Well you may have seen this one coming but unfortunately yet another tipster has decided to call it quits before our trial has even finished.
Yes last week we received an e-mail from Carlo saying it seems difficult to consistently make money with the BSP Tipster so was calling it a day.
We had said this would be the “holy grail” of tipping if it had worked so a shame to see it giving up so soon after only being around 15 points down but there you are.
So another service for the FAILED/DEFUNCT pile – which seems to be growing exponentially at the moment!
The new tipster Carlo who has taken over at The BSP Tipster is finding it just as difficult to make a profit at Betfair SP as the previous one unfortunately, with a loss of 11 points so far.
After going 50 points down for our trial, the original tipster with The BSP Tipster (Gaz from the Bookies Enemy) has decided to fall on his sword and call it a day.
However, a new tipster called Carlo who also specialises in betting at Betfair SP has stepped in and is now providing the tips.
As for all intents and purposes this is a new service, we will be starting the trial again from when Carlo started providing the selections, which was on 20th December.
On the results spreadsheet we have separated it into two tabs – “Carlo” and “Gaz” – so you can follow the new results from 20th December on the first tab (Carlo). The previous results from Gaz are also there for reference purposes on the second tab.
So let’s see how the new tipster gets on. Making a profit at BSP is a challenge but it would be something of a holy grail if it could be done so let’s keep our fingers crossed.
The nice thing about this service is that obviously all bets are at BSP so you know you can match the published results and it’s very quick to place the bets.
It was always going to be a tough ask to make a profit at BSP but it’s still relatively early days with this one and plenty of time to turn things around.
It’s been a good start to our trial of the BSP Tipster– the horse racing tipster who tips at Betfair SP so you know you can match their results. It is from the same tipster behind the very successful Bookies Enemy service.
So far after just under a month of following the tips we are 11 points up.
Tips are normally sent out around lunchtime the day of racing so with a couple of hours or more to get the bets on. But using BSP it takes very little time to place the bets which is good.
Anyway, good to see this off to a positive start and let’s hope it continues.
It’s the age-old problem. You sign up to a tipster, do well for a while and all is rosy.
Then one of the bookies sends you a curt e-mail telling you that your account has been restricted and you can only place minimal £1 or £2 bets.
So you continue on with other bookies for a while, but eventually most of your accounts go the same way.
Ultimately you decide you need a tipster that is profitable at Betfair SP, so you can rid yourselves of the bookies for good and just go about your business on the exchanges.
Well if that scenario sounds like one you have encountered, then today we may have the answer for you.
Yes, today we are going to start a trial of a tipster devoted to making a profit specifically at Betfair SP.
The tipster in question is called – quite aptly – The BSP Tipster (BSP being short for Betfair SP of course).
The beauty of BSP is that you can be sure everyone will achieve the same results as those published by the tipster.
Plus it is quicker to place your bets as you don’t have to go around searching for the best prices, log in to various bookie websites and deposit funds into each one etc.
Anyway, whilst we can go on and on extolling the virtues of betting at Betfair SP, the question still remains as to how good the tipster actually is.
That is of course what we are here to find out, but the results achieved to date look very promising in any event.
They have made over 60 points profit since May 2018 at a return on investment of 17% and and 28% strike rate, which are encouraging stats to have achieved all at BSP.
The service comes from the same man behind The Bookies Enemy, one of the best services we have reviewed this year. with a profit of over £4,500 made to just £10 stakes since starting up, so it looks like we are in good hands with this one.
Of course, you’re under no obligation to use these bets to Betfair SP and you can place the bets with any bookmaker you wish – perhaps BetVictor as they now guarantee to accept all bets to win £500.
But there has been huge demand for a service to provide tips and record results at Betfair SP, and this is it.
Plus the good news is that for the rest of September they’re running a Special Offer of 3 months for £29, whereas normally it’s £79 per 3 months.
Just click on the banner at the top of the tipster page that has a countdown until the end of September.
Anyway, without further ado we will get the trial underway and will aim to run our standard three month trial of this one.
We will report back here on how things are going during the trial.
One of the strange things about cricket betting is that even though there is a massive amount of money wagered on the game, there are very few cricket tipsters around.
In fact this is only the second cricket tipster we have ever reviewed here at Honest Betting Reviews, with other service having been discontinued.
So if this trial had gone well, then the Cricket Betting Tipster could have rather cornered the market – in being pretty much the only successful cricket tipster out there (that we know of at least)!
Unfortunately however things never really got going for them during our trial, with a loss of 23 points made in the end.
Here are the results for the trial in graph format:-
As you can see they went down quite badly early on but then fought back well in the second half of the trial.
We followed the tips over the course of six months so gave them a reasonable amount of time to prove themselves, but as we say they couldn’t quite manage to get into the red.
The trial was no disaster either though and with less than a quarter of the bank lost, we think a NEUTRAL rating is fair in this instance.
Perhaps a service to keep an eye on if you are a fan of the leather and willow to see if their form improves over the coming months.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: Good – tips are sent out well in advance of matches and with an average of 2 bets per day there isn’t too much work involved in following the service. Tips come in games from all around the world and all forms of cricket including both men’s and women’s.
Availability of prices: Good – we found the prices were generally available and there was no real downward pressure on prices after the tips were released.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 36%, which in itself sounds good but in reality needs to be a little higher to make a profit at the odds they are tipping at.
Advised Betting Bank: The bank advised for the trial was 100 points, which seems more than adequate and was never in danger of being lost during the trial.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are very reasonable at just £1 for first 7 days then £9 per month or £79 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
After a six month trial the Cricket Betting Tipster finished with a loss of 23 points, which whilst it was disappointing wasn’t a disaster either.
With under a quarter of the advised bank lost, we consider that a NEUTRAL rating is fair in this instance as no great damage was done. This is a service to keep an eye to see if they can turn their form around and establish themselves as one of the only successful cricket tipsters out there.
This one is struggling to get its head above water, just needs a push to get into profit for our trial. Would be nice to have a profitable cricket tipster as we have yet to find one yet, but there is still hope with this one.
They have slowly been inching towards getting back to even after going quite a way down early in our trial, so hopefully by the time of our next update they will have managed it.
At the start the service focused mainly on the man of the match bets but has recently concentrated more on the match odds market, which appears to be paying dividends.
Let’s hope the recent turnaround in form continues and by the time of our next update they have made it into the black.
The main cricket season may have come to an end here in the UK but there is still plenty of cricket going on around the world so there is plenty of action to still get involved in.
This does need a turnaround in form soon so let’s hope we have better news to report by the time of our next update.
It’s been a tough start to our trial of the Cricket Betting Tipster, the first cricket specialist we have reviewed in quite some time here at Honest Betting Reviews.
Most of the bets are in the man of the match market and tend to be sent out the morning of the match, so you have to be fairly quick to get the bets placed on some occasions.
A shame to see the slow start here as we had quite high hopes starting off the trial and results looked very good, but still early days so plenty of time to turn things around.
In over three years of running Honest Betting Reviews we have only reviewed one cricket tipster so far.
And that tipster no longer exists, which gives you a sense of how few options there are in terms of decent cricket tipsters out there on the ol’ internet. We had been remarking recently on how few boxing tipsters are available to follow but there may be even fewer cricket tipsters.
So we were pleased when we saw the reputable Betting Gods tipster platform had uncovered a promising cricket tipster and had been following their tips for six months before opening up the service to the public.
Their tipster – quite simply named the “Cricket Betting Tipster” – has amassed some impressive-looking results in those six months. His name is Pankaj and he has a wealth of expertise in cricket betting over a number of years.
A profit of over 200 points to an average of one point stakes is formidable enough by itself, but throw in a return on investment of well over 50% and six profitable months out of six so far and you are talking about some damn nifty stats.
All that adds up to an average monthly profit of over £400 to date to just £10 stakes, which needless to say is pretty awesome.
The strike rate is a little on the lower side at just under 12%, so this is going to be one for the patient investor who can withstand the odd losing run or two along the way.
But from what we have seen so far, if you can see those through then there could well be some very nice profits on the other side.
To be honest so far there haven’t really been any losing streaks or drawdowns to speak of, it’s just been pretty much plain sailing. But it’s worth bearing in mind with a 12% strike rate that there could be some over the long term.
Anyway, looking at the selections it seems the vast majority are in the man of the match market, so Pankaj obviously specialises in that market. It’s often a good sign when a tipster focuses on just one or two markets as it allows them to build up a real level of expertise to be able to beat the bookies over the long run.
It seems to have worked very well so far for Pankaj in any event, so let’s hope he can carry that on during our live trial.
Only time will tell of course but we are liking the look of this one and let’s hope only our second-ever review of a cricket tipster will prove to be a profitable one. As usual we will post results and updates here.
Tennis Goldmine is a betting system from renowned tennis expert Patrick Ross.
It is a system where you find the selections yourself each day according to a set of rules. It involves laying players and uses a Fibonacci staking system, which is a kind of loss-recovery system with a staking sequence of placing 1-1-2-3-5-8-13-21-34 points per bet until you win, then you revert back to the beginning again.
You can of course use level staking if you like, although we used the recommended Fibonacci staking for the purposes of the review.
The criteria for selections is very simple and it should only take you a few minutes each day to find the selections and place the lay bets.
We followed the system for around six months, although there was a break of around a month between the end of the previous tennis season and the start of the new one.
We are pleased to report that the system performed well during our trial, delivering 28 points profit to the advised staking.
The strike rate was good at 52% and the return on investment a respectable 10%.
Using the Fibonacci staking can be quite a roller-coaster ride however and at one point we had a 7-bet losing streak and had to stake 13 points on the next selection – which thankfully won.
You can see that roller-coaster ride portrayed in the profit graph for the trial below:-
So having a big enough bank to withstand a potential 10-bet losing streak or two is crucial.
Of course if you’re of a more cautious temperament then you may wish to back at level stakes and on that basis the system also made a good profit of 15 points.
So whichever way you approach it the system performed well during our trial and we award Tennis Goldmine a PASSED rating.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: As stated above you need to find the selections yourself but the rules are very simple so it should only take a few minutes per day to place the bets.
Availability of prices: Not an issue as there aren’t any “tips” as such and you place all bets at Betfair (or your exchange of choice).
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 52%, so a good proportion of bets were winners.
Advised Betting Bank: A 150 point bank is advised for following the service if you are using the Fibonacci staking, which seems somewhat on the low side to us. A full 10-bet losing run would set you back approximately 70 points so we think the bank should allow for at least two such occurrences and be 150-200 points. If you are using level staking then a 50-100 point bank should be sufficient.
Subscription costs: The cost of the service is very reasonable at a one-off payment of £97+VAT, which now comes with Patrick’s betting and trading tips aswell.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Tennis Goldmine is a simple betting system you can use on Betfair. It performed very well during our trial, making 28 points profit using the advised loss-recovery staking or 15 points using level staking.
In some ways the system is so simple we are surprised it has worked so well but at the end of the day you can’t argue with the results and we are therefore pleased to award it a PASSED rating.
The recent addition of using Patrick’s tips (which come free when you buy the system) to streamline selections down should help the profitability further and means you are getting excellent value with the Tennis Goldmine package.
Now when you purchase Tennis Goldmine you also get Patrick’s betting and trading tips included aswell at no extra cost, which have both shown good long-term profits.
When one of the daily tips clashes with a possible lay bet on Goldmine, you don’t place the lay bet on Goldmine. Patrick has back tested it and says it will reduce losing streaks and increase overall profit.
That seems like a sensible addition to us and now makes the Tennis Goldmine very attractive when you consider everything that’s included.
However, it’s been quite a rollercoaster ride, as at one point we had a losing run of six bets, which meant by the seventh bet we were staking 13 points.
Thankfully that bet won, but it shows that with the Fibonacci staking system this method uses things can get a bit hairy at times.
So you need to make sure you have a plentiful bank and a solid nerve to see out the losing runs. It’s crucial that you don’t over-stake and risk blowing out your betting funds if you do hit the dreaded losing run of nine in a row. A 155 point bank is recommended with the system but we would say a 200 point bank or higher could be used to be on the safe side.
Just a quick word on staking – we had originally been using a 2 point system but it was causing some confusion so we have reverted to using 1 point system. So with the Fibonacci staking the system uses, that’s a staking sequence of 1-1-2-3-5-8-13-21-34 points per bet until you win, then you revert back to the beginning again.
Anyway, overall we are well ahead for the trial so that is good to see.
This is a system where you find the selections yourself from pre-defined rules, so everyone’s results will differ somewhat depending on what time they go on Betfair and so on.
We have had to limit the information on our results spreadsheet so that we don’t give away the system, but you can see the important info such as profit and loss and the running total.
It’s a very simple system to operate, just a couple of minutes per day and so far has been moving along rather serenely, which is good.
Hopefully we’ll have more of the same going forward.
We’ve remarked here before about the lack of good tennis tipsters and betting systems out there, with only one or two having made the grade here at Honest Betting Reviews over the years.
Well today we have something that we think could join that exclusive list and it is called Tennis Goldmine.
It comes from Patrick Ross, the man behind one of the successful tennis systems we have reviewed here, Spartan Trading Tips.
Patrick is a renowned tennis trader and bettor, having run the respected Tennis Trading League website for a number of years.
So when we were contacted by Patrick to test out his new system we were certainly keen to do so.
Tennis Goldmine is a betting system with pre-defined rules where you find the selections yourself each day on Betfair (or your betting exchange of choice).
Without giving too much away, it involves laying players (i.e. betting on them to lose).
The results we have seen so far look very impressive, with over 75 points profit made in just over three months.
It’s very simple to operate and only takes a few minutes per day to find the selections. It’s “set and forget” so once you have placed the lays, that is it you can just leave it and come back and check the results later.
We plan on conducting a standard three month trial of Tennis Goldmine to get a good sense of how will it works. We have actually been testing it since 19th August and things have been progressing serenely since then, which is encouraging.
But obviously will need to see a bigger body of results before we can make any judgements, so please check back here for updates on how the trial is going.
Top 20 Golf Tipsis a tipster from the Betting Gods platform and they bet solely on players to finish in the top 20 of a tournament.
It is a novel approach and not one we have seen before when it comes to golf betting. On the face of it you would think it would be easy to predict players who will finish in the top 20, but of course there is no value in backing players like Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose in that market because the odds will be so short.
No, what this service does is pick big outsiders who the market thinks are long shots to even finish in the top 20, with the average odds of picks being 10/1.
We ran an extended 12 month review of this service to get a really clear picture of its edge over the market as the results coming into our trial looked very impressive.
The good news is that the results held up very well during our trial, with a profit of 138 points made over the 12 month period.
After going into deficit early on, they recovered well to finish the trial well in the red.
The profit was achieved with a solid return on investment of 11% and the strike rate was 13%.
However, we did notice some issues with regard to the practicality of following the service – particularly with regard to the availability of prices.
Firstly, the liquidity on Betfair for the top 20 market tends to be very poor so in reality you will need bookie accounts to follow the tips.
In particular you will need:
– Bet 365
– Unibet
– 10Bet
– Paddy Power/Betfair Sportsbook
– William Hill
And then even with those accounts, as this is a niche market prices tend to move very quickly so you will need to act fast after tips are sent out. For example with today’s tips, after just over an hour since the tips were sent out, 5 out of the 34 tips have prices that are no longer available.
So you will need to be aware of these issues if you are considering signing up.
Overall though we feel Top 20 Golf Tips deserves a PASSED rating based on the decent profits it has made over the last year, but with the caveat that you will need certain bookie accounts to follow it and will need to act fast after tips are sent out.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: There are an average of 25 bets per week, which overall isn’t too bad but with this service they all come in one or two e-mails so it’s a case of placing a lot of bets in one go and then having the rest of the week without needing to do anything. Bets are normally sent on Tuesdays and Wednesdays around 10-12 in the morning.
Availability of prices: As discussed above, you will need certain bookie accounts and to act fast to secure the advised prices. Using Betfair is not realistically an option.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 13%, so a certain amount of patience will be required when following the service.
Advised Betting Bank: A 150 point bank is advised for following the service, which should be sufficient although there have been 80 point drawdowns in the past (including one during our trial), so a 200 point bank might be more advisable to be on the safe side.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are reasonable at £1 for the first 7 days then £29/month or £279/year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
We ran an extended 12 month trial of Top 20 Golf Tipsand the service performed very well over that period with 138 points profit made to 1 point level stakes.
We always focus on long-term results rather than short-term ups and downs so this service proved its edge over the market in the course of a full year. On that basis we are happy to award it a PASSED rating.
However, that does come with a caveat that you will need access to the bookie accounts listed above and will need to act fast after tips are sent out to match the advised prices. If you are not able to do these two things then it will probably not be practical for you to follow the service.
Top 20 Golf Tips – Results Update
20th January 2019
A loss of 35 points for Top 20 Golf Tips since our last update back in December, which continues a losing run over the last few months unfortunately.
However, they are still well up for our trial overall, with 112 points profit made to date.
We have nearly reached the end of our extended 12-month trial here so will be wrapping this one up shortly – hopefully with a bit of a surge of profit at the end.
We have been impressed with this service having followed it for nearly 10 months now. It is almost certainly heading for the Winning Systems list.
Yes there a lot of bets to place in one go but it is only once a week, so you just have to put aside some time – maybe half an hour or so – to place the bets each week and then you are done.
It doesn’t seem like much work to us for a service that is churning out the profits as consistently as this one.
More steady profits for Top 20 Golf Tips since our last update, which is becoming a theme for them.
They have made another 17 points profit over the last month or so, taking them to 138 points profit for the trial overall and it has been fairly serene progress lately.
This is a service where you do need bookie accounts to be able to use properly, as the exchanges don’t tend to offer Top 20 finish markets on the golf.
As long as you have some bookie accounts available to you though and some time each week to place the bets, this is looking like a top service.
As we mentioned previously, it is quite a high volume service, although all the selections come in one go so you need to allocate a good half hour to an hour to place the bets once a week.
After you have done that though you can just sit back and watch how all the tips get on in that week’s tournaments – which recently has been very well. Let’s hope that continues.
Recent successful selections include Parker McLachlin at the John Deere Classic at 33/1, Trevor Immelman at the Scottish Open at 25/1 and a whole host of winners at around the 10/1 mark.
We are now starting to see the kind of form shown coming into our trial and why this service has been held in such high regard. Let’s hope that continues over the long term.
As we have mentioned previously, this is a high volume service with a large number of bets each week, so be prepared to spend quite a bit of time placing the selections once you receive the weekly e-mail.
Some big golf events coming up soon with the Open Championship, Scottish Open and USPGA in the next few weeks, so hopefully a chance to net some profits.
They had a nice 20/1 success with Joel Dahman at the Wells Fargo Championship, solidly building on some previous successes over the last few weeks.
It should be a good time for golf betting now with the Players Championship this week and the US Open just over a month away, so hopefully the good recent form will continue through those events.
Generally speaking we have found that the advised prices are fairly obtainable. Some will have shortened when you go to place the bets but others will have lengthened, so overall it has tended to balance itself out.
Let’s hope the recent turnaround continues and we will have clawed back more of those early losses by the time of our next update.
This is looking like being the worst month they have had since the service started two years ago. Call it sod’s law or what you will, but either way it has been a tough run.
It’s an unusual service to follow in that there are a lot of bets to place in one go – about 35 normally, which all come through on a Wednesday evening. So you need to devote a good half an hour to 45 minutes to placing those bets. But then once they are placed, that’s it for the week.
Anyway, even though it’s been a bad start there is still plenty of time left in the trial so let’s hope they can turn things around.
Today we are going to take a look at a golf tipster with a bit of a twist.
Whilst the vast majority of golf tipsters bet on the winner of the tournament, this one backs only in the top 20 market. Hence the name Top 20 Golf Tips.
There is quite a sensible logic to backing in the top 20 market. Anyone who has bet on golf will know how tough it can be to pick the winner of a tournament. Or how agonising it can be to have your player be up in the lead virtually the whole tournament and then have a bit of bad luck or have a putt just lip out at the end to miss out on the win.
So by backing for a player to finish in the top 20, you are giving yourself quite a lot of leeway for the player to get themselves inside that bracket.
That is the logic anyway, but more important is whether the tipster has made it work in practice.
Well judging by the results on the Betting Gods website, they have done – and how!
The results are quite astounding. With over 1,000 points profit made since February 2016, it has one of the highest points totals on the Betting Gods platform.
And that has been achieved with a return on investment of 56%, an awesome level to have sustained over the course of two years.
But what impresses us most is the consistency. Just check out this profit graph:
As you can see, it is one of the smoothest profit graphs you could possibly ask to see. Just nice steady profit month after month.
In fact, 21 out of the 23 months so far have been profitable. That is the kind of consistency most tipsters can only dream of.
It is quite a high volume service, with 80 to 100 bets per month, so there will be quite a bit of work to do on a Wednesday evening when bets are sent out.
And we will have to see how obtainable the prices are.
But certainly based on the results achieved to date we are very much looking forward to this trial and seeing whether they can be replicated in the long run.
Draw Profits is a football betting service from the man behind the popular Banker Bets service, John Baker.
As the name suggests, Draw Profits bets solely on the draw in football matches. It is a reworked version of Draw Doubles, which we reviewed previously. Whereas Draw Doubles included doubles and single bets, Draw Profits advises just single bets.
As we have said previously here at HBR, there is evidence to suggest value can be found in backing the draw in football, primarily because not many people bet on it so the price is often higher than it should be as this Guardian article details.
That has proved to be the case during for Draw Doubles at least, with a healthy profit of 18 points being made over the course of our six month trial. That came at an ROI of around 3% and a strike rate of 32%.
Results fluctuated around a bit as you can see below, but they were in profit for pretty much the whole trial and had a nice surge towards the end.
However, the raw numbers don’t tell the whole story as prices are quoted to the average odds, not the best available odds. So by shopping around using a site like Oddschecker and the exchanges, it is normally possible to beat the quoted odds. In our experience it was possible to beat the quoted odds by around 10-20% on average, which would make a big difference to your profits.
So really we think this service is worthy of considerable praise for underselling what it has achieved, a pretty rare feat in the world of tipping! Most of the time we complain that services are guilty of quoting prices that are difficult to obtain (or in some cases unobtainable), so it is a refreshing change indeed.
Overall then we are happy to award Draw Profits a PASSED rating after a successful six month trial and its rather understated achievements.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: There are an average of 3 bets per day, so a fairly straightforward service to follow. It shouldn’t take too long to place the bets and the selections are sent out well before kick-off, usually early in the morning.
Availability of prices: As discussed above, you should be able to actually beat the published results by using best prices and exchanges, which is pretty awesome.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 32%, which is decent when backing draws and shows an edge over the market.
Advised Betting Bank: A 50 point bank is advised for following the singles, which we think is a sensible bank and was never in jeopardy during our trial.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are reasonable at £6.95 for the first month then £27 per month, £65 per quarter or £207 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
We have been following John Baker’s football betting services since we started this website four years ago and have always been impressed with the results they generate.
Draw Profitsis no exception, having made a very respectable 18 points profit during our extended six month trial.
However, that slightly undersells the service’s record as that is using average odds, whereas with a bit of effort you should be able to easily beat the quoted prices by 10-20% and achieve even better results.
It’s a simple service to follow and with affordable subscription rates we believe Draw Profits certainly merits a PASSED rating. We will continue to monitor it and see if the strong results achieved to date are maintained in the long run.
Just a reminder this is a service that this is a service that focuses on backing the draw in football matches across various leagues around the world. It comes from the same team behind Banker Bets and Value Bets.
The results over the Christmas period were a little crazy, so lets hope in the New Year things settle down and they can get back on track.
As we mentioned previously, it is actually possible to beat the advised prices because they quote at the generally available price so if you shop around using a site like oddschecker and use the exchanges then you can often get better odds than those given for the selections.
We are now just over half way through our six month trial and if things continue in this vein then this looks like it will join the list of our top footy tipsters.
There are quite a variety of leagues used with this service, including quite a lot from South America (where there tend to be a high number of draws) as well as across the European leagues.
It’s very simple to follow – just back the draw in the relevant match and you are done. Doesn’t get much more straightforward than that.
Interestingly when sending the tips they provide the average odds available for the draw rather than the best odds, which is quite unusual for a tipping service. Normally tipsters want their results to be the best they could be so quote the best odds available at the time of the tips.
However, by quoting the average odds that means you could actually beat the official results and so we have also been recording the best odds available. The best odds have produced an extra 2 points of profit, meaning they are 8 points up for our trial so far to best odds.
That doesn’t even include Betfair and the other exchanges, so you may have been able to do even better by using those.
Anyway, whichever odds you are using it has been a good start to our trial and now with the footy season getting going in earnest there should be plenty of action to get involved in.
Well the World Cup has only recently ended but the start of the new football season is just a couple of weeks away.
It does seem a bit strange to be thinking of the football season when most of us are basking in roasting-hot temperatures, but before we know it we will be enjoying the cut and thrust of the Premier League, Champions League and top European leagues once again.
So it’s a good time to be kicking off a new football trial in the form of a system called Draw Profits, although in some ways this isn’t actually a new trial at all.
No, it is actually a re-working of a previous system we reviewed, Draw Doubles.
The problem with Draw Doubles was that it involved backing selections in both singles and doubles.
And whilst the singles did pretty well, the doubles had a bit of a ‘mare and dragged down the results. So they have decided to reform the service and just concentrate on the singles.
This seems like a very sensible approach to us and we had said at the outset of our trial of Draw Doubles that we were worried the results for the doubles could be very volatile, have long losing streaks and not truly represent the quality of the individual selections.
So it proved and we are glad to see that the service will now concentrate on just single bets.
The service therefore is very simple: just back the selected match to finish in a draw and that is it – no trading or hedging needed.
The results for the single bets since the service started are pretty strong, with 34 points profit made at a strike rate of 31% and with 69% bank growth.
As we said in the our original review of Draw Doubles, there is evidence to suggest there is value to be found in backing the draw, primarily because not many people bet on it so the price can be higher than it should be.
Let’s hope that proves to be the case here and we end up with some nice profits.
Anyway, we will start our trial today and incorporate the previous results of the single bets that we have already proofed over the last few months.
We remarked the other day about sounding like a broken record regarding services closing down before we had even finished our review of them. Well today we sound even more like a broken record!
Yes unfortunately we received an e-mail last Thursday from MK saying that he had decided to fall on his sword and close down the service as things had clearly gone wrong.
Well to be fair things hadn’t gone that wrong as he was still 20 points up since July – many tipsters lose hundreds of points before considering closing their service.
But sadly in the tipping world sometimes treading water is as bad as losing from the point of view of maintaining subscribers, so it is understandable if MK decided it wasn’t worth continuing.
Either way it’s another service on the scrapheap unfortunately and we are getting to the point where we will be glad just to complete a review at the moment!
Interestingly they are doing better at Betfair SP than at advised prices so far, with a profit of 22 points made at BSP.
You don’t see that very often so will be interesting to find out whether it persists for the remainder of our trial. A good start though anyway and let’s hope it continues.
Today we are starting a trial of a horse racing tipster with a bit of a twist.
This tipster bets not just on singles on the horses but also does doubles, trebles and 4-folds.
They are called MK Horse Racing Tips and come from the Betting Gods network of tipsters.
Results so far look pretty decent, with over 57 points profit made to a return on investment of 22% and a strike rate of 26% since starting tipping back in July.
That equates to over £114 per month profit on average to £10 stakes and bank growth of over 75%.
So it looks like a promising service, plus it has the added bonus of potentially winning big if one of their multiples comes in!
Hopefully it will still be profitable just on the basis of the single bets but we will see.
We will run our normal three month trial and will report back soon on how things are going.
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At the start of this trial we were excited that we may have found the “holy grail” of horse racing services – something that was consistently profitable at Betfair SP.
Certainly the results published prior to our trial suggested that was the case, with over 3,000 points profit made to BSP according to the Tipster Street website.
Sadly though our trial of Racing Exchange ended up dashing those hopes, with a loss of 122 points made over the course of our three month review.
With a return on investment of -10% and a loss of nearly a quarter of the bank (or half of the original bank advised), it is rather stating the obvious to say this was a very tough trial.
As you can see below, it went into loss straight away and never recovered, despite a small rally towards the end.
So there isn’t much to say other than this receives a FAILED rating and our elusive search for a tipster who can consistently generate a profit at Betfair SP continues.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: A high-volume service with around 13 bets per day on average, although the good news is you can place all the bets at Betfair SP which means a lot less time spent than placing the bets at the bookies. Bets are normally sent out in the morning at around 9-10am UK time.
Availability of prices: No issue on this one as all bets can be placed at Betfair SP.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 20%, which is a little on the low side and would mean a degree of patience is required for following this service.
Advised Betting Bank: A 500 point betting bank is now advised for following the service, which has increased from the 250 point bank that was advised when we started our review. Given the results we think that is a sensible move.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £9.99 for the first month then £19.95 per month after that.
OVERALL VERDICT: FAILED
Unfortunately it was a very tough trial for Racing Exchange with a loss of 122 points made. With results like those it is perhaps no surprise that this receives a FAILED rating from us.
It will need something pretty spectacular to turn this around given the losses accrued to date.
It’s another example though of why it’s a good idea to wait and see how something performs under a live trial before risking your own money on it. Certainly it would have been pretty painful if you had risked your own money on this so far.
One thing we can say is that at least they advise a reasonably-sized bank at 250 points, so the bank has not been wiped out yet.
Certainly though this is a lot worse than we were expecting, with their previous worst month prior to our trial losing just 12 points.
We had high hopes for this one with supposed profits of 3,000 points coming into our trial, but sadly so far it is not living up to those expectations.
Many people would have given up by now (and understandably so) but we will continue our trial for the full three months – or until the bank is wiped out if that ends up happening.
One of the perks of running a review site like this is that we get contacted about all manner of interesting and innovative new betting systems and strategies.
A lot of the time these come with lots of hype but turn out to be a load of rubbish, whilst some are so obviously scams they aren’t even worth taking seriously.
But occasionally something lands in our inbox that looks truly exciting.
And we have just received one such e-mail this week.
It concerns a new betting service called Racing Exchange that boasts what are some of the best results we have ever seen.
Since early last year they have made a phenomenal 3,000 points profit to 1 point level stakes. That would be an amazing £30,000 profit to £10 stakes or £15,000 to just £5 stakes.
That has been achieved with a solid strike rate of 22% and an almost unheard of ROI of 68%.
On a monthly basis that would work out at an average of over £1,400 per month profit to just £10 stakes, which is an outstanding return.
Not only that, but the results are all at Betfair SP! Yes that’s right, you don’t even need bookie accounts to follow the service.
Really the results are quite amazing and they are on the borderline of being too good to be true to be honest. However, the service is run out of the Tipster Street stable of tipsters who say they have proofed the results since early last year. We know the Tipster Street team and have always found them to be honest so we don’t doubt the published results and what they say.
Of course we don’t just take their word for it though – that is why we are here, to test these systems out and see if they live up to expectations.
So we will run a live trial of Racing Exchange and see if they can replicate the phenomenal results published on the website for the last 20 months or so.
Looking at the results, it is interesting that they have an incredible record backing horses over 100/1, with over 1500 of their points coming from those, including one at over 800/1!
Those at smaller prices are also profitable though, so it is not just a question of them having picked a few lucky long-shots.
In any event, this does look very promising so we can’t wait to see how they get on under live conditions. So please check back here for regular results update on how the trial is going if you are also interested in finding out.
In the meantime you can check out Racing Exchange for yourself here.
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We seem to be saying this quite a lot lately – but unfortunately the Top Tennis Tipster service has been discontinued. It hadn’t been going long so a shame to see it go so quickly, particularly as results weren’t too bad.
But there you are, the world of tipping as ever is a very tough one and consistent profits are needed to maintain a membership base.
Anyway, it’s into the failed/defunct pile for this one we’re afraid and time to move onto the next review…
They have continued tipping through the off season with bets in challenger and lesser events, which can be a little trappy. However with the main season getting underway in under a couple of weeks hopefully that will help things to pick up.
The bets come in quite a variety of tournaments, from the top ones down to Challenger events so you have to do a little bit of shopping around sometimes to find the best odds in the more obscure events.
With the tennis season effectively ending today, there may not be a huge number of bets over the next few weeks but we will see if they provide selections in some of the end of season stuff.
Well today we have another one and it is rather appropriately called Top Tennis Tipster.
Apparently it is run by someone who is a full-time, professional tennis bettor standing by to share his personal bets and experience with you.
They cover match winners and correct score bets on action all around the world.
The results so far look pretty strong, with over 50 points profit made since June at a return on investment of over 9%, which represents a more than doubling of the bank in just a few short months.
Bets come in a variety of different markets including Challenger events and doubles matches as well as the more established ATP and WTA events.
There is quite a high volume of bets, with around 80-100 per month, but that should be manageable for most punters to place a few bets per day.
So we now have three promising tennis betting services to get stuck into and it will be interesting to see which, if any, of them, emerge as winners.
We will post results here periodically during the trial so you can see how things are going.
Exponential Bet In-Play Betting System – Full Review
Exponential Bet is a series of betting systems and strategies run by a guy called Ryan Phillips who is a professional gambler.
We previously reviewed another of Exponential Bet’s systems, their Dutch Betting System which delivered excellent results over the course of more than a year we followed it for and received a passed rating.
This review looked at their In-Play Betting System, which is essentially a system for betting on the horses in-play on Betfair. It was in beta-testing mode for our trial.
It is recommended to use a bot to operate the system – any of Fairbot, BF Bot Manager or Bet Engine can be used. We used Bet Engine for the review and found it to work fairly smoothly.
During the review period the option of making the system fully automated rather than having to find the potential qualifying races yourself was added, which was also helpful.
The recommended approach is to follow a “stop at a profit” strategy, whereby once you have reached a target profit for the day, you stop and don’t place any more bets. If the target profit isn’t hit then you continue through eligible races until the end of the day. This can all be programmed into the bot.
At the end of our three month trial we finished with a profit to 341 points to 10 point stakes (or 34 points to 1 point stakes), which represented a 34% growth of the bank.
As you can see from the graph below, it was pretty steady upward progress during the review:
That was achieved with a healthy strike rate of 56% in terms of the races bet in and 80% of the days on which the system operated finished with a profit
So overall the system performed very well during our trial and we are happy to award it a PASSED rating.
At first it can seem quite complicated and that there is a lot to take in, but once you have got the hang of it and everything is set up, you can just let the bot run and do its thing which is great. Ryan’s customer service is also first class and we found him very helpful in dealing with any queries or issues we had.
The only small point to note is that sometimes there were different results reported by members as liquidity means some bets may not have been matched by everyone, but we believe those issues were ironed out and any discrepancies should even out over the long run anyway.
Anyway, all in all we were impressed with the system, which operates solely on Betfair and doesn’t need any use of the bookies. We look forward to its general release following the beta testing.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: As mentioned above, it can seem quite complicated at first and there is a bit of work to do in terms of setting everything up, but once you have done that you can just let the bot run and do its thing. We recommend using a bot because finding the selections yourself and monitoring all the races manually would be very time-consuming.
Availability of prices: As also mentioned above, there were some small discrepancies in matching the bets on occasion but we understand these have been ironed out and would not affect the overall results to any significant degree anyway.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 56%, which is very good and meant drawdowns were minimal.
Advised Betting Bank: A 1000 point betting bank is advised for following the service (i.e. on the basis of 10-point stakes per bet), which seems a sensible and appropriate level to us to cope with any losing runs.
Subscription costs: The costs are currently a one-off fee of £74.99 to purchase the system, which includes all the set up instructions so you can operate it on an ongoing basis.
OVERALL VERDICT:
This is the second of Exponential Bet’s betting systems we have tested and also the second one we have given a PASSED rating to, with a profit of 341 points made during our three month trial.
The system can be operated via a bot on Betfair, which although takes a little bit of effort to set up will save a lot of time in the long run and means the system can be operated on auto-pilot.
The name of all Ryan’s systems is to steadily build a bank over the long term and we can certainly see that being done with this excellent In-Play Betting System.
With the addition of automated betting via a bot this is running nicely and looking like a top system from what we have seen so far. Let’s hope the strong results continue.
Exponential Bet In-Play Betting System – Results Update
12th November 2018
It’s been an excellent start to our trial of Exponential Bet’s In-Play Betting System, with a profit of 188 points made so far to 10 point stakes (or 18.8 points to 1 point stakes).
This is an approach that lays horses in running that fit certain criteria.
There are a few things to note about the system – firstly, for practical purposes you will need a betting bot like the Bet Engine or Fairbot to run it.
Secondly, it is a “stop at a target profit” staking system, so you stop either when you have made at least 1 point profit (or £10 in our case) or you run out of races for the day.
Thirdly up until now you have to had to manually select which races the bot should operate in for the day, but they have been working on automating this and it looks just about ready (for the Bet Engine at least), which is good.
So far this has been running well and delivering steady profits and with the addition of automating the process it’s looking like a top notch betting product.
Exponential Bet In-Play Betting System – New Review
15th October 2018
We recently posted a one-year updateon our review of Exponential Bet’s Dutch Betting System and gave it a continued passed rating after a strong performance over the last 12 months.
The Exponential Bet platform is run by a guy called Ryan who is a professional gambler himself and we have been impressed by both the profitability of Exponential Bet’s various systems and Ryan’s honesty and transparency.
So today we are starting a review of one of Exponential Bet’s other services, namely their In-Play Betting System.
The results of this system so far look extremely impressive, with over £640 profit made to just £10 stakes since March of this year.
That has been achieved with a 56% strike rate, so the majority of selections have been winners and the losing runs have been minimal so far.
Essentially the system is for betting on the horses in-play. It is recommended you use a bot to operate the system – any of Fairbot, BF Bot Manager or Bet Engine can be used. Personally we are using Bet Engine for the review because we are familiar with it and can be programmed to be “set and forget” for this system.
There is a list of selection criteria you need to go through each day to see which races qualify. Then you tell the bot which of the races to operate in and let it do its thing. This process may be automated in future so you don’t need to find the races, but for now you do.
It is worth pointing out that the system is currently in beta mode for testing purposes. Given the outstanding results achieved to date though we can’t see it being too long before it goes from beta into being officially launched.
In any event the good news is that you can still get access to the beta mode for a 25% discount at the moment so you don’t miss out on the excellent performance of the system.
Anyway, without further ado we will kick off the review and will report back here soon how things are going.
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Overpriced Horse Tipsis a horse racing tipster from the Sports Betting Stars platform, with selections to be backed to win at one-point level stakes in UK and Irish races.
At first we were rather confused by the title of this tipster – we thought initially it referred to the tips being overpriced (or too expensive) but of course it refers to horses whose odds are higher than they should be.
That appeared to be an appropriate name given the results reported on their website coming into our trial, with over 750 points profit made at a return on investment of over 25%. Clearly they have shown an ability to identify value horses to back.
And our trial started off very well, going over 30 points up at advised prices early on.
Sadly though from mid-October onwards they hit something of a tough spell, finishing 23 points down at advised prices for the trial.
Here are the results for the trial in graph format:
As we say, whilst things started off well, there was a pretty steady decline from around the mid-point onward.
However, as we noted with another review we just completed, there was a big discrepancy between the results at advised prices and those at Betfair SP, with the latter making a profit of 23 points.
So whilst the results at advised prices are somewhat disappointing, with Betfair SP making a profit and more and more people using BSP for their horse racing bets these days, we feel like a NEUTRAL rating is fair in this instance.
Either way the results weren’t too dramatic so it’s one to watch for the time being in any event.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: A pretty simple service to follow with an average of around one bet per day, normally sent out in the evening for the next day’s racing.
Availability of prices: There was not much of a problem in getting the advised prices and as discussed above, the Betfair SP results actually beat advised prices.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 11%, which is a little on the low side and would mean a degree of patience is required for following this service.
Advised Betting Bank: A 75 point betting bank is advised for following the service, which we think could be a little on the low side given that there was a 60-point drawdown from mid-September to the end of our trial. We think at least a 100 point bank should be advised for following the service.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are free for the first 14 days then £29.99/month, £79.99/quarter or £299.99/year.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
It was a slightly disappointing trial for Overpriced Horse Tips as we had been expecting something special from them based on past results. With a loss of 23 points to advised prices over the course of our six-month trial, it didn’t really live up to expectations.
However, a 23 point profit was made at Betfair SP for our trial which is encouraging so overall we feel this warrants a NEUTRAL rating and it’s a watching brief for now.
It’s been an interesting start to our trial of Overpriced Horse Tips. On the one hand, results at advised prices have been reasonable, with a profit of 4 points made so far.
However, the unusual thing here is that the Betfair SP results are actually considerable better, with a massive 58 points profit made so far.
The difference between the two is down in large part to one horse, Super Kid at Wolves, which was advised at 20/1 but won at a huge Betfair SP of 75!
That is probably something of an anomaly and it is unlikely you will see such a massive difference between the advised price and BSP very often. However, if you’d had Best Odds Guaranteed available to you then you would have got the 40/1 official SP, which is still a significant improvement over the advised 20/1.
Also a note that although we launched this review on 23rd September, we were actually started receiving the tips privately on 27th June so have recorded results from then on.
Anyway, it will be interesting to see how this one progresses and whether we continue to see such a strong performance at BSP going forward.
You could be forgiven for being a little confused over the name of the service we are starting a trial of today – and that is Overpriced Horse Tips.
At first we though they were suggesting the service is overpriced, which would be a little strange to suggest that they are overcharging people for their service. Then we realised however they meant that the horses the service picks tend to be overpriced – or higher odds than they should be. That makes a little more sense!
Little matter about our confusion though, what counts is how good the service is at making profit and by the looks of things, they are very, very good at that.
The service has been running since 2013 and in that time has made over 750 points profit to 1 point stakes, which is superb stuff and the kind of results that very few services have ever achieved.
The return on investment in that time has been over 26%, which is an exceptional level to have maintained over such a long period.
There are around 40 tips per month, which works out at just over one per day, so a pretty simple service to follow.
With average odds of 7/1 this is all about identifying value at decent odds rather than picking obvious favourites, as is the case with most successful horse racing tipsters we have come across over the years.
We have actually been following this privately for the last couple of months so can verify the results published on the website for that period are accurate.
We are genuinely excited about trialling this service as it has one of the best long-term records we have seen and could join those rare few top-level tipsters that consistently beat the bookies and deliver bumper profits for their members.
So without further ado we will get things underway and will report back here soon on how things are going.
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