Blueblood Racing is a horse racing tipster based at the Tipsters Empire stable of tipsters.
The tipster comes from a maths/stats background originally, with a mother who was a PhD in pure mathematics. The tipster says stats are not the only factor driving his selection process however, with how you interpret them being more important in the long run.
He tends to think “either quite leftfield or provide data and thoughts that has never been considered in any public domain environment, hence, it’s possibly his edge over time.”
It’s an intriguing approach and one we were eager to test under live trial conditions. The results coming into our trial looked very strong as well and the tipster was getting quite a lot of attention.
So how did it go?
Well at the end of our three month trial the tipster finished slightly down, with a loss of 21 points at advised prices.
That was achieved with a strike rate of 35% (including placed horses) and a return on investment of -16%.
At Betfair SP it was a little worse, with 35 points lost.
It’s worth noting however that they did have a very high number of second-place finishes over our trial, so the results could easily have been quite a lot better.
As it was although a loss made, it wasn’t too severe with just over a fifth of the recommended betting bank lost over our trial.
On that basis we will award the service a NEUTRAL rating as although it finished in deficit the losses were fairly limited and with just a little bit of luck it easily could have been better.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The selections are sent by e-mail, with some bets the evening before and some the morning of racing. The bets are normally followed by a separate e-mail later with detailed reasoning.
Availability of prices: Prices are generally available and we didn’t see any problems obtaining the recommended odds.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 35% (including placed horses), which is pretty decent in itself but would need to be a little higher to achieve a profit.
Advised Betting Bank: A 100 point betting bank is recommended for the service which seems reasonable to us.
Subscription costs: The current subscription costs at the time of writing are £34.99 per month, £87.50 per quarter, £157.50 for six months or £279.99 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
After a three month trial, Blueblood Racing finished with a loss of 21 points at advised prices. Whilst that was a little disappointing, it only represented a fifth of the betting bank and there were a high number of second-place finishes during our trial.
So we are awarding the service a NEUTRAL rating as although it finished with a small loss, it was no disaster by any means. One to keep an eye on for the time being.
A slight improvement for horse racing tipster Blueblood Racing in recent times, with a profit of 6 points made to advised prices since our last update.
That means they are now 17 points down for our trial overall.
At Betfair SP it’s a little bit worse, with 29 points lost for our trial to date.
It’s worth noting however that there have been fourteen second place finishes for our trial so far, so the results could easily have been quite a bit better.
All tipsters will have their share of seconds of course, but that is considerably more than you’d expect due to normal variance.
Today we are starting a new trial of a horse racing tipster called Blueblood Racing.
They are based at the Tipsters Empire stable of tipsters and have been the star of the show at that platform in recent times.
The Bluebood Racing tipster comes from a maths/stats background originally, with a mother who was a PhD in pure mathematics. The tipster says stats are not the only factor driving his selection process however, with how you interpret them being more important in the long run.
He tends to think “either quite leftfield or provide data and thoughts that has never been considered in any public domain environment, hence, it’s possibly his edge over time.”
The results published on the Tipsters Empire website suggest that approach has been working very well, with 280 points profit made since starting up a year ago.
That has come at a very impressive return on investment of 34% and with a strong strike rate of 40%.
All but one month has been profitable so far, with the average monthly profit sitting at £263 per month to £10 stakes.
It’s also encouraging to see that the results at Betfair SP have held up well too, with 220 points profit made at a return on investment of 28%.
If those results could be maintained it would make it an extremely valuable service. We understand it is already very popular with Tipsters Empire members.
Anyway, as ever we will wait to see how the trial unfolds before reaching any conclusions. We started receiving tips on 26th December so will record results from then. Results will be updated here as we go along as usual.
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Strike Rate Racing is a horse racing tipster that claims to have made its members over £50,000 per year from its racing tips.
They provide four tips per day, Monday to Friday, at around the 11/8 – 4/1 mark. Tips are sent by e-mail early in the morning on the day of racing. All bets are one point win bets.
The idea is that by tipping at relatively short odds they aim to be able to maintain a decent strike rate and keep the bank ticking along.
Anyway, we followed the service for three months and in that time proofed just over 250 bets, which is a reasonable sample size.
At the end of our trial they finished with a small loss of 17 points at advised prices, which represented less than a fifth of the betting bank.
The strike rate was pretty decent at 30%, so just under a third of the tips were winners.
The interesting thing with this trial was that the Betfair SP results actually turned out better than the results at advised prices, with a profit of 15 points made for our trial.
That’s quite unusual and will be a comfort to those who have had their bookie accounts restricted and were just following the service on Betfair.
At the end of the day, as the service made a small loss at advised prices but a small profit at BSP, we think a NEUTRAL rating is fair on balance.
The one thing we did note however is that in addition to receiving the tips, we did receive quite a bit of spam e-mails advertising other tipping services, most of which looked dubious at best. Ideally that’s something we prefer not to see – just the tips would be nice. The occasional e-mail about another service is okay but to have it regularly is a bit much.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The tips are sent by e-mail, normally very early in the morning on the day of racing. With around 4 bets per day on average it’s not too onerous to follow and there are no bets at weekends.
Availability of prices: We didn’t really see any pressure on prices and in fact the BSP results were actually better than the advised prices.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 30%, which is round about what we expect given the odds tipped at.
Advised Betting Bank: There was no betting bank advised but we used a 100 point betting bank for our trial was adequate for our purposes.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are £30 per month or £100 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
Strike Rate Racing is a simple horse race tipping service that sends out four tips per day, Monday to Friday.
After a three month trial and over 250 bets, they finished with a loss of 17 points at advised prices but a profit of 15 points at Betfair SP.
On balance then we feel a NEUTRAL rating is warranted in this instance.
Intriguingly they continue to do better at Betfair SP so far than at advised prices, with another 13 points profit made since our last update and 26 points profit made for our trial overall at BSP.
In case you were wondering after looking at the results sheet, they don’t tip at weekends so that explains the gap in dates.
It’s pretty low workload during the week in any event, with just four tips normally – all backed win only.
They have actually done better at Betfair SP so far than at advised prices, as they sit 13 points up for our trial to date at BSP.
Just a reminder that this is a straightforward tipping service with four tips sent on weekdays early in the morning. The odds tend to be fairly short, hence the name in terms of looking for a high strike rate of winners.
This is a service that a few of our members asked us to take a look at so we thought we would give it a go. It claims to have made its members over £50,000 per year from its racing tips. There is no breakdown of what staking this was based on though, or ROI etc.
There is a screenshot on their website of a William Hill account with over £52,800 in it, although we would point out that this doesn’t mean much in itself. Things like that can easily be fabricated, or they could have just deposited those funds rather than having won them. We would also have thought profits would be spread around different bookies rather than concentrated in just one.
Anyway, leaving this aside, they claim to be “a team of highly experienced professional horse racing tipsters who make ourselves a financial income and luxurious lifestyle through horse race betting.”
They say they come from a variety of backgrounds including accounting, bookmaking, computer science and racehorse training.
In terms of their approach to selecting the tips, they say they study “odds, form, jockey and trainer combinations, weather patterns” and anything else that can give them an edge. There isn’t much reference to where the idea of a high strike comes in to it though.
There are also no published results on the website, which is a little worrying. Usually we would look for full results to back up the claims of profits a service makes.
In any event, we will reserve judgement until we have conducted our review and can see what kind of results they can produce under a live trial. As usual we will update things here as we go along.
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Flat Flyersis a horse racing service from the Back Lucrative team, whose main service we reviewed last year and awarded a passed rating to after it made over 100 points profit.
Their other spin-off service Hidden Winners we reviewed a few months ago and also awarded a passed rating to after it made over 60 points profit.
So we came into this review with high hopes that Flat Flyers could produce similar results. Certainly the long-term performance over the last few years looked strong.
Essentially the service is about finding value selections at early-morning prices in flat races. There is a three-pronged process to finding the bets, which is set out in a handy PDF you can view upon joining the service.
The tips are posted in the members’ area, normally by around 10am (UK time) so it’s important to remember to log on each day as there is no e-mail service.
There are an average of three bets per day, so it’s not too bad in terms of workload. The advice is to back the selections win-only for two points if the odds are less than 5/1 (6.0), or one point each-way if the odds are above that. For the purposes of this review we used that staking guidance.
We ran a six month review to get a good look at the service, which also covered nearly the whole flat season. We proofed over 600 bets which is a good sample size.
The trial started off well and at one point we were 74 points up, so it looked like we were heading for a really good return.
However, that turned out to be pretty much the high point and things tailed off from there as we ended up 3 points down at advised prices by the end of the trial.
It was a shame really because as we say, we had high hopes for this service and it started off so well.
In terms of the Betfair SP results, they were considerably worse than those at advised prices, with a loss of 95 points made at BSP. So it looks very much like you need bookie accounts to follow this service.
All in all though a loss of 3 points is no disaster and is very close to breaking even, so we award Flat Flyers a NEUTRAL rating in the end.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The bets are posted in the members area by 10am UK time. With around 3 bets per day on average it’s not too onerous to follow, although some days there are more bets if it’s a busy day’s racing.
Availability of prices: The prices do tend to see some downwards movement, which at least suggests they are finding value. As mentioned above the results were much worse at BSP so it looks like a service you’ll need bookie accounts for.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 27% (including placed horses), which is solid enough but a bit below where it needed to be to produce a profit.
Advised Betting Bank: A 200 point betting bank is recommended for following the service, which sounds reasonable to us.
Subscription costs: The service is closed to new members at the current time.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
Flat Flyers is a horse racing service from the Back Lucrative team. Their previous services have performed very well here at Honest Betting Reviews, so we had high hopes for this one – particularly after it got off to a strong start.
Sadly though things tailed off towards the latter part of the review and they ended up 3 points down in the end.
So it’s a NEUTRAL rating from us after what was in effect pretty much a break-even trial.
They haven’t fared quite so well at Betfair SP however, with no change made since our last update but 44 points lost for our trial overall at BSP.
They did have one lovely winner this month though in the shape of Indigo Times at Newmarket, advised at 28/1 but went off a massive BSP of 43.25, which really boosted results.
A few more of those winners and they will be well on their way.
It’s not quite as positive a story at Betfair SP however, with a loss of 29 points made since our last update. That puts them 44 points down for our trial overall at BSP.
So it’s looking questionable whether this service is practical to follow at Betfair SP, but at advised prices it’s looking decent.
It’s also been a pretty brutal month at Betfair SP, with a loss of 60 points made since our last update. That puts them 15 points down for our trial overall at BSP.
This trial has been very up and down so far, but we are nearly back where we started and with over half the flat season still to go there is plenty of time to get things moving forward again.
It’s also been a strong month at Betfair SP, with a profit of 61 points made since our last update. That puts them 45 points up for our trial overall at BSP.
You may have seen that with those excellent results, Flat Flyers won Tipster of the Month last month, a very commendable effort.
It’s been something of a slow start (ironically) to our trial of horse racing service Flat Flyers, which haven’t quite been flying yet, with a loss of 21 points made to advised prices so far.
At Betfair SP the results have been slightly better, with a loss of 16 points made so far.
Just a note that the advice is to back the selections win-only for two points if the odds are less than 5/1 (6.0), or one point each-way if the odds are above that.
And it is advised to try and take the prices as close to the 10am post time as possible in order to secure the value on the tips.
So a bit of a slow start on this one as we say but it’s still early days and plenty of time to recover.
Today we are starting a new trial of a horse racing service called Flat Flyers.
It comes from the Back Lucrative team, whose main service we reviewed last year and awarded a passed rating to after it made over 100 points profit. Their other spin-off service Hidden Winners we have just finished reviewing and also awarded a passed rating to after it made over 60 points profit.
So this is stable with strong pedigree, to use a racing metaphor, and is one we have a great deal of respect for given their long track-record of success.
When Michael of Back Lucrative contacted us about a new service of theirs, we were obviously very keen therefore to hear more about it.
It’s actually not so much a new service, as one that was just reopened to new members and has in fact been running since December 2017.
The results since the service started have been very impressive, with the following profits made:
NH 2017: +33 points
FLAT 2018: +125.6 points
NH 2018: +23.05 points
FLAT 2019: +115.8 points
NH 2019: +65.69 points
FLAT 2020: 239.9 points
TOTAL: +603 points profit
So that’s very impressive stuff from just over three years of selections.
Just to note that when it says “NH” above, it stands for National Hunt flat races, which run through the winter when there is no flat turf racing.
Membership for this service is closed at the moment but they usually open it up at certain points during the year, so we will keep you posted when those occur.
As usual we will update results here so you can see how they get on.
We first started following the Master Racing Tipster six years ago and they were one of the first tipsters we gave a passed rating and five stars to.
They went on to produce over 700 points profit and become one of the top horse racing tipsters out there.
So we were disappointed to hear the news from the Tipping Gurus stable that the Master Racing Tipster has called it a day.
Here is their email in full:
“Today I bring you some sad news regarding the closure of the Master Racing service.
Lee has run an excellent service for almost ten years now and brought profits to many members throughout the years.
In the last 12-18 months he has been unhappy with his performance levels and feels now is the right time for him to bow out.
There is no animosity between us and we fully respect his decision as well as wish him all the best for the future.
Refunds for all existing members, where due, will be processed today.”
So there you have it from the horse’s mouth as it were. It’s always sad to see a good tipster go into retirement and Master Racing Tipster was certainly a good one. Things had been standing still for a while though and tipping is a tough game when you’re not making a profit.
Although it sounds pretty final, sometimes tipsters do change their mind and come back. Often it’s more a case of needing a break, so perhaps Lee will change his mind at some point in the future.
In the meantime though all we can do is thank him for his service over the years and we hope he made you some profit through his tips.
Just a reminder that they tip at Betfair SP, so there is no distinction in this review between results at advised prices and BSP – they are both the same.
They have hit a bit of hot streak lately with five winners out of their last nine tips, including at tasty prices of 10.82 and 8.8.
Good to see them getting their mojo back, fingers crossed they can keep it going.
Just a reminder that they tip at Betfair SP, so there is no distinction in this review between results at advised prices and BSP – they are both the same.
It is also worth reflecting on the fact that although recent results have been disappointing, the service did make 361 points profit during our original trial a few years ago (please see below) and has made over 800 points in total, so it’s important to keep things in context.
However, for new subscribers it will have been a tough experience lately so let’s hope the service can get back to its previous levels again soon.
Just a reminder that they tip at Betfair SP, so there is no distinction in this review between results at advised prices and BSP – they are both the same.
With the flat season really getting going now with the Epsom Derby meeting this weekend and then Royal Ascot soon after, hopefully they can find a return to form soon.
Just a reminder that they tip at Betfair SP, so there is no distinction in this review between results at advised prices and BSP – they are both the same.
Things have yet to get going for this trial but with the flat season about to kick into gear hopefully they will move things forward over the next few months.
Just a reminder that they tip at Betfair SP, so there is no distinction in this review between results at advised prices and BSP – they are both the same.
Now that they have got back to even, let’s hope they can kick on with Cheltenham next week and then the flat season just around the corner.
Just a reminder that they tip at Betfair SP, so there is no distinction in this review between results at advised prices and BSP – they are both the same.
To be fair a lot of tipsters have struggled lately with everything that has been going on and there have been lots of strange results on the horses.
Using a 100 point bank you would only be 12% down which is nothing in the grand scheme of things, but of course it’s tough for subscribers who are looking for profits to be made. Let’s hope that comes soon as the weather improves and form settles down.
Just a reminder that they tip at Betfair SP, so there is no distinction in this review between results at advised prices and BSP – they are both the same.
Just hasn’t quite got going yet this one but we have faith in the Master’s abilities so hopefully won’t be much longer before they move into profit for our re-review.
A good thing about the service now is that they tip at Betfair SP, meaning it’s a viable option for those whose bookie accounts have been restricted. There is no worrying about having to chase prices either, you can just put the bets on BSP and then go about your day.
Anyway, a quiet start as we say but hopefully they will hit some form in December and we’ll have some positive news to report in our next update.
One of the first services we ever reviewed here at Honest Betting Reviews – way back in 2015 – was a service called Master Racing Tipster.
It sailed through our original trial back in 2015 (see below), making over 100 points profit at a very high return on investment. At that time we believed it was a top service and indeed it proved to be so over our extended 20 month proofing period, amassing 361 points profit in that time.
We have continued tracking the service over the years including after it moved home from the Betting Gods tipster platform to Tipping Gurus (and now being named just “Master Racing” for short).
The service has remained one of the very best horse racing tipsters out there, reaching the heady heights of 847 points profit made since they began tipping in 2014.
The return on investment has remained consistently high at over 21%, a rare and impressive achievement over the course of more than six years.
Master Racing has been the model of consistency, as you can see from the profit graph below:
That’s the kind of steady and upward profit graph we love to see!
We have been meaning to take another look at Master Racing for a while now, but the service has recently undergone something of a revamp which piqued our interest further and initiated this re-review.
Basically Master Racing is now providing its selections on the morning of racing rather than the night before and is recording all results to Betfair SP.
That makes it very appealing to the many people who have had their bookie accounts restricted and are just looking for a tipster they can follow on Betfair.
Certainly if the results hold up at BSP it would make Master Racing a very attractive proposition indeed.
Add to that the stellar results so far this year:
– January: +10.8 points
– February: +2.88 points
– March: +17.1 points
– April: 0 points (no racing)
– May: +7 points
– June: -0.5 points
– July: +44.4 points
– August: +22.8 points
– September: +23.1 points
– October: +2.62 points
And it’s one we just can’t resist getting involved with again!
So we are commencing a re-review of the service today under these new parameters and are hopeful we will see its steady and consistent results repeated again under trial conditions. As ever results will be updated here as we go along.
Here at Honest Betting Reviews we don’t believe in trialing a tipster for just three months and then forgetting about them.
We believe in following them for long periods of time, to give as fair and accurate a picture of the tipster’s performance as possible.
For example, we have been proofing the tips of the Master Racing Tipster for over 20 months now, a really good period to be able to judge a tipster.
It is also high time for an update on how things have been going.
Previously, we gave Master Racing Tipster a five star rating after our original three month trial and after six months.
So how have things gone in the intervening 14 months since our last update?
Results Update
Well, we are pleased to report they have gone very well, with another 187 points of profit added to the 174 points made during the first six months we followed the Master.
That means the Master Racing Tipster has made 361 points profit over the 20 months we have followed the tips.
If you had staked at £25 per point, that would have amounted to £9025 profit. Not a bad little second income! 🙂
Here’s a look at the results in graph format:
As you can see, it is an excellent profit graph with steady growth over the course of more than 900 bets placed during the period we have been following the tips.
There was a small decline in the middle as results stagnated for a period, but those who have stuck with the service over the long term have been richly rewarded.
Incredibly, those results have been achieved with a return on investment of over 30%, which is almost unheard of over such a long period and certainly puts the Master Racing Tipster up there with the very best in the industry.
The strike rate has been a healthy 28% as well, so a good proportion of winners.
OVERALL VERDICT:
Master Racing Tipster remains undoubtedly one of the best horse racing tipsters out there and well worthy of a continued 5-star rating.
Few tipsters can perform so consistently over a long period and the Master has done so amazingly well, with over 360 points profit made during the 20 months we have proofed the tips.
If you haven’t added this to your portfolio then we suggest doing so as soon as you can.
We now have over six months of proofed results forMaster Racing Tipsterand are pleased to report that it has continued to perform excellently since the end of our trial in June.
Since the trial concluded on 26th June 2015, they have added another 59 points of profit at advised prices and another 31 points profit at Betfair SP.
That means in total for the six months we have been following them, Master Racing Tipster have made 174 points profit at advised prices and 109 points profit at Betfair SP.
Here is a graph of the profit over the six month period:
As you can see, an excellent profit graph – pretty much all just steady growth with very little drawdown at all.
At advised prices we have had just under 350% bank growth – so if you had started off with a bank of £1,000 it would now be worth £4,500. Very impressive stuff.
And at Betfair SP, whilst the results are somewhat lower, you would still have achieved over 200% bank growth -no mean feat either.
All that has been achieved with a 54% return on investment and a 32% strike rate, which really is fantastic.
Conclusion
Overall we are pleased to say that after six monthsMaster Racing Tipstercontinues to merit a 5 star rating and its place as our number 1 tipster.
Make sure you get on board whilst places are still available.
We have come to the end of our three month trial of Master Racing Tipsterand what can we say apart from…WOW! And we mean WOW!
We thought whenBanker Bets made 95% profit in three months and nearly doubled the bank over the course of the trial, it might never be beaten.
How wrong we were!
Master Racing Tipster has gone and more than trebled the bank in three months! That means if you had started off with £1,000 at the beginning of the trial, you would have £3,300 now.
The service managed a phenomenal 83% return on investment (ROI) over the three months, which we have rarely seen in over a decade of following tipsters.
Sometimes a tipster can rack up impressive profits just by bagging one or two really big priced winners (like a 100/1 shot) that distort their figures and make them look amazing.
That has not been the case here though. The highest price winner was 12/1 and the strike rate was a very healthy 34%, so the service showed an excellent level of consistency.
Here is a graph of the results over the course of the trial:
As you can see, just nice steady profit all the way – a punter’s dream!
You always get a full write-up for the selections which is reassuring and you can see the logic behind the tips.
The service is based on good old fashioned form study and seems to focus on well-handicapped horses – those that have suitable conditions, a jockey claiming a few pounds off, that can be forgiven a recent bad run or a combination of factors meaning they are good value.
The approach certainly worked over our trial anyway! 🙂
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: Good – it’s an easy service to follow as well with just an average of one bet per day so minimal work on your part.
Availability of prices: OK – tips are e-mailed out the evening before racing and you want to get your bets on as quickly as possible. We found that generally you can get close to advised prices if you get your bets on within an hour or so of the tips being sent out.
Sometimes it is difficult because only a couple of bookies will have priced up when bets are sent out, so if that is the case you may want to be a bit careful and not lump on too heavily as bookies don’t like it when big bets are placed as soon as odds are priced up the evening before racing.
If you wait until the next day then generally prices will have fallen quite a bit.
However, they still managed to make 78 points profit at Betfair SP (BSP) which is a very healthy 156% bank growth, so even if you just bet at Betfair SP you should still do nicely.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was very good at 34%, which makes the results look even more impressive because generally you are getting a good ratio of winners so can stake at reasonable levels.
Advised Betting Bank: The advised betting bank is 50 points, which seems fine given the 34% strike rate achieved during our trial and the long-term strike rate of 31%.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are fairly reasonable for a service of this quality with the first month at £1 followed by £59.95 per month, £154.95 per quarter, or £359.95 for life.
Certainly we have seen services with results like this one charge upwards of £1,000 per year, so we think the subscription costs are good value for what you are getting.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
We have no hesitation whatsoever in placing this on ourapproved list– with bells on!
To have more than trebled the bank in three months is amazing stuff.
In total the service has been running for over a year and has racked up over 300 points profit.
Now we can’t verify the results before our trial started but all our experience with having monitored a number of Betting Gods’ services is that their results are fully accurate so we have no reason to doubt the past results.
Our only word of warning is on prices – you may not be able to quite match the advised prices. Even at Betfair SP you would have made 78 points profit though, which is still very impressive.
We would expect in reality you will achieve somewhere between the Betfair SP results and the advised results without too much bother.
So all in all it really has been a fantastic trial and we would advise getting on board whilst you can – there is always a risk with a service as good as this that they have to limit numbers at some point to protect prices, otherwise it could become unworkable.
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ITV Racing Tips is a service run by renowned professional gambler and author Carl Nicholson.
Carl has been around the racing world for quite a long time and is a very respected name in the industry. We’ve reviewed his services before and he has also published a book setting out his strategy called Value Backing which we would recommend.
His approach over the years has been to focus on the big races as that’s where Carl has traditionally made most of his profits. This service focuses solely on the big races – specifically those that are shown on ITV (the main TV channel showing racing in the UK) – hence the name of the service.
The published results coming into our trial looked very good, with a reported 580 points profit made in three and a half years at an ROI of 25%.
We followed the service for just over six months, which gave a good sample size of 450 bets.
As we say, with the service solely focusing on televised races, it means the vast majority of bets are at weekends with the occasional midweek bets when there is a big festival on.
It’s quite an intriguing approach to tipping as normally we would say this method would lead you to tip in some races you otherwise wouldn’t choose to and therefore not be advisable.
However, on the flip side there are the extra places the bookies offer for these races, plus some free bets, 4/1 offers etc if you have access to those. And of course Carl’s long-term results in these races look very strong so it appears he can find value in them.
Anyway, at the end of our six month trial, the service finished 19 points up at advised prices, which is solid – if not spectacular.
The strike rate was good at 39% (including placed horses) so there were regular returns throughout our trial.
At Betfair SP a loss of 4 points was made for our trial, probably reflecting the fact that you don’t get the extra places at Betfair that you do with the bookies for some of these races.
Overall then once subscription costs are taken into account most members would have made just a small profit or broken even, so we think a NEUTRAL rating is fair in this instance.
It’s a service we’ll keep an eye on though given its strong long-term results and if Carl can get back to previous levels of 100+ points per year we would consider a re-rating.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The tips are sent out by e-mail on the morning of racing. As mentioned above, the vast majority of tips come at weekends so all the workload is concentrated then, but even so it shouldn’t take too long to place the 5-6 bets per day at weekends.
Availability of prices: There was a little bit of pressure seen on prices so it is advisable to get on prices as quickly as possible. As stated above, the Betfair SP results finished in a small loss so to get the most out of this service ideally you want access to bookie accounts.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 39% (including placed horses) which is pretty decent and meant regular returns during our trial.
Advised Betting Bank: A 100 point betting bank is recommended for this service, which seems adequate to us and was never threatened at any stage of our trial.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are £29.99 per month or £99 for five months. There is also a special offer to get the tips for 13th February 2021 for just £5.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
ITV Racing Tips is a horse racing service run by renowned pro punter Carl Nicholson. It focuses solely on the big televised races shown in the UK.
During our six month trial it made 19 points profit at advised prices, which is solid enough and a profit is always good to see after a trial. However, once subscription costs are taken into account members would only be left with a small profit or would have broken even, so we think a NEUTRAL rating is appropriate here.
We will keep an eye on things though to see if Carl can get back to previous levels of form prior to our trial which would merit a re-rating.
At Betfair SP there is no change since our last update and they are just 1 point up for our trial overall.
As mentioned last time it probably isn’t the ideal service to follow at Betfair SP because you don’t get the extra places the bookies offer on these big races.
At the bookies though they have been doing fine, just need to kick now as racing gets going in the new year.
At Betfair SP they have lost 22 points since our last update and are just 1 point up for our trial overall. It probably isn’t the ideal service to follow at Betfair SP because a number of the selections are in big races where the bookies offer extra places – sometimes up to 6 places – which isn’t replicated on Betfair, unless you select the extra place market but then you are losing value compared to the bookies.
So realistically this is a service you will want to have bookie accounts to get the best out of. If you do then the results so far have been pretty decent.
At Betfair SP they have made 14 points profit since our last update and 23 points profit for our trial overall.
Highlights this month include Kingbrook who won at Newmarket at 14/1 and Captain Tom Cat who won at Cheltenham at 15/2, plus quite a few placed finishes.
All in all this is looking like a good service and pretty simple to follow with most bets just at weekends.
At Betfair SP they have made just 1 point profit since our last update and 9 points profit for our trial overall.
Yesterday was a particularly good day for the service with two winners and a second from four selections over at Longchamp. Maybe they should go raiding in France more often!
It’s a similar tale at Betfair SP with 10 points lost since our last update and 8 points profit made for our trial overall.
It’s been a strange season schedule-wise with so many fixtures having to be rearranged due to covid but the next few weeks still look pretty strong with the Doncaster St Leger festival and some top class action from Ascot and Newmarket coming up, so plenty for Carl to get his teeth into.
At Betfair SP things have also been going well, with a profit of 18 points made for our trial to date.
We are liking this service so far – just a few tips per week normally and readily obtainable prices with bets being in the big races, plus extra places being available from the bookies. And the staking is very reasonable at an average of around one point per bet. Plus you get to watch all the races on TV! (if you’re in the UK that is). Good stuff.
Today we are starting a trial of a service we have been meaning to review for a while but that got put back due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Now though we are pleased to get the trial underway and it’s one we are really looking forward to. The service in question is called ITV Racing Tips and it comes from renowned professional punter Carl Nicholson.
Carl has been around the racing world for quite a long time and is a very respected name in the industry. We’ve reviewed his services before and he has also published a book setting out his strategy called Value Backing which we would recommend.
His approach over the years has been to focus on the big races as that’s where Carl’s traditionally made most of his profits.
So this service focuses solely on the big races – specifically those that are shown on ITV – hence the name of the service.
For those outside the UK, just to clarify that ITV is the main terrestrial television station that shows racing in the UK. It shows the big meetings like Royal Ascot, Cheltenham, Newmarket and so on and normally just broadcasts races at the weekend (outside of the big festivals that is).
The ITV Racing Tips service has been running for a few years now and has racked up some very impressive results indeed:-
– 2017: 94 points profit
– 2018: 254 points profit
– 2019: 166 points profit
– 2020 (so far): 73 points profit
So that’s over 580 points profit in just over three years at an impressive return on investment of more than 25%. The strike rate is a very healthy 40% and Carl has had winners at up to 33/1 and 40/1.
The return on capital (bank growth) so far has been 394% which is excellent going and means those who have been following the service long term have had the chance to really grow their betting banks.
What’s a real bonus about the service is that because Carl bets solely on the big races shown on ITV, the liquidity is normally excellent on those races and prices should hold up well. Plus the bookies tend to provide lots of bonuses such as Bet 365’s ITV 4/1 offer and extra places etc.
All in all then there’s a lot to like about this service – let’s just hope we haven’t jinxed it and that results hold up! Fingers crossed anyway.
We’ll kick things off today and report back soon on how it’s going.
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Speedform is a speed and form ratings service for UK horse racing.
Ratings services are a longstanding feature of horse racing and provide a way for punters to compare horses based on a range of factors and to see how they line up for a race today. Ratings platforms such as Timeform and Raceform have been around for many years and proved popular with aspiring punters. Speedform focuses on the metric of speed but utilises other factors in its ratings calculations too.
The Speedform ratings service is pretty simple to use and after signing up you get access to the daily ratings and their key metrics.
We followed the ratings for just under three months, using a strict criteria:-
– Backing the top rated SF (the speed rating) horse when the rating is clear by 5 points – Odds between 5.0 and 26.0 at BSP – Only horses that have run within the last 30 days
We weren’t able to follow the ratings every day due to other commitments but that was OK, they are not “tips” as such so you can use them as and when you are able to.
Using the above criteria we did struggle however, finishing with a loss of 76 points after around 300 selections.
In this instance we don’t feel it is appropriate to give a final “verdict” as such as there are multiple different ways you can use the ratings and we only tested one, so people using different strategies may have done better than us. But at the same time based on using the criteria listed above we couldn’t recommend the ratings at the moment either.
We would like to see an option for e-mail selections to be sent out if you select certain criteria as that would make things much easier and user-friendly, so we hope such an option is added in future. It would also be useful to run various strategies in a “test mode” to see if they work and to find optimal use of the ratings, which at the moment would all have to be done manually.
Anyway, as we say we aren’t able to give a definitive verdict on the Speedform ratings for now but unfortunately using the criteria described above we did finish with quite a considerable loss for our trial.
Speedformis a ratings and form guide service for UK horse racing based on speed ratings. We have been following the ratings for just over two months now, using a strict criteria:-
– Backing the top rated SF (the speed rating) horse when the rating is clear by 5 points
– Odds between 5.0 and 26.0 at BSP
– Only horses that have run within the last 30 days
We haven’t been able to follow the ratings every day due to other commitments but that is OK, they are not “tips” as such so you can use them as and when you are able to.
It’s been a rough time recently though, with 49 points lost since our last update a month ago.
That means we are now 57 points down for our trial overall.
Speedformis a ratings and form guide service for UK horse racing based on speed ratings. We have been following the ratings for just over a month now, using a strict criteria:-
– Backing the top rated SF (the speed rating) horse when the rating is clear by 5 points
– Odds between 5.0 and 26.0 at BSP
– Only horses that have run within the last 30 days
We haven’t been able to follow the ratings every day due to other commitments but that is OK, they are not “tips” as such so you can use them as and when you are able to.
Anyway, so far we are 8 points down to 1-point level stakes.
We have something a little different for you today here at Honest Betting Reviews.
We are taking a look at a service called Speedform, which is a speed and form ratings service for UK horse racing.
Ratings services are a longstanding feature of horse racing and provide a way for punters to compare horses based on a range of factors and to see how they line up for a race today. Ratings platforms such as Timeform and Raceform have been around for many years and proved popular with aspiring punters.
One aspect of ratings which has grown in ubiquity is rating horses based on their speed. In simple terms this means recording the time it takes for a horse to complete a race of a given distance and comparing it to the time taken by other horses to complete the same distance.
Speed ratings are largely an American idea, popularised by Andrew Beyer in a number of very technical and in-depth books, the most famous of which is Beyer on Speed.
Although not exactly a light read which you’d take with you on holiday, Beyer’s seminal work explained in great detail how the speed of horses is a very important, but largely overlooked, factor in horse racing. Speed ratings demonstrated they could be very profitable if used in the right way and therefore become very popular.
The Speedform website explains the value of speed ratings quite well:-
“Most casual punters will simply look at the finishing positions of the horses in a race to determine the likely winner, but this often does not tell the whole story….
For instance, say we have a 7f race at Kempton, Horse A won it’s last race and Horse B came 4th, both over the same course and distance as today and carrying the same weight, Horse A is the obvious winner right?.
Wrong. Because if we look at the speed ratings the horses achieved in those races, Horse A achieved a speed rating of 86 compared to Horse B’s rating of 91, which means although Horse A won it’s race, that race was run in a slower time than Horse B’s race, so although Horse B only managed to come 4th, it covered the 7f in a quicker time, so all other things been equal Horse B should beat Horse A today.”
Just using speed ratings on their own isn’t a surefire way to success of course, but when used in the right context and in combination with other form factors, is a potential way to gain an edge on other punters.
What really piqued our interest was the past results on the website, which show for instance:
– 581 points profit (BSP) from 2849 runners (ROI: 20%) for backing horses to a given criteria
– A profit of 95 points (BSP) from 546 runners (ROI: 17%) when backing at odds of 4/1 or less in given criteria
– A lay profit of 731 points (to early prices) to a morning price of 6/1 or less when laying to certain criteria.
So very strong results there and well worth investigating further to see if they hold up in a live trial.
With a ratings service like this of course it is all about how you use the ratings, so people will get different results depending on how they use the ratings.
What we will aim to do is give an overview of the service and then also provide a sample of results from following the criteria that gave the 581 points profit at BSP mentioned above (which was over about an 18 month period).
So we will kick off a review today and will report back soon on how things are going.
Pay Per Profit is a horse racing service from the PuntHub stable of tipsters and they take a different approach to the typical subscription model whereby you pay a monthly or quarterly membership fee.
Instead they use a “Pay Per Profit” model. What this means is you pay £25 (in advance) for each 15 points profit they make – referred to as a “cycle” – regardless of how long it takes. If you were staking at just £10 per point that would mean you were paying £25 for each £150 of profit made.
We have been following the service for very nearly a full year now and things started off very well, with four cycles of profit being completed in the first four months.
So that added up to 71 points of profit in pretty quick time and things were moving along very smoothly.
Then a new cycle started on 24th June and unfortunately…it is still going!
Yes a full seven months later we are still bogged down in the same cycle and are 46 points down for that Cycle.
So we thought it was probably time to wrap up this review as we could have ended up waiting forever to complete the Cycle!
Whilst it has been disappointing to have been stuck in a rut for a while, the service still made a profit of 24 points for our trial overall.
Taking into account the length of time of the trial and total subscription costs, we think in the end a NEUTRAL rating is fair in this instance.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The tips are sent out via Telegram and come in at various times on the day of racing. With an average of just 1 bet per day it’s a very simple service to follow.
Availability of prices: We didn’t notice any real pressure on prices and indeed the BSP results were pretty similar to those at advised prices, with 12 points being made at BSP versus 24 points at advised prices.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 35% (including placed horses) which is pretty good and meant the losing streaks did not tend to be too long.
Advised Betting Bank: We couldn’t find a recommended bank for the service but would imagine a 150 point bank would be more than sufficient for following the service.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £25 for every 15 points profit made.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
Pay Per Profit is an interesting concept of charging for profit made rather than on a monthly basis. It started off our trial very well, making over 70 points in its first four months.
However, after an extended drawdown, the current cycle has been going on for seven months now, currently sitting 46 points down.
So it is time to draw a line under our review and award this a NEUTRAL rating, as whilst it was in profit at 24 points for our trial overall once the length of time and subscription costs are taken into account most people will probably have broken even or be slightly down in the end.
At Betfair SP they have lost 22 points since our last update and are 36 points down for the Cycle, but 25 points up for our trial overall.
Credit to those who have stuck with this for the last six months, all we can hope really is that they hit a run of winners and get back into profit for the Cycle. Fingers crossed!
There’s been some movement in the right direction for Pay Per Profit over the last month, with 8 points profit made at advised prices since our last update.
That means they’re getting back towards even for this Cycle, currently sitting 17 points down at advised prices. For our trial overall they are 38 points up however.
At Betfair SP they have made 12 points profit since our last update and are 14 points down the Cycle, but 47 points up for our trial overall.
It is obviously taking a long time to complete this eighth Cycle, but at least they are moving in the right direction and hopefully by the time of our next update they will be back in profit for the cycle.
Well this current cycle of Pay Per Profit is taking some time to complete. Just a reminder that this is a horse racing tipster whereby you pay for each 15 points of profit they make – called a “cycle” – rather than a monthly subscription fee.
This is the eighth cycle overall and the fourth of our trial. It started back in June and is taking much longer than the others to complete which were all quite swift.
They have lost 2 points since our last update at advised prices, meaning they are 25 points down overall at advised prices for this cycle.
Not much change at Betfair SP either, with 6 points lost since our last update, 25 points lost for the eighth cycle and 36 points up for our trial overall.
This cycle is taking a bit of time to complete but hopefully by the time of our next update it will be finished.
It’s been a while since we updated the results for horse racing service Pay Per Profit. The main reason for that is we have tended to wait until a cycle is complete before updating the results, but unfortunately the current cycle has been going on for some time so we thought best to update things now anyway.
Having started on 24th June, the eighth cycle is currently 19 points down at both advised prices and BSP.
Although it has been a bit of a struggle for this cycle, it is worth remembering that we are still 36 points up for our trial overall, which is good going.
They are currently taking a bit of a break – we presume for a holiday – but hopefully when they return they will press on and get into profit and then finish the cycle.
It took a little longer this time but Pay Per Profit has just completed its sixth cycle of profit, with 16 points profit made at advised prices after 71 bets.
That means they have now made 55 points profit for our trial overall at advised prices.
At Betfair SP they have made 27 points profit since our last update and 28 points profit for our trial overall.
Please note if you would like to join up for the next round, you need to do so by tomorrow evening – i.e. 24th April – at the latest. You can sign up here.
This has been doing very well and we are impressed by the results so far, let’s hope that continues.
It’s been a quiet start to our trial of Pay Per Profit, a horse racing service where you pay for each 15 points of profit they make rather than monthly.
So far after a month of our trial they are 2 points up at advised prices.
At Betfair SP it is a similar story, with 1 point of profit made for our trial to date.
Just a reminder that these are the Evening Bets we are following, there are also morning bets and late bets available as separate services.
A low betting volume with just 10 bets so far, but with the break for equine flu that is understandable and we expect things to pick up now with Cheltenham coming up and lots of top class racing on the cards.
With most tipsters the idea is that you pay a monthly or quarterly subscription for the tips and then place the bets and see how things go.
Some of the time you make a profit that more than covers the subscription, so all is good.
On other occasions, the tipster has a losing run which can be painful as you are both losing money and have to pay subscription fees.
So the service we are looking at today takes a different approach and rather than having a subscription model, uses a “Pay Per Profit” model.
What this means is you pay £25 for each 15 points profit they make, regardless of how long it takes. If you were staking at just £10 per point that would mean you were paying £25 for each £150 of profit made.
So far it hasn’t been taking long to reach the 15 point profit target, with three rounds already being completed since 18th December 2018.
Here is a look at the results in table format:
Round
No. of Bets
Points Staked
Points Profit
ROI%
Round 1
14
31.5
19.6
62%
Round 2
4
7.25
15
207%
Round 3
7
14.5
17.55
121%
Overall
25
53.25
52.15
97%
Pretty amazing results there, with nearly 100% ROI to date and over 50 points of profit.
They offer three services – morning bets, evening before racing bets and late bets – so the results above are for the evening before racing bets.
We have crunched the numbers and so far the evening before racing bets are holding up well at BSP, with 45 points profit made versus 52 at advised prices so not too much of a difference.
Tips are provided via the Telegram messenger app, which you can download to your phone, tablet or laptop pretty easily.
This looks like a promising service so we are eager to see how it performs under a live trial.
Please check back here for regular updates on how things are going.
In the meantime you can check out Pay Per Profit here.
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Jakblak Racingis a horse racing tipster from the Tipsters Empire tipping platform. We aren’t quite sure where the name comes from or if it has anything to do with the Hollywood actor Jack Black, but in any event the results looked quite promising coming into our trial.
We ran an extended seven month trial to give us a really good picture of the service and that included nearly 300 bets, a decent sample size.
Sadly in the end though we finished 8 points down to advised prices at the conclusion of our trial. Although disappointing to finish with a loss, that only represented 5% of the recommended starting bank, which is no disaster by any means.
We don’t normally include BOG in our official results but if we had done the results would have been about 10 points of profit for our trial.
Looking at the BSP results, they weren’t quite as good with a loss of 24 points made for our review period.
Overall then given that the service more or less broke even at advised prices during our trial, we believe a NEUTRAL rating is fair here.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The tips are normally sent out either the evening before racing at around 9-10pm or the morning of racing at between 8am and 9am GMT, so plenty of time to get the bets on. With an average of just 1-2 bets per day it’s a very simple service to follow.
Availability of prices: We experienced no real issues in getting the advised prices during our trial.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 14% (including placed horses) which is on the low side, so a good deal of patience is required if following the service.
Advised Betting Bank: A 150 point bank is recommended for following the service which seems a reasonable amount to us and was certainly never in jeopardy at any stage of our trial.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £2.99 for the first 28 days then £34.99 per month, £87.50 per quarter or £157.50 for six months.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
After an extended seven-month trialJakblak Racingfinished with a loss of 8 points to advised prices. Whilst that was a little disappointing, it only represented a 5% loss of the recommended bank so we think a NEUTRAL rating is fair in this instance.
At Betfair SP it was also a good month but not quite as impressive as at the advised prices, with a profit of 31 points made. That puts them 2 points down for our trial overall at BSP.
It’s been great to see the turnaround this month with two winners at 16/1, one at 14/1 and plenty more in addition to those. Keep up the good work Mr Blak!
At Betfair SP they have lost 15 points since our last update and 39 points for our trial overall.
There are signs of a possible turnaround for them however with three winners in the last nine bets, including one at 14/1, so hopefully they are starting to get things back on track – for Jakblak…
It’s a similar picture at Betfair SP, with 34 points lost since our last update and 24 points lost for our trial overall.
Hopefully the results over the last month are just a temporary blip as their form prior to that was very consistent. Let’s see if they can get back on track over the next month.
It’s been a while since we did any reviews of services on the Tipsters Empire platform but they appear to have found some promising tipsters lately so we thought it was about time we checked them out.
We recently did a shout-out for the Wizard of Big Odds as it has amassed some amazing results, but unfortunately due to its popularity had to close its doors to new members recently and instigate a waiting list for anyone wanting to join.
However another service on the Tipsters Empire platform which looks very promising is Jakblak Racing and it is welcoming new members so we thought we would give it a test-run.
We’re not sure where the name comes from – presumably it doesn’t have anything to do with the Hollywood actor Jack Black – but whatever the origin the service itself looks very promising.
With over £1,500 profit made to £10 stakes since starting up a year ago, Jak has achieved an excellent return on investment of over 27% and an average monthly profit of £129.
All staking is 1 point win which we like and there is usually just one selection per day, so nice and straightforward to follow.
The profit graph is very smooth as well with a high proportion of winning months so far.
There is currently a 28 trial available for just £2.99 which is very reasonable and gives a good period to test the service out for.
We will aim to run our standard three month trial and will report back here regularly on how things are going.
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Football Acca Tipsteris a service from the Betting Gods tipster platform and – as the name suggests – they provide accumulator bets (accas) on the footy.
They tip in a variety of leagues across Europe and most of the accas are doubles and trebles. A number of different markets are used including match odds, over/under, BTTS, double and chance and more.
We followed the service for a full seven months to get a good picture of its performance. It got off to a very rough start, going over 80 points down at one stage but fought back well to finish 6 points up in the end.
Staking varies between 2 and 5 points, with 3.4 being the average, so that may have inflated the loss made early on in the trial.
However, overall the service has ended up pretty much back where it started, so we feel only a NEUTRAL rating is fair in this instance.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The tips are normally sent out in the morning of the matches giving plenty of time to get the bets on. With an average of 1-2 bets per day following the service isn’t too onerous by any means.
Availability of prices: Prices are freely available and there should be no problem matching the advised prices.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 53% which is pretty decent and means lots of winning accas.
Advised Betting Bank: A 200 point bank is recommended for following the service which seems a reasonable amount to us and even with the early losses was never in jeopardy.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £1.99 for the first 15 days then£27/month.
There is a full money-back guarantee for the first 30 days.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
Accumulators are a popular form of betting and Football Acca Tipster focuses on backing doubles and trebles in major football matches.
It got off to rocky start to our trial, going over 80 points down at one stage but bounced back well to finish just in profit.
Overall given it finished just 6 points up in the end it receives a NEUTRAL rating from us for the time being.
This has been an impressive fightback as they were over 80 points down at one stage in our trial and many would have given up at that stage but it just shows patience and a long-term outlook can really pay off sometimes.
Hopefully they’ll keep it going and push on now to make some nice profits by the end of our trial.
If they continue the form of the last couple of months then they should manage to get back into profit for our trial, which would be good to see.
The nice thing about the service is that even though they are doing accas, the strike rate is still high at over 48%. Just need to push that up a little higher and then they’ll be back in the black.
We have decided to extend the review from 3 months to 6 months to give them a chance to show their form once the main leagues kick off again as obviously over the last few months it has just been the Summer leagues which tend to be more tricky.
So let’s see if they can get into profit once the action get underway in a couple of weeks.
We had expressed skepticism at the outset that anyone could make a consistent profit from backing accumulators and so far that is being borne out.
However, it is still early days with only a month gone in our trial so we shouldn’t give up hope yet. Let’s see if they can turn things around over the remainder of our trial.
Regular followers of the site will know we are normally skeptical about accumulator betting. Basically it is generally considered the “mugs” style of betting as you are normally just multiplying the bookies’ edge over you, meaning you are taking terrible value on your bets.
Hence why you see so many bookies offering acca-based bonuses to the unsuspecting punter – bookies love accas because they make so much money from them.
However, in theory this idea could be turned on its head, if – and it’s a big if – you were able to find consistent value on your bets.
Then by putting them in accumulators you would actually be able to multiply your edge over the bookies.
To do this consistently would be quite a feat but the tipster we are looking at today appears to have found a way to make accumulator betting profitable – and that is Football Acca Tipster from the reputable Betting Gods platform.
They have made over £700 to £10 stakes since last October and that has been achieved with a strike rate of 25%.
Even though they bet on accumulators, the average odds are just over 2.0 and a good number of the bets are doubles.
The results have been quite up and down so far, but they have had a good May so that is encouraging at least.
We have actually been receiving the tips since 17th April so will record results from then.
Please check back here for updates on how the review how is going.
Oddball Tips is a football betting service from the Tipsters Empire platform of tipsters. The vast majority of their tips are accumulators, focusing mainly on the match odds and both teams to score markets.
For the most part they concentrate on English football from the Premier League down to the National League but also tip in other top leagues around Europe.
Coming into our trial the results looked pretty strong with over 100 points profit made at a return on investment of over 20%.
However, unfortunately after three months of following the tips we are left with a small loss of 12 points.
As that is only an 8% loss of the advised betting bank of 150 points, it wasn’t a disaster by any means and we think a NEUTRAL rating is fair in this instance.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: Most of the tips are sent out the evening before matches or early in the morning, so plenty of time to get the bets on.
Availability of prices: There was no problem at all with obtaining the advised prices as the tips are normally in the main markets and liquidity strong.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 22% which is OK in itself but would need to be a little higher to achieve a profit at the odds tipped at.
Advised Betting Bank: For once we would say the recommended bank was sufficient, with a 150 point bank advised which should be enough to cover drawdowns etc.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £2.99 for the first 28 days then £30 per month, £75 per quarter or £179 per season
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
With a small loss of 12 points made during our three month review, it was a slightly disappointing trial but certainly no disaster for Oddball Tips.
With just an 8% loss of the recommended betting bank we think a NEUTRAL rating is fair in this instance and it’s a service to keep an eye on for now.
Despite the loss for the month they have staged something of a recovery lately, with three of the last six bets winning at odds of 1.5, 2.99 and 6.82, so hopefully that’s a sign of things to come and them getting back towards a profit for our trial overall.
Most of the tips are accumulators and come in a variety of leagues including the English leagues as well as some European ones and the Champions League.
Although it’s not got off to a great start, not a lot of damage has been done and just one or two of the accas landing could turn things around.
Today we are starting a new trial of a football tipster from the Tipsters Empire platform called Oddball Tips.
According to the website, Oddball Tips keeps it simple. With so many football markets available, Oddball sticks to the win, draw or goal markets, in order to ensure that everyone can the bet on.
They follow football on a daily basis, from the Premier League down to National League, as well as other top leagues around Europe. Along with many punters, they’ve had accounts banned in the past by betting on random leagues and sports so stick to the main leagues now.
The results so far look very impressive with over £1,150 profit made at a return on investment of 20%, which is high for football.
The strike rate however is lower than most football services at 15%. That is because most of their tips are accumulators with odds as high as 90/1 in some cases.
A 150 point betting bank is recommended for following the service which seems reasonable given the strike rate and staking used, which tends to be between 0.5 and 2 points.
It’s an interesting looking service and we are keen to get the review going and see how they get on. We will update results here during our trial at regular intervals so you can see what kind of progress they are making.
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