Revolution Racing is a horse racing tipster from The Better Punter stable which is based down in Australia.
The Revolution Racing service provides tips in UK and Irish racing and is one of the premier tipsters on the platform.
This was a slightly difficult review to give a final verdict on as although the advised price results finished pretty much break even – with just one point profit in the end – the Betfair SP results finished with a profit of 68 points.
That is very unusual and whilst we always base our official results on the advised prices, it made us consider awarding this a passed rating.
Here are the results at BSP in graph form:
As you can see, after a difficult start it made nice progress moving well into profit by the end.
However, we have slight reservations in awarding this a passed rating as we don’t know whether the improved BSP results would be maintained in the long run and a large part of the difference between the two sets of results was from one winner, which made up 30 points difference.
The other thing to bear in mind is that with an average stake of 3 points per bet, the 68 points profit would equate to around 23 points profit at one point level stakes.
So all in all we feel like a NEUTRAL rating is fair in this instance, but with a proviso that if the strong BSP could be maintained in the long run this could be worth an upgrade to a passed rating.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: A pretty easy service to follow with just one or two bets per day, usually sent in the morning of racing at around 10-11am.
Availability of prices: We didn’t experience any problems getting the advised prices and as discussed above, the Betfair SP results for our trial were actually better than the advised prices.
Strike rate: The strike rate during the trial was 35% (including placed horses), which is pretty decent for a horse racing service and meant a fairly steady flow of returns.
Advised Betting Bank: Although a bank wasn’t advised for following the service, we think a 300 point bank would be appropriate given the average stake of 3 points per bet.
Subscription costs: The service works on a pay-as-you-profit model and is quite complicated but in essence you end up paying a proportion of your winnings to The Better Punter as you go along.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
Our trial of Revolution Racing was quite an unusual one in that it produced better results at Betfair SP than it did at advised prices.
As we base our reviews on results achieved at advised prices, this would normally be a fairly straightforward NEUTRAL rating, as it finished with just one point profit at the end of our three month trial.
However, we feel it would be remiss not to recognise the 68 points profit made at Betfair SP, which is a decent return.
Whether that was just an anomaly though or can be maintained in the long run remains to be seen, but if it can this could well be worthy of an upgrade. Certainly a service that is profitable at BSP is a much sought-after commodity so it is worth keeping an eye on.
It’s been an impressive turnaround for Revolution Racing since our last update a month ago.
Back then they were 33 points down for our trial at advised prices, but with a haul of 57 points profit over the last month they are now 24 points up for the trial overall at advised prices.
What is even more notable however is that the results at Betfair SP are actually beating those at advised prices, with 78 points profit made since our last update and 57 points profit made for the trial overall.
Good to see the recent turnaround and let’s hope it continues for them.
It’s not been a great start to our trial of Revolution Racing unfortunately, with a loss of 34 points made so far to advised prices after one month of following the tips.
It’s not quite as bad however at Betfair SP, with a loss of 21 points made for our trial to date.
The one bright spot is that there has been an improvement over the last week or so, with over 25 points profit made, so hopefully that is the sign of a recovery.
We will find out if that proves to be the case when we provide our next update on the service.
Today we are starting a new trial of a horse racing tipster from a tipster stable out of Australia called the Better Punter.
Whilst the tipster platform is Australian, the tipster in question actually concentrates on UK and Irish racing and they are called Revolution Racing.
The results published on their website look very encouraging, with over $32,000 profit made to $100 unit stakes.
That has been achieved with a healthy strike rate of 36% and a very respectable return on investment of 17%.
The profit graph looks highly impressive too, with nice solid movement upwards pretty much throughout:
Tips are provided by a chap called Stephen who uses a detailed ratings system along with a cleverly devised staking method to guide his selections.
The idea is to combine value, a solid strike rate & ROI with a discipline staking system and you have a well oiled machine that can put bookies to the wall year in year out.
That’s the theory anyway, but will it hold up under scrutiny?
Well that is what we are here to find out, so we will be undertaking a three month trial to see if they can deliver.
They have an interesting payment method for the tips, which are “pay as you win” rather than a monthly fee. So you only pay if you profit. Commission is 30% of your profit per week, that is all. If you don’t win, you don’t pay.
That sounds fair enough to us and we’re surprised in some ways that other services don’t follow such a model.
Some people prefer the pay as you win model and some prefer the monthly/quarterly subscription, it is down to your own personal choice really.
Anyway, just to note that we actually started receiving the tips on 22nd September so will record results from then onward.
You can check back here regularly for updates on how things are going.
In the meantime you can check out Revolution Racing here.
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Ultimate Golf Tips is a golf betting specialist from the Tipsters Empire stable and provides selections in both PGA and European Tour events.
They started off our trial very well with some big priced winners at 20/1 and 16/1 and some good place finishes too, putting them nearly 100 points up at one stage.
Sadly though things went sharply downhill from mid-August onwards and they finished our trial with a loss of 93 points.
That represented nearly half of the 200 point bank and any members who joined in mid-August would have lost nearly the whole bank by now.
That’s the way it often goes in golf betting – where a long losing streak can be turned around by one big winner, but how long do you wait for that winner to come along?
For most people it would be too much to take to lose the best part of 100 or 200 points, so they would be out by now.
Whichever way you look at it though, a loss of 93 points over the course of a six month trial is a pretty disappointing return.
So it’s a FAILED rating from us unfortunately for Ultimate Golf Tips despite the promising start.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: As with most golf services, pretty straightforward to use with just a few bets per week, normally sent out on Tuesday and Wednesday with plenty of time to get the bets on.
Availability of prices: We didn’t experience any problem getting the advised prices and sometimes even beat them using Betfair.
Strike rate: The strike rate during the trial was 11%, which is actually fairly typical for a golf service but would need to be a little higher to generate some decent profits here.
Advised Betting Bank: A 200 point bank is advised for following the service, which if you joined at the wrong time would be almost gone now. We think a 300-400 point bank would be more appropriate.
Subscription costs: You can get a 90 day trial for £30 (new customers only), then the costs revert to £34.99 per month, £87.50 per quarter, £157.50 for 6 months or £279.99/year.
OVERALL VERDICT: FAILED
Unfortunately with a substantial loss of 93 points during our extended six-month trial, there is little option other than to award Ultimate Golf Tips a FAILED rating.
Following golf tipsters does take a lot of patience and a big betting bank, so it is worth bearing that in mind if you are going to follow this or any other golf service.
As we have said before losing runs like this are not unusual in golf when you are tipping at big odds and it takes nerves of steel to see them out.
But they are going to need a turnaround in form soon or we suspect there won’t be too many subscribers left to see any kind of improvement they do enjoy.
After a difficult August, the tough run continued in September for Ultimate Golf Tips unfortunately, with 31 points lost since our last update just over a month ago.
That means that after going 95 points up for the trial at one point, they are now pretty much back where they started at just 2 points up for our trial overall.
This has shown the typical nature of golf betting, which can often be a very up and down experience, with one big winner followed by weeks or even months of losing bets – and vice versa.
It is crucial to have a big betting bank and plenty of patience when following a golf tipster because this kind of experience is just par for the course really (if you’ll forgive the pun).
We are going to continue our trial of Ultimate Golf Tips because we have seen enough promise to believe they could turn out to be a top tipster and hopefully the last couple of months have just been a bump in the road to success.
We will see anyway, but we have a number of good events over the rest of the season to find out, not least the British Masters at Walton Heath which starts tomorrow and should be a cracking event to get stuck into.
The month started off well with a placed finish on Thorbjorn Olesen at the Bridgestone Invitational at 100/1, but after that there were slim pickings unfortunately.
Still, as we say they are still in profit overall so can’t complain too much and let’s hope they get back to winning ways in September.
The highlights so far include Francesco Molinari winning the Quicken Loans at 20/1, Alex Noren winning the Open de France at 16/1 and a couple of big place finishes at 150/1 and 80/1.
The service is also five out of five for its in-tournament bets, most notably on Sunday with Richard McEvoy tipped to triumph in the European Open at 11/2.
From reading the comments with the tips you can tell the provider of the service really knows their stuff and has a keen eye for value and which players to take on under pressure.
So far we are really liking the look of this tipster and think it could be a top service within the golf betting sphere.
We recently started a trial of a golf tipster after not having reviewed a new one for a while and as so often seems to be the case, almost immediately we have another one to look at.
This one is called Ultimate Golf Tips and it looks extremely promising. We have to say we haven’t had expectations this high heading into a trial for a while.
That’s partly because having started to send out the tips last week, they have not only gone and landed one winner, but actually two winners in their first week of tipping!
Those winners were Alex Noren in the Open de France, with a 2 point win bet at 16/1 netting 32 points profit and then Francesco Molinari at the Quicken Loans National at 20/1, also a 2 point win for 40 points profit.
Overall Ultimate Golf Tips made a very impressive 60 points profit on the week. What a start!
But that doesn’t seem to have just been a flash in the pan. The results over the last few months look excellent, with nearly 150 points profit having been at a return on investment of 74%.
And the man behind the service seems to really know his stuff too. Apparently he has been involved in golf betting personally for nearly three decades and has punted golf on a professional basis for nearly 15 years now.
He has worked with several bookmakers and odds compilers during this time and has connections to both the European Tour and the PGA Tour in America. He bets on each of the two main tours and has many contacts on each if he needs to find out course conditions, players form and many other variables; and he gives detailed reasoning and feedback on each selection.
From what we have seen so far and the detailed write-ups that go with the selections, this certainly seems to be the case and he clearly knows his stuff.
Anyway, we don’t want to get too carried away with building this one up and potentially jinx them, but it’s nice to have started off with some winners and it’s rare to find someone who seems to really have expertise in their field.
Let’s hope that turns into some consistent profits over the next few months of our trial. We will be carrying out an extended six month trial here to give it a fair chance as golf betting can be quite volatile when you are betting at high odds.
So please check back here for regular updates on how the trial is going.
It is now a year since we signed up to a contract to mine the cryptocurrency Monero with Genesis Mining and so it’s time to wrap up our review.
Basically Genesis Mining is a company that allows you to “mine” cryptocurrency – or in other words participate in verifying transactions on the blockchain and receive rewards for it. You receive a daily payout and can then transfer the proceeds from your Genesis account to another wallet and convert it to fiat currency (real money).
You can choose to mine a variety of cryptocurrencies but at the time we signed up Monero was the best available so that was the one we chose to mine.
The overall results are as follows:
Amount Invested: $819
Returns to Date: 1.83 Monero (current value = $82)
We still have a year left to run on our contract but even with that we are looking at a substantial loss here. Suffice to say this has been a disaster and one of the worst investments we have ever made.
The main problem in reality has been the crash in the cryptocurrency market that has affected the price of Monero (and just about all other cryptocurrencies).
At one stage, Monero was worth over $400 and at those prices we would have just about recouped our investment by now.
But alas it is currently worth just $45 and the returns have therefore been pitiful.
In terms of the mining itself, it has also been disappointing in that we were projected to receive 6 Monero per year at the start of our contract but have in fact received less than 2 so far.
This is in large part down to increases in the “difficulty” of mining – or in other words more people participating in mining thus reducing the slice of the pie that each person gets.
So there isn’t much left to say other than that this receives an epic FAILED rating from us and is not something we could recommend to anyone.
Looking at the bigger picture, cryptocurrency had an astonishing run last year and those who got in early enough would have made a lot of money, but in reality it is a highly speculative market with most coins having no underlying value and many having no purpose.
It has also been a magnet for scammers and spammers of all kinds which has further tarnished cryptocurrency’s reputation and damaged its long-term prospects.
Will the current slide in the market continue or will cryptocurrency someday recover its lustre?
Who knows, it is anyone’s guess really. But the wild ride experienced over the last couple of years should be a salutary lesson to everyone involved about the risks of participating in an unregulated investment and just how much markets can be driven by hype and hyperbole rather than fundamental value.
No doubt someone will write a book about the whole thing at some point, but for the time being we are definitely out of the crypto markets and anything related to them.
It’s been a while since we updated our ill-fated investment in the cryptocurrency scheme Genesis Mining so we thought high time for an update.
The main news is that we have now mined one Monero in total, which is the equivalent of around $121 at the time of writing. That is from an initial investment of $819.
Last time we reported that Genesis would no longer be able to mine Monero and would be mining other coins instead and converting them to Monero for those of us holding Monero contracts.
Well that all seems to have worked reasonably well, with payouts having resumed and actually increased over the last few days to around 0.006 Monero per day, which is the equivalent of around 2 Monero per year.
However, that is still well below the initial payouts we were receiving when our contract started and nowhere near enough to pay back our initial investment, unless Monero skyrockets in price at some point.
In that case though we would still have been better to just hold Monero originally rather than invest in mining, so either way this is looking like a dead duck and perhaps one of the worst investments we have ever made.
Well our investment in Genesis Mining has descended into farce since our last update.
Firstly, they have set a minimum payout level of 0.4 Monero, in what seems to us a completely arbitrary and unnecessary move. They don’t even show how much Monero we have mined, so we can’t even update our figures here.
Secondly, Monero is undergoing a fork and will switch to a new algorithm, meaning Genesis won’t even be able to mine it anymore. They say it’s ok, they will switch to “mining the best coins available and converting them to Monero for you.” But forgive us if we are a little sceptical.
Finally, the returns from mining have crashed so badly it’s probably all irrelevant anyway.
So the bottom line here is that it looks like we would have been better just buying some Monero at the outset and holding it rather than investing in mining.
We certainly wouldn’t advise anyone to invest in cryptocurrency mining from Genesis or anybody else for the time being, unless things radically change. The bubble has well and truly burst.
We have earned another 0.08 Monero with Genesis Mining since our last update, which means we have now mined 0.81 Monero in total.
Unfortunately they have had problems with recording the payments so we aren’t able to update the daily results.
But the current situation is that we are earning around 0.004 Monero per day, compared to around 0.016 at the outset, so a massive drop.
This is due to the mining difficulty increasing, which is indicative of more and more people entering the mining game, so the mining rewards are shared among a greater number of people.
It’s not surprising really when you have something that’s so profitable and the barriers to entry are as low that every man and his dog wants a piece of the action.
The reality is that if the difficulty keeps increasing then we will end up mining pretty much zero Monero and it will be pointless.
At the moment it is looking like it probably would have been better to just buy six Monero with our $800 at the outset rather than buy a mining contract, because it looks very unlikely we are going to end up with more than six Monero. That is just how the cookie crumbles sometimes though, at the time it looked like a very profitable endeavour.
Anyway, we will keep on monitoring things and see if there is any way to improve our returns going forward.
We have earned another 0.23 Monero from our Genesis Miningcontract, which means we have now mined 0.73 Monero in total since our contract started in November.
For some reason on our Genesis Mining account there are a few days missing, which means the total on our spreadsheet is less than we have actually mined. We have contacted Genesis Mining to ask them why that is the case.
Anyway, the 0.73 Monero we have mined so far would be quite good, apart from the fact that the recent cryptocurrency market crash has meant the price of Monero is back down to just $193 whereas it was over $400 a month ago!
Whilst that is disappointing, at the same time prices may well bounce back over the next few months, so unless you are wanting to cash out your earnings then it shouldn’t really be a problem.
Just a reminder that our original investment was $819, so we are nearly a quarter of the way to recouping our investment already.
As you can see from the results, the amount of Monero we are mining each day has dropped quite a lot since the start of the contract (by about half), but that is just a reflection of the price of Monero having more than doubled in that time, so the difficulty of the mining has increased and the two things pretty much cancel each other out.
Anyway, we are quite pleased with this as a passive income stream and once we have earned enough Monero, we could consider reinvesting it into more mining power to increase our earnings exponentially.
That time is quite a way off so we will have to wait and see what we do then, but it is a case of so far so good withGenesis Mining.
We are a couple of weeks into our investment withGenesis Miningand so far things have been going well.
We have mined 0.218 Monero so far, which equates to around $45 at the time of writing with Monero priced at $205 per coin. Our investment at the start was $819.
If the current rates continued, then we would end up with approximately 11.5 Monero at the end of our 2-year contract, which would be a return of around $2,340.
Things aren’t likely to stay at the same rate in terms of the amount of Monero mined though, because as the price goes up, the mining difficulty also goes up and you end up mining less coin.
Roughly speaking though the two things should even themselves out.
Either way, it’s looking like an excellent passive income investment so far as we haven’t had to do anything – just sit back and watch the Monero roll in. Good stuff.
Here at Honest Betting Review we have recently moved into the cryptocurrency space in the hope of landing some of the phenomenal returns that have been generated in it.
As well as buying some Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, we have also participated in ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) of companies like Electroneum and joined lending platforms such as Bitconnect.
Now we are investing in the mining of cryptocurrencies, another way to potentially profit from the crypto world.
We recently started a review of the BitClub Network and will be mining some Bitcoin through that platform.
And today we are starting a new trial of another mining platform called Genesis Mining.
Just in case you aren’t familiar with the idea of mining crytocurrencies, basically what it entails is using considerable computing power to verify transactions made using Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies and to ensure their smooth functioning.
For providing these services, miners are provided with a share of the coin that is generated. This can be very lucrative if the coin being mined is valuable, for example with Bitcoin being worth over $7,000 currently.
Genesis Mining has been around for three years and is a reputable and well-known mining company. They apparently have over a million members and are the world’s leading cloud mining platform.
They have a level of transparency often absent from the crypto space, with members able to view their mining farms and there are a number of videos showing their mining operations in action.
By investing in a company like Genesis Mining, you are essentially renting the mining hardware for a fixed period for a given fee.
Then however much coin is mined each day is paid directly to you, which you can withdraw, invest in more mining or convert to another cryptocurrency.
Some of the advantages of Genesis Mining are that:
– The mining equipment is already set up so you can start earning straight away
– You can mine a range of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash, Monero and Zcash.
– You can choose your payouts in different cryptocurrencies from the one mined in
– You can start mining with as little as $28
– You can pay by credit card so don’t need to go through the complex process of buying a cryptocurrency first
So all in all Genesis Mining looks like a very good offering and one we are looking forward to testing.
Unfortunately at the moment all their Bitcoin mining contracts are sold out, so having done some research we think the next best coin to mine at the moment is Monero.
So we have bought a Monero contract of 1000 H/s for $819.
The H/s is the mining power you are getting – the more powerful, the more coin you will mine.
Using the calculator at cryptocompare it estimates we would receive $825 profit per year, which would work out as a return on investment of over 200% over the 2-year lifetime of the contract.
However, that doesn’t account for the potential increase in the price of Monero over that time, nor for the potential to reinvest some of the earnings into more mining power.
So for example if we mined six Monero coins per year and the price of the coin doubled each year, we would actually receive $4680 worth of Monero and a return on investment of nearly 600%.
Of course, the price of Monero could actually drop and the difficulty of the mining could increase (reducing the amount of coin mined) so these numbers are just rough estimates really, but they give you some guidance as to what is possible anyway.
We will probably look to mine some other coins with Genesis Mining as well. It isn’t clear when Bitcoin will be available again, so we may mine some Ethereum and Litecoin in the meantime.
As we say with all cryptocurrency-related investments, if you are thinking of investing in this please only risk money you can afford to lose. Although Genesis Mining looks about as solid and legitimate as it gets in the crypto world, there is still a risk things could go wrong and you could lose your investment.
Anyway, in terms of th review we will update progress here regularly so you can see how we are doing with our mining.
This is a re-review of Football Advisor Lays for us, having previously reviewed the service back in 2017 when we gave it a neutral rating after it finished with a profit of 7 points.
This time round we gave it an extended seven month review to really give the service a proper look.
At the end of that extended trial we have finished with a profit of 23 points, which is decent going.
However, it is worth bearing in mind that the total of 23 points combines the results from both the lay wins and the draw lays.
Taking them separately, the lay wins made a profit of 37 points where as the draw lays made a loss of 14 points.
So really it looks like the lay wins are the ones to focus on – and they were the original offering of the service after all so perhaps that’s not surprising. And in fact they have recently “retired” the draw lays so in fact it is now just the win lays being provided.
Combining the results of the lay wins this time with those of last time gives a combined total of 44 points profit, which is pretty good going when you consider you are laying at 1 point level stakes.
The strike rate for our trial was high at just under 80% and the ROI respectable too at 7%.
So in view of all that we think the service warrants a PASSED rating, particularly if you just focus on the win lays.
They have shown consistency over a lengthy period of time and that is what we look for when judging a service. Making a profit through laying is notoriously difficult so we are always impressed when a service manages it.
The added bonus with Football Advisor Lays is that you can place all the bets on Betfair and don’t need to rely on bookie accounts.
All in all then it is a service well worth considering adding to your portfolio.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: A very simple service to use and that is certainly a plus point. There is an average of just one bet per day, although this tends to work out as having lots of bets at weekends and then some weekdays and international breaks with none. Tips are normally sent out early in the morning (UK time) and you will need access to an exchange (e.g. Betfair, Smarkets) to place the lay bets.
Availability of prices: Most of the time the liquidity held up well, certainly in the big leagues like the Premiership and La Liga etc, although sometimes prices do get pushed in on the smaller leagues.
Strike rate: The strike rate during the trial was 79%, which is good but actually lower than the historical average for the service which stands at 86% according to their results.
Advised Betting Bank: An 80-100 point bank is advised for following the service, which should be more than sufficient to cover losing runs. The longest draw-down to date has been 21 points.
Subscription costs: The costs are £50 per month, £125 per quarter, £225 for 6 months or £400/year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
This is a re-review of Football Advisor Lays after having reviewed it last year and we are pleased to report that after a second look we are upgrading this from a neutral to a PASSED rating.
With a combined profit of 44 points across our two reviews when betting on the win lays only, this has established a strong record over a lengthy period of time and clearly has an edge on the markets when it comes to laying.
So if this isn’t already part of your portfolio then you may well want to consider adding it at the earliest opportunity.
[Please note there are two tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet for their two separate systems – the win lays and draw lays].
The broad numbers don’t tell the full story however, as the win lays are 22 points up for our trial, whilst the draw lays are actually 11 points down.
Just a reminder that this is a laying system where you place the bets on Betfair (or your exchange of choice). There is no trading needed – just place the lays and then leave them.
Anyway, let’s hope for some upward progress by the time of our next update.
[Please note there are two tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet for their two separate systems – the win lays and draw lays].
The broad numbers don’t tell the full story however, as the win lays are 27 points up for our trial, whilst the draw lays are actually 15 points down.
So it’s looking like the win lays are the ones to follow based on the results of our trial to date, but we will obviously keep a close eye on things to see if that remains to be the case.
[Please note there are two tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet for win lays and draw lays – although the draw lays appear to have been paused for the moment].
It’s nice when you get runs like this in lay betting, with 12 of the last 13 selections successful since our last update, so the profit builds nicely.
Let’s see if that continues once the football season kicks off again in a couple of weeks.
[Please note there are two tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet for win lays and draw lays – although the draw lays appear to have been paused for the moment].
There have been a few selections for the World Cup but it has been a bit of minefield for punters with so many surprising results so far.
Anyway, let’s hope Football Advisor Lays can back to winning ways by the time of our next update.
However, that doesn’t tell the whole story as there are two sets of lays – win lays and draw lays (which you can view via the two tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet) and the former have done very well, with 13 points won, whilst the latter have lost 7 points.
That is in tune with the longer-term trend as well, with the win lays having made 282 points profit, whilst the draw lays are much newer and have made just 9 points profit overall.
So it looks like the win lays are the ones to concentrate on here.
Anyway, with the season over it is going to be a little quiet now until the World Cup starts when we should see plenty more action.
Following on from launching our review of FA Racing Lays last week, today we are turning our attention to another Football Advisor service.
This is one we actually reviewed last year and gave a neutral rating to after it finished our trial with a profit of 7 points.
However, given that we will now be taking a look at all the Football Advisor services, we thought it would only be fair to take a look at this one again too.
Plus when we did our original review last year, they apparently had an issue with the ratings they use and that negatively affected the results during our trial.
So we are happy to take another look at this one and to do a re-review of the service.
Just to recap, these are lay bets on football matches (both in the win market and draw market) across various leagues.
You just need to lay the bets on Betfair (or your exchange or choice) and that is it, you are done.
The results for the service look excellent, with over 50 points profit made since our trial ended in October and 283 points profit made overall since the service started.
That has come with a strike rate of over 84%, so a very high proportion of successful lays.
We are looking forward to trialling this one and to seeing how it gets on. As usual results will be recorded here for you to check.
We originally reviewed Football Advisor’s main backing service back in September last year and gave it a neutral rating after it ended our trial with 8 points of profit.
Now we have just finished trialing their football lays service and we feel like we are repeating ourselves somewhat, but the results have been remarkably similar.
After a three month trial we have finished with 7 points of profit, which again isn’t bad by any means and we are happy to finish any trial in profit to be honest.
The strike rate was a healthy 75%, so the vast majority of lays are successful.
The return on investment (ROI) was a little on the low side at 1.7%. Although you expect ROI to be much lower with laying services than backing ones, we would still like to have seen that ROI a little higher.
The bets are straightforward lay bets in the match odds market and come in a variety of leagues across the world.
So for example you will get an e-mail like this:-
Lays Bristol Rovers at 4.30 with Betfair (League One / Portsmouth)
It is then very simply a case of placing a lay bet at your exchange of choice and then you are done.
Looking at how the trial progressed, it started off well before hitting a very sticky patch in the middle. Apparently they had a technical issue with the ELO ratings meaning they were producing the wrong selections for a part of August.
Once they revised their selection process it certainly seemed to pay off, with a run of 20 straight successful lays at the end.
As you can see from the graph below, it was a roller-coaster ride!
In total we ended up with bank growth of 9% by the conclusion of the trial, which is a respectable total.
But it didn’t quite hit the heights necessary to warrant an approved rating, so for the time being we feel a NEUTRAL rating is fair for Football Advisor Lays.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: A very simple service to use and that is certainly a plus point. There is an average of just one bet per day, although this tends to work out as having lots of bets at weekends and then some weekdays and international breaks with none. Tips are normally sent out early in the morning (UK time) and you will need access to an exchange (e.g. Betfair, Smarkets) to place the lay bets.
Availability of prices: Most of the time the liquidity held up well, certainly in the big leagues like the Premiership and La Liga etc, although sometimes prices do get pushed in on the smaller leagues.
Strike rate: The strike rate during the trial was 75%, which is good but actually lower than the historical average for the service which stands at 86% according to their results.
Advised Betting Bank: An 80-100 point bank is advised for following the service, which should be more than sufficient to cover losing runs. The longest draw-down to date has been 21 points.
Subscription costs: The costs are £47 per month, £112 per quarter or £188 for 6 months, which if the pre-trial results were repeated would be a fair cost.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
We tend to like services that are simple to follow and don’t rely on complex methodologies, ratcheted staking systems or wild hype to justify their existence, so we were looking forward to trialing Football Advisor Lays, which provides simple lay bets in the match odds market.
It is a very simple service to follow and the results prior to our trial looked mighty impressive.
In the trial itself, a profit of 7 points was made, which isn’t bad at all but we feel wasn’t quite high enough to warrant an approved rating, so we are giving it a NEUTRAL rating at this stage.
Given that our trial started in the Summer months when there are less fixtures and taking into account the way things picked up towards the end with a 20-match winning streak and the pre-trial results, this is a service we would like to keep an eye on as to whether it warrants an upgrade.
It could have actually been much better as they were on a run of 10 winners in a row before they just hit a couple of losers at 5.2 and 4.6.
After the bad spell at the end of August, they had a look at their selection process and concluded:
“The custom team ratings that we use as part of our multi layered selection criteria is a bespoke adaption of the ELO rating model. Regretfully there were some issues with combining the end of season rating with the new season rating, which resulted in what we saw for the last two weeks.
The good news though is that we are confident that we have now fixed this and we have run 100’s of simulations to test this to be sure.”
Results seem to be trending in the right direction, so let’s hope they have sorted things!
Jon who runs the service has apologised for the recent run, which is appreciated as a subscriber – certainly lots of tipsters don’t even bother saying sorry for a poor run. He is also taking a few days off to review the recent results and see where things have gone wrong.
Hopefully he will find the solution and be back on form shortly.
This is a service that advises lays in the match odds market on Betfair. Odds can be quite high, up to 9.0 so far, meaning a decent sized bank is required when following the service.
It has been fairly quiet thus far in terms of bets as we have been in the off season, but with the season getting underway now we should volume pick up.
They say one good turn deserves another. So after recently launching a trial of a Football Advisor service (their racing one), we decided we would start another trial.
It is relatively new, having launched in November 2016 but has established a very favourable record since then.
They capped their initial membership at 50 and over 90% of those original members are apparently still with the 7 months on and for good reason;
– 226 bets since November 2016 – 191 winners at a strike rate of 84.5% – Average lay odds of 5.3 – 38.95 units profit after commission – Largest drawdown of 23.35 units – A record busting 35 winning lay bets in a row
The full 2016/17 season brought in 64.19 units at a similar performance level. Since 2013, their approach has apparently made over 211 units profit.
Now it isn’t a normal time to be starting a trial of a football system with it being the middle of Summer, but the service still has a good number of bets on the Summer leagues and we are only just over a month away from the start of the full season anyway.
We are yet to find too many good laying services, but this one looks interesting so well worth running a review of in our opinion.
We will follow the bets for three months (or until we reach at least 100 bets) and will update results here regularly during the trial.
The Strict Rule System is a tipster from the respected Tipstrr platform of betting systems and tipsters.
The name is suggestive of a systems-based approach but this is in fact more of a straightforward tipping service. The idea of “strict rules” is more that they will only back a horse if it meets the strict rules they set to qualify for a bet, but that comes after form study which is the bedrock of the approach. So the rules keep them disciplined and sticking to clear criteria.
The results during our three month trial were very good, with a profit of 161 points made to advised prices.
The Betfair SP results ended up pretty close to the advised prices, with a profit of 147 points made.
It should be noted that the average stake during our trial was 7 points per bet, meaning that to 1 point stakes the profit would have been approximately 23 points profit.
That is still pretty decent however and came at a very respectable return on investment of 21% and strike rate of 32% (including placed horses).
Below you can see the results for the trial in graph format:
As you can see, although there were a few ups and downs it made a solid profit overall.
It’s a pretty simple service to follow, with an average of just one bet per day – although as with most horse racing services that tends to mean more on weekends and less earlier in the week.
Overall then we are pleased to award The Strict Rule System a PASSED rating after a successful three month trial.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: A pretty simple service to follow with an average of around one bet per day, normally sent out late at night for the next day’s racing.
Availability of prices: There was not much of a problem in getting the advised prices and the Betfair SP results ended up pretty similar to the advised price results, with just 14 points difference between them.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 32% (including placed horses), which is a pretty good level to have maintained.
Advised Betting Bank: A 500 point betting bank is advised for following the service, which we think could be a little on the low side given that there has been a month with a loss of 165 points in the past. With staking at 7 points per bet on average, we would think a 700 point bank would be more suitable here.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are€25/week, €47/month or €109/quarter.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
With a solid profit of 161 points made during our trial at a return on investment of over 20%, The Strict Rule System has proved its mettle and earned a PASSED rating from us.
It’s a nice simple service to follow and with a good strike rate of over 30%, there is a good deal to like about the service.
This is one we will be keeping an eye on for the long run to see if it can maintain a strong body of results.
The results at Betfair SP having been holding up well against the advised prices, with 53 points profit made since our last update and 137 points profit made overall.
Just another reminder that the staking here is quite high with an average of 7 points per bet, meaning that they would be approximately 21 points up at one point level stakes. But that is still very good and has been achieved very steadily over our trial.
Horse racing tipster The Strict Rule System has been on good form since our last update just over a month ago, with 76 points profit made at advised prices in that time.
That means they are now 77 points up at advised prices for our trial overall.
At Betfair SP they are actually doing slightly better, with 96 points profit made since our last update and 84 points profit made for the trial overall.
As we mentioned last time, the staking is between 4 and 10 points per bet, with the average being 7 points, so that is worth bearing in mind when looking at the results.
Still, good stuff from them and let’s hope for more of the same going forward.
It’s been an up and down start to our trial of horse racing service The Strict Rule System, which went into big profit early on but has since fallen back to be just 1 point up so far at advised prices.
At Betfair SP it is actually in deficit for our trial, with 12 points lost so far.
The staking system utilises staking between 6 and 10 points placed on each selection, so that is worth bearing in mind when looking at the results (please note this update previously had Tipstrr’s staking which is unit based on £/€/$ etc so that was not the staking system used by the service itself, which as we say is 6-10 points).
Most of the bets come in Irish racing which is unusual but nice to have a bit of variety as most of the services we follow concentrate on UK racing.
So things pretty much even here so far but early days and plenty of time to get moving in the right direction again.
Today we are going to take a look at a new tipster from the reputable Tipstrr platform and this one is called theStrict Rule System.
It is a horse racing service and although we don’t get details of what the rules behind the system actually are, apparently it is run by a guy called Edward, whose trialled and tested horse racing system has become a staple of the Tipstrr platform.
Edward likes to prioritise helping members improve their level of knowledge with regards to horse racing and giving them all the tools they need to win.
The system appears to work very well, with close to 1800 points profit made since the service started around a year ago.
That has been made with a return on investment of over 17% which is pretty decent and the strike rate is over 32%, which is fairly solid.
There is certainly something to be said for strategies that follow clear rules as it takes out the element of human emotion and bias that can affect the objectivity of some gamblers.
Whether it ends up making profit under live trial conditions remains to be seen but we will find out soon enough.
So we will kick off a standard three month trial and will report back soon on how things are going.
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We’ve been saying this quite a lot lately but sadly another service has been discontinued before we have even finished our review of it.
Rod’s US Runners was actually doing well at the time of our last update, with 172 points profit made to that point, but hit a bit of a tough run and it was agreed my mutual consent between Rod and Betting Gods to close both his US Runners service and his main Rod’s Runners service.
So this is another one to add to the FAILED/DEFUNCT pile unfortunately and another reminder of just how rare those really good systems and tipsters are that stick around for the long term.
It just goes to show once again the importance of having patience and a sufficient betting bank to cover the losing streaks. They will happen from time to time even with the best tipsters.
Hopefully the recent form is just a blip and Rod will get back to winning ways shortly.
As with the main Rod’s Runners service, there are a high quantity of bets with this service, so you need to set aside some time each afternoon/evening to place the bets – and have a decent sized bank too.
But from what we’ve seen so far this is looking very impressive and every bit as good as Rod’s main service.
The nice thing about betting on US racing is that it gives you something to focus on after UK racing has finished, with betting going on late into the evening.
And the US Racing market could really open up now that gambling can be legalised in US states, so we could well see more interest and liquidity on the markets and that should be good for those wagering on the geegees stateside.
Whilst the results have been amazing, it should be noted that Rod goes for big priced winners, meaning there are some extended losing streaks to contend with. So you need a big bank and some patience if you are going to follow the service.
If that is you, then this is looking like a top notch service based on what we have seen so far during our trial.
The recent US Supreme Court decision to legalize gambling in the US has opened up a whole new market for punters that has until recently been very restricted.
The decision means that individual states in the US can choose to allow people to legally gamble in their territory and it looks like most states will be doing so.
So the result means that we should see much more betting activity on US horse racing and there should be the kind of liquidity we see on UK and Irish racing in time.
Certainly a number of the big UK bookmakers like William Hill and Ladbrokes are already eyeing up big opportunities in America and staking their ground.
All of this looks like good news for punters and with more coverage and liquidity it is likely we will see more tipsters focusing on US racing, as at the moment there is somewhat of a dearth of top quality on American racing.
One tipster who has staked out an early claim to lead the pack is Rod’s US Runners, from the Betting Gods stable.
If you familiar with Betting Gods then you may have come across Rod before, as he already runs the very successful Rod’s Runners service that has been averaging around £1,000 profit per month to date. Now he has decided to launch this service focusing specifically on US racing.
Having started up in December 2017, Rod has made an impressive 270 points profit, which equates to over £460 profit per month to just £10 stakes.
That has been achieved with a return on investment of over 44%, which is quite exceptional.
The strike rate is a little on the low side at 14% but that is because Rod focuses on picking out longer-odds selections at 10/1 and above.
There are quite a few selections – 4 or 5 per day normally – so you have to be ready to be fairly active with your betting.
The nice thing about a service focusing on US racing is that after your day of UK horse racing betting is over you can then turn to the US to enjoy some more action!
Anyway, this is looking like a very promising service and as we say it would be nice to have a profitable service on US racing as we don’t have any here yet at Honest Betting Reviews.
So we will commence a trial today and report back soon how things are going.
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Centaur Planet is a horse racing tipster from the BetInfo24 stable of tipsters and the service had won their tipping competition a number of times.
Coming into our trial their results looked promising, with 75 points profit made at a return on investment of 19% and a strike rate of 17%.
However, sadly this was one of those trials where everything that could go wrong did go wrong.
They ended our three month trial 57 points down, which actually meant losing the entire advised 50 point betting bank.
In these circumstances we have no choice but to award the service a FAILED rating unfortunately.
It is another example of how difficult this tipping game is and that things can go badly wrong at times despite the best of intentions.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: A pretty simple service to follow with an average of around two bets per day, normally sent out late at night for the next day’s racing.
Availability of prices: There was not much of a problem in getting the advised prices and the Betfair SP results ended up pretty similar to the advised price results, with just 3 points difference between them.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 15%, which was actually only slightly below the long term average of 17%, but even so the service still struggled badly during our trial.
Advised Betting Bank: A 50 point betting bank is advised for following the service, which clearly was not enough and was more than wiped out. It is another example of an insufficient betting bank being advised, which we see quite often unfortunately. A 100 point bank should be advised as a minimum.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £1 for the first 7 days then £28.99/month, £69.99/quarter or £189.99/year.
OVERALL VERDICT: FAILED
For horse racing tipster Centaur Planet it was something of a nightmare trial, with 57 points lost and a complete bank wipeout.
Unsurprisingly it is therefore a FAILED rating for them on this occasion and one we will be giving a miss.
Just shows once again how hard the tipping game is and that only a select few can make it work long-term.
It’s been a tough start to our trial of Centaur Planet Racing Tips from the Bet Info 24 tipster stable, with 18 points lost so far at advised prices after one month of our trial.
After having recently started a trial of a new horse racing tipster called the VIP Service from the BetInfo24 tipster stable, we are going to take a look at another promising tipster from that stable.
This one is called Centaur Planet Racing and has been providing tips since December 2017.
The service is run by one of the leading players from their Tipping competition. They continually churn out profits month after month by backing value selections with a high level of consistency
This tipster has won BetInfo24’s tipping competition a number of times and continues to prove himself as a professional horse racing tipster and leading expert in the industry.
To date they have managed over 75 points profit at a return on investment of 19% and a strike rate of 17%. That has equated to an average payout of £354 per month, which is not a bad little extra income.
There are around 3 tips per day on average, so a pretty manageable workload.
This looks like a promising tipster and we are looking forward to see how it gets on during our trial.
So on that note, we will kick things off on a three month trial. We have actually been receiving tips for over a week so will record results from when we started receiving tips.
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It’s been a year since we started following Exponential Bet so we thought it would be a good time for an update on how they have been doing.
We completed our original review back in February and awarded them a PASSED rating after they finished with a profit of 33 points at the end of our three month trial.
So how have they have been doing since our review ended?
Well, they have added quite a lot of new features and betting strategies since then – but more on that below. We will concentrate on their original “Dutch Betting” as that was what our original review was based on.
Just as a reminder, their Dutch Betting strategy is basically a system where you are backing multiple horses in the same race, either in singles or multiples. It is a very high strike rate service and only takes a couple of minutes per day to place the bets.
In terms of results, the Dutch Betting has continued to perform very well, with the bank for the Dutch multiple bets having increased from £1200 to £1400 since our review ended, with an amazing 95% strike rate. Their Value Dutch Bets and Singles are also showing a profit, which is good to see.
So overall this is doing exactly what it says on the tin and continuing to slowly and steadily build a bank with very little downside and a minimal amount of work involved.
We are happy therefore to maintain our PASSED rating for Exponential Bet’s Dutch Betting systems and feel that this is a service well worth checking out.
As we mentioned earlier though, they have added quite a few new betting systems since our original review ended and these look very interesting.
Theirin-play betting system, for example, has made over £620 profit from just £10 bets with a 56% strike rate since starting up in March. Although still in beta version this looks very promising indeed and we will be starting a review of it shortly, so watch out for that.
Exponential Betis a suite of various betting systems for horse racing and football.
The service is run by a guy called Ryan who has been a professional gambler for a number of years and he developed these systems after rigorous testing.
The idea of all the systems – as the name of the website suggests – is to grow a betting bank exponentially over time by using progressive staking.
Of course a staking system is only any use if the selections themselves are actually profitable – if they aren’t then no staking system can turn a losing approach into a winning one.
But if the selections are profitable then using a progressive approach, where you bet a percentage of your bank each time, can grow your bank dramatically over time.
For the purposes of this review, we were just looking at their horse racing dutching systems.
In essence with these systems you are betting on a number of different horses in the same race at combined odds which are very low, often 1.1 – 1.2.
So it is a little bit like laying the outsiders, but with better liquidity and not needing to lay at crazy odds of 100+ which you need a lot of funds to do.
So how did the laying systems get on in our trial?
Well are pleased to say they did very well, churning out a solid 33 points of profit overall during our three month review.
All of the four systems ended in profit which was good to see and the strike rate was extremely good at 93%.
The service utilises an unusual method of betting that involves using the BSP multiples service, which is on the old Betfair interface. It can take a little getting used to but there are instructions on the Exponential Bet website.
One of the problems with using BSP multiples is that it doesn’t record your bet results in your Betfair bet history, so it can be a little more work than usual keeping track of your results.
But Ryan updates you daily by e-mail so that helps with things.
One point to bear in mind is that if you are following all four of the dutching systems then you will need four separate betting banks, so make sure you have enough funds available to do that.
Overall though we were impressed by the service and can see that over time the banks could really grow.
We are happy to give this a PASSED rating based on our three month trial and will keep an eye on things to see if the banks do continue growing over time.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: As we say, placing the bets takes a little bit of getting used to but once you have got the hang of things it shouldn’t take too long each day to place the bets. The selections are usually sent out late morning and then you just go to the BSP multiples page and it takes a few minutes normally to place the bets.
Availability of prices: As you are using the Betfair SPs, there is no issue with getting the prices as everyone will of course get the same prices.
Strike rate: The strike rate during the trial was 93%, which is excellent and means losing runs should be minimal with this service.
Advised Betting Bank: Different banks are advised for each service, but normally you are betting between 5% and 10% of your bank each time.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs for the four dutching systems (including the new Super Dutch system) are £29.99 per month, £148.99 for 6 months or £268.99 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Exponential Bet’sDutching Systems take an unusual approach to betting, but in a way we like that. It is tough to make a profit these days if you are just using age-old form reading, so we tend to favour approaches that take a different angle.
The results during our trial were solid, with 33 points profit made with a very high strike rate of 93%.
We can see that if those results were maintained in the long run, you could really build a bank in an exponential fashion like the service aims for.
So it is a PASSED rating from us and one we will keep monitoring to see if they can indeed continue to build those banks.
Please note at the bottom of the results spreadsheet you can see tabs for each of the dutching systems – D1, D2, D3, D4 Multiples and D4 Singles.
Good to see things moving along nicely here and if that continues then stakes will steadily build and the bank will grow towards some exponential returns.
Please note at the bottom of the results spreadsheet you can see tabs for each of the dutching systems – D1, D2, D3 and D4 Multiples.
The idea behind Exponential Bet is to place dutch bets so that you are covering multiple eventualities in the same race.
Plus you are using progressive staking, so you are using a fixed percentage of your bank (e.g. 10%) on each bet to hopefully grow your bank over time more quickly than if you were using fixed staking. If things go really well then the banks should grow exponentially – hence the name of the service.
It uses an unusual method of betting that involves the BSP multiples service, which is on the old Betfair interface.
One of the problems with that is that it doesn’t record your bet results in your Betfair bet history, so it can be a little more hard work keeping track of your results.
Anyway, a solid start from Exponential Bet and hopefully the bank growth will continue.
Here at Honest Betting Reviews we are always on the lookout for new and innovative approaches to betting.
Let’s face it, in this information age we live in, if you just go through old-school form reading to try and pick your bets, you are probably going to struggle.
You need to try and find some kind of new angle, a different approach to those being used by the vast majority of punters.
So when we were approached by a chap called Ryan lately about his new betting strategy, it piqued our interest.
Ryan runs the Exponential Bet website and his specialist approach to betting is to concentrate on growing a betting bank exponentially by using an incremental staking system.
Whilst the focus is on protecting the betting bank, the goal is to start with an initial betting investment and grow it into a substantial sum.
The staking system is built in to the betting systems themselves. This means that growing each betting bank is made as simple as possible for members of Exponential Bet.
Ryan uses his own betting and trading strategies as the basis for the service. These are the same strategies that he has developed over a number of years as a professional gambler to make a substantial income for himself.
He began developing his betting seriously back in 2009 and ran a betting website previously. In mid- last year Ryan decided to introduce his exponential betting systems, and added a PDF ebook to ebay to test the water. Surprised at the take up of the product he then launched the Exponential Bet website last November, only recently adding a subscription service.
The results published on the website look highly impressive, with one of the systems showing a 296% bank growth in 2 months and another showing a 617% bank growth in 8 months.
Those results have been achieved with a very high strike rate that allows the bank to increase significantly on long winning runs.
There are three different strategies on the website for members to potentially get involved in. They are:
– Pre-Race Trading (horse racing)
– Dutch Betting (horse racing)
– Football Betting tips
In case you aren’t aware, there is a full guide to what dutching is here, but basically it is where you back multiple selections in the same race or event. This gives you a greater chance of finding the winner but obviously also reduces your potential profits. In essence it is about reducing the margin for error.
This looks like a really interesting approach to betting and we are looking forward to seeing how it gets on during our review.
Our trial will commence on Tuesday 31st October and will run for three months as standard.
We will update results here regularly so you can see how things are going.
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The VIP Serviceis a high strike rate horse racing service focusing on backing favourites, many of them at odds-on.
It is an unusual approach to betting to back odds-on shots, but statistically it makes sense in that the favourite-longshot bias means you get better value backing at shorter odds and the value gets worse the higher the odds are.
Coming into our trial the performance of the VIP Service seemed to back that up, with a strong return on investment of over 25%.
However, unfortunately during our trial they weren’t able to achieve the same high strike-rate as previously, with the hit rate for our trial coming in at 56% versus 77% previously.
That meant they finished with a loss of 4 points at advised prices at the end of our three month trial, which isn’t the end of the world but was a little disappointing not to have made a profit.
So we feel the only fair verdict here is a NEUTRAL rating, as although they finished in deficit it was only a small one in the end.
We will keep an eye on things to see if results improve over the long term and they can back to that higher strike rate of over 75%.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: A pretty simple service to follow with a low bet volume of only a few bets per week, normally sent out late at night for the next day’s racing.
Availability of prices: There was not much of a problem in getting the advised prices and the Betfair SP results ended up pretty similar to the advised price results, with just 2 points difference between them.
Strike rate: As we mentioned above, the strike rate for the trial was 56%, which is below where it needed to be to generate a profit.
Advised Betting Bank: A 10 betting bank is advised for following the service, which seemed too low to us and could be in jeopardy if they hit a losing run, so we used a 25 point bank instead.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £39.99/month, £99.99/quarter or £249.99/year.
OVERALL VERDICT: NEUTRAL
The VIP Serviceis a high strike-rate horse racing tipping service that focuses on backing favourites.
It takes a selective approach to betting but unfortunately wasn’t able to generate a profit during our trial, finishing 4 points down in the end.
Given it wasn’t far off finishing level for the trial, we are awarding this a NEUTRAL rating and it is one to keep a watching brief on for the time being.
At Betfair SP it is a similar picture, with 3 points lost since our last update and 4 points lost for the trial overall.
This is a high strike-rate service that tends to tip hot favourites (often at odds-on), which is traditionally quite a tough way to make long-term profit but it can be done so we are hopeful they will get moving in the right direction over the remainder of the trial.
It’s been a quiet start to our trial of horse racing tipster The VIP Service, as we are currently level at advised prices after one month of following the tips.
At Betfair SP it’s a very similar story, with just one point lost so far in the trial.
This is a service that focuses on strong favourites, many of which are odds-on. That is often a tough approach to generate a profit from but they seem to have managed it well based on the results published on the website.
At the end of the day it’s all about finding value, even that is at short odds. Let’s see whether we have some positive news to report on them having done that by the time of our next update.
Today we are going to take a look at the first in a series of tipsters from the BetInfo 24 tipster stable.
This is a new tipster platform we haven’t looked at yet, but it seems like they have some promising tipsters on their books.
At the moment there are six tipsters – all of them horse racing – with more on the way apparently.
The first one we are going to take a look at it is called The VIP Service and is a high strike-rate approach primarily backing favourites.
They have achieved a 77% strike rate so far, with an impressive return on investment of 25%.
When taking a look at the results you can see that most of the selections are odds-on, with the highest tending to be at the 15/8 level.
So to have achieved such a high return on investment by backing primarily odds-on shots is quite an achievement.
According to the BetInfo24 website, the service originated back in 2016 by a chap called Matt who runs the very popular TPS Ratings service. He found that his unique ratings were throwing up some very highly rated, short priced favourites that were producing an exceptional strike rate. BetInfo24 found that these VIP selections were making a good return on investment, in fact it far outweighed any bank, savings or stocks and shares accounts.
It is billed as a high staking service, with the results using £500 per bet having made over £16,000 profit to date. Although as with any service, you can use whatever stakes you please and the main thing is how main points profit they make.
And from that perspective they look to be performing very well so far.
So we are looking forward to testing this one out and have in fact been receiving selections for a week or so now so will record results from when we started receiving the tips.
Anyway, without further ado we will kick off the trial and will report back soon on how things are going.
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Back in January we completed a review of Rod’s Runners (which you can view below), a horse racing tipster who goes for big priced winners
Here at Honest Betting Reviews we like to continue following services to check that they carry on warranting passed ratings.
So having continued to monitor Rod’s Runners, we can report that it has performed excellently since our review ended too, racking up another 520 points profit.
All in all since we have been proofing the tips, Rod’s Runners has made over 740 points profit, which would be over £7,400 profit to just £10 stakes.
That includes hitting a 110/1 winner at Betfair SP just the other day, and comes on the back of a number of massive-priced winners including at 60/1 and 33/1.
As we said in our original review, this is a service you need a big bank and good nerves to follow, as they target long-odds shots so the strike rate is lower than with some other services.
But if you are comfortable with that then you could be enjoying some fantastic returns with this one.
It is looking like this could become one of the very best tipsters out there if it can continue producing these kind of results over the long term and we will be following it with interest.
Rod’s Runners is a horse racing tipster from the reputable Betting Gods platform.
We have completed a three month trial of the service and it has been a roller-coaster ride to say the least!
At one point we were 172 points down at advised prices, only for things to turn around and finish with a profit of 221 points.
You can see how topsy-turvy the trial was in the graph below:-
At Betfair SP we were actually 260 points down at one point, which would have been the entire advised bank gone!
For some people, a wild ride like that would be too much and they would not have stayed with the service, but it does show you the importance of a long-term approach to betting.
The service is very high volume, with an average of 20 bets per day, so you need to dedicate the time to placing those bets.
Overall we have awarded Rod’s Runners a PASSED rating as it did finish with a profit of 221 points which is very good, but this is a service that will not be to everyone’s tastes.
Firstly you need to have a large betting bank and a tolerance for long losing runs, as the strike rate is low at just 10%. Then as we say, you need to have time to place an average of 20 bets per day.
If you are willing to accept both of those things, then the rewards for following Rod’s Runners have been high so far and clearly he does seem to have an edge on the market in identifying value horses.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: As we say it is quite a time-consuming service to follow with around 20 bets per day. Usually there is an evening e-mail with the selections for the next day, plus a morning one with further selections for that day.
Availability of prices: There is generally not too much stress on prices early on, but over the course of the day they do tend to get pushed in, so it is advisable to get your bets on as early as possible. There was a big difference between the advised prices and Betfair SP results, with the latter returning 79 points versus 221 with the former.
Strike rate: The strike rate during the trial was 10%, which is quite low and there were some long losing streaks to contend with – some 30 and 40 bet losing streaks for example.
Advised Betting Bank: A 250 point bank is advised for following the service, but we felt that was quite a bit too low given that we went 172 points down at advised prices and 260 points down at Betfair SP. We think a 400 point bank should be used when following the service.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £1 for the first 30 days then £39.95 per month, £99.95 per quarter or £479.95 for a lifetime subscription.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Rod’s Runners is one of those services that won’t be to everyone’s tastes.
You need to have a high tolerance for risk and be able to endure long losing runs and drawdowns in your bank if you want to follow the service.
At the same time, you will need the time to be able to place around 20 bets per day, which can take upwards of half an hour.
If you have these things, then the rewards can be very high, as we saw during our trial with a final total of over 220 points profit.
So ultimately it is a decision for you as to whether this is the sort of service that will suit your betting tastes, but based on the results of the trial overall we are happy to award Rod’s Runners a PASSED rating.
There are two main things to note from the progress of Rod’s Runners so far.
The first is that given the fairly horrendous results experienced by the service from the start of our trial in mid-September until the end of October, most punters would have abandoned the service at that point.
At the end of October we were over 170 points down to advised prices and over 250 points down at Betfair SP.
With a bank of 250 points advised for the service, that would actually be the entire bank gone if you were backing at Betfair SP.
So as we say, the vast majority of punters would have long left the service by that point.
However, in a remarkable turnaround, Rod has managed to recover all the losses at advised prices and is now level at advised prices.
At Betfair SP he has recovered to 106 points down.
So the second point is that any punters who did stick with Rod would have been rewarded by winning back most, if not all, of their losses.
It shows you therefore the importance of taking a long-term approach and having a big enough betting bank.
For most gamblers it would be simply too much to stomach a 150-250 point loss and that is understandable. But the more hardy ones can be rewarded sometimes as we have seen here.
In any event, it seems clear that the service is not practical to follow at Betfair SP so only those with access to multiple bookie accounts should consider this service.
Hopefully the positive run will have continued by the time of our next update.
The only small piece of good news so far is that we are doing a little better at Betfair SP than at advised prices, with 51 points lost so far.
This is a very high volume service, with over 300 bets placed so far after just three weeks, so it is easy to see how losses (and conversely profits) can stack up very quickly.
Hopefully by the time of our next update we will be able to report that it is profits rather than losses that are stacking up.
Today we are commencing a new trial of a horse racing tipster here at Honest Betting Reviews.
The service in question is called Rod’s Runners and comes from the reputable Betting Gods stable of tipsters.
Having followed horse racing since his days at university, Rod has apparently gone from amateur punter to professional gambler after spending years perfecting his craft and spends many hours each day studying the form.
We are particularly excited by this trial as the results achieved to date look pretty outstanding.
Since launching at the beginning of May, Rod’s tips have made a whopping £950 per month profit to just £10 stakes!
That is pretty incredible and although over a short period of time, is one of the highest points totals we have ever seen.
The return on investment of the tips so far is over 25% which is excellent going. The strike rate is quite low at a tad over 15%, which indicates this is a service that looks for long-odds winners.
And so the results confirm this, with plenty of winners at 20/1+
What is interesting to us about that is the possibility of good results being achievable at Betfair SP, since at long odds you tend to get better value at BSP.
Of course if the tips become really popular then this may become negated somewhat.
In any event, it is worth investigating under a live trial and to see how prices hold up, so we will kick off a three month trial of this asap.
Just a warning that it is quite a high volume service, with 5-10 bets per day, so be ready for that if you do sign up.
Anyway, should be an interesting trial either way and we are keen to get going on this. Results will be posted here periodically.
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