Ace Tennis Previews is a tennis tipping service based in Australia and provides selections in men’s and women’s matches around the world.
We have completed a six-month trial of the service (which included the end-of-season break) and we proofed over 280 tips in that time.
The selections come with detailed write-ups and you can see that they really know their stuff when it comes to tennis, with strong knowledge of the lesser-known players and their games in particular.
Sadly though, even with this specialist knowledge it didn’t translate into profit during our trial and a loss of 28 points was made overall.
Whilst that wasn’t necessarily the end of the world, over an extended period like our review covered, we would hope to see some kind of positive return generated.
So unfortunately we think the only fair verdict here is a narrow FAILED rating, as once you take subscription fees into account you would be quite a bit out of pocket from following the service.
We don’t doubt Ace’s expertise, it is just a question of whether that can be turned into an edge over the market in the long run and that remains to be seen for the moment.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: Good – tips are normally sent out a good day or so before matches are scheduled to start and with an average of 1-2 bets per day there isn’t too much work involved in following the service.
Availability of prices: As this is an Australian-based service the odds are occasionally advised with Aussie bookies like Topsport which might not be available to UK-based punters, but most bets are advised with bookies like Unibet and Bet365, which should be widely available to punters internationally. We had a few occasions when we weren’t able to obtain the advised odds but others when we beat them, so overall it probably balanced out OK.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 50%, so exactly half the bets were winners which is pretty decent.
Advised Betting Bank: We didn’t come across any advice on betting bank size but used a 100-point bank for the purposes of the trial, which seemed more than adequate for following the service.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are pretty reasonable at $9.99 per week or $24.99 per month
OVERALL VERDICT: FAILED
We have struggled over the years to find many profitable tennis betting services and unfortunately this one is another that failed to find the mark.
We can see that Ace Tennis Previews have considerable expertise in tennis but we just didn’t quite see that turned into profit over our trial.
A loss of 28 points and a negative ROI of 4% means a FAILED rating unfortunately, although as always if they could demonstrate profitability in the longer run we would of course be prepared to revisit our findings.
With the tennis season getting into full swing now and the form settling down it is good to see the results picking up as well and hopefully it is a sign of things to come.
It’s been a busy start to the year with the Australian Open so there have been a good number of bets lately and it’s encouraging to see things moving in the right direction for them.
Let’s hope by the time of our next update we will have moved into profit for our trial.
This is an Australian-based service so the odds are occasionally advised with Aussie bookies like Topsport, but most are advised with bookies like Unibet and Bet365, which should be widely available to punters internationally.
The official service is now taking a break until the start of the new season, although there will be a few bets posted on the website in the meantime.
We will pick things up again though when the main season kicks off down under in early January.
Regular followers will know that we have complained quite a lot about the lack of good tennis betting services out there, with only two ever having passed trials here at Honest Betting Reviews.
Well thankfully it looks like we may have found a couple of promising new tennis services out there after a great deal of searching.
One of them is Tennis Goldmine, which we are currently reviewing and has got off to a good start.
The other one, which is the subject of this trial, is a service called Ace Tennis Previews.
This one was actually suggested to us by one of our members, Vlad, so thank you to Vlad for pointing it out. It comes from Australia and is a betting (rather than trading) service looking at a variety of markets including handicaps, game numbers and so on.
What intrigued us about this service was not just that it had strong-looking results with 24 units profit made at a return on investment of over 11% over the last couple of months, but a big Twitter following of over 10,000 fans and an account going back to 2013.
Looking at the Twitter account you can see they have built up a loyal fan base and clearly have very in-depth knowledge of tennis.
Indeed, they say that they “have a keen eye for value, thanks to my knowledge and understanding of the lesser-known players. Here is where I have my edge on those creating the odds for the matches we watch.”
That comes across clearly as you look around the site and the Twitter account.
So it seems to us that this is a genuine service and has some promise, but will it actually generate a profit over the long term?
Well as ever, that is what we are here to find out, so we will run a live trial to see how they get on.
The trial is likely to run longer than our normal three months as the tennis tours have a hiatus in November/December time.
Hopefully we’ll get a sense of how well the service is performing before then though and will update results here soon so you can take a look.
The Man In The Know is a horse racing tipster from the Inbetsment tipster platform. The tipster has been gambling professionally since 2001 – solely on horse racing since 2013 and poker prior to 2013.
He has been tipping since 2014 and his record since then according to the Inbetsment website has been outstanding, with a profit of over 2,400 points made at a return on investment of over 22%.
With such a strong record behind him we were eager to check out the service and see if those kind of results could be repeated during a live trial.
Quite often on this website we end up saying that results in our trial failed to live up to the pre-trial billing.
Well gladly this isn’t one of those occasions and we are delighted to say that the Man In The Know has lived up not only to his pre-trial results but also to his name, proving that he very clearly is in the know.
Yes with an excellent profit of 174 points to advised prices, that represented nearly a trebling of the recommended starting bank and was achieved with a superb ROI of 38%.
Those are some of the strongest results we have seen in a trial for some time and put him up there in the pantheon of greats along with the likes of Quentin Franks and the Bet Alchemist.
Here are the results for the trial in graph format:-
So as you can see, very steady profit throughout the trial.
However, as you might expect with such fantastic long-term results, the Man In The Know has built up quite a following for himself and the advised prices do come under a lot of pressure immediately after tips are sent out.
You can receive tips either by e-mail or through the Inbetsment app, so getting the tips quickly and acting fast is imperative.
Looking at the Betfair SP results, they were still very good with a profit of 64 points made but that is obviously well below the 174 points made at advised prices.
So please bear this in mind if you are thinking of signing up. Either way though this was an excellent trial and it’s a definite PASSED rating from us.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: Good – tips are sent out the evening before racing, usually around 7-9pm (UK time) and with an average of 2 bets per day there isn’t too much work involved in following the service.
Availability of prices: As discussed above, the advised odds come under significant pressure as soon as tips are sent out, so this is something you need to be prepared for if signing up.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 26% (including placed horses), which is solid enough.
Advised Betting Bank: A 100-point bank is advised for following the service, but even with the excellent results we think a 150-200 point bank would be more appropriate having looked at some of the past drawdowns.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are quite high at €80 per month but that is to be expected with results as good as these and is fully warranted in this case.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
The Man In The Know certainly lived up his name during our trial and showed he must really be in the know when it comes to horse racing because he amassed a superb 174 points profit at advised prices.
With a return on investment of 38% and more than doubling the advised betting bank there is no doubt this receives a PASSED rating from us.
As with other services as good as this however, they often become victims of their own success and the odds do get smashed in as soon as tips are sent out. The results at Betfair were still good with 64 points profits made, but that is obviously well below the total at advised prices and needs to be taken into account if you are considering following the service.
However, prices get absolutely smashed in after tips are sent out – it really is a case of getting those bookie accounts open and funded before tips are sent out and placing the bets pretty much instantly after you receive the tips.
That is reflected in the Betfair SP results, which made just 15 points profit since our last update and have made 29 points profit for our trial overall. So that’s nearly 100 points difference between the results at advised prices and BSP.
So this is looking like one of those cases of becoming a victim of their own success in some respects as they have obviously built a large and loyal following meaning that a lot of pressure is put on the prices.
You can’t blame The Man himself as he’s just doing his job and producing high quality tips but this does happen sometimes with the best tipsters unfortunately.
At Betfair SP it has also been profitable, although not quite as strong as at advised prices, with 14 points profit made for our trial so far. That is reflective of the fact that prices do tend to get hit quite hard after tips are sent out, meaning a bit of a scramble to get the bets on.
It will be worth keeping an eye on the difference between advised prices and BSP results and whether there is a big gap by the end of our trial.
Today we are starting a new trial of a horse racing tipster called “Man In The Know” from the Inbetsment tipster platform.
The Man himself has been gambling professionally since 2001 – solely on horseracing since 2013 (poker prior to 2013).
He has been tipping horses since early in 2014 and started off by giving his tips for free, built a following and then moved to a subscription service in April 2015. He was previously on the Racingproofing service.
He focuses on UK horse racing and is strong across all codes of racing throughout the year.
The main thing that attracted us to checking out this service was the super-impressive set of results, with an immense profit of over 2,200 points since starting tipping in 2014.
His return on investment over that period has been a formidable 21% and a fair strike rate of 27%. His consistency is remarkable, with a profit made in 14 of the last 15 months.
So with results like those we felt we just had to check the service out and see if it could deliver us some decent profits.
We started receiving tips a week ago so will record results from then. Please check back here for regular updates on how the trial is going.
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We have been following the Rugby Trading Webinars provided by pro rugby trader Phil since last November’s Autumn Internationals so we thought it was time to wrap up our review. Plus the service has been put on hold for the moment – but more on that below.
Basically the webinars show you live screen shots of the bookies’ websites and Phil gives out live bets to be placed at the bookies and explains the reasoning behind them as the game unfolds.
The strategy works very well in and of itself and produced an excellent profit of 136 points during our trial. In addition, Phil’s pre-match and pre-tournament tips for the Six Nations made 26 points profit, which was a nice bonus.
However, in terms of practicality there were some issues with following the live webinars and we know from the feedback we received that some of you found the service difficult to follow.
In the first instance it does require bookie accounts – in particular Bet365 and Betfair Sportsbook, with William Hill and Coral also helpful but not essential.
And secondly the speed with which the trades need to be executed made it very difficult in some instances to get the advised bets on.
We found that even with the best will in the world we weren’t able to get some of the advised trades on in time, which inevitably meant getting a different result to the official one.
Over the long-term the missed trades should even themselves out, with the odd winning one you miss being cancelled out by the odd losing one you miss, but at the same time in an ideal world you should be able to match all the trades a service advises.
These issues with practicality were reflected in the fact that by the end of the Six Nations only a handful of people were still joining the webinars. This has led the team behind the webinars to reconsider whether the service is viable in the long run.
They are looking at the potential of trading via Betfair – possibly using automated software – so if that works it could be a very positive development.
For the time being though it looks like the service will be put on hold.
So in summary whilst we award this a PASSED rating given the results achieved and Phil’s undoubted skills as a trader, it is a question of waiting to see how and if this service is taken forward in future.
In addition to the live trading webinars, head trader Phil has also been providing betting tips for the Six Nations. Those tips have made 21 points profit so far (you can see the results in the second tab of our results spreadsheet).
And his outright tips for the tournament are also looking very good, particularly England to win the Six Nations and to be the top try-scorers, so it appears more profits are coming from those as well.
All in all they are well on their way to smashing through the 100 points profit target for the Six Nations.
And the good news is you can still get a £1 trial for the Six Nations so you don’t keep missing all this profit. There are two packages available, so even if you aren’t able to join the live webinars you can still get the betting tips.
We mentioned earlier in the week about the Six Nations Package where they are targeting 100 points profit on the tournament.
We’re pleased to say they are now offering a special trial for just £1, so you can “try before you buy” the full package. They are also now offering their full tournament guide for FREE.
And remember if you haven’t made a profit by the end of the tournament, they will refund your money in full.
The action kicks off tonight with the first live webinar, France v Wales at 7.45pm, so don’t miss out.
Just a quick shout-out that the Rugby Trading Service is now launching a Six Nations Special where they are targeting 100 points profit for the tournament – which would be £1,000 profit to just £10 stakes.
Given they have made 98 points profit in just 10 webinars whilst we have been following them, this seems very achievable.
They are even offering a money back guarantee whereby if they don’t make a profit during the tournament they will refund your subscription in full.
There are two packages available for the Six Nations, one that includes all of the following for £120 (spread out over two payments of £60):-
– Full Tournament Guide
– 10 LIVE Trading Webinars
– Tipping Service
– Individual Team Reviews
– Predicted Finishing Positions
– Weekly Match Previews and Predictions
– Trading Strategy Overview
– Members Support Chat Room
– FAQ & Betting Guide
And one that includes the Tournament Guide, match previews and tipping service for £60.
As we have said in the review below, we think this is one of the best trading services we have come across in some time and the strategy behind it is very clever.
Also a reminder that you will need bookie accounts to operate the trading strategy – in particular Bet 365 and Betfair Sportsbook (Coral and William Hill also helpful) – this does NOT work on the exchanges.
So if you would like to make some profit from the Six Nations then don’t miss this – places for the trading webinars will be limited.
The profits have continued to roll in for the Rugby Trading Webinars we have been following with professional trader Phil, with another 59 points profit made since our last update.
That means they are now 81 points up for our trial overall.
As mentioned previously, you will need bookie accounts to follow the trades as the strategy does not work on Betfair due to liquidity issues and some of the markets not being available. In particular you will need Bet365 and Betfair Sportsbook for the majority of the bets, with Coral and William Hill being used occasionally too.
The trading schedule has been low volume so far, with nearly a month break for Christmas, but should be ramping up now with the Six Nations coming up.
The service is currently by invite only as they do not have a website, so if you are interested in following the webinars thenplease send us an e-mail at info@honestbettingreviews.com
This is a new innovation – for us anyway – whereby you can follow along with a professional trader on a live webinar and copy his advised trades.
It is a fast and furious style of trading and you need your finger on the button to execute trades quickly, but we can see from the webinars we have viewed that the strategy he uses is effective and it has made a decent profit so far.
The trading schedule has been quite light recently due to the Autumn Internationals but is expected to pick up now that we are returning to domestic action.
The next webinar is this evening at 19.30 (UK time) featuring Harlequins vs Exeter, so please send us an e-mail at info@honestbettingreviews.com if you would like to join this webinar – or be added to the list for future ones.
It is by invite only on a first-come-first-served basis and places are filling up fast, so don’t miss out if you want to see how a professional trader operates.
It is amazing how these things go – just a few days ago we were starting our first ever review of a rugby betting service and commenting how surprising it was that there aren’t more around.
Well wouldn’t you know it – here we are with another one just a few days later!
Yes today we are starting our second-ever review of a rugby service, but this one is a little different.
It is a trading service and comes from a guy called Phil who is a professional rugby trader and has done very well over the years, apparently making a significant amount of money trading on the game.
The service is provided by way of webinars, whereby you watch Phil’s screen and listen to his analysis and place the trades he recommends as the game unfolds.
We have already listened in on three of the webinars and have been very impressed.
When you have looked at hundreds of betting and trading systems over the years as we have, you can judge pretty quickly if something is genuine and can actually make money or is just a fly-by-night scheme.
And we can tell that this one is the real deal. Phil’s knowledge of rugby really is very in-depth and he has an excellent reading of the game.
Of the three webinars we’ve seen, Phil has been very close to landing some big profits and has been very unlucky with some last minute decisions going the wrong way – many people would say unfairly!
We could see this one being a long-term winner though and delivering substantial profit over time. The way Phil offsets different handicaps against one another is a very clever strategy and you can see during the webinars how effective it can be.
So having taken an initial look at the service and having been impressed, we decided to do a full review here and record all our live trading results from the webinars.
In the meantime though if you are interested in seeing it for yourself, the good news is that they are offering the next webinar completely free so you can test it out for yourself and see Phil in action.
Here are the details of the webinar:
– Match: Scotland vs South Africa
– Webinar Date/Time: 17 Nov, 2018 @ 17:05 GMT
This is strictly by invitation only and spots are expected to fill up quickly, but we have managed to secure access on a first-come first-served basis for Honest Betting Reviews visitors.
So if you would like to join the webinar, please just drop us an e-mail at info@honestbettingreviews.com expressing your interest and we will send you the details of the webinar.
One thing to note is that you do need bookie accounts to be able to follow Phil’s trades, so having one or more of the following is essential really:
– Bet 365
– Coral
– Betfair Sportsbook
– William Hill
With Bet 365 being the main one.
It should be a good game and you will get to trade alongside a professional trader like Phil which is an informative experience in itself, so please get in touch if you are interested.
Hope to see you there on Saturday!
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Bank Builder is a football betting strategy from the team behind the popular Football Advisor service. It provides tips on short-odds favourites across Europe, such as Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munch and Man City etc.
Bank Builder has changed its modus operandi quite a bit since we started our trial, but for the purposes of this review we stuck to the strategy set out at the start, which was to bet 33% of the bank on each selection.
The advised approach is to start with a set amount for each “cycle” – which was $1,000 for us – and to start a new cycle each time the bank doubles, starting again at $1,000.
Things started off very well with the initial bank doubling in just two weeks.
Sadly though that was where the good news ended. From then on it was a real struggle and our review finished with the bank for the second cycle almost gone, despite adding an additional $500 half way through, as advised by them.
Overall we finished $496 down, which was obviously a pretty bad loss and represented nearly half of our original bank.
The top sides in Europe such as Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Barcelona struggled this season – particularly in the first half of the season – which hit the results quite hard.
As stated a few times during the review however, our main concern was that the staking was far too aggressive with 33% of the bank being risked on each selection.
It was always set up for a fall to risk that much of your bank on each bet, no matter how confident you might be in the selection.
So really the question is how much of this system’s failure was down to the staking and how much down to the actual picks?
Well, at level stakes it would have lost approximately 4 points, which although disappointing would not have been the end of the world.
In essence then the main problem here was the staking system which made the results much worse than they otherwise would have been.
We can see some merit in backing strong favourites in football matches and it has worked well elsewhere (see Banker Betsfor example). Plus there are some stats to suggest there is value in short-odds favourites, primarily because most punters don’t like backing them.
All in all though, whichever way you look at it this had a very rough trial with a big loss made and the only realistic outcome is a FAILED rating.
It’s back to the drawing board with this one and we note they are looking at other iterations of the system with more sensible staking so we will keep an eye on how those develop.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: With an average of one bet per day there isn’t too much work involved in following the service, although of course most tips are sent out at weekends when there is more footy.
Availability of prices: There were no problems at all in obtaining the advised prices, with huge liquidity on Betfair for the kind of teams they back.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 79%, which on the face of it seems good but would have needed to be quite a bit higher to turn a profit at average odds of 1.23.
Advised Betting Bank: As discussed above, it wasn’t so much the advised betting bank that was the problem but rather the stake advised per bet.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are high at £47/month, £112/quarter or £450/year.
OVERALL VERDICT: FAILED
Things went badly wrong for Bank Builder with a loss of $496 made from an initial starting bank of $1,000 and that means it’s a FAILED rating from us unfortunately.
The main problem was the staking was far too high but even with level staking it would have made a loss so it’s back to the drawing board with this one we’re afraid.
Bank Builder – Results Update
5th February 2019
Sadly we are pretty much bust now on Cycle 2 of Bank Builder, with just $29 left from a starting bank of $1,000 and with another $500 thrown in.
In terms of the recent results, they have lost another $51 since our last update a month ago and are now $499 down for the trial overall.
So all in all it looks like this one is heading for the failed pile when we wrap up our review shortly.
In essence we think there is potentially value in backing strong favourites in football, but this season just hasn’t worked out for the big teams in Europe.
Plus we think the staking approach of wagering 33% of the bank on each selection is far too high.
As we say we’ll be back soon to finalise our review but it looks like the writing’s on the wall for this one unfortunately.
It will take something pretty incredible to rebuild the bank here after the losses suffered and also quite a bit of time.
The over/under service (results on second tab of spreadsheet) has also had a tough run lately, losing $116 since our last update and is now $55 down for our trial overall.
The problem with an approach like the one used for the over/unders service is that when you are backing at odds of around 1.06, one or two losses can wipe out a lot of previous wins and that is what’s happened recently.
The brutal run continues for Bank Builder, with a further $316 lost since our last update.
That means for Cycle 2 they are now $1455 down, which is a pretty hefty drawdown to say the least. For Cycle 1 they made $972 profit, which means for the trial overall they are $483 down.
This is sadly a case where pretty much everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. Their chosen strategy – of backing supposed “bankers” in the top leagues – has coincided with one of the worst runs of form in recent memory for teams like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Barcelona.
They have recently decided to scrap Cycle 2 and commence a new Cycle, which is OK if you joined right at the start of Cycle 1 and made some decent profits there, but for those who joined for Cycle 2 the bank will be nearly all gone, so it is a question of whether you have the funds (and the patience) to try another cycle.
They have also added a new strategy of backing in over/under markets, which we have included in a second tab on the results spreadsheet. That strategy is currently $61 up.
All in all this has been a trial that started off with great hope and excitement but has been rather blown to pieces over the last couple of months.
We had concerns the staking was far too aggressive at 33% of the bank for each selection and that has been borne out. Staking at 10% or even 5% may have been more appropriate and avoided the huge drawdowns. That is the approach they went for however and whilst it looks great when things go well, we have seen what happens when things go the other way.
Now of course you may be wondering how they are still going in Cycle 2 if their starting bank is $1,000 and they are $1,141 down for the Cycle.
Well, on 26th September they put in an extra $500 to the bank – a so-called “Wild Card” – to help keep things going.
Sadly it hasn’t helped much and either way most of your bank for Cycle 2 would be gone, whether you put in that extra $500 or not. They use a fixed percentage of the bank each time, so in theory the bank can never be wiped out, but if it ends up getting too small then realistically the chances of building it back up to a profit become pretty remote.
It is worth mentioning that this recent downturn has coincided with one of the worst runs of form for the top teams you could imagine. It is difficult to remember a time when Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich all struggled so badly at the same time – and those are the kind of teams they bet on.
You could question of course the merits of still backing these teams at such a time, particularly Real Madrid who have been really poor so far this season after losing Christiano Ronaldo.
In any event though, the position for the trial overall isn’t too bad so you just have to put the recent run down to an exceptionally unlucky set of results and hope that things improve fairly rapidly for them.
The first cycle of football betting system Bank Builder completed successfully with just under $1,000 profit made, but the second one has proved more of a roller coaster ride with some big ups and downs so far.
Currently they are $98 down for Cycle Two, which isn’t actually too bad when you consider some of the results that have against them like Bayern Munich and Barcelona both not winning in the same weekend.
It is worth bearing in mind when looking at the spreadsheet that they injected an extra $500 on 26th September to boost the bank. That is optional but means you can stake slightly more on the bets. The target for the cycle also goes up by $500, so they are now trying to win $1,500.
There have been some surprising results lately so let’s hope that spell is over and they can get the profit cycle back on track now.
What an amazing run it was with 100% of bets winning and it only taking just over two weeks to double the bank. Some services don’t manage that in an entire year!
Just a note to say that the bank actually grew 97% rather than 100% but they felt the risk / reward ratio did not warrant the extra bet just to achieve the few extra pounds to make it exactly 100%. There will be many occasions where they hit 105%, 110% or even 120%, so over time they expect it to average out any way.
It’s been a great start to our trial of Bank Builder, with all the bets having won so far (100% strike rate) and the bank having grown by 76.6% – or $766 if starting with a $1,000 bank.
So they are close to having doubled the bank already in just a few weeks which is impressive stuff.
If all goes to plan then they could double the bank and complete the first Cycle in the next 2-3 bets, after which the next Cycle would start straight away.
Staking is quite aggressive as a portion of the bank, so you want to start with a bank and staking you are comfortable with.
As long as you do that though then this is looking like a top quality system. There are no worries about price availability either because they are betting on the top football leagues where there is masses of liquidity.
Anyway, let’s hope it all goes smoothly and they complete the Cycle in the next few days.
Before the World Cup we highlighted Football Advisor as a service to follow and they went on to rack up a very nice 28 units profit from the tournament.
Well now they are launching a new system for the upcoming football season and it looks very interesting.
It is called Bank Builder and they ran it last year, when it made an overall profit of £4,267.19, across the four active Cycles that they ran.
The idea is to bet on football using a smart staking strategy which firstly protects your betting bank, while allowing for compounding, capitalising on short winning streaks to deliver accelerated growth over short periods of time and to double your betting bank (each one being a “cycle”).
With a full season ahead, they are expecting to run between 6 and 10 cycles over the 2018/19 season.
Already 85% of the members from last year have signed on again this year and they have decided to open a limited number of spots for new members to join them on their rapid bank growth strategy.
Here is what they say you can expect from Bank Builder:
• Aim to double your betting bank • Guaranteed that you will never go bankrupt or lose all of your betting bank • The cost of the service will be between 2% and 20% of your returns • You will win between 80% and 95% of all of your bets
This looks very intriguing and we are going to be running a live trial of it at Honest Betting Reviews to see if it can deliver on those claims.
If you want to check it out for yourself you can do so here – please note the first cycle starts this weekend so there isn’t much time left to sign up.
With the expertise of Football Advisor behind this one we can see it has a chance of doing well, although as always the proof of the pudding will be in the eating.
We will aim to run a three month trial, although how long the trial lasts will depend to some extent on the length of the cycles but hopefully we will get through at least one of the cycles within three months.
Anyway, as we say things are due to kick off this weekend so without further ado we will get the trial underway and will report back soon on how things are going.
Ultimate Football Tips is a football tipster from the reputable Betting Gods tipster platform.
It covers a range of bet types such as over/under goals, match outcome, correct score, and Asian handicap and bets come in a variety of leagues around the world – anything from the Premier League to Australia to the UAE.
Staking is pretty sensible at between one and three points, with most bets being just one point.
Coming into our trial results looked very promising with over 100 points profit made so we were keen to do an extended six-month trial to see how they would perform over the longer term.
Unfortunately though at the end of our review period they have finished with a loss of 23 points.
That equated to an ROI of minus 6% and a loss to the advised bank of 31%.
Whilst those figures are disappointing they are no disaster either, although it was quite an up and down trial, as you can see below:
They had actually battled back to even at one stage so a shame to see the subsequent decline but then a good rally towards the end.
So in the end we consider that a NEUTRAL rating is the right verdict for Ultimate Football Tips.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: Good – tips are sent out well in advance of matches and with an average of 1-2 bets per day there isn’t too much work involved in following the service.
Availability of prices: Good – we found the prices were generally available and there was no real downward pressure on prices after the tips were released.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 44%, which was solid enough but just needs to be a little higher to start turning a profit at the odds tipped at.
Advised Betting Bank: The bank advised for following the service is 75 points, which given that they were nearly 50 points down at one stage seems a little on the low side to us and we think a 100 point bank would be more appropriate.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £1 for first 7 days then £39 per quarter or £279 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
Ultimate Football Tips had something of a quiet six month trial with us and finished with a small loss of 23 points.
Whilst that was disappointing it was not a disaster either so we feel a NEUTRAL rating is fair in this instance.
There isn’t long left in our six month trial of this service so we will be wrapping up the review in a couple of weeks. Let’s hope for a burst at the end to take them into profit for the trial overall.
Ultimate Football Tips – Results Update
24th December 2018
More losses unfortunately for Ultimate Football Tips since our last update, with 9 points lost over the last month.
That means they are now 35 points down for our trial overall.
With the international break the action has been a bit sparse but hopefully with a good month or more of interrupted league competition things can get back on track.
The bets come in a wide variety of leagues from around the world so a little bit of searching to find the odds at oddschecker or your bookie are required on occasion, but in reality it’s quite straightforward to follow the service.
Anyway, good to see the recent recovery and we will report back on whether it has continued at the time of our next update.
This could be one of those cases of the trialist, with things going great for them until we start a trial and then it all heads south.
However, the last four bets have all won, so let’s hope that marks the start of a turnaround and by the time of our next update we are reporting some decent profits having been made.
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Ultimate Football Tips – New Review
16th August 2018
The start of the football season is really kicking off with a bang in terms of promising new footy services to trial here at Honest Betting Reviews.
Not only have we recently started trials of two very interesting-looking services – Player Profits and Bank Builder – but now we have a third and it may turn out to be the best of the lot.
This one is called Ultimate Football Tips and it comes from the reputable Betting Gods tipster platform.
It covers a range of bet types such as over/under goals, match outcome, correct score, and Asian handicap, but all with a selective, professional, disciplined approach to betting.
The results so far look excellent, with over 100 points profit made since May 2018, which works out at an average of over £250 profit per month to just £10 stakes.
That has been achieved with a very high return on investment of 33% and a win rate of over 37%, which are very strong metrics for a footy tipster.
Already the bank has more than doubled after just over three months of tipping.
The workload looks very manageable too with an average of just one or two bets per day so far.
Overall then this looks like it could be a top quality football service and we are looking forward to testing it out under live trial conditions.
We started receiving tips on 9th August so we will record results from then onwards.
As usual we will update things here regularly as the trial unfolds so you can see if this one is living up its billing.
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Well you may have seen this one coming but unfortunately yet another tipster has decided to call it quits before our trial has even finished.
Yes last week we received an e-mail from Carlo saying it seems difficult to consistently make money with the BSP Tipster so was calling it a day.
We had said this would be the “holy grail” of tipping if it had worked so a shame to see it giving up so soon after only being around 15 points down but there you are.
So another service for the FAILED/DEFUNCT pile – which seems to be growing exponentially at the moment!
The new tipster Carlo who has taken over at The BSP Tipster is finding it just as difficult to make a profit at Betfair SP as the previous one unfortunately, with a loss of 11 points so far.
After going 50 points down for our trial, the original tipster with The BSP Tipster (Gaz from the Bookies Enemy) has decided to fall on his sword and call it a day.
However, a new tipster called Carlo who also specialises in betting at Betfair SP has stepped in and is now providing the tips.
As for all intents and purposes this is a new service, we will be starting the trial again from when Carlo started providing the selections, which was on 20th December.
On the results spreadsheet we have separated it into two tabs – “Carlo” and “Gaz” – so you can follow the new results from 20th December on the first tab (Carlo). The previous results from Gaz are also there for reference purposes on the second tab.
So let’s see how the new tipster gets on. Making a profit at BSP is a challenge but it would be something of a holy grail if it could be done so let’s keep our fingers crossed.
The nice thing about this service is that obviously all bets are at BSP so you know you can match the published results and it’s very quick to place the bets.
It was always going to be a tough ask to make a profit at BSP but it’s still relatively early days with this one and plenty of time to turn things around.
It’s been a good start to our trial of the BSP Tipster– the horse racing tipster who tips at Betfair SP so you know you can match their results. It is from the same tipster behind the very successful Bookies Enemy service.
So far after just under a month of following the tips we are 11 points up.
Tips are normally sent out around lunchtime the day of racing so with a couple of hours or more to get the bets on. But using BSP it takes very little time to place the bets which is good.
Anyway, good to see this off to a positive start and let’s hope it continues.
It’s the age-old problem. You sign up to a tipster, do well for a while and all is rosy.
Then one of the bookies sends you a curt e-mail telling you that your account has been restricted and you can only place minimal £1 or £2 bets.
So you continue on with other bookies for a while, but eventually most of your accounts go the same way.
Ultimately you decide you need a tipster that is profitable at Betfair SP, so you can rid yourselves of the bookies for good and just go about your business on the exchanges.
Well if that scenario sounds like one you have encountered, then today we may have the answer for you.
Yes, today we are going to start a trial of a tipster devoted to making a profit specifically at Betfair SP.
The tipster in question is called – quite aptly – The BSP Tipster (BSP being short for Betfair SP of course).
The beauty of BSP is that you can be sure everyone will achieve the same results as those published by the tipster.
Plus it is quicker to place your bets as you don’t have to go around searching for the best prices, log in to various bookie websites and deposit funds into each one etc.
Anyway, whilst we can go on and on extolling the virtues of betting at Betfair SP, the question still remains as to how good the tipster actually is.
That is of course what we are here to find out, but the results achieved to date look very promising in any event.
They have made over 60 points profit since May 2018 at a return on investment of 17% and and 28% strike rate, which are encouraging stats to have achieved all at BSP.
The service comes from the same man behind The Bookies Enemy, one of the best services we have reviewed this year. with a profit of over £4,500 made to just £10 stakes since starting up, so it looks like we are in good hands with this one.
Of course, you’re under no obligation to use these bets to Betfair SP and you can place the bets with any bookmaker you wish – perhaps BetVictor as they now guarantee to accept all bets to win £500.
But there has been huge demand for a service to provide tips and record results at Betfair SP, and this is it.
Plus the good news is that for the rest of September they’re running a Special Offer of 3 months for £29, whereas normally it’s £79 per 3 months.
Just click on the banner at the top of the tipster page that has a countdown until the end of September.
Anyway, without further ado we will get the trial underway and will aim to run our standard three month trial of this one.
We will report back here on how things are going during the trial.
One of the strange things about cricket betting is that even though there is a massive amount of money wagered on the game, there are very few cricket tipsters around.
In fact this is only the second cricket tipster we have ever reviewed here at Honest Betting Reviews, with other service having been discontinued.
So if this trial had gone well, then the Cricket Betting Tipster could have rather cornered the market – in being pretty much the only successful cricket tipster out there (that we know of at least)!
Unfortunately however things never really got going for them during our trial, with a loss of 23 points made in the end.
Here are the results for the trial in graph format:-
As you can see they went down quite badly early on but then fought back well in the second half of the trial.
We followed the tips over the course of six months so gave them a reasonable amount of time to prove themselves, but as we say they couldn’t quite manage to get into the red.
The trial was no disaster either though and with less than a quarter of the bank lost, we think a NEUTRAL rating is fair in this instance.
Perhaps a service to keep an eye on if you are a fan of the leather and willow to see if their form improves over the coming months.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: Good – tips are sent out well in advance of matches and with an average of 2 bets per day there isn’t too much work involved in following the service. Tips come in games from all around the world and all forms of cricket including both men’s and women’s.
Availability of prices: Good – we found the prices were generally available and there was no real downward pressure on prices after the tips were released.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 36%, which in itself sounds good but in reality needs to be a little higher to make a profit at the odds they are tipping at.
Advised Betting Bank: The bank advised for the trial was 100 points, which seems more than adequate and was never in danger of being lost during the trial.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are very reasonable at just £1 for first 7 days then £9 per month or £79 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
After a six month trial the Cricket Betting Tipster finished with a loss of 23 points, which whilst it was disappointing wasn’t a disaster either.
With under a quarter of the advised bank lost, we consider that a NEUTRAL rating is fair in this instance as no great damage was done. This is a service to keep an eye to see if they can turn their form around and establish themselves as one of the only successful cricket tipsters out there.
This one is struggling to get its head above water, just needs a push to get into profit for our trial. Would be nice to have a profitable cricket tipster as we have yet to find one yet, but there is still hope with this one.
They have slowly been inching towards getting back to even after going quite a way down early in our trial, so hopefully by the time of our next update they will have managed it.
At the start the service focused mainly on the man of the match bets but has recently concentrated more on the match odds market, which appears to be paying dividends.
Let’s hope the recent turnaround in form continues and by the time of our next update they have made it into the black.
The main cricket season may have come to an end here in the UK but there is still plenty of cricket going on around the world so there is plenty of action to still get involved in.
This does need a turnaround in form soon so let’s hope we have better news to report by the time of our next update.
It’s been a tough start to our trial of the Cricket Betting Tipster, the first cricket specialist we have reviewed in quite some time here at Honest Betting Reviews.
Most of the bets are in the man of the match market and tend to be sent out the morning of the match, so you have to be fairly quick to get the bets placed on some occasions.
A shame to see the slow start here as we had quite high hopes starting off the trial and results looked very good, but still early days so plenty of time to turn things around.
In over three years of running Honest Betting Reviews we have only reviewed one cricket tipster so far.
And that tipster no longer exists, which gives you a sense of how few options there are in terms of decent cricket tipsters out there on the ol’ internet. We had been remarking recently on how few boxing tipsters are available to follow but there may be even fewer cricket tipsters.
So we were pleased when we saw the reputable Betting Gods tipster platform had uncovered a promising cricket tipster and had been following their tips for six months before opening up the service to the public.
Their tipster – quite simply named the “Cricket Betting Tipster” – has amassed some impressive-looking results in those six months. His name is Pankaj and he has a wealth of expertise in cricket betting over a number of years.
A profit of over 200 points to an average of one point stakes is formidable enough by itself, but throw in a return on investment of well over 50% and six profitable months out of six so far and you are talking about some damn nifty stats.
All that adds up to an average monthly profit of over £400 to date to just £10 stakes, which needless to say is pretty awesome.
The strike rate is a little on the lower side at just under 12%, so this is going to be one for the patient investor who can withstand the odd losing run or two along the way.
But from what we have seen so far, if you can see those through then there could well be some very nice profits on the other side.
To be honest so far there haven’t really been any losing streaks or drawdowns to speak of, it’s just been pretty much plain sailing. But it’s worth bearing in mind with a 12% strike rate that there could be some over the long term.
Anyway, looking at the selections it seems the vast majority are in the man of the match market, so Pankaj obviously specialises in that market. It’s often a good sign when a tipster focuses on just one or two markets as it allows them to build up a real level of expertise to be able to beat the bookies over the long run.
It seems to have worked very well so far for Pankaj in any event, so let’s hope he can carry that on during our live trial.
Only time will tell of course but we are liking the look of this one and let’s hope only our second-ever review of a cricket tipster will prove to be a profitable one. As usual we will post results and updates here.
Tennis Goldmine is a betting system from renowned tennis expert Patrick Ross.
It is a system where you find the selections yourself each day according to a set of rules. It involves laying players and uses a Fibonacci staking system, which is a kind of loss-recovery system with a staking sequence of placing 1-1-2-3-5-8-13-21-34 points per bet until you win, then you revert back to the beginning again.
You can of course use level staking if you like, although we used the recommended Fibonacci staking for the purposes of the review.
The criteria for selections is very simple and it should only take you a few minutes each day to find the selections and place the lay bets.
We followed the system for around six months, although there was a break of around a month between the end of the previous tennis season and the start of the new one.
We are pleased to report that the system performed well during our trial, delivering 28 points profit to the advised staking.
The strike rate was good at 52% and the return on investment a respectable 10%.
Using the Fibonacci staking can be quite a roller-coaster ride however and at one point we had a 7-bet losing streak and had to stake 13 points on the next selection – which thankfully won.
You can see that roller-coaster ride portrayed in the profit graph for the trial below:-
So having a big enough bank to withstand a potential 10-bet losing streak or two is crucial.
Of course if you’re of a more cautious temperament then you may wish to back at level stakes and on that basis the system also made a good profit of 15 points.
So whichever way you approach it the system performed well during our trial and we award Tennis Goldmine a PASSED rating.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: As stated above you need to find the selections yourself but the rules are very simple so it should only take a few minutes per day to place the bets.
Availability of prices: Not an issue as there aren’t any “tips” as such and you place all bets at Betfair (or your exchange of choice).
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 52%, so a good proportion of bets were winners.
Advised Betting Bank: A 150 point bank is advised for following the service if you are using the Fibonacci staking, which seems somewhat on the low side to us. A full 10-bet losing run would set you back approximately 70 points so we think the bank should allow for at least two such occurrences and be 150-200 points. If you are using level staking then a 50-100 point bank should be sufficient.
Subscription costs: The cost of the service is very reasonable at a one-off payment of £97+VAT, which now comes with Patrick’s betting and trading tips aswell.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Tennis Goldmine is a simple betting system you can use on Betfair. It performed very well during our trial, making 28 points profit using the advised loss-recovery staking or 15 points using level staking.
In some ways the system is so simple we are surprised it has worked so well but at the end of the day you can’t argue with the results and we are therefore pleased to award it a PASSED rating.
The recent addition of using Patrick’s tips (which come free when you buy the system) to streamline selections down should help the profitability further and means you are getting excellent value with the Tennis Goldmine package.
Now when you purchase Tennis Goldmine you also get Patrick’s betting and trading tips included aswell at no extra cost, which have both shown good long-term profits.
When one of the daily tips clashes with a possible lay bet on Goldmine, you don’t place the lay bet on Goldmine. Patrick has back tested it and says it will reduce losing streaks and increase overall profit.
That seems like a sensible addition to us and now makes the Tennis Goldmine very attractive when you consider everything that’s included.
However, it’s been quite a rollercoaster ride, as at one point we had a losing run of six bets, which meant by the seventh bet we were staking 13 points.
Thankfully that bet won, but it shows that with the Fibonacci staking system this method uses things can get a bit hairy at times.
So you need to make sure you have a plentiful bank and a solid nerve to see out the losing runs. It’s crucial that you don’t over-stake and risk blowing out your betting funds if you do hit the dreaded losing run of nine in a row. A 155 point bank is recommended with the system but we would say a 200 point bank or higher could be used to be on the safe side.
Just a quick word on staking – we had originally been using a 2 point system but it was causing some confusion so we have reverted to using 1 point system. So with the Fibonacci staking the system uses, that’s a staking sequence of 1-1-2-3-5-8-13-21-34 points per bet until you win, then you revert back to the beginning again.
Anyway, overall we are well ahead for the trial so that is good to see.
This is a system where you find the selections yourself from pre-defined rules, so everyone’s results will differ somewhat depending on what time they go on Betfair and so on.
We have had to limit the information on our results spreadsheet so that we don’t give away the system, but you can see the important info such as profit and loss and the running total.
It’s a very simple system to operate, just a couple of minutes per day and so far has been moving along rather serenely, which is good.
Hopefully we’ll have more of the same going forward.
We’ve remarked here before about the lack of good tennis tipsters and betting systems out there, with only one or two having made the grade here at Honest Betting Reviews over the years.
Well today we have something that we think could join that exclusive list and it is called Tennis Goldmine.
It comes from Patrick Ross, the man behind one of the successful tennis systems we have reviewed here, Spartan Trading Tips.
Patrick is a renowned tennis trader and bettor, having run the respected Tennis Trading League website for a number of years.
So when we were contacted by Patrick to test out his new system we were certainly keen to do so.
Tennis Goldmine is a betting system with pre-defined rules where you find the selections yourself each day on Betfair (or your betting exchange of choice).
Without giving too much away, it involves laying players (i.e. betting on them to lose).
The results we have seen so far look very impressive, with over 75 points profit made in just over three months.
It’s very simple to operate and only takes a few minutes per day to find the selections. It’s “set and forget” so once you have placed the lays, that is it you can just leave it and come back and check the results later.
We plan on conducting a standard three month trial of Tennis Goldmine to get a good sense of how will it works. We have actually been testing it since 19th August and things have been progressing serenely since then, which is encouraging.
But obviously will need to see a bigger body of results before we can make any judgements, so please check back here for updates on how the trial is going.
Top 20 Golf Tipsis a tipster from the Betting Gods platform and they bet solely on players to finish in the top 20 of a tournament.
It is a novel approach and not one we have seen before when it comes to golf betting. On the face of it you would think it would be easy to predict players who will finish in the top 20, but of course there is no value in backing players like Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose in that market because the odds will be so short.
No, what this service does is pick big outsiders who the market thinks are long shots to even finish in the top 20, with the average odds of picks being 10/1.
We ran an extended 12 month review of this service to get a really clear picture of its edge over the market as the results coming into our trial looked very impressive.
The good news is that the results held up very well during our trial, with a profit of 138 points made over the 12 month period.
After going into deficit early on, they recovered well to finish the trial well in the red.
The profit was achieved with a solid return on investment of 11% and the strike rate was 13%.
However, we did notice some issues with regard to the practicality of following the service – particularly with regard to the availability of prices.
Firstly, the liquidity on Betfair for the top 20 market tends to be very poor so in reality you will need bookie accounts to follow the tips.
In particular you will need:
– Bet 365
– Unibet
– 10Bet
– Paddy Power/Betfair Sportsbook
– William Hill
And then even with those accounts, as this is a niche market prices tend to move very quickly so you will need to act fast after tips are sent out. For example with today’s tips, after just over an hour since the tips were sent out, 5 out of the 34 tips have prices that are no longer available.
So you will need to be aware of these issues if you are considering signing up.
Overall though we feel Top 20 Golf Tips deserves a PASSED rating based on the decent profits it has made over the last year, but with the caveat that you will need certain bookie accounts to follow it and will need to act fast after tips are sent out.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: There are an average of 25 bets per week, which overall isn’t too bad but with this service they all come in one or two e-mails so it’s a case of placing a lot of bets in one go and then having the rest of the week without needing to do anything. Bets are normally sent on Tuesdays and Wednesdays around 10-12 in the morning.
Availability of prices: As discussed above, you will need certain bookie accounts and to act fast to secure the advised prices. Using Betfair is not realistically an option.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 13%, so a certain amount of patience will be required when following the service.
Advised Betting Bank: A 150 point bank is advised for following the service, which should be sufficient although there have been 80 point drawdowns in the past (including one during our trial), so a 200 point bank might be more advisable to be on the safe side.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are reasonable at £1 for the first 7 days then £29/month or £279/year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
We ran an extended 12 month trial of Top 20 Golf Tipsand the service performed very well over that period with 138 points profit made to 1 point level stakes.
We always focus on long-term results rather than short-term ups and downs so this service proved its edge over the market in the course of a full year. On that basis we are happy to award it a PASSED rating.
However, that does come with a caveat that you will need access to the bookie accounts listed above and will need to act fast after tips are sent out to match the advised prices. If you are not able to do these two things then it will probably not be practical for you to follow the service.
Top 20 Golf Tips – Results Update
20th January 2019
A loss of 35 points for Top 20 Golf Tips since our last update back in December, which continues a losing run over the last few months unfortunately.
However, they are still well up for our trial overall, with 112 points profit made to date.
We have nearly reached the end of our extended 12-month trial here so will be wrapping this one up shortly – hopefully with a bit of a surge of profit at the end.
We have been impressed with this service having followed it for nearly 10 months now. It is almost certainly heading for the Winning Systems list.
Yes there a lot of bets to place in one go but it is only once a week, so you just have to put aside some time – maybe half an hour or so – to place the bets each week and then you are done.
It doesn’t seem like much work to us for a service that is churning out the profits as consistently as this one.
More steady profits for Top 20 Golf Tips since our last update, which is becoming a theme for them.
They have made another 17 points profit over the last month or so, taking them to 138 points profit for the trial overall and it has been fairly serene progress lately.
This is a service where you do need bookie accounts to be able to use properly, as the exchanges don’t tend to offer Top 20 finish markets on the golf.
As long as you have some bookie accounts available to you though and some time each week to place the bets, this is looking like a top service.
As we mentioned previously, it is quite a high volume service, although all the selections come in one go so you need to allocate a good half hour to an hour to place the bets once a week.
After you have done that though you can just sit back and watch how all the tips get on in that week’s tournaments – which recently has been very well. Let’s hope that continues.
Recent successful selections include Parker McLachlin at the John Deere Classic at 33/1, Trevor Immelman at the Scottish Open at 25/1 and a whole host of winners at around the 10/1 mark.
We are now starting to see the kind of form shown coming into our trial and why this service has been held in such high regard. Let’s hope that continues over the long term.
As we have mentioned previously, this is a high volume service with a large number of bets each week, so be prepared to spend quite a bit of time placing the selections once you receive the weekly e-mail.
Some big golf events coming up soon with the Open Championship, Scottish Open and USPGA in the next few weeks, so hopefully a chance to net some profits.
They had a nice 20/1 success with Joel Dahman at the Wells Fargo Championship, solidly building on some previous successes over the last few weeks.
It should be a good time for golf betting now with the Players Championship this week and the US Open just over a month away, so hopefully the good recent form will continue through those events.
Generally speaking we have found that the advised prices are fairly obtainable. Some will have shortened when you go to place the bets but others will have lengthened, so overall it has tended to balance itself out.
Let’s hope the recent turnaround continues and we will have clawed back more of those early losses by the time of our next update.
This is looking like being the worst month they have had since the service started two years ago. Call it sod’s law or what you will, but either way it has been a tough run.
It’s an unusual service to follow in that there are a lot of bets to place in one go – about 35 normally, which all come through on a Wednesday evening. So you need to devote a good half an hour to 45 minutes to placing those bets. But then once they are placed, that’s it for the week.
Anyway, even though it’s been a bad start there is still plenty of time left in the trial so let’s hope they can turn things around.
Today we are going to take a look at a golf tipster with a bit of a twist.
Whilst the vast majority of golf tipsters bet on the winner of the tournament, this one backs only in the top 20 market. Hence the name Top 20 Golf Tips.
There is quite a sensible logic to backing in the top 20 market. Anyone who has bet on golf will know how tough it can be to pick the winner of a tournament. Or how agonising it can be to have your player be up in the lead virtually the whole tournament and then have a bit of bad luck or have a putt just lip out at the end to miss out on the win.
So by backing for a player to finish in the top 20, you are giving yourself quite a lot of leeway for the player to get themselves inside that bracket.
That is the logic anyway, but more important is whether the tipster has made it work in practice.
Well judging by the results on the Betting Gods website, they have done – and how!
The results are quite astounding. With over 1,000 points profit made since February 2016, it has one of the highest points totals on the Betting Gods platform.
And that has been achieved with a return on investment of 56%, an awesome level to have sustained over the course of two years.
But what impresses us most is the consistency. Just check out this profit graph:
As you can see, it is one of the smoothest profit graphs you could possibly ask to see. Just nice steady profit month after month.
In fact, 21 out of the 23 months so far have been profitable. That is the kind of consistency most tipsters can only dream of.
It is quite a high volume service, with 80 to 100 bets per month, so there will be quite a bit of work to do on a Wednesday evening when bets are sent out.
And we will have to see how obtainable the prices are.
But certainly based on the results achieved to date we are very much looking forward to this trial and seeing whether they can be replicated in the long run.
Draw Profits is a football betting service from the man behind the popular Banker Bets service, John Baker.
As the name suggests, Draw Profits bets solely on the draw in football matches. It is a reworked version of Draw Doubles, which we reviewed previously. Whereas Draw Doubles included doubles and single bets, Draw Profits advises just single bets.
As we have said previously here at HBR, there is evidence to suggest value can be found in backing the draw in football, primarily because not many people bet on it so the price is often higher than it should be as this Guardian article details.
That has proved to be the case during for Draw Doubles at least, with a healthy profit of 18 points being made over the course of our six month trial. That came at an ROI of around 3% and a strike rate of 32%.
Results fluctuated around a bit as you can see below, but they were in profit for pretty much the whole trial and had a nice surge towards the end.
However, the raw numbers don’t tell the whole story as prices are quoted to the average odds, not the best available odds. So by shopping around using a site like Oddschecker and the exchanges, it is normally possible to beat the quoted odds. In our experience it was possible to beat the quoted odds by around 10-20% on average, which would make a big difference to your profits.
So really we think this service is worthy of considerable praise for underselling what it has achieved, a pretty rare feat in the world of tipping! Most of the time we complain that services are guilty of quoting prices that are difficult to obtain (or in some cases unobtainable), so it is a refreshing change indeed.
Overall then we are happy to award Draw Profits a PASSED rating after a successful six month trial and its rather understated achievements.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: There are an average of 3 bets per day, so a fairly straightforward service to follow. It shouldn’t take too long to place the bets and the selections are sent out well before kick-off, usually early in the morning.
Availability of prices: As discussed above, you should be able to actually beat the published results by using best prices and exchanges, which is pretty awesome.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 32%, which is decent when backing draws and shows an edge over the market.
Advised Betting Bank: A 50 point bank is advised for following the singles, which we think is a sensible bank and was never in jeopardy during our trial.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are reasonable at £6.95 for the first month then £27 per month, £65 per quarter or £207 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
We have been following John Baker’s football betting services since we started this website four years ago and have always been impressed with the results they generate.
Draw Profitsis no exception, having made a very respectable 18 points profit during our extended six month trial.
However, that slightly undersells the service’s record as that is using average odds, whereas with a bit of effort you should be able to easily beat the quoted prices by 10-20% and achieve even better results.
It’s a simple service to follow and with affordable subscription rates we believe Draw Profits certainly merits a PASSED rating. We will continue to monitor it and see if the strong results achieved to date are maintained in the long run.
Just a reminder this is a service that this is a service that focuses on backing the draw in football matches across various leagues around the world. It comes from the same team behind Banker Bets and Value Bets.
The results over the Christmas period were a little crazy, so lets hope in the New Year things settle down and they can get back on track.
As we mentioned previously, it is actually possible to beat the advised prices because they quote at the generally available price so if you shop around using a site like oddschecker and use the exchanges then you can often get better odds than those given for the selections.
We are now just over half way through our six month trial and if things continue in this vein then this looks like it will join the list of our top footy tipsters.
There are quite a variety of leagues used with this service, including quite a lot from South America (where there tend to be a high number of draws) as well as across the European leagues.
It’s very simple to follow – just back the draw in the relevant match and you are done. Doesn’t get much more straightforward than that.
Interestingly when sending the tips they provide the average odds available for the draw rather than the best odds, which is quite unusual for a tipping service. Normally tipsters want their results to be the best they could be so quote the best odds available at the time of the tips.
However, by quoting the average odds that means you could actually beat the official results and so we have also been recording the best odds available. The best odds have produced an extra 2 points of profit, meaning they are 8 points up for our trial so far to best odds.
That doesn’t even include Betfair and the other exchanges, so you may have been able to do even better by using those.
Anyway, whichever odds you are using it has been a good start to our trial and now with the footy season getting going in earnest there should be plenty of action to get involved in.
Well the World Cup has only recently ended but the start of the new football season is just a couple of weeks away.
It does seem a bit strange to be thinking of the football season when most of us are basking in roasting-hot temperatures, but before we know it we will be enjoying the cut and thrust of the Premier League, Champions League and top European leagues once again.
So it’s a good time to be kicking off a new football trial in the form of a system called Draw Profits, although in some ways this isn’t actually a new trial at all.
No, it is actually a re-working of a previous system we reviewed, Draw Doubles.
The problem with Draw Doubles was that it involved backing selections in both singles and doubles.
And whilst the singles did pretty well, the doubles had a bit of a ‘mare and dragged down the results. So they have decided to reform the service and just concentrate on the singles.
This seems like a very sensible approach to us and we had said at the outset of our trial of Draw Doubles that we were worried the results for the doubles could be very volatile, have long losing streaks and not truly represent the quality of the individual selections.
So it proved and we are glad to see that the service will now concentrate on just single bets.
The service therefore is very simple: just back the selected match to finish in a draw and that is it – no trading or hedging needed.
The results for the single bets since the service started are pretty strong, with 34 points profit made at a strike rate of 31% and with 69% bank growth.
As we said in the our original review of Draw Doubles, there is evidence to suggest there is value to be found in backing the draw, primarily because not many people bet on it so the price can be higher than it should be.
Let’s hope that proves to be the case here and we end up with some nice profits.
Anyway, we will start our trial today and incorporate the previous results of the single bets that we have already proofed over the last few months.
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