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Is Matched Betting Safe?

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Done correctly, matched betting is as safe as houses, but some things can go wrong if you don’t take care. We will look in detail at some potential pitfalls and how to stay safe. But first, a quick refresher as to what matched betting is all about.

What is matched betting?

Matched betting is a way of exploiting offers made by bookmakers such as free bets as sign-up bonuses and ongoing incentives by betting on both outcomes of an event. You are guaranteed to win, and it’s all 100% legal.

Here is a simple example. A bookmaker is offering a £25 free bet on a sporting event if you bet £25. You bet £25 on team A with the bookmaker and lay a bet on team A with a betting exchange (such as Betfair). The amount you lay will depend on the odds, but you should adjust your bet to return around £25 should team A lose.

Assume team A loses. You lose £25 with the bookmaker, but you gain close to £25 from Betfair. You are likely to lose a small amount of money including the Betfair commission, but you also gain a free £25 bet. If team A won, then your bet with the bookmaker would win, and you would also receive a free bet. You would, of course, have around a £25 loss on Betfair. So, whatever the outcome you have almost broken even and have a free £25 bet.

Now you repeat the process using your free bet with the bookmaker and matching it with a lay bet on the exchange. Whatever the outcome, you will have converted that free bet into profit.

Matched betting can be very rewarding when done right, with thousands of pounds of low-risk profit available.

There are some great services like Profit Maximiser which bring together all the offers and show you how to set them up with ease. During our live trial using Profit Maximiser we made £2,469 profit with very little risk, which is pretty much all you can ask for. 

So, what can go wrong?

You can keep doing that time after time using the hundreds of free bets offered by bookmakers. So, what could possibly go wrong? Why can’t you keep generating profit every week? Theoretically, you can. Some people claim to make a regular income of up to £600 a month using matched betting.  However, two things can go wrong: human error and getting gubbed.

Human error

Matched betting is reasonably complicated. If you don’t have a head for basic maths. Then perhaps it isn’t for you. But even if you are good with figures, things can go wrong. We can all lose concentration occasionally and make mistakes. For instance, getting a substantial lay wrong can be very expensive if you fail to fix it in time. The message is DON’T MAKE MISTAKES. Keep a careful track of your bets and lays, preferably documenting everything in a spreadsheet.

Account gubbing

Bookmakers don’t like matched betting and will try to stop matched betters in their tracks. Gubbing is having your account limited by the bookmaker. This might take the form of banning you from promotions such as free bets and limiting your maximum stake, often to a derisory amount. And the main reason why people get gubbed is the bookmaker suspects they are using matched betting.

But how do bookmakers know you are matched betting? Every punter’s account is monitored by the bookmaker using algorithms that probably know more about your betting habits than you know yourself. They know precisely how every kind of punter behaves, including matched betters. To avoid being flagged up as a matched better, you should disguise the fact by giving the impression you are a typical everyday punter. This means:

  • – Don’t bet exclusively on promotions. Mix your matched betting with ordinary bets. You can lay these at a betting exchange to protect your stake, so you won’t win or lose significant amounts, but you will disguise your real purpose.
  • – Don’t focus entirely on high-value bets that are significantly better than lay odds. Again, this is likely to flag you as a matched better.

Finally

If you take the precautions we have mentioned, matched betting really is as safe as houses, and there are guaranteed profits to be made. Just be careful and take your time. You will be amazed by how much risk-free money you can make.

And if you use a top service like Profit Maximiser you can make up to £500 per month tax free from matched betting. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Expected Goals – Explained

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While the term “expected goals” (xG) has entered the football lexicon over the past few years, the concept has been well established for much longer. Analysts and researchers have been using the metric to assess the performance of football teams since the early 1990s.

What exactly is the meaning of xG in football?

So what exactly do we mean by xG in football? Fundamentally, it is a straightforward metric that relates the number of shots at goal with the number of goals scored. It applies to individual players and teams. It can be broken down into specific situations, such as xG for penalties, for corners, for open play, in fact, it can be broken down to even more granular basis such as distance from goal and shot angle.   

Essentially, xG can help us understand the game if we use it correctly. But as a tool, it has its limitations, for instance, used by itself it isn’t a reliable prediction of results. What it does provide is an indication of the probability that a specific shot will result in a goal.

The xG model

In fact, there are several different xG models, but we won’t go into their subtle differences here. What is fundamental to all of them is that the most critical parameters are the distance from goal and angle of the shot (though there are various definitions of these). Other important factors are free kicks, through balls, headers, corner kicks, time of game, and so forth. A complete xG analysis might well include many additional factors.  

Developing an xG model involves collecting a great deal of information over time and analysing it using various statistic methods to determine the xG for the multiple shots and field positions. For instance, we might want to assess the probability of a player who is 8 metres away from an open net, scoring a goal. The xG model assembled using 1,000 similar instances in which 800 goals were scored in similar circumstances might assign a probability of 0.8 that the player would score, but that would be unrealistic as many more factors need considering. How did he receive the ball? What were the weather conditions? How long had the player had the ball?

To put all those variables together, we need to use a method such as “logistic regression” to find a formula that takes account of all that information to compute a realistic probability of scoring a goal.

How useful is xG in football betting?

xG is a valuable way of assessing the current form of a team an individual player. But can it be used to improve our football betting strategies? Let’s look at what it can tell us:

  • – How well a team is performing compared to its usual form
  • – Individual player performances
  • – How well teams play from specific situations such as corner kicks
  • – The xG for both sides in a match

xG can help us put real numbers to these and increase our betting edge. It can also help with specialist markets such as corner kicks and over under markets. However, don’t expect that introducing xG into your betting strategy will yield instant results. You will only see the value over time. xG is a long term historical statistical measure and provides only a guide to future performance. Remember, many factors can influence the outcome of a game, so don’t put too much weight on xG without considering all the other factors also.

However, the more information you have, the more successful your betting is likely to be. The best way is to see if it works for you.

What are the limitations of xG in Football?

While xG is an insightful tool for evaluating scoring opportunities and team performance, it does have its limitations. It’s important to understand these to avoid over-relying on xG as a sole predictor of match outcomes or individual player abilities.

Firstly, xG doesn’t account for the full context of each play. For instance, it doesn’t consider factors like player skill level, defensive pressure at the moment of the shot, or external conditions such as weather, pitch quality, or stadium atmosphere. These factors can significantly influence the likelihood of a goal, yet they aren’t explicitly represented in the xG value.

Secondly, xG models vary, and each has its own approach to calculating probabilities, meaning xG values can differ depending on the source. Some models include only basic elements like distance and angle, while others attempt to incorporate more nuanced details, like shot speed or player positioning. This variability means that xG is not a standardised metric and should be interpreted with caution.

Another limitation is that xG is retrospective; it assesses the probability of scoring based on historical data rather than real-time conditions. This means that while xG is excellent for analysing past performance trends, it’s less reliable as a predictive tool. xG can indicate the quality of chances created in a game, but it doesn’t guarantee future results, as football is influenced by countless variables that can change from one match to the next.

Finally, xG doesn’t cover defensive strength or how well a team prevents scoring opportunities, which is a critical aspect of overall team performance. Metrics such as expected goals against (xGA) help to fill this gap but even combined, xG and xGA don’t capture every aspect of a game. For instance, a team could have a low xG but still win due to strategic defensive play or capitalising on rare chances.

If you want to follow an established and successful football strategy however, check out this top betting system that has made over $100,000 from betting on the draw.

 

 

 

 

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Sports Arbitrage – Does It Work?

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There is much debate about sports arbitrage betting. Advocates consider it to be a great way to deliver an almost guaranteed profit, while many detractors find it too risky due to its complications and possible implications once bookmakers discover this is what you are doing.  Here we will look at both sides of this argument and leave you to draw your own conclusions.

What is Sports Arbitrage?

Arbing, as sports arbitrage is commonly called, is a betting scheme where punters place multiple bets with multiple bookmakers in such a way as to guarantee a profit whatever the outcome of the events. It works by exploiting odds differences between different bookmakers.

Let’s say for example there is a tennis match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. One bookie has Federer at 11/10 (2.1), whilst another bookie has Nadal at 6/5 (2.2).

You could bet £100 on both players at the two bookies and be guaranteed a profit whatever happens. 

If Federer wins the match, you win £110, minus the £100 you put on Nadal, leaving you with £10 profit.

If Nadal wins the match, you win £120, minus the £100 you put on Federer, leaving you with £20 profit.

Now it is worth noting firstly that you are unlikely to get such a good arb on a high-profile match like this, but it is just an example. Secondly if you are going to arb on tennis, pay attention to the bookies’ terms and conditions as they vary on what happens if a player retires hurt. Some pay out on the result regardless whereas others will count it as a void bet.  

As the odds differences in arbs are usually minimal, you need to invest a large sum of money to make a relatively small profit. But if your profit is guaranteed, it’s the same as putting your money in a savings account, only at a much higher interest rate than banks can offer you.

Is arbing really risk-free?

Unfortunately, there are risks. In any betting scheme, there are always things that could go wrong, Odds can change very quickly, and you must be nimble on your feet to keep up with it all. Arbing isn’t something you can do and sit back from.

However, you must be disciplined in your approach and resist any outliers however tempting they might seem. But, with care, there are excellent and reliable profits to be made. Sports arbitrage works. Just look at those who have made significant profits using it – for a time at least.

Best Software for Sports Arbing

There are quite a few arbing products out there, with probably the best of the bunch if you are serious about your arbitrage being Rebel Betting. They have a large number of bookmakers and sports available and include dutching opportunities which is a useful feature allowing you to go a bit more under the bookies’ radar than straight arbs. It is generally used by the professionals. 

If you are looking for something more straightforward (and cheaper) then Oddsmonkey has an odds comparison tool which can be used to find arbs.

The most significant danger is your bookmaker

The most significant threat, though, is your bookmaker. Bookmakers hate successful arbing, as it robs them of their profits. If you are making substantial profits arbing, then they are likely to severely restrict or close your account. You will have allowed them to do so by signing up to their terms and conditions.

Naturally, you never read them, who does? You had no choice but to accept them. But they will state that your account may be closed at the discretion of the bookmaker at any time and there is no right of appeal. Even if you do protest, it would be unusual for them to overturn their decision.

How do bookmakers know you have been arbing?

An important rule is to never underestimate bookmakers. There are good reasons why you rarely see a poor one. They are very smart organisations run by bright people and can quickly spot the tell-tale signs that identify potential arbitrage betters. If you are arbing, here are some tips to hide your trail.

  • – Don’t sign up with a new bookmaker, make a large deposit, and make a maximum bet on a selection. This is certain to raise suspicions.
  • – Don’t stake strange amounts. Your arbitrage strategy/algorithm might indicate an optimum bet is £18.42, but if you bet that amount it is clearly identifiable as an unusual bet, especially if you bet strange amounts frequently. At least make your bets look usual by rounding them up or down.
  • – Be careful about frequently placing bets at high odds. This is a typical arbitrage pattern that bookmakers look out for.
  • – If you can, also do some “mug bets” from time to time to throw the bookies off your scent and make them think you are an amateur punter. Nothing says mug more than throwing in a few accas here and there. Of course if you wanted to reduce the risk of said mug bets you could also lay them off at the exchanges. 
  • – It would also help to follow these steps to try and keep your bookie accounts open. 

What About Exchange Arbing?

One possibility that gets around the risk of bookie restrictions is to arb between exchanges like Betfair, Smarkets, Betdaq and Matchbook. They have no problem with arbers because all they are interested in is bets being matched, regardless of whether you are making a profit by arbing, matched betting or doing anything similar. 

If you watch the exchanges closely enough you may spot the odd arbing opportunity, but it must be said they are few and far between and usually disappear pretty quickly. 

That may be because bots are operating arbing strategies between exchanges and are hoovering up any opportunities as they arise. Such bots are quite commonplace in the (largely unregulated) crypto markets, although most we have seen are of dubious quality. We haven’t seen any available for the exchange markets, but if anyone would like to develop one we would be all ears!

Of course if you are going to arb between exchanges, don’t forget to factor commission into your calculations. 

So, what’s our conclusion?

As we said at the start, we will leave you to draw your own conclusions. But we must point out that many professionals and amateurs alike make healthy profits from arbing – for a time anyway. There is nothing illegal about it. Just make sure you have the right tools and take as many steps as you can to try and keep your bookie accounts open for as long as possible.

Inevitably if you are going to arb the bookies will close your accounts, it’s just a question of when. In our view, matched betting through a service like Profit Maximiser is probably a better option, as you can generally keep your bookie accounts open for longer and make more money from it. 

For those outside of the UK and Ireland who don’t have access to free bets and bonuses in order to do matched betting however, arbing is another low-risk option to make money from the bookies.  

 

 

 

 

 

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
Rating:

 

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.