We have completed our seven‐month live trial of Soccer Bank Builder, a football betting service that aims to grow your bank steadily using a simple one-bet-a-day strategy.
It focuses on high strike-rate, low odds selections typically priced between 1.15 and 1.40. The service covers a range of markets including match odds, over/under goals, double chance and more.
They recommend an approach of staking 10% of the bank on each selection.
We tracked results for both this staking approach and one point level stakes. The results recorded above are for one point level staking.
The 10% staking is an aggressive approach and one we were cautious about from the start. While it can grow a bank rapidly during a winning streak, it also magnifies losses during a downturn – and that volatility certainly played out during our trial.
Performance Summary
In terms of strike rate, the service did exactly what it set out to do – maintaining a very healthy 75% win rate during our trial.
However, despite this, the service ended 3 points down overall at level stakes and recorded a 15% loss in bank using the advised 10% staking.
There were several swings throughout the trial, with the 10% staking approach showing impressive growth at times (up as much as 29 points at one stage), but ultimately a run of losers hit hard, and the bank steadily declined in the final few months.
This confirmed what we suspected going in – while high strike rate systems using percentage staking can be appealing, they’re very sensitive to short losing runs, especially with something as aggressive as 10% stakes.
The recalculation of stakes after every bet meant that even a small dip could lead to disproportionately larger losses, which is exactly what we saw during the trial.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The selections are sent out via e-mail, sometimes in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon on the day of matches.
On the plus side, the service is very easy to follow, with just one bet a day and no confusing write-ups or complex analysis.
It’s also time-friendly – ideal for those who don’t want to be glued to their phone or computer waiting for multiple bets.
Availability of prices: Price availability was not an issue during our trial as the markets tipped in are very liquid and it would take a huge amount of money to shift markets when you backing big favourites at odds of around 1.2-1.4 in football matches.
Strike rate: The strike rate for our trial was good on the face of it at 75% but would have needed to be a little higher to generate a profit at the odds tipped at.
Advised Betting Bank: As discussed above, a 10% staking approach is recommended for following the service, which we consider a little too aggressive and did result in some sustained losses.
Utilising a one-point level stakes approach, we used a 20 point bank which seemed more sensible to us.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are a free 7 day trial followed by a subscription of £19.99 per month.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
Overall then, Soccer Bank Builder proved to be a solid but ultimately underwhelming performer during our trial.
The high strike rate is commendable and the simplicity of the service is certainly attractive, but it made a loss at both level stakes and 10% staking, with the latter performing notably worse during our trial.
We’re awarding Soccer Bank Builder a NEUTRAL rating for now. With some tweaks – such as lowering the stake to 5% or switching to level staking – this could be a service worth revisiting in the future. But as things stand, it simply did not perform well enough in our trial to warrant a higher rating.
Just a slight decline for football betting service Soccer Bank Builder over the last month, with a loss of 0.66 points made to 1-point level stakes since our last update.
That means they are now 0.13 points up for our trial overall at 1-point level stakes.
Starting with a 100 point bank and staking 10% of the bank on each bet, they have made a loss of 11 points since our last update and are 19 points down for our trial to date.
As mentioned in previous updates, this shows again the greater volatility you get with a percentage staking approach versus level stakes.
It’s great when it’s going well but the dips will be greater when things turn against you.
There’s been a small drop for football betting service Soccer Bank Builder lately, with a loss of 2.38 points made to 1-point level stakes since our last update.
That means they are now 0.79 points up for our trial overall at 1-point level stakes.
Staking 10% of the bank on each bet, they have made a loss of 29 points since our last update and are 8 points down for our trial to date.
So this illustrates once again what we have been talking about in previous updates in terms of a run of losers hitting the 10% staking approach more than level stakes.
Whilst level stakes has made just a small loss since our last update, the 10% staking has suffered a significant hit.
That’s the risk you take with it – when things are going well it can really snowball but a few losers can hit the bank quite hard.
It’s been a good time lately for football betting service Soccer Bank Builder, with a profit of 2.75 points made to 1-point level stakes since our last update.
That means they are now 3.26 points up for our trial overall at 1-point level stakes.
Staking 10% of the bank on each bet, they have made 28 points profit since our last update and are 29 points up for our trial to date.
So you can really see the difference now in the 10% staking approach versus level stakes. When you get on a run of winners like they have done lately then the bank can really grow quickly with the 10% staking approach.
Obviously on the downside a run of losers can hit the bank hard but for the moment the 10% staking approach is working well.
It’s been a pretty level start to our trial of football betting service Soccer Bank Builder, with a profit of 0.51 points made so far to 1-point level stakes after one month.
We are starting a new trial today of a football betting service called Soccer Bank Builder.
This is a strategy that claims to have turned £100 into £926 in just 9 months.
It says it has done this through a careful one bet a day strategy aimed to steadily grow the betting bank.
It uses a staking system of 10% of the bank on each bet and then recalculating the stake after every bet.
That is quite an aggressive approach and whilst on the one hand we can see how that might be able to turn £100 into over £900 in the space of 9 months, it is also risky.
We have seen similar approaches go close to going bust so it might be more prudent to use a lower stake (say 5%) on each bet.
In any event, for the purposes of our review we will use the 10% staking approach and also record results to one-point level stakes as usual.
It looks like the bets will be mainly at very short odds, which makes sense with the staking plan so hopefully the strike rate will also be high.
At one bet a day it should be nice and simple to follow so let’s see how it gets on under live trial conditions.
We will kick things off today and will report back soon here on how it’s getting on.
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The Golf Betting Club is a well-established golf tipping service, having been in operation since 2020.
This service is run by Duncan and Neil, two brothers from Scotland. They developed a keen interest in golf betting during their upbringing, influenced by their father’s career as a golf journalist for well-known UK newspapers.
Tips are sent out via Telegram and cover the PGA, DP World and LIV tours and include both pre-tournament and in-play tips (between rounds).
Over the years, they have built a strong reputation for their in-depth player profiling and detailed tournament analysis.
Prior to our trial, their historical results were impressive, with profits totaling 779 points and an ROI of 16%.
However, our nine-month review painted a more mixed picture.
Performance During the Trial
The trial got off to a rough start, with significant losses accumulating early on. At one point, they were down by 196 points, making it a tough period for subscribers.
Golf betting, by its nature, can involve long losing streaks, particularly when betting at high odds, and this was certainly the case here.
Things did improve towards the end of the trial, with a couple of big-priced winners such as Paul Waring at 50/1 and Nick Taylor at 100/1 helping to claw back some of the losses.
Despite this late rally, the service still ended the trial 17 points down overall.
However, they had numerous heartbreaking near-misses, including two in just the last couple of weeks. Pablo Larrazabal only needed to two-putt the final green to win the Bahrain Championship for them at 200/1, but managed to three-putt and then lost in a playoff.
And just this past weekend, Aldrich Potgieter looked a dead-cert winner at 60/1 in the Mexico Open whilst in a playoff, as his opponent’s ball looked to be sailing well out of bounds, which would have handed Potgieter victory. However, the ball somehow miraculously ricocheted back into play and the opponent produced a career-defining birdie to win.
There were numerous close shaves like this throughout the trial and whilst you can’t expect all of them to go your way, if just one of them had done so it would have ended in a profitable trial – well in profit in fact given the prices tipped at.
And if two or three of them had done so we could easily be looking at a very profitable trial.
As it is they have finished with a small loss of 17 points, but out of a 500-point bank that represents just a 3% loss of the bank nothing to get too downhearted about.
Overall we think the only fair rating here can be a NEUTRAL rating, but it could have so easily been a very profitable trial so we will keep an eye on the service going forward as we do think the brothers have an edge on the golf markets given their long-term results and they could be due an upgrade in future if the luck starts to go their way a bit.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The selections are sent out via the Telegram messenger app, usually on a Wednesday for pre-tournament bets and then on an ad-hoc basis during rounds. There are around 12 bets per week, so a reasonable, but manageable, workload.
Availability of prices: Price availability was not an issue during our trial as they generally tip on Wednesdays when there is plenty of liquidity and the markets have settled (and then during the event when there is also usually plenty of liquidity).
As with most golf services, there is also the option to beat the win part of each-way bets by using the exchanges, with Betfair often offering much higher prices for the win on 100/1+ shots. You generally get a little worse odds on the place part, but that is more than compensated by the occasional winner at huge odds.
Strike rate: The strike rate for our trial was quite low on the face of it at 11% (including placed golfers), but that isn’t unusual for golf services and as we discussed above, just one or two breaks going their way and they would have finished well in profit even with an 11% strike rate.
Advised Betting Bank: A 500 point betting bank is recommended for following the service. That seems very reasonable to us and was never in jeopardy during our trial.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are free until the 30th March 2025.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
The Golf Betting Club had somewhat of a tough trial, but the fine margins of golf betting were evident, with several close calls that could have significantly changed the results.
While they finished slightly down with a 17 point loss, the overall deficit was minor in the context of their betting bank.
Given their strong long-term record and in-depth analysis, they remain a service to keep an eye on, and with a bit more luck, could easily return to profitability in future.
We’d been saying for a while that just landing one big winner could turn things around and they have now done it not just once but twice, with Nick Taylor winning the Sony Open in a playoff for them at 100/1, following on from 50/1 winner Paul Waring in November.
The profits from that 100/1 winner have been somewhat eroded by other losses on the month, but they are still making steady progress on reducing the large deficit they racked up earlier on in our trial.
Just to also note that given last year’s losses they are currently offering free membership until 30th March 2025.
Recent highlights include Paul Waring winning the Abu Dhabi Championship at 50/1 and Ryan Van Velzen placing at the Alfred Dunhill Championship at 350/1.
However, things could have been so much better with Van Velzen needing a birdie up the par-5 last to win, or a par for a playoff but managing to finish with a bogey.
The week before they also had Aldrich Potgieter at 100/1 who had a three shot lead on the back nine but somehow failed to win.
It’s often fine margins in sports betting but it’s particularly jarring in instances like this when you’re backing 350/1 and 100/1 shots who just miss out. They can really make or break a year’s betting.
There isn’t much to say really other than that they could really do with a big winner or two…
That’s golf betting though in a nutshell – the losing streaks can be pretty savage, especially when tipping at average odds of over 100/1 as these guys do.
It can all turn around quickly though with a big winner so fingers crossed they can land one (or two) soon.
As we so often say with golf betting, it only takes one winner at a big price to turn things around and given they tip at prices up to 300/1 and 400/1, one of those coming in really would turn things around!
Whether it’s at a huge price like that or something smaller, they could certainly do with a winner or two soon.
We are starting a new review today of a golf tipping service called the Golf Betting Club.
This service is run by Duncan and Neil, two brothers hailing from Scotland. They developed a keen interest in tour predictions and golf betting during their upbringing, influenced by their father’s career as a golf journalist for renowned UK newspapers.
Their summers were often spent attending events at prestigious venues such as Loch Lomond, Gleneagles, Wentworth, and various Open Championship locations, immersing themselves in the sport.
Their journey in golf betting spans over two decades, but the inception of the Golf Betting Club occurred in March 2020, amidst the temporary halt in professional golf caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Utilizing this hiatus, they pooled their extensive knowledge to craft free golf betting tips accessible to all.
Drawing from years of experience, they meticulously crafted over 100 player profiles of the world’s top golfers, constantly refining and expanding their database.
This has resulted in very strong performance to date, with a profit of 779 points made so far since starting up in 2020.
That has been achieved with a return on investment (ROI) of 16%.
Each year so far has been profitable, with the standout year being 2020 when they made 366 points profit.
Last year was also a good one with 167 points profit made and this year has started well too with 22 points profit made so far.
Tips are provided in the PGA, DP World and LIV tours and include both pre-tournament and in-play tips (normally between rounds).
With a strong reputation this is a service we are looking forward to reviewing so we will kick things off (or should that be tee things off?) today.
Results will be updated here as we go along as usual so you can see how they are getting on.
N.B. – sign up to a 6 or 12 month membership of Golf Betting Club quoting ‘HonestBettingReviews25’ and they’ll refund £25 as a discount.
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Sure Favs is a horse racing betting system that focuses on backing favourites using an automated strategy through the Cloud Bet Bot.
The idea behind the service is to generate steady, low-risk profits by betting on horses at the top of the market across UK and Irish racing.
When we first reviewed Sure Favs back in 2021, the service produced excellent results, making an impressive +167 points profit during our live trial. That strong performance earned it a positive rating at the time and suggested it could be a reliable, long-term system for backing favourites.
However, since that review, results have unfortunately taken a turn for the worse. In our updated testing period, the service has recorded a loss of 143 points, effectively wiping out the previous gains. While the system remains fully automated and easy to follow, the long-term figures now balance out at roughly break-even overall.
Conclusion
After seeing Sure Favs perform so well initially, it’s disappointing that the profits couldn’t be maintained over the longer term. The losses since our last review have just about cancelled out the earlier success, leaving things at around level overall.
So, on balance, we’re wrapping up our review of Sure Favs with a neutral rating. It’s neither a standout winner nor a complete flop — just one that’s ended up breaking even in the long run.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to certain criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so it is still up overall.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to certain criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so it is still up overall.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so it is still up overall – just about!
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so it is still up overall – but a large portion of that profit is gone.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so it is still up overall.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so it is still up overall.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so it is still up overall.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so it is still up overall.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so it is still up overall.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so it is still up overall.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so it is still up overall.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so it is still up overall.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so it is still up overall.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so overall it is still well up.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so overall it is still well up.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so overall it is still well up.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so overall it is still well up.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so overall it is still well up.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so overall it is still well up.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so overall it is still well up.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so overall it is still well up.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so overall it is still well up.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so overall it is still well up.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so has a good body of results behind it now.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so has a good body of results behind it now.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so has a good body of results behind it now.
Just a reminder this is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot. It is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
The settings we are using are: exchange straight (which is the price just before the off), normal staking (not ratchet) and 1 point level stakes per bet.
It’s also worth adding that this strategy made 167 points profit during our original trial last year, so has a good body of results behind it now.
We are starting a new review today of a betting service called Sure Favs.
Well that’s not strictly accurate in fact – it’s actually picking up from a review we did previously.
Sure Favs is an automated betting system from the Exponential Bet (or Expo Bet for short) suite of services and we previously took a look at it as part of a broader review of four of their systems.
Although as a whole the four systems didn’t make a profit over the course of our review, Sure Favs was the one service that did perform well, producing an excellent 167 points profit during our trial.
We have kept an eye on results since our trial ended and it has continued to perform well, as you can see from the results graph below from the main Sure Favs system:-
Sure Favs – Main Exchange & BSP (Straight)
So we thought it would be a good time to give Sure Favs another look and put it through a dedicated trial of its own here at HBR.
In a nutshell Sure Favs is an automated strategy that places bets automatically on your Betfair account using software called Cloud Bet Bot.
We have tested the software out extensively across a number of reviews now and it works very well, placing bets seamlessly on your Betfair account to your specified stakes, all without the need for a VPN or leaving your computer running all day. Impressive stuff.
As the name suggests, Sure Favs is about backing favourites, one horse per race according to given criteria identified by Expo Bet.
There are essentially three strategies that form part of the service:
Sure Favs Main
Sure Favs High
Sure Favs Foundation
It is recommended to use a 100 point bank for each.
For a bit more info about the service, here is Ryan from Expo Bet with a quick run-down:
So it should be an interesting review and one we are looking forward to given the solid long-term results this one has amassed.
As always we will update results here as we go along.
Winning Post Profits is a horse racing tipster based at the Sure Win tipster platform and they have been going since June 2021. So just over 3 years now.
The tips are provided by a chap called Sam Darby and come with detailed write-ups explaining the reasoning behind the selections.
Sam uses a variety of bet types including singles, doubles, trebles, forecasts and the like. These multiple bets can be at very large odds of 500/1+ so there is the opportunity to land a massive winner.
As mentioned during our review, the staking is more variable than with most tipsters we review, with up to 14 points per bet being staked.
Some bets for example are 4pts e/w or 5pts e/w.
Sam says the reason for using this staking is: “to try to make it less confusing for people when recommending very small stakes forecasts or multis. I took the view that people are more likely to be confused by 0.05 points stakes than 0.5 points stakes, so I made the stakes for standard singles higher to hopefully make it clearer/less confusing.”
That makes sense really in view of the multiple bets the service uses, to keep everything in proportion.
Anyway, we followed the service for 6 months which gave us a good sample size of 194 bets.
At the end of our review they finished with a solid profit of 13 points.
That was achieved with a strike rate of 27% (including placed horses) and a return on investment (ROI) of 2%.
The service advises using a 300 point betting bank, so the growth in the bank over the course of our trial was only 4%.
At Betfair SP the results weren’t quite as good, with a loss of 41 points made, so it looks like you will need bookie accounts to make the most of this service.
Overall then given just a small profit was made and the low bank growth and ROI over our trial, it only seems fair to award Winning Post Profits a NEUTRAL rating.
A decent effort to have made a slight profit, but it’s not quite enough in context of the overall metrics to warrant a passed rating at this stage.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The selections are sent out e-mail, usually in the afternoon or evening before racing. There is plenty of time to get the bets on and with around 1 bets per day on average the workload is pretty manageable. Most bets come at the weekends, so there are often no bets for a few days during the week then around 4-5 bets on a Friday/Saturday.
Availability of prices: We didn’t experience too many issues with price availability during the course of our trial.
Strike rate: The strike rate for our trial was solid at 27% (including placed horses).
Advised Betting Bank: A 300 point betting bank is recommended for following the service. That seems fairly reasonable to us and was never in jeopardy during our trial.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are £39 per month or £327 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
After a six month trial, horse racing tipster Winning Post Profits finished with a profit of 13 points at advised prices.
With an ROI of 2% and bank growth of 4%, the service receives a NEUTRAL rating from us.
A solid effort but not quite enough to merit a passed rating at this stage.
Things have also picked up at Betfair SP, with a profit of 39 points made since our last update. However, they are still 28 points down for our trial overall at BSP.
As mentioned before, the staking with this service is more variable than with most tipsters we review, with up to 14 points per bet being staked so that is to be borne in mind when viewing the results and when choosing an appropriate betting bank for the service if you have signed up.
They have fared somewhat worse at Betfair SP, with a loss of 48 points made since our last update and a loss of 67 points made for our trial overall at BSP.
In our last update we mentioned that the staking with this service goes up to 14 points per bet, which we described as “quite aggressive.”
However, Sam who runs the service points out that “The points totals used will be higher than what most are used to and that doesn’t mean the £ stakes should be higher but more that followers will want to adjust their £ per point staking that they have used elsewhere.
The reason I’ve always used a higher points total is to try to make it less confusing for people when recommending very small stakes forecasts or multis. I took the view that people are more likely to be confused by 0.05 points stakes than 0.5 points stakes, so I made the stakes for standard singles higher to hopefully make it clearer/less confusing.”
So in light of this information – and a 300 point bank being recommended for the service – it is perhaps better to describe the staking as more “variable” rather than “aggressive” than other services.
Anyway, hopefully that clears things up and the staking used makes sense in context of the multis etc being used. It also should be noted that this makes the current results look worse than they actually are, as at 1pt stakes the loss would be obviously much lower.
They have fared a little worse at Betfair SP, with a profit of 40 points made since our last update but a loss of 19 points made for our trial so far at BSP.
It’s worth pointing out that staking is quite aggressive with this service at up to 14 points per bet, with some 8 and 10 point bets so far, so it can be quite volatile with this tipster.
A 300 point bank is recommended for following the service, but it could be prudent to go with a slightly larger bank to be on the safe side here.
It’s been a tough start to our trial of horse racing tipster Winning Post Profits, with a loss of 47 points made to advised prices for our trial to date.
It’s a similar story at Betfair SP, with a loss of 59 points made for our trial so far.
It’s worth pointing out that staking is quite aggressive with this service at up to 14 points per bet, with some 8 and 10 point bets so far, so the results are certainly not as bad as they at first seem.
A 300 point bank is recommended for following the service, so most of the bank is still in tact.
We are starting a new trial today of a horse racing service called Winning Post Profits.
They are based at the Sure Win tipster platform and have been going since June 2021, so just under 3 years now.
The reported results in that time have been stellar, with over 1,000 points profit made in total.
That has been achieved with a solid strike rate of 36% and an excellent return on investment of 29%.
The staking is quite aggressive with this service at up to 14 points per bet, so that needs to be taken into account both in terms of the profit total and the betting bank needed to follow the service.
A 300 point bank is recommended for following the service which takes this larger staking into account.
It is somewhat more of a selective service than many horse racing tipsters out there, with around 5 bets per week on average.
Tips are normally sent out the evening before racing, giving plenty of time to get the bets on.
The service is flat only and normally runs from March through December so it is a good time to be starting a review.
We will kick things off today then and will report back here soon as how things are going.
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Punter’s Profit Pro is a horse racing tipster from the Betting Gods stable of tipsters. They have been tipping since May 2023 and provide around 2 bets per day on average.
The staking with this service is a little higher than most services we review at up to 5 points per bet, so that should be borne in mind when considering a betting bank for following the service. A 150 point bank is recommended by Betting Gods.
Flat and all-weather racing is their specialism and we got a good portion of both in our six month trial.
Over that period we proofed over 350 bets which is a decent sample size.
It was quite an up-and-down review, with them going over 80 points up at one stage in our trial, only to fall all the way back down to finish with just 2 points profit at advised prices.
The strike rate was solid at 28% whilst the ROI was negligible at 0.3%.
At Betfair SP they fared a little worse, with a loss of 13 points made for our trial.
Overall then the only fair rating here is a NEUTRAL rating, as they finished more or less even for our trial after six months.
They did promise much early on, but sadly we are basically back to where we started after six months.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The selections are sent out e-mail (or via the Betting Gods app), usually around 8am UK time on the day of racing. There is plenty of time to get the bets on and with around 2 bets per day on average the workload is very manageable.
Availability of prices: There was no real issue with price availability.
Strike rate: The strike rate for our trial was solid at 28% (including placed horses), but would have needed to be a little higher to generate a more healthy profit.
Advised Betting Bank: A 150 point bank is recommended for following the service, which seems okay to us but given the staking of up to 5 points per bet, a 200 point bank might be more advisable here.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are £1 for first 30 days then £29 per month or £290 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
We conducted a six month trial of horse racing tipster Punter’s Profit Pro and in the end it finished with a profit of 2 points at advised prices.
So in effect it pretty much broke even for our trial and the only fair verdict in this case is a NEUTRAL rating.
The results at Betfair SP have also been strong, with a profit of 21 points made since our last update and 63 points profit made for our trial to date at BSP.
As mentioned in the review introduction, the staking with this service is quite aggressive at up to 5 points per bet, so that’s worth bearing in mind and making sure you have a sufficient bank if you are thinking of following the service.
Things continue to move along nicely for horse racing tipster Punter’s Profit Pro, with a profit of 21 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 54 points up for our trial overall at advised prices.
The results at Betfair SP have also stood up well, with a profit of 21 points made since our last update and 42 points profit made for our trial to date at BSP.
As mentioned in the review introduction, the staking with this service is quite aggressive at up to 5 points per bet, so that’s worth bearing in mind and making sure you have a sufficient bank if you are thinking of following the service.
The results at Betfair SP have also stood up well, with a profit of 7 points made since our last update and 21 points profit made for our trial to date at BSP.
As mentioned in the review introduction, the staking with this service is quite aggressive at up to 5 points per bet, so that’s worth bearing in mind and making sure you have a sufficient bank if you are thinking of following the service.
It’s also been a solid start at Betfair SP, with a profit of 14 points made for our trial to date at BSP.
As mentioned in the review introduction, the staking with this service is quite aggressive at up to 4 points per bet, so that’s worth bearing in mind and making sure you have a sufficient bank if you are thinking of following the service.
We are starting a new trial today of a horse racing service called Punter’s Profit Pro.
This comes from the Betting Gods stable of tipsters and they have been tipping since May 2023.
The results are pretty solid, with 126 points profit made so far at a return on investment (ROI) of 12% and a strike rate of 24%.
The staking with this service is a little higher at up to 4 points per bet, so that should be borne in mind when considering a betting bank for following the service. A 150 point bank is recommended by Betting Gods.
On average there are around 2 bets per day so it should be fairly simple service to follow.
Flat and all-weather racing seems to be their specialism so we should be in a good time now with the all-weather season ramping up towards its conclusion before the flat turf season gets going.
Anyway, let’s hope for a good trial here to kick off 2024.
We will update results here as we go along as usual so you can see how they are getting on.
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Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs is a trading service run by a guy called Chris, a professional trader. It is operated out of the long-running Banker Bets platform which we have previously reviewed here at HBR.
Chris provides a number of different betting and trading strategies he’s refined over the past couple of years. They’re a mix of back and lay betting, some pre-match and some in-play.
The service is supplied via the Telegram messenger app, with members receiving selections for the day via a spreadsheet link and then live alerts for in-play trades.
The number of strategies in operation changed quite a lot over the course of the review as some were dropped and others added. By the end of our review, there were 21 active strategies as part of the service.
In terms of how we proofed the service, we did find it a very difficult service to review to be honest.
We started off proofing three strategies, then expanded it to six once we had got our heads around how the service worked and how to operate the strategies, only to then see five of those six strategies removed from the service, leaving us with just one.
We then added two new strategies to give us something more to proof and to allow us to complete the review, but obviously that wasn’t ideal.
In the end, the one strategy that was in operation for the whole of our trial, the Home Wins, made £285 profit made from stakes ranging from £5 to £20 per bet.
The other two strategies we added later were the overs and draws, and they made:
Overs: +£56 profit
Draws: -£213 loss
So a bit of a mixed bag there with those two.
Of the strategies that were retired, some of them had actually been doing quite well, for example the Home Values Draw were +£494 whilst the 15 minute lay the draw was +£484.
However, Chris felt they weren’t optimal to his service (or there were better ones available) so were replaced by other systems.
There are also some in-play strategies you can trade with those service, although you would need to have the time to be able to enter and exit trades when alerts are given out, which won’t be the case for everyone.
Overall we felt this was a promising service and Chris is clearly very knowledgeable and hard-working.
However, we found it a difficult service to follow and proof and felt there were just a few too many changes made in terms of the strategies being dropped and introduced.
We think it could have benefited from a bit more stability and sticking with some of the strategies that had good long-term results. As the old saying goes, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
All betting strategies go through short-term ups and downs and sometimes it can be worth sticking with them to see how they turn out in the long run.
Anyway, that is just our view – it is obviously up to Chris how he runs the service and what he feels is best.
Overall though, of the strategies still running, the three we proofed made a combined £128 profit from £10 average stakes – or around 13 points profit to one point stakes in other words.
At a return on investment of just 2% and over a period of 12 months we didn’t feel that was quite enough to warrant a passed rating so are only able to award this service a NEUTRAL rating at this time.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: Selections are provided via the Telegram app. As mentioned above, it is quite a difficult service to follow – firstly to get your head around how all the various strategies work and then to keep up as strategies are added and dropped. How many selections there are each day depends on how many strategies you follow, but if following all you are looking at around 5-10 selections per day most days, with a potential of up to 20 on a busy day.
Availability of prices: The prices quoted seemed reasonably available on Betfair overall – some would shorten whilst others drifted, pretty much evening out overall.
Strike rate: The strike rate for our trial was decent at 62% across the three active systems.
Advised Betting Bank: 1-3% staking of the bank per bet is recommended for following the service, which seems reasonable to us given the high strike rate.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are £33 per month, £79 per quarter or £277 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs is a mixture of different betting and trading strategies, including back and lay betting, some pre-match and some in-play.
We found it quite a difficult service to review to be honest, with strategies being added and removed throughout our trial and it taking quite a bit of effort to understand how they all worked.
At the end of our trial, the three active strategies we proofed finished a combined £128 up at £10 average stakes, meaning this service receives a NEUTRAL rating from us in the end.
Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs – Results Update
14th January 2024
It has been a mixed bag for the systems of the Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs lately, with some quite different results being posted for the three systems we are proofing:
Home Win: +£285 profit
Overs: +£56 profit
Draws: -£213 loss
That means the three systems are a combined £128 up for our trial overall.
Just a reminder that five of the six systems we were proofing have now been retired, with the only one remaining from when we started being the Home Win system.
We have recently added in the Overs and Draws systems, which as you can see have had quite varying results so far.
Hopefully these three stay in operation for the time being to allow us to complete the review.
Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs – Results Update
5th December 2023
It has become somewhat difficult to review Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs lately, with five of the six systems we had been proofing now no longer in operation.
The one system that is still in operation, the Home Win system, has lost £48 since our last update.
That means it is now £262 up for our trial overall.
This has left us in a tricky position as to what to do with this review going forward.
Normally we like to stick to whatever systems or strategies are in place at the outset of our review and follow them through to the end. It is not ideal to be adding and removing strategies as you go along.
It also calls into question somewhat the viability of the service if strategies are being retired, in essence as they are either not profitable or not practical to follow.
However, we want to be fair as possible and to see if we can make a sustainable profit from this service.
So we will continue with the one strategy that is still going, the Home Wins – which to be fair is well in profit – and add two more strategies.
These will be the Overs and the Draws.
We will stick with these three until the end of our trial and hopefully they will remain in operation so we can finish our review.
Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs – Results Update
21st October 2023
A small drop for Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs lately, with a loss of£143 or 14.3 points made since our last update on the six systems we have been proofing.
The results for those six strategies are as follows (at £10 per point):-
15 Minute LTD: +£489 profit
Home Values Draw – RETIRED: +£494 profit
Home Win: +£310 profit
Home Win LTD: -£9 loss
HT LTD V2: -£39 loss
Double Chance – RETIRED: -£56 loss
That means the total now stands at £1189, or 119 points profit made for our trial so far.
As you can see above, two of the systems have been retired – the Home Values Draw and Double Chance systems.
We are slightly surprised by the Home Values Draw being retired as it was nearly £500 in profit, but obviously they feel it hasn’t quite been performing well enough recently to justify continuing with.
Anyway, that leaves us with four systems to follow for the time being which makes things a little easier and hopefully those remaining four systems can kick on again.
Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs – Results Update
11th August 2023
A small drop for Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs lately, with a loss of£33 or 3.3 points made since our last update on the six systems we have been proofing.
The results for those six strategies are as follows (at £10 per point):-
15 Minute LTD: +£472 profit
Home Values Draw: +£603 profit
Home Win: +£350 profit
Home Win LTD: +£44 profit
HT LTD V2: -£1 loss
Double Chance: -£51 loss
That means the total now stands at £1417, or 142 points profit made for our trial so far.
As mentioned previously there is a lot to take in with this service so we would advise starting off with just 2-3 systems, as it can be quite overwhelming trying to get your head around everything right from the start and you risk potentially making mistakes, over-staking or not quite understanding it all straight away.
With the new season kicking off the action should really start picking up over the next few weeks and hopefully they can repeat the success of last season and add to the already substantial profits.
Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs – Results Update
11th July 2023
A small gain for Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs lately, with a profit of£16, or 1.6 points, made since our last update on the main three systems we have been proofing.
The results for those three strategies are as follows:-
15 Minute LTD: +£511 profit
Home Values Draw: +£531 profit
Home Win: +£356 profit
Those results are to £10 per point stakes so the total of £1398 profit is equivalent to 139.8 points profit for our trial so far.
Since our last update we have added in three further systems:
Home Win LTD: +£60 profit
HT LTD V2: -£36 loss
Double Chance: +25 profit
All in all then with that £49 across those three systems, the total now stands at £1450, or 145 points profit made for our trial so far.
We would advise starting off with just 2-3 systems, as it can be quite overwhelming trying to get your head around everything right from the start and you risk potentially making mistakes, over-staking or not quite understanding it all straight away.
Whilst each strategy in itself is not overly complicated, altogether there are 16 strategies currently which is a lot to take in.
So we would say take it slow and steady and build things up with this one. Overall we have been very impressed with the service but it does take some effort to fully grasp everything as we say.
Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs – Results Update
29th May 2023
Firstly an apology for the delay in updating our review of Banker Bets Football Trading Clubs. It is quite a difficult service to review as there are 17 separate strategies and a huge amount to take in.
The main thing we had to decide on was which of these strategies we would proof as it would not be feasible to try and track all of them – or even half of them to be honest.
After some careful thought we have settled on three strategies – one of which is an in-play strategy and the other two are pre-match strategies.
The three strategies are:-
15 Minute Lay the Draw (LTD) – this involves laying the draw in a match after 15 minutes if the score is still 0-0.
Home Values Draw – backing the draw before kick-off
Home Win – backing the home win before kick-off.
These three strategies are all pretty simple to operate and should be manageable for anyone, even if you are new to betting/trading.
In any event, the results for those three strategies have been very good:
15 Minute LTD: +£497 profit
Home Values Draw: +£560 profit
Home Win: +£325 profit
Those results are to £10 per point stakes so the total of £1382 profit is equivalent to 138 points profit for our trial so far.
Although we haven’t been able to proof all the strategies as we say, the official results show a profit of 389 points in total for 2023 for the strategies combined.
So it’s been impressive stuff so far.
All the selections are sent out by Telegram and the odds quoted are with the Betfair exchange.
For us following three strategies is just about manageable but there may be members who follow more (or all) so it’s a question of picking what is right for you.
The trader behind the service is a guy called Chris, a professional trader who has been proofing to the Banker Bets site for 8 months and has reportedly made an impressive £7,373 profit in that time.
Chris operates 6 profitable trading strategies he’s refined over the past couple of years. They’re a mix of back and lay betting, some pre-match and some in-play.
The trading strategies have reportedly produced the following results:-
Lay the Draw: +£1568 profit
Half-time Lay the Draw: +£1317 profit
60 minute Lay the Draw: +£409 profit
Double Chance: +£749 profit
Second half goals: +£2518 profit
Overs: +£814 profit
In terms of what all that means in points terms is a little difficult to say as different staking is used for each system (and even within each system), ranging from as little as £10 up to over £100 stake liability.
However, clearly the results have been excellent (presuming they are accurate of course) in terms of achieving substantial profit across each of the strategies. The strike rate across the strategies has been high at 77% overall.
The trades are provided via the Telegram app where you’ll receive notification of each selection.
We are quite excited by this one as we have always felt there is great scope to make profits from trading football, but with one or two notable exceptions (e.g. Goal Profits), we are yet to see any services actually produce trading profits under live trial conditions.
As ever we will reserve judgement until we have conducted the trial but we are at least hopeful this could be a decent trading service. Results will be updated here as we go along as usual.
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* Results are for both over 1.5 and favourite bets combined
Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Full Review
One of the first services we ever reviewed here at Honest Betting Reviews way back in 2015 was a football betting service called Banker Bets.
This is a service that tips heavy odds-on favourites in football matches.
We awarded it a PASSED rating as it produced an excellent 95 points profit during our trial. We have continued to track results since then.
Whilst it performed very well for the three years after our review, making 145% profit from the single bets and 410% profit from the accumulator bets, it rather trod water after that.
As someone who likes to innovate though, John Baker who runs the service decided to add a new over 1.5 goals market strategy to the service.
Those who are regular football bettors will no doubt be familiar with this market, but for those who are not in essence it means betting for there to be two or more goals in a football match.
Most of the time the odds of over 1.5 goals will be low so you are talking about a high strike-rate system that looks to build the bank over time from lots of small wins that can be compounded.
In terms of this review we tracked both the over 1.5 goals bets and the regular favourites bets – and the results in the table above are for both combined.
As combined results, a small profit of £91 was made over the course of our trial at £50 stakes, so just under 2 points profit at 1-point level stakes.
On that basis, the combined results would warrant a NEUTRAL rating.
However, it was a rather different story in terms of how the two strategies performed over the course of our review (both to £50 stakes):
Over 1.5 goals: -£587
Favourites: +£678
So it was the old-school favourites that did the business. Those are the selections they have provided since the inception of the service over 10 years ago and are clearly their “bread and butter” so to speak.
The over 1.5 goals bets did not perform so well unfortunately, losing £587 in our current trial and a previous version of the strategy also lost £1146 (results for that can be seen in our spreadsheet under the “Over 1.5 – Old” tab).
In essence then it doesn’t look like the over 1.5 goals strategy worked as hoped and that strategy would have to go down as a failed one.
The tried and trusted “bankers” – the short odds favourites – however performed commendably and produced a decent profit over our trial.
The stats for those on their own would be:
Strike rate: 80%
ROI: 4.5%
Bank growth: 68%
So pretty decent metrics there – a very high strike rate with a solid ROI and the bank growing by a healthy amount.
Clearly then the favourites are the selections to follow if you are using this service and the over 1.5 bets would be best left alone on the basis of our trial.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The selections are sent out e-mail, usually early in the morning UK time on the day of the matches. There is plenty of time to get the bets on and there are around 4 bets per day on average.
Availability of prices: The bets can be placed at either the bookies or exchanges and we saw no issue with price availability during our trial. You would expect that given the very liquid markets these bets are tipped in.
Strike rate: The strike rate for our trial was very high at 79%. Given the odds tipped at, the strike rate needs to be around that mark or a little higher to generate a profit.
Advised Betting Bank: We used a 20 point bank for our trial – so a £1,000 bank with £50 stakes, which seemed reasonable but might need to be a little higher to withstand some of the volatility experienced.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are £27/month, £54/quarter or £155 per year
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
Banker Bets is a long-running service we originally reviewed way back in 2015 and gave a passed rating to, based on backing odds-on shots – the so-called “bankers” in football matches.
They have added a 1.5 goals strategy to the service in recent times. However, that did not perform well in our trial, making a loss of £578 to £50 stakes.
It was in fact the original bankers (the favourites) that performed much better, netting £678 profit in our trial.
So those are clearly the ones to follow and continue to produce solid results after all these years.
Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Results Update
15th January 2024
It’s been a tricky time for Over 1.5 Goals Betting from Banker Bets lately, with a loss of £14 made to £50 flat stakes since our last update for their over 1.5 strategy.
That means the new over 1.5 goals strategy is £330 down to £50 stakes for our trial overall, or 6.6 points down to one point level stakes.
The favourites have also have had a tough month, with a loss of £93 made since our last update. They are still an excellent £971 up for our trial overall however, or 19.42 points up.
So as mentioned in previous updates, it looks like the Favourites are definitely the ones to focus on with this service.
Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Results Update
9th December 2023
We continue to see the two strategies go in the opposite direction for Over 1.5 Goals Betting from Banker Bets at the moment, with a loss of £238 made to £50 flat stakes since our last update for their over 1.5 strategy.
That means the new over 1.5 goals strategy is £316 down to £50 stakes for our trial overall, or 6.32 points down to one point level stakes.
On the other hand however, the favourites have continued to perform superbly, making a profit of £208 since our last update. That puts them £1064 up for our trial overall.
As mentioned previously, the favourites have always been the bread and butter of the Banker Bets service, going right back to our original review way back in 2015.
So that looks like the strategy to focus on for the time being.
Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Results Update
7th November 2023
It’s a mixed picture for Over 1.5 Goals Betting from Banker Bets at the moment, with a loss of £214 made to £50 flat stakes since our last update for their over 1.5 strategy.
That means the new over 1.5 goals strategy is £78 down to £50 stakes for our trial overall, or 1.56 points down to one point level stakes.
On a more positive note however, the favourites have continued to perform admirably, making a profit of £188 since our last update. That puts them £856 up for our trial overall.
As mentioned last time, the favourites have always been the bread and butter of the Banker Bets service, going right back to our original review way back in 2015.
So it’s not surprising to see those as the best performing of the current strategies and those look like the ones to concentrate on for the time being.
On a more positive note, the favourites have continued to perform well, making a profit of £29 since our last update. That puts them £668 up for our trial overall.
In many ways it’s the favourites that have always been the bread and butter of the Banker Bets service, going right back to our original review way back in 2015.
So it’s not surprising to see those as the best performing of the current strategies and we wouldn’t be surprised to see them just concentrate on those going forward.
We mentioned last month that John who runs the service was considering dropping some of his other systems and he has indeed put them on hold, leaving just the over 1.5 goals and Favourites strategies.
The favourites had a good month, making £117 profit. That puts them £639 up for our trial overall.
The other two systems, draws and over 2.5 goals, were slightly down when they were paused while John does additional study to see if he can make some alterations to improve performance.
In the meantime it makes sense to concentrate on the strategies that were working best and producing the profits, so for the time being we are down to just those two.
We are also tracking their other strategies (results can be viewed in the other spreadsheet tabs) and those have been going along well, although with a slight loss this month.
The results so far are as follows:-
Draws: -£66 loss
Over 2.5 goals: -£46loss
Favourites: +£522 profit
In terms of the Over 2.5 Goals and Draws, both are hovering right around break even after just about 7 months.
John who runs the service says that’s clearly not good enough, and he thinks it’s a large enough sample to determine that they aren’t working as currently structured.
He thinks it’s best to retire them but he hasn’t made a final decision on that yet, so we’ll keep an eye on things until he has decided what to do.
We are also tracking their other strategies (results can be viewed in the other spreadsheet tabs) and those have been going along well, although with a slight loss this month.
The results so far are as follows:-
Over 2.5 goals: +£106 profit
Favourites: +£633 profit
Draws: -£15 loss
It’s good to see all four strategies in the green, and a combined profit (including over 1.5 goals) of £1445 made for our trial to date.
Just a reminder though that the previous over 1.5 goals strategy led to a loss of just over 11 points over the course of around six months – that and the previous over 2.5 goals strategy are included in the spreadsheet too for the purposes of transparency.
We are also tracking their other strategies (results can be viewed in the other spreadsheet tabs) and those have been going along very well too, producing the following results so far:-
Over 2.5 goals: +£225 profit
Favourites: +£595 profit
Draws: +£171 profit
It’s good to see all four strategies in the green, and a combined profit (including over 1.5 goals) of £1691 made for our trial to date.
Just a reminder though that the previous over 1.5 goals strategy led to a loss of just over 11 points over the course of around six months – that and the previous over 2.5 goals strategy are included in the spreadsheet too for the purposes of transparency.
We are also tracking their other strategies (results can be viewed in the other spreadsheet tabs) and those have produced the following results so far:-
Over 2.5 goals: +£41 profit
Favourites: +£522 profit
Draws: +£136 profit
So it’s good to see all four strategies in the green, and a combined profit (including over 1.5 goals) of £699 made for our trial to date.
Just a reminder as well that the previous over 1.5 goals strategy led to a loss of just over 11 points over the course of around six months – that and the previous over 2.5 goals strategy are included in the spreadsheet too for the purposes of transparency.
We are also tracking their other strategies (results can be viewed in the spreadsheet tabs) and those have produced the following results so far:-
Over 2.5 goals: -£26 loss
Favourites: +£401 profit
Draws: -£21 loss
Just a reminder as well that the previous over 1.5 goals strategy led to a loss of just over 11 points over the course of around six months – that and the previous over 2.5 goals strategy are included in the spreadsheet too for the purposes of transparency.
Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Results Update
13th February 2023
It’s been a solid start to the new strategy for Over 1.5 Goals Betting from Banker Bets , with a profit of £133 made to £50 flat stakes so far – or 2.66 points profit to one point level stakes.
Just a reminder this is a new selection strategy for over 1.5 goals, following on from a disappointing run for the previous strategy that led to a loss of just over 11 points over the course of around six months.
It’s early days but the new strategy has started off in promising fashion so let’s see if it can keep things going.
Following strong initial results from June through September, unfortunately the Over 1.5 goals service fell off a cliff in October. Even with a modest profit in December, it hasn’t been performing anywhere close to how John, who runs the service, wants.
For the past couple of months he’s been working on improving the selection system and is now ready to make the change. So a new over 1.5 goals system will start from today and we will start proofing those selections. Suffice to say the old selections would have gone down as a failed rating sadly.
Following on from that, John has also refined a new selection method for over 2.5 goals. That means that though there will be some commonality, it will no longer be the exact same matches selected for Over 1.5 and Over 2.5. There are also some new draw selections John will he sharing.
Perhaps most exciting though is news that John has reached an agreement with a professional football trader called Chris to offer his live trading advice through the Banker-Bets site. Chris operates 6 different trading strategies which John has been proofing in real time and the results have been impressive with over £6,500 profit reportedly amassed since June 2022.
Apparently this won’t be for everyone, as you need to follow the matches in real-time to execute many of the trades, but they’ll be offering a free trial so you can test it out first.
As mentioned in previous updates we are also tracking over 2.5 goals in the same matches, which you can back instead of or as well as the over 1.5 goals.
It was also a good month for the over 2.5 goals, with a profit of £134 made since our last update, putting them £80 up for our trial overall.
It was a fairly quiet month in terms of bets due to the international break but October is cram-packed with fixtures so we should see lots of action this month.
As mentioned in previous updates we are also tracking over 2.5 goals in the same matches, which you can back instead of or as well as the over 1.5 goals.
It was a slightly down month for the over 2.5 goals, with a loss of £149 made since our last update, putting them £54 down for our trial overall.
So the over 1.5s performing better at the moment, let’s see if that continues to be the case over the remainder of our trial.
As mentioned in previous updates we are also tracking over 2.5 goals in the same matches, which you can back instead of or as well as the over 1.5 goals.
It was a spectacular month for the over 2.5 goals, with £1162 profit made since our last update, putting them £95 up for our trial overall.
The over 1.5 goals had a perfect month with 22 wins from 22 bets with the over 2.5 going 19-3 for July. Top stuff, let’s hope they can keep it going now the main footy season is about to kick off.
As mentioned in previous updates we are also tracking over 2.5 goals in the same matches, which you can back instead of or as well as the over 1.5 goals.
It was a tougher month for the over 2.5 goals, with £242 lost since our last update and £1067 lost for our trial overall.
It’s been quiet lately with a lower volume of bets but it’s just over a month until the European season gets underway again so things will start heating up again soon.
Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Results Update
10th June 2022
There’s been very little change for Over 1.5 Goals Betting from Banker Bets lately, with a loss of just £5 made to £100 flat stakes since our last update.
That means they are now £636 down for our trial overall.
As mentioned in previous updates we are also tracking over 2.5 goals in the same matches, which you can back instead of or as well as the over 1.5 goals.
It’s a similar story for the over 2.5 goals, with £3 lost since our last update and £825 lost for our trial overall.
Things are a bit quiet at the moment with the main European leagues on Summer break and an international break for the Nations League, but there are still Summer leagues going on so there are still selections being sent.
Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Results Update
2nd May 2022
It’s been a tough time lately for Over 1.5 Goals Betting from Banker Bets, with a loss of £635 made to £100 flat stakes (or 6 points) since our last update.
That means they are now £631 down for our trial overall.
As mentioned last time we are also tracking over 2.5 goals in the same matches, which you can back instead of or as well as the over 1.5 goals.
It’s a similar story for the over 2.5 goals, with £818 lost since our last update and £822 lost for our trial overall.
A couple of weeks ago they added in a new way of backing the selections – in the over 0.5 first half goals market – so in other words for there to be at least one goal in the first half.
Some members had been following the selections that way with considerable success and the long-term numbers backed it up, with an 80% strike rate and 113% level stakes profit from 299 bets.
Well you can guess what happened next…yes unfortunately that method immediately went on a horror run, falling off a cliff so they’ve gone back to just recommending the over 1.5 goals or over 2.5 goals (although members can obviously still follow over 0.5 first half goals if they wish).
We are always a bit sceptical of services changing strategies at short notice and generally prefer it if they just monitor things for a while. In this case they did have the previous results to go off which is fair enough, but ultimately it’s probably better to monitor things live for a while before suggesting any changes.
In any event, this is what a trial is for so we can see these things play out under live test conditions before risking any of our own money. Either way let’s hope things pick up for them soon and they get back on track.
Banker Bets Over 1.5 Goals Betting – Results Update
28th March 2022
Somewhat of a retraction lately for Over 1.5 Goals Betting from Banker Bets, with a loss of £403 made to £100 flat stakes (or 4 points) since our last update.
That means they are now just £4 up for our trial overall.
As mentioned last time we are also tracking over 2.5 goals in the same matches, which you can back instead of or as well as the over 1.5 goals.
It’s a similar story for the over 2.5 goals, with £408 lost since our last update and £4 lost for our trial overall.
There have been a few surprising results lately with some games having lots of chances but just missing out on the over 1.5 or 2.5, so let’s hope that’s just a blip and they get back on track soon.
Although the trial started out as just backing over 1.5 goals, they have since added the option of backing over 2.5 goals in addition to or instead of 1.5 goals, in the same matches.
Backing over 2.5 goals has also given 4 points profit, or £404 to £100 flat stakes, so far. You can see those results in the second tab of our spreadsheet.
Just a reminder that it’s FREE to join the service until 1st March 2022, so you can grab a free trial now if you like.
One of the first services we ever reviewed here at Honest Betting Reviews way back in 2015 was a football betting service called Banker Bets.
We awarded it a PASSED rating as it produced an excellent 95 points profit during our trial. We have continued to track results since then.
Whilst it performed very well for the three years after our review, making 145% profit from the single bets and 410% profit from the accumulator bets, it rather trod water after that.
Never one to rest on his laurels though, John Baker who runs the service is continually innovating and his latest system focuses on the over 1.5 goals market.
Those who are regular football bettors will no doubt be familiar with this market, but for those who are not in essence it means betting for there to be two or more goals in a football match.
Most of the time the odds of over 1.5 goals will be low so you are talking about a high strike-rate system that looks to build the bank over time from lots of small wins that can be compounded.
Although only recently launched, the service looks very promising with the starting bank having doubled since starting in September. That’s if using a compounding approach of staking 10% of your bank on each bet, but even at flat stakes it is showing an impressive 70% bank growth.
The strike rate is very high at 88% so a very large proportion of the bets so far have been winners.
So this looks a very interesting strategy in a market we haven’t seen utilized very often in a betting service meaning there could be some value to exploit.
And the good news is that it’s FREE to join until 1st March 2022, so you can grab a free trial now if you like.
We began proofing on 6th January so will record results from then. Results will be updated regularly here as usual.
To The Fore Golfis a golf tipster from the Tipsters Empire stable and has been tipping since June last year, so is relatively new on the block.
The tipster says their strategy “is fairly simple but still undertakes a lot of reading up and evaluating the factors of player form, course form, any weather issues, along with then searching for the value out there.”
Coming into our trial the results looked very positive, with 137 points profit made at a return on investment of over 70%.
It is more selective than most golf services, with just two to three bets per week on average. Tips come in both the PGA Tour and European Tours.
We ran a ten month trial which gave us a sample size of 109 bets.
At the end of our review they finished with a profit of 6 points, which came with a strike rate of 24% and a return on investment (ROI) of 4%.
They tend to go for selections at the top end of the market, which is a little different to most golf services we have encountered who tend to pick out selections at odds up to 200/1 or more.
That means the winners during our trial were mainly at single figure odds.
Whilst some may like the prospect of landing a winner at huge odds, the advantage of this approach is that it keeps the bank ticking along and you would be less likely to suffer from one of the very extensive losing streaks golf services can suffer from.
In any event, the bottom line is that with just a small profit of 6 points made the only fair verdict here is a NEUTRAL rating.
For the time being it is one to keep an eye on and to see if they can kick on and produce the kind of results reported prior to our trial.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The selections are sent out by e-mail, usually on Monday or Tuesday. Either way there is plenty of time to get the bets on and with around 2-3 bets per week on average the workload is very low with this service, making it very easy to follow.
Availability of prices: We didn’t notice any discernible impact on prices after tips were sent out.
Strike rate: The strike rate for our trial was solid at 24% (including placed selections) so there was a reasonably steady rate of returns throughout the trial.
Advised Betting Bank: A 100 point bank is recommended for following the service which seems reasonable to us and was more than enough to cope with the ups and downs during our trial.
Subscription costs: The current subscription costs at the time of writing are £9.99 for an initial 40 day trial, followed by £30 per month, £80 per quarter, £140 for 6 months or £250 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
After a ten month trial, golf tipster To The Fore Golf finished with a small profit of 6 points.
It’s a NEUTRAL rating for this service then and one to keep an eye on for the time being.
They had a couple of nice winners on the Ryder Cup with Rory McIlroy to be top European points scorer at 9/2 and Bob McIntyre to be top European rookie at 7/2, but those wins did not quite offset the losing tournament bets over the month.
Hopefully they can get things moving back in the right direction over the next couple of months as the golf season draws to a close.
They narrowly missed out on some wins lately with Bjork finishing 2nd at the European Masters in Switzerland and both Lowry and Fox finishing in a tie for third at the Irish Open last week. Fox in particular had a great chance to win but just couldn’t quite get it done down the stretch.
Although the majors are done for the year, there is still plenty of golf left for the season with the flagship event on the DP World Tour – the BMW PGA Championship – being held this week and of course the Ryder Cup in just a couple of weeks.
They managed to land a nice 30/1 winner with Robert Mcintyre being first round leader at the Made in Himmerland, although only for a 0.2 stake.
Although the majors are done for the year, there is still plenty of golf left for the season with the Fedex Cup playoffs about to get underway this week and then a number of strong events on the DP World Tour – and of course the Ryder Cup in Rome in September.
Interesting to note that most of the winners so far have been at shorter prices than other golf services we have reviewed – for example Jon Rahm at 9/1 to win the Masters, Scottie Scheffler to win the Phoenix Open at 12/1 etc.
The approach is clearly working well so far though and it also means a higher strike rate than a tipster that is finding winners at 50/1, 100/1 and so on, which is a bonus.
Hopefully they can keep things going as we enter crunch time of the season with the US Open, British Open and Ryder Cup coming up over the next few months.
We are starting a new review today of a service called To The Fore Golf.
This is a golf tipster from the Tipsters Empire stable and has been tipping since June last year, so is relatively new on the block.
The tipster says their strategy “is fairly simple but still undertakes a lot of reading up and evaluating the factors of player form, course form, any weather issues, along with then searching for the value out there.”
Their first winner on the golf came in the form of John Daly to win the USPGA Championship at 66/1 back in 1991. That’s quite some time ago now (and you have to be of a certain vintage to remember it!) but shows the tipster has built up decades of experience in golf betting.
The results to date look very promising, with 137 points profit made so far. What really stands out though is the return on investment, which sits at an astonishing 74%.
That is one of the highest ROIs we have ever seen and to be honest would be almost impossible to retain in the long run.
However, if profits can continue at somewhere close to the levels seen so far it would be a very worthwhile service to follow indeed.
Interestingly, the strike rate is also quite high for a golf service at 32%, which is perhaps a reflection that they tip at slightly lower odds than most golf services.
Having a higher strike rate is certainly welcome though and means the losing runs should be shorter.
Another slight difference with most other golf services we have reviewed is that the bet volume tends to be lower, at 1-2 tips per event normally compared to 5-6 as usually seen with golf tipsters.
Anyway, just to say that we started receiving tips for this service on 10th January so will record results from then. There have already been three winners, with Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm (twice), as well as a few placed finishes so things have got off to a good start.
As ever we will record results here as we go along so you can see how the service is getting on.
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The Haymaker is a horse racing tipster and it comes from the Back Lucrative stable. It is the first time they have ever provided the services of an external tipster rather than producing their own tips.
The results coming into our trial were so good according to Back Lucrative that they were blown away and felt they had to launch the service to the public.
That was quite a claim and certainly piqued our interest for the trial.
Essentially it is a straightforward tipping service with a combination of win bets, plus some place bets and some insurebets.
We hadn’t actually come across a tipster using insurebet before, but basically it means your bet wins if the selection wins, however if it places you get your full stake back.
The slight wrinkle with using insurebet is that there’s isn’t an exchange equivalent, so that precluded the chance to proof this service at Betfair SP.
In any event, we were able to proof the service at advised prices and followed the tips for just under a year, giving a good sample size of 533 bets.
Tips are provided by logging into a website only and are not sent by e-mail, Telegram or any other means.
Unfortunately it was a case of the “curse of the triallist” with this one as once our trial got underway things really nosedived, going over 50 points down early on.
Slowly and surely they fought their way back however, managing to claw things back and end the trial 19 points in profit.
That come at a strike rate of 38% and a return on investment of 1%.
That was a good effort and as we often say here, any sort of profit is not to be sneezed at.
At the same time though, just 19 points profit for nearly a year’s worth of tipping and over 500 bets isn’t quite what members would be looking for, particularly once subscription costs are taken into account.
So in the end we think a NEUTRAL rating is fair for The Haymaker. A solid effort to fight back after a tough start but not quite enough to generate a passed rating.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The selections are found by logging into the Back Lucrative website and are usually posted early in the morning on the day of racing. With around 2 bets per day on average it is fairly straightforward to follow.
Availability of prices: We didn’t notice a huge impact on prices so you should be able to get close to the recorded results without too much problem. As mentioned above though, certain bets aren’t available on exchanges so you will need bookie accounts to follow the advised bets fully.
Strike rate: The strike rate for our trial was okay at 38% but would probably need to be a little higher to generate a consistent profit.
Advised Betting Bank: We used a 100 point bank for the purposes of our review which did become a little threatened when things went badly early on, so a 150-200 point bank might be more appropriate for following the service.
Subscription costs: The current subscription costs at the time of writing are free for the first 7 days then £39 per month or £99 per quarter.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
The Haymaker is a horse racing service from the Back Lucrative stable. It is the first external tipster they have ever offered on their platform.
Our trial got off to a slow start, going over 50 points down early on but they battled back to finish 19 points up.
Although a valiant effort, it wasn’t quite enough to merit a passed rating for a year’s worth of betting and over 500 bets, so this service is awarded a NEUTRAL rating from us.
A slight improvement for horse racing service the Haymaker over the last month, with a profit of 3 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 42 points down for our trial overall at advised prices.
There are no Betfair SP results for this service as they advise bet types such as insurebets that do not have equivalent markets on Betfair.
Unfortunately this trial has struggled to really get going after some promising results coming into our review. Could do with a turnaround soon or we may have to call it a day on this one.
It’s been a much better month for horse racing service the Haymaker thankfully, with a profit of 36 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now just 16 points down for our trial overall at advised prices.
The tough start to our trial of horse racing service the Haymaker continues unfortunately, with a loss of 20 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 52 points down for our trial overall at advised prices.
There are no Betfair SP results for this service as they advise bet types such as insurebets that do not have equivalent markets on Betfair.
There was quite a lot of hype around this service when it launched so it has been slightly surprising to see the results so far. Could do with things turning around for them pretty sharpish.
There are no Betfair SP results for this service as they advise bet types such as insurebets that do not have equivalent markets on Betfair.
In any event, a slightly disappointing start to this trial after quite a lot of excitement at its launch. It is still very early days though so far too soon to draw any conclusions.
We are starting a new trial today of a horse racing service called The Haymaker.
This comes from the Back Lucrative stable and is the first time they have ever provided the services of an external tipster rather than producing their own tips.
They say they have been proofing this tipster for over two years, which is a very good proofing period, and were blown away by the results.
With 934 points profit made so far at a strike rate of 52% and an ROI of 35%, we’re not surprised they have been blown away to be honest!
That ts a pretty amazing combination of stats, particularly to have such a high strike rate (over half the bets being winners) whilst still having such an impressive ROI.
We have rarely seen figures like those in all our years of testing tipsters and betting systems, so it will be interesting to see if those can be maintained during our trial (and beyond).
It’s slightly different to services we have reviewed before as the bets are a mixture of straightforward win bets, plus some place bets and some insurebets.
We haven’t actually come across a tipster using insurebet before, but basically it means your bet wins if the selection wins, however if it places you get your full stake back.
The slight wrinkle with using insurebet is that there’s isn’t an exchange equivalent, so Michael recommends just betting those to win on the exchange if you aren’t able to access bookmakers anymore.
In any event, it does look like a very promising service and there’s been quite a bit of buzz around its release.
As ever we will reserve judgement until we’ve seen how it performs under a live trial, but fingers crossed it can continue producing the kind of results seen over the last two years.
Results will be updated here as we go along as usual so you can see how it is getting on.
It should not be confused with Mike Cruickshank’s matched betting suiteof the same name, which was released a couple of years ago and is completely separate. To differentiate the two we refer to this service as Betting Mastermind (Football).
Anyway, Betting Mastermind (Football) is a group of football betting strategies, which at the start of our trial consisted of:
Back the draw
Lay the draw
Back the home win
Back the away win
Back over 0.5 first half goals
During the course of our review, the lay the draw strategy was dropped. We were also not able to proof the first half goals system which often has low liquidity so prices needed to be verified at kick-off time (with some matches kicking off late at night and early morning when we were not available).
Anyway, all four strategies are included within the monthly subscription price if you do wish to follow them all.
We followed the service for 9 months which gave us nearly a full season of tips and provided over 1700 bets, a very good sample size.
Bets can be placed on Betfair which is good for those whose bookie accounts have been restricted and results are recorded according to the Betfair prices. All bets are simple win bets with no trading required.
At the end of our review, the results of the systems were as follows:-
Back the draw: -2 points
Lay the draw: -33 points (discontinued in January)
Back the home win: +36 points
Back the away win: +13 points
TOTAL: +14 points
So a solid effort there but given it was over the course of nine months and over 1700 bets, the returns were a little on the low side.
The return on investment was also low at just 1% and the bank growth only 7%.
Whilst we always a profit is a profit and shouldn’t be sniffed at, ultimately if you take the overall returns and cost of subscription, it just doesn’t quite warrant a passed rating from us.
So we award Betting Mastermind a NEUTRAL rating at the end of our trial. If you are going to follow the service, it looks like the back the home win and back the away win are the two strategies to concentrate on.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The selections are sent out by e-mail, at different times of day depending on when the matches are. Either way there is plenty of time to get the bets on. With around 6 bets per day on average there is a bit of work involved in following the service, although as mentioned earlier all bets can be placed on Betfair which makes things easier.
Availability of prices: We didn’t notice a huge impact on prices so you should be able to get close to the recorded results without too much problem.
Strike rate: The strike rate for our trial was okay at 35% but would probably need to be a little higher to generate a consistent profit.
Advised Betting Bank: We could not see a recommended bank for following the service but used a 200 point bank for the purposes of our review which was never in jeopardy.
Subscription costs: The current subscription costs at the time of writing are £29.99 per month.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
Betting Mastermind (Football) is a suite of football betting systems covering a range of different markets.
We conducted a nine-month trial of the service and at the end of our review, they made a solid profit of 14 points.
Whilst that was a respectable result, based on a low ROI of 1% and bank growth of just 7%, it wasn’t quite enough to merit a passed rating so it’s a NEUTRAL rating from us for this service.
As mentioned previously there are a huge number of selections for this service, so you may wish to follow just one or two of the systems rather than all of them (also a note that we are no longer including the FHG bets in our results as they turned out quite difficult to proof on prices).
The Lay the Draw selections had been really struggling and were over 40 points down for our trial, so were discontinued on 18th March so that some time can be taken to review it and put it to use in a better way.
As mentioned previously there are a huge number of selections for this service, so you may wish to follow just one or two of the systems rather than all of them (also a note that we are no longer including the FHG bets in our results as they turned out quite difficult to proof on prices).
Alternatively there is the option of using BF Bot Manager to automate the strategies, with instructions on how to do so included with the service.
As mentioned previously there are a huge number of selections for this service, so you may wish to follow just one or two of the systems rather than all five.
Alternatively there is the option of using BF Bot Manager to automate the strategies, with instructions on how to do so included with the service.
Either way though has been a steady trial so far at pretty much breakeven so hopefully they can kick on now that we have a full set of football fixtures again.
Just to note that we have only been able to proof prices for the Back the Draw and Lay the Draw systems in this trial as verifying prices across all the different systems would be a major challenge with a huge number of selections, particular for the first half goals system which often has low liquidity so prices would need to be verified at kick-off time (with some matches kicking off late at night and early morning).
The prices we have been able to proof for the two systems match up pretty closely to the advised prices however, with some a little higher and some a little lower, but overall ending up with very similar results.
A promising start to this trial then, let’s hope it continues.
Today we are starting a new trial of a football betting service called Betting Mastermind.
This should not be confused with the Mike Cruickshank matched betting suiteof the same name, which was released a couple of years ago and is completely separate. To differentiate the two we are referring to this service as Betting Mastermind (Football).
Anyway, Betting Mastermind (Football) is a group of football betting strategies, consisting of:
Back the draw
Lay the draw
Back the home win
Back the away win
Back over 0.5 first half goals
All five strategies are included within the monthly subscription price.
Stuart says he has “been working a developing loads of different strategies to not only create consistently logical and profitable betting systems centred around football, but also how I can diversify that betting so that at no point I have all my liquidity and bank at risk on a single market.”
The results to date look very impressive – almost too good to be true to be honest – with 1880 points profit supposedly made to date since 2019.
We very much hope those results are true as it would be great to find another profitable footy tipster with there being so few of them around.
In any event, there is only one way to find out and that is through a live trial so we look forward to kicking this one off (if you’ll excuse the pun) and see if they can reproduce the excellent profits reported on the website.
As usual results will be updated here as we go along.
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