to see whether the gap that has opened up between the advised price results and BSP will be maintained or is just a blip, so we will keep an eye on that going forward. 

 

 

 

 

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Big Hands Racing – Results Update

11th April 2019

It’s been a very good start to our trial of Big Hands Racing, with 37 points profit made so far to advised prices.

You can view full results here.

It has also been a good start at Betfair SP, with a profit of 28 points made for our trial to date. 

The majority of bets are each-way, which is good for keeping the bank ticking over and some place returns coming in whilst you wait for the big winners.

A nice start then for Big Hands, let’s see if they can keep it up. 

 

 

 

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Big Hands Racing – New Review

6th March 2019

Today we are starting a new review of an interestingly-named tipster from the Sports Betting Stars stable. 

This one is called “Big Hands Racing” and to be honest we are not quite sure what is behind the name. Perhaps it is some reference to Donald Trump and his small hands, or winning big hands-full of cash.

Either way, the service looks very promising, with 189 points profit apparently made since starting tipping back in September 2018.

That has been achieved with a whopping return on investment of over 40% and a strike rate of just under 30%.

The service is run by a guy called Dean and he describes himself as a method tipster.

He says he uses a process of elimination to get his results i.e, draw and pace analysis before he even looks at the form.

Dean has been gambling on horses using tipsters for 20 years with some success but given his skills he recently decided to start his own tipping service.

So far five out of six months have been profitable which is obviously a very good ratio and if replicated over the long term would be extremely welcome.

Although this tipster is relatively new the results do look promising so we’ll be interested to see how it gets on during our trial. 

We started receiving tips on 1st March so will record results from then and results will be updated on this page at regular intervals during the trial. 

In the meantime you can check out Big Hands Racing for yourself here. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Laying Favourites on Betfair

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One of the biggest advantages of the advent of betting exchanges is the ability to act like a bookie and lay selections – or in other words bet on them to lose.

At first glance it seems like a great idea and the easiest thing in the world to lay a horse or team to lose. After all, you’ve probably heard the phrase “you never see a poor bookie” and that is exactly what they do.

However, anyone who has tried laying will have found it more difficult than it at first appears and there is the potential for your bank to get severely hit by a big priced lay going on to win the race or event. 

One possible solution to this is to lay favourites. This way your liability is lower because you are going against the jolly, who will generally be at low odds and often odds-on.

Below we take a look at some possible angles to take if you want to lay favourites and how you can make a profit from doing so.  

 

How to Lay Favourites on Betfair

Just in case you are not familiar with how to use the exchanges, here is an example of how to lay on Betfair. 

We have a horse race, the 16.05 at Bath. The favourite is Road to Paris, ridden by Luke Morris. 

If you want to lay the selection (i.e. bet on it to lose), you simply click the pink box next to the horse in question and that brings up your betslip on the right hand side. 

The odds at the time in question are 1.68, so we then enter our stake, which in this example is £100, and then click the yellow “Place bets” box.

You would then have laid the favourite in this race, Road to Paris. If it goes on to win, we would have lost £68 (i.e. our liability), but if any other horse wins we would collect £100 profit. 

If you felt that the odds were too high and you want to lay at a lower price, you can always request a lower price and see if it gets matched. To do this just enter the price you want in the betslip and click place bets. You have the choice of letting it go in-running, taking whatever the Betfair Starting Price (BSP) is, or of cancelling the bet if it is not matched by the time the race starts. 

So that in brief terms is how to lay a favourite on Betfair. 

 

Why You Need an Edge

Whilst the idea of laying favourites might sound appealing, you still need an edge over the market in order to make a profit overall. If you just laid favourites at random or without having an edge over the market, you could expect to lose £5 for every £100 you staked, due to having to pay Betfair’s commission rate of 5%. Or to put it another way, if you staked £10,000, you could expect to lose £500. 

The good news however is that there is usually better liquidity on favourites so you should have no problem obtaining prices and of course you do not need to put down as much money as if you were laying a 50/1 shot for example. 

 

Some Strategies for Laying Favourites on Betfair

OK, so we’ve looked at how to lay a selection on Betfair and pointed out that you need to have an edge over the market if you want to make a profit by taking on favourites. Let’s take a look at some strategies for laying favourites on Betfair. 

Taking on Dodgy Favourites

A simple strategy for horse racing involves looking at horses who are racing in unfamiliar conditions or trying to do something they haven’t done before. That might be winning at a distance a horse hasn’t won at before or ground it doesn’t perform well on. If you had a combination of these factors you could have a good opportunity to lay.

Little Acorns

One horse racing system that has done exceptionally well from laying favourites is Little Acorns. It is a low-liability laying system that involves using a combination of factors to pick horses to lay on Betfair at odds-on. It has been around for a number of years and has won numerous awards so is held in very high regard. With over 594 points profit made in 65 months it is easy to see why. Only seven of those 65 months have been losing months which is top-notch consistency.

We completed an extensive review of the system and gave it a passed rating, so if you are looking for a tried and trusted way of laying favourites then Little Acorns is well worth checking out. 

Tennis Goldmine

In a similar vein to Little Acorns but in a different sport, Tennis Goldmine is also a system that follows a set of rules for laying favourites in tennis matches on Betfair. It also completed a successful trial here on the site and comes from the tennis betting guru Patrick Ross, who is one of the most established tennis betting professionals on the web. Coming with his betting and trading tips as an additional add-on, which also have an excellent long-term record, Tennis Goldmine is a solid strategy for laying on Betfair.

 

Conclusion – Keeping It Real

Laying favourites sounds like a simple way to bank easy profits but it is important to keep it real – just like any other form of betting, you need an edge over the market or you will just lose money from doing it. 

The reason bookies are able to make money from laying is that they have an over-round, or in other words have an inbuilt house edge which means they offer slightly worse odds than what the actual chances of winning are. As a layer on the exchanges though you don’t have that advantage – and you have to pay the exchange’s commission charges. 

So if you want to make a profit from laying favourites then you need a winning strategy. We have outlined a few above which have worked well over the years, so they could be worth checking out. 

Whether you follow those strategies or devise your own though, please gamble responsibly and only risk money you can afford to lose.  

 

 

 

 

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Sports Betting Strategies

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Betting on sports has become a huge multi-billion dollar industry around the world and is a beloved pastime of millions of people. 

Out of those millions of people however, only around 2% actually make a profit from betting on sports. So what is it that sets those people apart from the rest?

Well, having a strategy that works and can consistently beat the bookies is a big part of the success of the winning 2%, along with of course discipline and sensible money management. 

Below we will take a look at some successful sports betting strategies and how you can apply them to your own gambling to hopefully improve your results.

 

Why You Need A Strategy

If you are going to bet on sports then it’s vital to have some clear strategies in place. If you are just betting on a whim or because you are watching a sporting event on TV and want to make it more entertaining, then you are almost certainly going to lose money in the long run. 

Professional gamblers have clearly worked-out strategies and stick to them rigidly, only adjusting their approach if a large quantity of data suggests it is worth doing so.

They plan their bets in advance, always look for value in their betting, keep detailed records of their results and follow sensible betting bank management. If you want to make a profit from your betting, this is what you should be doing too. 

If you follow these rules, then with the right strategy you have a chance of making money from your betting. Let’s take a look at some potential sports betting strategies you could use.  

 

Best Sports Betting Strategies

There are such a huge number of strategies out there, from books, guides, systems, tipsters, software, bots and more besides it can be overwhelming at times to decide which ones you should follow and which you should avoid.

That is why we have spent over five years testing out hundreds of strategies to see which ones work and which ones don’t, publishing full results so you can see exactly how well they have done.

Here are the top five Sports Betting Strategies we have found through our extensive research and testing:-

 

1. Take On the Sports Spread Betting Markets

One of the most neglected elements of sports betting are the spread betting markets. As spread betting is much more niche than fixed odds betting, not many people have really focused on finding profitable angles from it, meaning there are opportunities to be exploited. 

Just in case you are not familiar with it, spread betting involves not just predicting how an event will turn out, but you get rewarded for how correct you are – or conversely punished for how wrong you are. 

So taking an example, let’s say you thought Tiger Woods was going to do well in a golf tournament. Normally you would back him to win (or maybe each-way) at fixed odds. But with spread betting, you could bet on his finishing position in the event.

A spread firm might offer you a finishing position spread of 30-33. What that means is if you think Tiger will finish better than 30th, you “sell” at 30, for your chosen stake – let’s say £10 in this example. 

If Tiger has a good event and finishes fifth, you would win a multiple of your stake. In this case it would be 30 (the price sold for), minus 5 (the final position), which equals 25. So you would win 25 times your stake of £10, making £250 profit. 

Let’s say Tiger had a bad tournament though and finished 40th. In that case you would then lose 30 (the price sold for) minus 40 (the final position) equaling -10, so 10 times your stake, meaning a loss of £100. 

So as you can see, it really pays to not just win your bet, but for your selection to do so by a big margin. Hence angles that exploit where a big margin might happen have the potential to do very well on the spreads. Or occasions when a spread firm may just have got their spread wrong, as they can with fixed odds too. 

One service that has proven very adept at profiting from the spread betting markets is the aptly-named Sports Spread Betting. It provides tips for the spread markets in a number of sports including football, cricket, horse racing and more. 

We ran a review of the service during which it made an excellent £750 profit from £1 stakes and it has made a fantastic 4,000 points profit since starting up. That would be £4,000 profit if betting to just £1 stakes. 

As we say, it can really pay off to find a niche and stick to it in sports betting. 

 

2. Use Stats to Your Advantage

If you are going to be betting on sports then it pays to use stats to your advantage. There are now a huge wealth of stats available online for free so it can only make sense to use them. Whether it’s to find a slight edge in a niche market or to understand more about a particular player’s game, the stats can provide a significant advantage if utilised properly. 

Using stats is one of the most powerful betting strategies.

For example you might find that by studying golf stats you could identify players who are particularly suited to a course. If the course in question was narrow off the tee and rewarded players who hit it straight, then using stats for fairways hit percentage and strokes gained off the tee could be useful. Often the market will focus on the “big name” players or those in hot form and will miss the nuances of who the course is likely to suit.

One service that has done an excellent job of using stats is Trade on Sports. It is a platform run by a team of professional traders and uses a huge stats database in sports including tennis, football, cricket and American sports.

That database provides the basis for their in-play selections which are provided via the Telegram app and made over £4,000 profit during our live trial.  They have a number of other systems in the works which also look promising. 

In addition to their in-play alerts you can also make use of the stats database yourself to find suitable bets and trades and there are in-depth videos on how to use the database. 

Trade on Sports demonstrates the effectiveness of stats used in the right way and they have the record to back this up. 

 

3. Take On the Favourite

Most people who have done even a little bit of gambling in their lives will be able to testify to the allure of backing favourites. Whether you are at the races and want to have the thrill of backing a winner, or you fancy the stronger team to win the big match on telly, there is no denying that people are attracted to backing the “jolly,” as the favourite is often referred to.  

There are some strategies that take the opposite approach though and look to oppose favourites in certain circumstances. Maybe a horse is favourite but is facing conditions it has never run in before, or a football team is favourite for a match but has some key players missing and played badly in its last two games. 

There can be a litany of reasons for taking on the favourite, but if done well it can pay off handsomely. The nice thing about it is you don’t normally need to risk too much either as the favourite’s odds will generally be low. 

One service that has built a successful strategy out of taking on the favourite is Tennis Goldmine, which has been devised by tennis betting stalwart Patrick Ross.  It’s a PDF guide with a step-by-step approach to follow and made 28 points profit during our live trial. Tennis Goldmine also includes Patrick’s tips for the day which makes it a strong overall package.

 

4. Look to Less Obvious Sports

When it comes to sports betting, the runaway leaders in terms of the amount gambled on them are football and horse racing. However, whilst most of us are naturally drawn to these two when it comes to betting, it can pay to focus attention elsewhere on sports that don’t garner so much interest.

Just as mentioned above with regard to spread betting, focusing on more niche angles that others overlook can really pay dividends in sports betting. 

Focusing on niche sports like golf and boxing has proven very effective for some professional gamblers.

An example of a service that has done very well is the Golf Betting Expert, which has made over £10,000 profit to £10 stakes since starting up in 2016 with an excellent return on investment of over 25%. It also performed very well in our live trial, making 41 points profit. 

Another example is Premium Boxing Tips, which made 117 points profit during our live trial and has made over 500 points profit overall. As a member you can see they really know their stuff as you receive very detailed write-ups on the fights, comparing the boxers’ strengths and weaknesses and how the bout is likely to go.

It’s that kind of expertise in a niche sport that can produce results from a betting point of view so if you are looking to develop your own strategy it can pay to focus on a sport you know and love.

 

5. Lay the Draw in Cricket

Many people will be familiar with laying the draw in football, one of the most common trading strategies out there. Few however will have looked at laying the draw in cricket, but it holds great potential.

Just to be clear, we are talking about test cricket here rather than one-day or T20 stuff. Obviously there won’t be too many draws (or ties) in the shorter form of the game, although memorably there was one in the 2019 World Cup Final between England and New Zealand at Lords.

However, it is test match cricket that offers the opportunity to lay the draw. The game has changed substantially in recent years, firstly by the attacking brand of cricket pioneered by the likes of Ricky Ponting’s Australian side and taken up by other countries including England and secondly due to modern cricketers playing so much T20 and the shorter form of the game. 

This has led to sides playing much more attacking cricket and either scoring big or getting out. Very few sides are capable of – or show any inclination to – bed in and bat for a draw when the chance of winning has gotten away from them. Hence you see far fewer draws in test matches these days, particularly games involving Australia, England, South Africa and the West Indies. In fact matches are often over within three or four days now and very few games even make it to the fifth day.

So it can pay to either lay the draw before the start, or to wait for the price to drop if one side starts strongly with the bat. You can also trade out if the price on the draw shoots upwards, or just let it run depending on your preference. Either way though this has proved a profitable betting strategy for us in recent years.

 

Conclusion – Be Armed with the Right Strategy

If you are going to be a successful gambler, it is vital to be armed with the right strategy and to not just bet on whims or because you are watching an event on TV. 

Above we have illustrated five potential sports betting strategies you could use that have proved themselves over a long period of time.

If you use one of these strategies or follow your own, please gamble responsibly and only risk money you can afford to lose. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Expo Bot – Results Update

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It’s been a tough run over the last month for the Expo Bot, with a loss of 237 points for the Auto Dutch system since our last update.

That puts the Auto Dutch system 284 points down for our trial overall.

You can view full results here.

The big news however – which is hot off the press – is that Expo Bot is moving to the cloud rather than being operated on a desktop.

This in our view will be a big improvement and will mean everything will be fully automatic rather than having to set up a VPS (or have your PC running all day), download a desktop app, install updates to the software, check for bugs if it isn’t working properly etc. All of that will now be handled remotely on the cloud, so a much simpler customer experience.

The Auto Dutch system is also being paused for now and is scheduled to resume running on the cloud in September, which will contain enhanced performance filters. They say they have enough data accumulated now to bring this to final version in the next update.

So in terms of this review, we will call it a day for now and say that this was unfortunately heading for a failed rating based on the results achieved to date. We will commence a new review once the new cloud software with the new parameters launches, which will hopefully not only be really simple to operate but produce better results as well. 

This new version of the Expo Bot is also due to have football trading added to it, so we will include that in our review when it is available later this year.

So that’s it for this review for now but we look forward to seeing the relaunch in September.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Expo Bot – Results Update

8th July 2019

A bit of a recovery for the Expo Bot lately, with a profit of 95 points for the Auto Dutch system since our last update. 

That means the Auto Dutch is now 47 points down for our trial overall. 

You can view full results here.

We missed a couple of days of bets with the bot not working for one reason or another. The problem may well have been at our end with not having downloaded the latest version but we couldn’t be sure. There are still a few teething problems as the bot gets puts through its paces but hopefully over the next couple of months these issues will all be ironed out. 

They have made an adjustment to the Auto Dutch system, removing Mondays from betting days which would have considerably improved the results so far and makes sense given that Mondays are often poor in terms of the quality of racing.

As mentioned last time we stopped proofing the in-play betting system as it is being completely revamped. 

Anyway, good to see the recent recovery for the Auto Dutch and let’s hope it continues. 

 

 

 

 

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Expo Bot – Results Update

11th June 2019

The tough run has continued for the Expo Bot unfortunately, with a further 11 points lost since our last update.

That means the Bot is now 35 points down for our trial overall (or £350 down to £10 stakes). 

You can view full results here

We have stopped monitoring the In-Play Betting System as they are completely overhauling it and pretty much starting from scratch, so there didn’t seem much point continuing following a version of something that isn’t going to be used going forward. 

In terms of the Auto-Dutch system, it has also been a rough spell lately. We are operating it continuously over the evening rather than on a stop-at-a-profit basis. If you had been using the latter you would be 7 points down over the period of our review rather than the 14 points down we are from letting it run. That is to be expected really given that you would be betting in fewer races.

In the grand scheme of things the losses aren’t too bad and represent just 14% of the advised betting bank, but we had been hoping for more from this system so it is a little disappointing.

It is important to remember at the same time that everything is still in beta testing mode at the moment so this is just the beginning for Exponential Bet and they have got a number of promising things in development so let’s see how they progress over the coming weeks and months.

 

 

 

 

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Expo Bot – Results Update

8th May 2019

It’s been a bit of a rough ride lately for the Expo Bot, with 18 points lost since our last update a month ago.

That means they are now 24 points down for our trial overall (or £240 down at the £10 stakes we are using) for the two systems – the In-Play trading and Auto-Dutch systems. 

You can view full results here (please note there are two tabs on the spreadsheet for the two systems).

However, that doesn’t really tell the whole story as it is the In-Play system that has really been struggling, losing 21 points so far, whilst the Auto Dutch has been doing ok.

To be fair the In-Play system is still in beta mode and Ryan who runs the service is working on some changes to the process which should improve results. 

In the meantime we would recommend putting it on hold if you are running this system until the new changes have been introduced and bedded in. We will still record results of course because that is what a live trial is all about, but Ryan has been clear from the outset that this was in beta mode so results could be volatile whilst he finds the optimal parameters for it.

Meanwhile the Auto-Dutch system has been working better, with a small profit made since our last update.

We are also pleased to report that we are now running the bot on a VPS and it has been running much more smoothly on that, although does need occasional checking as I missed a few days whilst away on holiday and the bot didn’t automatically refresh each day – but seems to be doing so now.

Anyway, Ryan has also been working on some new systems which sound very interesting, including some auto-trade software which we are intrigued by. 

So whilst it has been a little bumpy with the Expo Bot lately, there is still plenty of time left in our trial and we are very hopeful about developments for the Exponential Bet service going forward. 

 

 

 

 

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Expo Bot – Results Update

10th April 2019

It’s been a tough start to our trial of the Expo Bot, both in terms of results and getting it to work properly.

In terms of results, we are currently 6 points down (or £60 down to the £10 stakes we are using) combined for the In-Play trading and Auto Dutch systems. 

You can view full results here (please note there are two tabs on the spreadsheet for the two systems).

It should be stressed however that these are not comprehensive results for the Bot because (as alluded to) we have had some problems running it and haven’t been able to place all the trades.

Some of these problems it seems were at our end and some at the developer’s end, as we are now on the fourth version of the bot due to some technical issues.

This is to be expected really with a new piece of software like this which is quite sophisticated and it should be stressed that the Bot is still in beta mode at the moment before being officially released as an “end product” if you like. 

Hopefully most of the teething problems have been ironed out now and it will be smoother sailing from here on in. 

In terms of the results, whilst they have been a little disappointing thus far, the losses haven’t been too bad in the grand scheme of things and they have coincided with the “limbo period” of the jumps season ending and the flat season starting, so that could explain things at least partially. 

Anyway it’s early days and still plenty of time to get into profit so let’s see where we are after our next update.

 

 

 

 

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Expo Bot – New Review

12th March 2019

We have previously reviewed two systems from Exponential Bet – their In-Play Betting System and their Dutch betting strategy – both of which received passed ratings after performing very well during live trials here on the site. 

Today we are starting a trial of a new and exciting piece of kit they have developed, namely their Expo Bot. 

This is a betting bot that enables complete automation of two of their strategies – i.e. the In-Play Betting System we reviewed previously and their relatively newer Automated Dutch betting system. 

Both of these are strategies for betting/trading on horse racing on Betfair that Exponential Bet have developed over time with a good deal of work. 

Just to give an idea of the figures, the Automated Dutch system has so far made £471 profit to just £10 stakes from 65 betting days since going live whilst the In-Play Betting System has made £1012 profit from £10 stakes since going live almost exactly a year ago. 

So combined these strategies have done very well indeed and made substantial profits with pretty low stakes. 

Now the beauty of the situation is that the Expo Bot allows them to be implemented completely automatically on Betfair. You just need to set up the bot, enter your chosen stake and settings and let it do its thing. 

Whilst up until now there was a degree of automation available with the strategies, there was still some manual work that needed doing and the use of an external bot such as the Bet Engine or Fairbot. 

Having it all completely automated from end to end through the Expo Bot is a big improvement in our view though and we are looking forward to testing the bot out.

We have set it up and started the Bot running so are already placing bets and can report it is all working well. 

If results end up being as good as those achieved to date then this will be a great way of making some extra income, all on auto-pilot.

Plus we see the possibility of really growing the bank over time by using progressive staking rather than just flat staking. 

Anyway, let’s see how things go first during our live trial before we get ahead of ourselves. We will record results here during the trial so please watch out for updates on how the review progresses. 

Just a note that if you are not already a member of the Auto Dutch or In-Play Betting services then you will need to sign up to those as well as the Expo Bot. However you can get them all in one package – see the red box with “Expo Bot All in One Promotion” towards the bottom of the sign-up page. 

You can check out the Expo Bot for yourself here.