TheSuper Sports Capperis a multi-sports service from Betting Gods. It covers NBA, NFL, and major UK football and European basketball which is quite a wide variety of events from around the world.
It operates in fairly niche markets like players to score above a number of points or have a certain number of shots on target in a game.
We followed the service for six months which gave us a very good sample size of over 470 bets.
In that the Super Sports Capper made an excellent 97 points profit, which represented a return on capital (or bank growth) of 127%.
The strike rate was high at 60%, meaning well over half the bets were winners. And the return on investment was also strong for a strike rate that high, at 11%.
It was pretty steady progress throughout the trial, as you can see in the graph below:-
That’s just the kind of profit graph we like to see.
The only issue we experienced with the service was the odds availability, with the markets tipped on being very niche.
There were some instances where the odds were quite sensitive, although this didn’t happen every time and in some cases it was only by a few ticks.
So in our experience it didn’t make a huge difference to results, but is worth bearing in mind if you are thinking of following the service.
It might be reasonable for example to expect up to 20% less profit than the official results. You might end up doing better than that if you have access to a wide variety of bookies accounts and act very quickly, but setting expectations at the outset to miss some of the advised prices is probably a good idea.
In any event, even allowing for some price sensitivity the results are still excellent and we are happy to award this service a PASSED rating after a strong six month trial.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The bets are normally sent out in the morning around 8-10am UK time, although there are sometimes a few bets later in the morning. With 2-3 bets per day on average it’s not too onerous, although with the markets being very niche it can take a while to find them sometimes.
Availability of prices: As mentioned above, some of the prices did get punted in, so it would be realistic to expect to take a few ticks lower than the advised prices in some cases.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 60%, which is very good and meant a high proportion of winnings bets throughout the trial.
Advised Betting Bank: A 75 point betting bank is recommended for following the service, which seems a bit small to us as the average stake is around 2 points per bet. We think a 100 point bank would be more appropriate for following this service.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are £1.99 for first 15 days then £37 per month.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Super Sports Capper is a multi-sports tipster operating in a variety of niche betting markets. It made an impressive 97 points profit during our trial, with strong metrics of a 60% strike rate and 11% ROI.
The only slight issue with the service is price availability due to the unusual markets it operates in, but we wouldn’t say that was too severe by any means.
Even allowing for a slight adjustment for that, the results were still excellent and it’s well worthy of a resounding PASSED rating from us.
Just a word on odds availability as this is some of the markets tipped in are very niche with this service. Taking today for example there were two tips sent out around an hour and a half ago.
On one bet the best odds available to us are 1.83, which was the advised price (not having access to Ladbrokes Australia which has the best advised odds of 1.87), so that is good.
On the other bet the advised price was 1.83 (or 1.86 if you have access to Sportsbet Aus), and we are currently able to obtain odds of 1.80.
So pretty good price availability there, although not quite the advised prices. Acting more quickly of course you may have been able to achieve the top prices, but this gives a snapshot around an hour and a half after tips were released.
There have been a wide variety of sports covered over the last month including NBA, football, AFL, tennis and rugby.
Normally we’d say it’s tough to make a profit across so many sports but this tipster is managing it so far with considerable success. Let’s see if that continues.
As we mentioned when commencing the review, this service bets in very niche markets like player and team points. As such prices can be quite sensitive.
For example, when looking at today’s two selections – one of them was under 2.5 tries for a certain team, advised at 1.80 at B365 and that is still available a couple of hours after the tip was sent out.
However, for the other tip, which is a team points total, the tip was for under 25.5 points at advised odds of 2.00 but now the odds are 1.72 and the line is under 24.5 points.
So quite a significant shift on the second tip – that is something to watch out for as the trial progresses in terms of the availability of the odds and the overall effect on profits.
Today we are starting a new review of an interesting multi-sports service from Betting Gods called the Super Sports Capper.
The service covers NBA, NFL, and major UK football and European basketball which is quite a wide variety of events from around the world.
The results to date look extremely impressive, with over 190 points profit made since starting proofing to Betting Gods in September 2020.
What stands out though are the metrics, with a return on investment of 25% at the same time as hitting a strike rate of 72%, which is a supreme combination. Usually with a strike rate that high you would expect the ROI to be below 10% and often below 5%, even for professional bettors. Whether that can be maintained in the long run remains to be seen of course.
The tips are provided by a chap called Allan who apparently spends his days studying team form, news, injuries, betting markets and multiple other factors to deliver a solid winning service. He says his own money goes on the bets as well – of course we would expect nothing less!
In terms of the average monthly profit, that has been over £900 so far which would be a great bit of extra income if it could be maintained.
One thing we note from looking at the results is that they bet in quite niche markets like players to score above a number of points or have a certain number of shots on target. So it will be interesting to see the availability of prices on those markets.
All in all it looks very promising though so we are eager to get this review going. As usual we will post updates here as we go along.
Geek – One who passionately engages in one or more things to extreme levels.
That’s the definition of a geek according to Urban Dictionary and seems about right to us.
In the case of The Basketball Geekthe description appears quite apt. They provide tips in a variety of basketball leagues around the world and clearly have an exceptional level of expertise.
The markets tipped include match odds, which cover the majority of bets, but also handicaps and over/unders.
After an extended 12 month trial they made an excellent 147 points profit, which represented a near tripling of the recommended 75 point betting bank.
Those results were achieved with a decent strike rate of 36% and a solid return on investment (ROI) of 9%.
We managed to gather an excellent sample size of over 1600 bets, so there can be no doubt that this tipster demonstrated a clear edge over the market during our review.
As you can see from the graph below, the profit was very steady throughout our trial, with a slight flattening out towards the end:
The only issue we could find with the service was odds availability, which we will deal with further below in our service breakdown.
In terms of the results at advised prices however, they were undoubtedly top class and it’s a definite PASSED rating for The Basketball Geek from us.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: It’s quite a high volume service with around 4-5 bets per day on average, so does require a little bit of work in following. Tips are sent out by email, usually around 8am UK time.
Availability of prices: As mentioned above, this was our main concern with the service as we did witness quite a bit of pressure on prices during our trial. As many of the markets tipped in are quite niche, it doesn’t take a great deal of money to move them and we could see that in action here.
That’s not to say that prices moved in on every selection – on some occasions the advised prices were still available even a couple of hours after tips were sent out. And certainly having a Pinnacle and Bet 365 account would be a significant advantage if following this service. But even then, we would say that realistically it would be tough to always match the results at advised prices.
It would be realistic to expect your profits to be somewhere between 20-30% lower than the official ones we would say, if you have access to a decent number of bookie accounts and act quickly after tips are sent out.
That still leaves a very good profit though even taking this into account and certainly it is not a Hugh Taylor or Pricewise situation where odds are smashed in half instantly after being sent out.
Given the markets tipped in are fairly niche, it would not be practical to follow this service on Betfair, where some of the markets are not even available.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 36%, which is solid enough and meant steady returns throughout the trial.
Advised Betting Bank: A 75 point betting bank is recommended for following the service and that seems pretty fair to us, although you could use a 100 point bank to be on the safe side.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are £1.99 for first 15 days then £37 per month.
Or there are special offers of £39 for the first 3 months (then £37/month) or £59 for the first 6 months (then £37/month). Those costs are pretty reasonable given the results achieved to date.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
We haven’t come across many basketball tipsters in our time running Honest Betting Reviews but we are certainly glad we found this one.
With an excellent profit of 147 points during our 12 month trial, which represented a near-tripling of the betting bank, it’s a clear PASSED rating from us.
The only concern we have with the service is price availability as the markets tipped in tend to be quite niche, so it can be tough to match the advised prices on occasion. We think it is realistic to expect a slight reduction on the official results – perhaps 20-30% in total if you act quickly and have access to a fair range of bookie accounts.
Overall you should still be able to achieve close to the advised price results though, which as we say were excellent and well deserving of a passed rating for The Basketball Geek.
Just a reminder that bets come in leagues all over the world and in men’s and women’s basketball, so it can pay to have a wide variety of bookies’ accounts to cover all the bets, for example with Marathonbet, SBO Bet etc as well the traditional bookies like Bet365.
Anyway, hopefully we’ll see a return to winning ways for the Basketball Geek next month.
We are less than two months away from having a full year’s proofing of this service which is good to see and it has certainly stood up very well during a long term trial despite the recent dip.
A trend we are noticing on the tips is that prices with Bet365 tend to hold up better than with other bookies. Betfair Sportsbook can also hold its prices pretty well, as with one of today’s tips that was quoted at 3.0 and is still available at those odds.
Some of the other bookies prices tend to get pushed down more noticeably as these are quite niche leagues being tipped in. Overall though we would say it should be possible to obtain the advised prices or close to them on most tips.
We remarked last time on the pressure on prices after tips are released and this is becoming more of an issue.
If we take today for example, there are three selections. Two of the tips are on over/under points totals and the lines have moved by a couple of points with the bookies available to us. That is equivalent to the odds having dropped on those selections.
On the third selection, the advised price is still available with B365 over four hours after the tip was sent, which is good.
So there are certain instances where you may not be able to obtain advised prices, but it doesn’t happen every time. Certainly having Pinnacle and B365 would be an advantage if following this service. Overall though the profits have been so good that even missing out on a few prices here and there, you should still be well ahead.
Given the excellent results and popularity of the service there is some pressure coming in on prices now, so it is advisable to get your bets on as soon as possible after tips are sent out.
Normally there are multiple bookies quoted so there are options for getting your bets on, even if you don’t have B365 which tends to be top price quite often.
One aspect we like about this service (besides the profits, obviously!) is that the staking is all one point level-stakes, so easy to follow and no artificial inflating of results like some other services.
Well worth checking out, great stuff from the Geek.
Just a quick word on prices with this service. Generally we have found prices hold up pretty well, although there are some instances where the odds drop a little after tips are released.
For example, looking at today’s tips, there are three bets still to run.
There are two longer shots – one advised at 9.0 that is currently available at 9.5 with Paddy Power and Betfair Sportsbook and one advised at 3.5 that is still available at those odds with B365, BF Sportsbook and Redzone.
At the same time though, the other tip is an overs bet advised at 1.86 which is currently a best price of 1.73.
So it’s not as if there is an instant crash in prices or anything like that, but prices can move in on certain tips so it’s a good idea to get your bets on as soon as you can.
Anyway, good progress from this service which has been very consistent so far – just what we like to see.
Bets come in leagues all over the world and in men’s and women’s basketball, so it can pay to have a wide variety of bookies’ accounts to cover all the bets, for example with Marathonbet, SBO Bet etc as well the traditional bookies like Bet365.
A solid if unspectacular performance for our review so far, let’s see if they can kick on and really get going for the rest of our trial.
Geek – One who passionately engages in one or more things to extreme levels.
That’s the definition of a geek according to Urban Dictionary and seems about right to us.
Our next trial is of a service which actually refers to themselves as a geek – The Basketball Geek to be specific – and given their results, the name appears quite apt.
This is clearly someone who “passionately engages in one or more things to extreme levels” – and that is betting on basketball!
The results are testament to their knowledge and engagement with the sport, with a profit of over 190 points made since they started proofing to Betting Gods in November 2019.
That has been achieved with a more-than-decent ROI of 19% and an excellent strike rate of 56%, meaning a high proportion of the bets so far have been winners.
Most impressive of all, the advised betting bank of 75 points would have grown by over 260%, which means a substantial return on capital to date.
In terms of consistency that looks rock solid as well, with all eight months being profitable so far.
We can’t say we’ve bet on basketball much over the years but as we always say, if a service can make a profit we don’t really mind what it bets on – it could be tiddlywinks for all we care! If it is making a consistent profit then that’s all we’re looking for really.
It will make a nice change to try out a new sport in many ways so we are looking forward to testing this service out. We started receiving tips on 14th July so will record results from then. Check back here for regular updates on how things are going.
Here at Honest Betting Reviews we like to keep an eye on services after we have completed our final review of them and not just forget about them.
This particularly applies to services that have received a positive rating, because it’s important to ensure they are still producing positive results and justifying the original stamp of approval we gave them.
In that spirit we are taking a look at Premium Boxing Tips again, which is a service we reviewed back in 2019 (please see below). They kindly kept on sending us the tips after our original review ended so we have been able to continue proofing their results.
So over two years later, how have they been getting on – and do they still deserve the PASSED rating we awarded them back in 2019?
Results Update
Well we are pleased to report that they have remained profitable, adding another 66 points profit since our original review ended.
That means in total they have made 183 points profit since we started proofing their tips, which is well worthy of a continued PASSED rating.
The long-term ROI stands at a more-than-respectable 14% and the strike rate is very good at 66%.
The subscription costs are very reasonable at just £19 per month or £208 per year so you can’t complain from that point of view.
Although the profit has been steady rather than spectacular over the last couple of years (as shown in the profit graph below), any profit at all is commendable and when you take into account their ROI and strike rate stats the service actually stacks up pretty well against any other in terms of long-term performance.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Having followed Premium Boxing Tips for going on for two and a half years now, we are happy to maintain our PASSED rating of it, as the service has made a profit of 183 points in total since we started following it with a high strike rate and solid ROI.
Well worth checking if you are into your boxing, or even if you aren’t!
Premium Boxing Tips is only the second boxing tipster we have reviewed here at Honest Betting Reviews. Whilst a lot of money is gambled on the big fights in boxing, it is still quite a niche sport in betting terms when compared to the “big two” of football and horse racing.
However, perhaps that is a good thing because it opens up the potential for angles to exploit and value to be found where others aren’t paying so much attention.
That certainly seems to be the case with Premium Boxing Tips in any event, with an excellent profit of 117 points made during our trial.
That was generated with a return on investment of 40%, which is absolutely top-notch.
The strike rate was also a very healthy 76%, meaning long winning streaks and short losing ones, so really there was nothing not to like about the service!
Here you can see how steady the progress was during the trial:
You can tell from their very detailed write-ups that accompany the tips they really know their stuff, with an exceptionally in-depth knowledge of boxing.
Most of the tips are accumulators of doubles, trebles or four-folds (which they refer to as parlays) and they advise which bookmaker to place the bets with – in most cases it is Bet365. A lot of the fights are not the really big clashes like Joshua v Povetkin etc but lesser-known figures.
Overall it’s a pretty simple service to follow though and with results like these there is no question that this receives a PASSED rating – with bells on!
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The tips are normally sent out well before the fights are due to start, with some accas spread out over a few weeks. With an average of just 4 bets per week, there isn’t too much effort involved in following the tips either.
Availability of prices: We didn’t have too many problems getting the advised prices, most of the bets are advised with Bet365 but there are other bookies to choose from if you don’t have an account with them.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 76%, which is excellent and meant healthy bank growth during our trial.
Advised Betting Bank: We didn’t see any bank recommended but used a 250 point bank for the trial, which seemed adequate to us given the strike rate and staking.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are very reasonable given the results achieved at just £19 per month or £208 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Boxing is still quite a niche sport in betting terms but that opens up opportunities to find value for those in the know and Premium Boxing Tipsclearly demonstrated during our trial that they are in the know.
With an excellent profit of 117 points at a return on investment of 40% this passes our trial with flying colours.
So if you fancy a bet on the boxing or just want to add a high quality tipster to your portfolio, then Premium Boxing Tips certainly fits the bill.
So far here at Honest Betting Reviews we have only reviewed one boxing tipster in the four years we have run the site.
So it’s nice today to have another tipster to review and that is the aptly-named Premium Boxing Tips.
This is a service that’s been going for over three years and the results published on their website for that time look very good.
In that time they’ve made over 440 points profit at a return on investment of over 15%.
What we really like about the results though is the steady profit graph. This is the kind of smooth progress we love to see from a tipster:
If they could repeat that over the course of our trial (and beyond) they would certainly be a tipster worth adding to the portfolio.
One of their expert tipsters says that:
“I’ve been an avid follower of boxing for many years. The advent of fights broadcast and downloadable over the Internet has allowed me to study the sport in greater depth. I started gambling on boxing seriously around 8 years ago.”
Well that dedication seems to be working well based on the results published on their website but let’s see how they perform under a live trial.
So we will run our normal three month trial of this service and will report back here regularly on how things are going.
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We have completed our five month trial of Golf Forecast and here are the final results (i.e. for the diversified algorithm):-
Profit/Loss:
+713 points profit
Strike Rate:
10%
Bank Growth:
71%
ROI:
23%
Average number of bets:
20 bets per tournament
Cost:
£2.99 for first 7 days then £29.99 per month
VERDICT:
PASSED
Rating:
You can view full results here. (please note you can see the results for the two approaches plus the past results in the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet)
Golf Forecast – Full Review
We originally reviewed golf betting system Golf Forecast around five years ago, when it received a passed rating after notching up an impressive 172 points profit in that original trial.
Golf Forecast is a little different from most golf services as it is not a “tipster” as such but instead finds its selections via an algorithm. This algorithm is based on the Shotlink data that compiles a huge array of stats on each player and the strengths and weaknesses of their game.
Where the bookies’ odds are significantly above what the algorithm says they should be based on that data, the player then becomes a bet.
The algorithm also apparently uses machine learning to update itself and improve in light of new data.
After our original review of Golf Forecast finished in 2016, we kept an eye on the service for the next few years, during which time it continued to compile impressive profits. So we initiated a re-review back in November 2019, wanting to take a closer look at the results again as it seemed to be performing consistently well.
Unfortunately though it struggled somewhat in that re-review, losing 280 points. Such are the ups-and-downs of traditional golf betting unfortunately.
However, they then introduced a new approach – namely their “diversified algorithm.”
This idea behind this is to spread your risk across more golfers, backing around 20 players per tournament rather than the traditional approach of backing 4-5 golfers per event.
Anyone who has bet on golf or followed a golf tipster for any length of time will be accustomed to the huge swings you can experience, with long losing runs followed by a big winner – if you’re lucky that is. It can be tough on the nerves and require a lot of patience, as well as a massive betting bank, to weather the lengthy drawdowns.
The aim of this new “diversified model” is to smooth out those peaks and troughs and provide more regular returns.
Here they explain the difference between their two models:-
In theory you might think the diversified model is more risky as you are backing more golfers, but if you are spreading your stake across them in such a way that you are actually betting the same amount as you would when backing just five golfers, then in fact it is less risky and should smooth out the ride.
For example, if you are risking £100 per tournament you spread this across 20 golfers, meaning on a few of them you are just risking £5-6 each. This is the staking used in our results spreadsheet.
This smoother ride is borne out by the long-term results, which as you can see from the graph below shows a pretty smooth profit graph, without the big ups and downs normally associated with golf betting:-
Anyway, we commenced a fresh review at the start of this year looking at both the new diversified algorithm and the old approach – dubbed the “ROI algorithm.”
In truth we were more interested in how the diversified algorithm got on as it is a new, innovative approach to gambling on the golf and we were eager to see if it really could smooth out the big ups and downs you normally get with golf betting.
We are pleased to say that after five months of following it, the diversified algorithm did as advertised and produced a very healthy – and steady – 713 points profit.
If following the £100 per tournament approach, that translated into a decent £713 profit and bank growth of over 70%.
Whilst the strike rate was still on the low side at 10%, the ride was much smoother and less bumpy. The ROI was also excellent at 23%.
So in terms of the diversified algorithm, we are happy to award it a PASSED rating and we really like this new, more measured approach to golf betting that is less of a roller-coaster.
In terms of the traditional ROI model, unfortunately that did not perform so well and lost 711 points, which on top of the 280 points lost the previous year, means quite a hefty overall loss so it is not a strategy we would recommend following.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: As mentioned above, there are around 20 bets to place per tournament, so you have to set aside a fair amount of time to get the selections placed. You can either have the bets e-mailed to you or log in to the website to get them.
Availability of prices: We didn’t notice any particular issues with obtaining the recommended prices.
Strike rate: The strike rate for our trial was 10%, which is obviously low but it didn’t prevent a steady return during our trial. The long-term average is to produce a profit in every 2-3 events and in our trial there weren’t too many tournaments without a return of some kind at least.
Advised Betting Bank: In effect a 100 point bank betting bank is recommended for the diversified algorithm (or £1000 if betting £100 per tournament), which seems reasonable to us although a 150 point bank could be utilised to be on the safe side.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are £2.99 for first 7 days then £29.99 per month.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Golf Forecast is a service we originally reviewed back in 2016 and gave a passed rating to after a successful trial. We took another look at the service more recently but unfortunately it made a substantial loss in that trial.
Recently though they have introduced a new strategy – called the “diversified algorithm” – which involves backing around 20 golfers per event and aims to smooth out the big ups and downs you normally see with golf betting.
We are pleased to report that it managed to achieve that aim during our trial, notching up 713 points profit over the course of five months at an excellent ROI of 23% and warranting a PASSED rating.
Their more traditional approach of backing 4-5 golfers per event made a loss though so we would recommend focusing on the diversified algorithm if you are going to follow this service.
That diversified strategy looks very promising to us as a means to smooth out the roller-coaster ride of golf betting and make it a much smoother and more enjoyable journey!
It’s continued to be a mixed picture for Golf Forecast, with their diversified model having made £224 profit but the ROI model having lost £467 since our last update.
That means the diversified model is now £534 up but the ROI model is £617 down for our trial overall, so a net return of -£83.
You can view full results here. (please note you can see the results for the two approaches plus the past results in the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet)
Just to recap – the diversified model means spreading the risk across more golfers, backing around 20 players per tournament where as the ROI model means backing 4-5 golfers per event.
The aim of the diversified model is to smooth out the ups and downs of golf betting and it certainly seems to be doing that here, with steady progress made throughout our trial so far. That is looking like the model to follow at this point.
It’s been somewhat of a mixed month for Golf Forecast, with their diversified model having made 14 points profit (or £140 to £10 stakes) but the ROI model having lost 39 points (or £390 to £10 stakes) since our last update.
That means the diversified model is now 31 points up but the ROI model is 15 points down for our trial overall, so a net return of +16 points.
You can view full results here. (please note you can see the results for the two approaches plus the past results in the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet)
Just to recap – the diversified model means spreading the risk across more golfers, backing around 20 players per tournament where as the ROI model means backing 4-5 golfers per event.
In theory you might think the diversified model is more risky as you are backing more golfers, but if you are spreading your stake across them in such a way that you are actually betting the same amount as you would backing just five golfers, then in fact is is less risky and should smooth out the ride.
We are seeing that play out already in our review and would expect it to be the case over the long term too.
We are having something of a reboot of our review of Golf Forecast in 2021.
As you may recall, they didn’t perform too well during our trial last year losing 280 points, after having an excellent original trial back in 2016 when they made 172 points.
Such are the ups and downs of golf betting and having long losing runs followed by massive wins (or vice versa) are par for the course, if you’ll excuse the pun.
To counter this they have developed a new “diversified algorithm” which in layman’s terms means backing around 20 golfers per tournament rather than five.
The idea is to spread your stakes across a greater number of golfers to reduce the risk and produce a more consistent return.
At the same time they will still be running their previous model of backing 4-5 golfers per event – this is referred to as their “ROI algorithm” but is higher risk as we say and is more likely to have those big ups and downs.
There is a fuller explanation of the two approaches here:
So we are going to cover both approaches in 2021 and compare how they get on.
So far this year the results have been good for both, with the diversified model having made 17.5 points profit (or £174.70 to £10 stakes) and the ROI model making 24 points profit (or £241 to £10 stakes).
You can view full results here. (please note you can see the results for the two approaches plus the past results in the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet)
The main source of profits has been Harris English who won for both approaches at 30/1 and Kevin Na who won for the diversified approach at 60/1.
It will be interesting to see how that approach gets on and if it can smooth out some of the big swings normally seen with golf services.
They also have a separate strategy known as the “diversifying algorithm” (nothing to do with spread betting as we previously thought) which backs a lot more golfers each week (e.g. 15-20 per tournament). The idea is to reduce risk and smooth the curve as it were. We have been keeping an eye on that strategy and since it was introduced in mid-September it has made around 90 points profit, so quite a lot better than the main strategy.
Hopefully the main strategy can get back on track again soon – a big winner would certainly help!
We mentioned last time their new spread betting algorithm, which uses spread betting prices to help guide selections, but you still bet in the fixed odds markets with the bookies. Well the spread betting algorithm managed to pick out both winners last week – Jason Kokrak at 100/1 and Adrian Otaegui at 66/1, so seems to be working well. Although it does involve backing 15-20 players per tournament so is obviously more likely to pick out winners than backing 5-6 players per tournament.
Anyway, we will try to have a look at getting the results together for the spread betting algorithm and hopefully including those in future updates.
As we mentioned last time, it is worth bearing in mind that this service uses very high staking, with up to 14 points (7pts e/w) per bet recommended. So it looks a lot worse than if they were using 1 point e/w stakes for example.
Interestingly they have introduced a new “spread betting algorithm,” which as we understand it uses spread betting prices to help guide the algorithm, but you still bet in the fixed odds markets with the bookies.
The spread betting model has apparently produced a much smoother profit with less volatility though, which would be welcome, but involves backing a lot more players each week. We will keep an eye on that to see how it gets on anyway.
One of the reasons for the large drawdown lately is the high staking used, with up to 14 points (7pts e/w) per bet recommended. So it can really add up quickly when you hit a losing run.
As we always say with golf services however, just one winner can turn everything around when you are tipping at odds of up to 150/1. So let’s just hope they hit one of those soon.
They were quite unlucky with one of the their picks for the RBC Heritage, Abraham Ancer, who came up just short at 60/1 after Webb Simpson finished with a rash of birdies to deny him the title. That still resulted in a placed finish though and a nice profit of 33 points on Ancer.
With golf back in full swing now (if you’ll excuse the pun) and the European Tour back in action again it should be full steam ahead for the next few months.
It’s been a positive start to our re-review of Golf Forecast, with a profit of 37 points made so far after just over one month of following the selections.
There is a slight difference between our results and their published results as they had Lee Westwood placed at the Honda Classic where as we did not. The reason for that is the forecast table, and thus the tips, can be recalculated up until midnight on Wednesday. However, they send the tips email out on Tuesday morning. As such it’s possible that the bookies’ odds move and so their algorithm’s tips could change in that time. i.e. one of the previously tipped player’s odds shortened and Lee’s odd’s drifted, therefore Lee was better value.
We will stick with the tips we receive in the e-mail on Tuesday as our official results, although if you are member you are of course able to keep checking up until midnight on Wednesday to see if there are any further selections.
Anyway, either way it’s been a good start and the highlight was definitely Sungjae Im at the Honda Classic who they had a maximum five point each-way bet on at 33/1, which brought in 180 points profit.
Obviously now with the coronavirus golf is on hold for the time being and it looks like we may not get any more events until July. The Masters and PGA Championship have been postponed and no decision has been taken on the US Open yet, so let’s keep our fingers crossed that can go ahead at least.
Just over three years ago we did a review of a golf betting service called Golf Forecast (see below).
This service is a little different from most golf services however as it is not a “tipster” as such but instead finds its selections via an algorithm. This algorithm is based on the Shotlink data that compiles a huge array of stats on each player and the strengths and weaknesses of their game.
Where the bookies’ odds are significantly above what the algorithm shows they should be based on that data, the player then becomes a bet.
The algorithm also apparently uses machine learning to update itself and improve in light of new data.
The results during our original review back in 2016 were excellent, with a profit of 172 points made during our seven month trial.
Since then they have apparently also done extremely well, with over 700 points profit made at an ROI of over 35% – although we weren’t able to fully proof those results.
So we thought it would be well worth checking out the service again and seeing if it can continue the excellent results under a live trial – when we do proof the results.
As ever with golf services, beware the potential of long losing streaks as there was a drawdown of around 400 points in 2018-2019, so clearly a very big bank is required here (perhaps 1,000 points).
However, when the winners come along they can be massive, with 100/1+ winners having been landed before.
Let’s hope for more of the latter rather than the former during our re-review in any event. We will record results here periodically during our re-review.
Golf Forecast is a service that uses a complex algorithm to generate each-way selections for each week’s tournaments.
Their approach is an interesting one – basically they say that “no one really knows who is going to win any golf tournament.” What they can do though, using their algorithm, is find selections who offer value for the punter.
The algorithm is based on the Shotlink data that compiles a huge array of stats on each player and the strengths and weaknesses of their game. It then apparently uses machine learning to update itself and improve in light of new data.
We have written before on this website that we strongly believe computing power will be the future of betting and will become more and more sophisticated in the coming years.
So the question is, how well did the system work during our trial?
The answer is – pretty darn well!
Yes, we made 172 points profit during the trial, which was an astonishing 102% return on investment!
That is the highest we have ever recorded over a whole trial.
Now it is worth pointing out, as is nearly always the case with golf tipsters, that the results fluctuate wildly based on just one or two big priced winners.
For example, Thorbjorn Olesen winning the Turkish Open at 150/1 brought in a massive 188 points of profit. Without add, the trial would have actually finished in a loss.
Here are the results for the trial in graph format:
Things were bobbing along fairly steadily for most of the trial before a massive jump at the end.
As we say though, that is the way of things with golf betting – long losing streaks followed by big wins (hopefully!)
The only disappointing thing about the trial was that we had problems generating the selections early on in the trial (something wrong with the website apparently) and then later on there were problems accessing the website at all because the security certificate wasn’t up to date.
It is a shame there were those problems as the results were so good, no doubt people have been put off by those issues.
But presuming these technical issues can be ironed out, we are happy to give Golf Forecast a recommended rating and think there are definitely on to something with their algorithm-based approach. We feel it also warrants a place in our list of the best golf tipsters.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: You have to log in to the website to find the selections and it can be a little cumbersome as you often need to click on the “forecasts” first before you click on the tips. Anyway, with only one to two tournaments per week, it is a pretty low workload overall.
Availability of prices: They don’t actually quote prices as such, but we recorded the best price available from the main bookmakers on Oddschecker on a Wednesday.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 12%, which is pretty standard for golf and means you will need a large betting bank and quite a bit of patience when following the service.
Advised Betting Bank: There was no betting bank advised, but we used a 300 point bank, which was never in danger during the trial.
Subscription costs: Subscription costs are an incredibly low £1.99/month, £6.99/year or £22.99/lifetime.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Golf Forecast is an innovative betting service that uses an algorithm to generate selections.
It performed very well during our extended seven month trial, generating over 170 points profit at a return on investment of over 100%.
There were a couple of technical issues with the website which was a shame as otherwise this looks to be a high quality service.
Certainly when you bear in mind how cheap it is at just £22.99 for a lifetime subscription, then there is a lot to like about Golf Forecast.
Presuming the technical issues have been ironed out, we are happy to give it a recommended rating and will watch its progress with interest.
The Golf Forecast website is still having problems with its security certificate, which is a shame because if you had been able to access their tips then you would have landed at 150/1 winner today in the shape of Thorbjorn Olesen at the Turkish Airlines Open.
That takes them to 173 points up for our trial overall.
This shows once again in golf betting how one winner can make such a huge difference.
We hope that they do sort out their security certificate soon so that the website is readily accessible as it seems like they have a decent betting service here.
Things have moved on steadily for Golf Forecast, who have made 24 points profit since our last update to sit at 32 points in profit for the trial overall.
They had a good winner in the shape of Henrik Stenson at the BMW International Open at 10/1 and a good place finish on Ben Martin last week at the John Deere Classic at 125/1.
The only problem we have had so far is that the website does not always update to show you the week’s tips.
That may be because there aren’t any or may be because the system isn’t working properly, but it would be good to know either way and it might be an idea for them to supply the tips by e-mail in future to avoid such issues.
As is normally the case with golf betting, you often go a long time without a winner and need a lot of patience during these periods.
This has been the case here and although we haven’t had a winner yet, we have had a few good placed finishes, most notably Ken Duke at the Players Championship at 50/1 for the place (200/1 for the win).
There were unfortunately some teething problems with the website and some weeks we had trouble finding the tips for the tournaments, but thankfully these issues appear to have been sorted now.
Hopefully we will hit a winner soon, but in the meantime they have done well to be in profit so far.
Donkey Lays is a service from the Pro Betting Club stable of tipsters and lays horses to lose in the win and place markets on Betfair.
Horses are only a selection if the odds are below 4.0 in the place market on Betfair at the off – if they are below 4.0, then you lay them in the win and place market. It’s a case or both or neither.
Whilst the cut-off of 4.0 does limit the liabilities somewhat, it can still allow horses to be laid in the win market at quite high odds, so a decent sized bank is required if following this service.
We have been running Honest Betting Reviews for over six years now and have found very few good laying services in that time, with notable exceptions like Little Acorns.
So when we came across Donkey Lays which had some promising results coming into our trial, we had a mixture of scepticism and hope.
Scepticism because we have seen many promising laying services in the past that only turned out to be disappointing in the end, but hope that this time might be different…
It is strange in a way that there aren’t more good laying services out there, as in theory it should be possible to make a profit from it in the same way as you can from backing.
In any event, we ran a three month trial of Donkey Lays and in that time there was a good sample size of 428 lay bets.
As we say, some of the lays can be at quite high odds on the win part of the bet and in fact the trial started off with an unsuccessful lay at odds of 18.0, thus dropping 17 points on the very first bet. Not a great start!
Whilst that did not appear to auger well, it was actually the highest unsuccessful lay of the trial and things did improve considerably from there.
In fact we are pleased to report that the trial finished with a profit of 37 points, which is very commendable when you consider it was at one-point level stakes laying.
As you can see from the graph below, after a tough start they recovered nicely over the rest of the trial:
The only real issue we had was that – as mentioned in our review updates below – there were quite a large number of discrepancies between our results and the official Pro Betting Club ones (via the proofed-tipsters website).
This was a continual problem throughout our trial and we never really received an adequate explanation from the Pro Betting Club about it. They just said it was “A system error on the proofed tipsters page,” which didn’t really clarify things for us.
However, in terms of overall results, ours were actually somewhat better than the official ones (+37 points vs +21 points), so we don’t think it was a case of them trying to embellish the results or anything like that. It was just that for some reason the results didn’t appear to be reported accurately at their end.
That does give us cause for concern as any serious tipping platform or tipster site should be fastidious about the accurate reporting of their results. At the same time though, we don’t think it is fair to criticize Donkey Lays itself for that as the service made a healthy profit during our review.
So we are happy to award the service itself a PASSED rating as one of the very few laying services to have completed a successful review with us over the years, but with a proviso that we hope the Pro Betting Club can ensure the accurate reporting of results going forward.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: You have to log in to the site each morning to find the bets as they are not provided by e-mail. Generally we prefer it when tips are sent by e-mail as it is easier for members and means you are less likely to miss or forget about the tips, but we can understand some services opt for a log-in option as it is less likely for tips to be shared.
In any event, there are an average of 4-5 tips per day and if you are placing them manually you will need to check the place odds close to the off to ensure they are under 4.0. There is a bot you can set up (at extra cost) to place the bets though if you are not around to monitor the races during the day (which we imagine most people won’t be).
Availability of prices: As Betfair SP is used for recording purposes, there are no issues with obtaining prices.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 77%, which is a very good level and meant lots of winning bets throughout the trial.
Advised Betting Bank: We couldn’t find a specific betting bank recommended for this service, but used a 100 point betting bank for the purposes of this review.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are £39.50 per month or £89.50 per quarter.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
In over six years of operating this site we have found very few good laying services, so we are pleased to report that horse racing laying service Donkey Lays finished our three month trial with a profit of 37 points.
With a high strike rate of 77% and a decent ROI of 9%, the service is worthy of a PASSED rating from us.
The only issue we had were a number of discrepancies between our results and the official ones, although the official ones actually recorded a lower profit for our trial period so we don’t think it was a case of trying to embellish their results, it just seemed to be some kind of system error.
In any event, you can’t fault Donkey Lays for that as they just produce the tips, we just hope that the Pro Betting Club can improve their processes and ensure the accurate reporting of results going forward.
Just a reminder that horses are only a selection with this system if the odds are below 4.0 in the place market at the off. If they are, then you lay the horse in both the win and place markets.
That can mean you are laying at high odds in the win market in some instances (up to 18 so far for example), so a decent sized betting bank is recommended – we would say at least 150-200 points.
Anyway, good work from them over the last month – let’s see if it continues.
The trial started off in the worst possible fashion with the first lay being unsuccessful at odds of 18.0 – ouch! But they have fought back well, particularly over the last week or so to get themselves back level for our trial.
Just a note that there are couple of small discrepancies between our results and the official results, which we have notified the Pro Betting Club of. These make very little difference to the overall results (just one point in fact), just the odd selection that should/should not have been a qualifier according to the system rules.
Anyway, let’s see if there’s some positive progress from them over the next month.
We’ve probably all been there. A horse that runs like it’s only get three legs. Or is moving in quicksand. Or it’s actually a donkey.
Yep, those wretched selections that look like they couldn’t win a race if they ran every day between now and the next millennium.
Well the service we are starting a review of today specialises in finding those very horses. Strange, you may say, to target such beasts. But in fact they are betting on these horses to lose – phew!
Donkey Lays is a service from the Pro Betting Club stable of tipsters and lays horses to lose in the win and place markets on Betfair.
Horses are only a selection if the odds are below 4.0 in the place market at the off. Whilst that does limit the liabilities somewhat, it can still allow horses to be laid in the win market at 18.0, so a decent sized bank is required if following this service.
Donkey Lays has been running for five months now on the Pro Betting Club platform and each of those months so far has been profitable:-
– January 2021: +31.93 points
– December 2020: +16.3 points
– November: +46.09 points
– October: +28.81 points
– September: +44.11 points
So that’s 167 points profit in total.
The lays in the win market have had a 90% strike rate so far and the lays in the place market have had a 67% strike rate. Those are very solid figures and mean a high proportion of successful lays.
Now we should point out that of all the laying services we’ve tried here at HBR, only one is still standing after passing a trial and that is Little Acorns.
So it’s a tough discipline to succeed in but Donkey Lays looks promising enough to test out and see if it can break the mould.
Please note we started proofing on 1st February so will record results from then. As ever we will update results here as we go along.
Hidden Winners is a horse racing service from the Back Lucrative team, whose main service we previously reviewed and gave a passed rating to after it made over 100 points profit during our trial.
Their Hidden Winners service is based on backing horses in generally overlooked races like maidens and non-handicaps. These races tends to have limited useful information available on a racecard and shrewd punters, pundits and tipsters usually give them a miss.
This opens up opportunities to exploit, particularly away from the top end of the market where most money tends to go. This is what Hidden Winners aims to do, by using their years of experience at finding value in the market and identifying under-the-radar horses.
It’s an approach we liked the sound of and were eager to see how it would get on under live trial conditions, particularly as Michael and his Back Lucrative team have such a long track-record of success.
So how did it get on in our review?
We ran a full seven month review and it performed very well in that time, notching up 61 points profit at advised prices.
That was from backing selections win-only if they were below 7/1 and each-way if above that price. The strike rate was a solid 24% and the ROI was respectable at 7%.
That approach wasn’t profitable at Betfair SP however, with a loss of 18 points made for our trial.
There is an alternative method of following the selections though and that is backing them win-only. That method made 34 points profit at advised prices and 32 points profit at BSP.
Using the equivalent staking to the each-way method (i.e. 2 points per selection), that actually works out slightly better than the e/w method, with a profit of 68 points at advised prices and 64 points at BSP.
Obviously if you are betting win-only then the strike rate will be lower, so you will need a bigger starting bank and more patience, so it is up to the individual member to choose the strategy that is most appropriate for them.
Whichever method used however, Hidden Winners produced a healthy profit so we are happy to award it a PASSED rating. Another solid offering from the Back Lucrative team to consider adding to your portfolio.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: You have to log in to the site each morning to find the bets as they are not provided by e-mail. Generally we prefer it when tips are sent by e-mail as it is easier for members and means you are less likely to miss or forget about the tips, but we can understand some services opt for a log-in option as it is less likely for tips to be shared.
In any event, there are an average of two tips per day (with no tips on Sunday), so it’s quite an easy service to follow.
Availability of prices: There was a little bit of pressure seen on prices so it is advisable to get on the tips as quickly as possible. As stated above, the Betfair SP results finished in a small loss if going win-and-place, but made a profit if betting win-only. That is likely due to some of the higher odds selections which can often be much higher at BSP, thus providing a boost to the win-only results.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 24% (including placed horses) which is pretty solid and the losing runs weren’t too bad during our trial.
Advised Betting Bank: A 100 point betting bank is recommended if you are betting each-way, which seems fair to us. If betting win-only, a 200 point bank is recommend, which also sounds about right.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs at the time of writing are free for the first 7 days then £39 per month, £99 per quarter or £199 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Hidden Winners is a horse racing service that focuses on finding value selections in under-the-radar races such as maidens and non-handicaps.
It made a healthy 61 points profit if backing each-way or 68 points profit if backing win-only to equivalent staking. We are therefore happy to award the service a PASSED rating. Another solid offering from the Back Lucrative stable.
After being well behind the Betfair SP results are finally in profit, even if only by 2 points after a gain of 49 points since our last update.
The win-only results continue to move along nicely too with 49 points profit made at advised prices and 42 points profit at BSP. Please note you can see the win-only results in the second tab of our results spreadsheet.
Those results are to one point stakes where as the advised staking is to two points, so really in equivalent terms the win-only results are +98 points at advised prices and +84 points at BSP.
It seems pretty clear that it is not practical to follow the service at BSP (to win-and-place anyway), with the loss for our trial now standing at 47 points.
Interestingly though it is a much rosier picture at win-only, with a profit of 39 points made at advised prices and 24 points made at BSP. Please note you can see the win-only results in the second tab of our results spreadsheet.
Those results are to 1-point stakes where as the advised staking is to 2 points, so really in equivalent terms the win-only results are +78 points at advised prices and +48 points at BSP.
There is a bit of a gap opening up between the results at advised prices and BSP however, with the latter losing a further 12 points since our last update and now sit 27 points down.
We mentioned last time we would also be tracking the results at win-only rather than at the advised each-way staking and backing win-only continues to outperform, with a profit of 84 points made at advised prices and 27 points profit made at BSP at equivalent staking.
So it’s looking like win-only may be the way to go with this one, presuming you are OK with the longer losing runs and bigger bank needed of course.
There’s not been much change overall to the results for horse racing service Hidden Winners, with a loss of just one point at advised prices since our last update a month ago.
That means they are now 5 points up for our trial overall at advised prices.
At Betfair SP it was a more positive month, with 5 points profit made since our last update. That still leaves the service 15 points down at BSP for our trial overall however.
Just a note that these results are for backing at the advised staking, which is 2 point win if the odds are under 8.0 at the time the bet is advised, or 1 point win and 1 point place if the odds are over 8.0 at the time advised.
If backing just one point win on all selections, the profits at advised prices would actually be +22 points, so quite a bit better than the advised staking and also a higher ROI.
We will keep an eye on that to see if it is the way to go with these tips. Obviously you will have a lower strike rate if backing win-only so it will only be for the more patient followers, but could still be worth it overall.
It’s been a much tougher month at Betfair SP, with a loss of 36 points made since our last update. That means they are now 20 points down for our trial at BSP.
To be fair they have been unlucky with a number of seconds lately – three in four races to start the month actually – so with a little bit of the rub of the green things could be looking a lot better. That is racing – and betting – for you though. Hopefully the luck will even itself out and we’ll see a patch of winners this month.
At Betfair SP the results are actually slightly better, with a profit of 16 points made for our trial to date.
It’s a nice easy service to follow, with just 2-3 bets per day posted by around 10am in the morning, which you can place at Betfair SP if you like and then you are done for the day.
Just a note that due to high demand the service is currently closed to new members, but we will alert you if/when they open up again and in the meantime you can add your name to the waiting list if you would like priority access.
You may have seen the release of an exciting new betting strategy this week called Hidden Winners and the free trial they are running at the moment.*
It comes from the Back Lucrative team, whose main service we are currently reviewing and which is doing very well (over 100 points up at the time of writing).
Michael who runs Back Lucrative is one of the most respected names in the tipping business, having made over 1500 points profit from his tips over the last seven years.
So we were very interested when he contacted us about his new Hidden Winners service. It wasn’t just the reported results – which by the way look very impressive with over 389.37 points profit made at an ROI of 31.2% at Betfair SP and 504 points profit made at bookies’ odds.
It was the theory behind the service that intrigued us. As Michael himself explains:
“The Madness Of Crowds…
This is the phrase I use to describe a common occurrence, in races where the majority of the runners have limited previous form…
In races like these (non-handicaps for the most part)…
– There is limited useful information available on a standard set of racecards (like those on the Racing Post site), meaning the crowd is less informed…
– Shrewd punters, pundits and tipsters usually give these races a miss (for obvious reasons), and therefore…
– The betting market is often dominated by the gamblers (i.e. people happy to bet randomly and hope for a win)…
Can you call gamblers who bet randomly wise? Probably not…
But you could call them mad, and a mad crowd can do funny things to the betting market…
In these races you often find…
– Odds-on favourites getting turned over… – Plenty of value away from the top end of the market… – Horses with no previous form whatsoever winning by clear margins…
This is exactly what our exciting new Hidden Winners strategy capitalises on…”
We really like the idea of identifying value in these often overlooked races where money talks and certain stables/trainers have a habit of landing a touch at juicy odds.
So we are eager to see how this performs under a live trial as we think it could be a real winner and with the added bonus of potentially being profitable at Betfair SP.
Let’s not get too ahead of ourselves though, as ever the proof of the pudding will be in the eating…which you will be able to see here as we update results during the trial.
Bookie Insiders Footballhas been going since 2013 and is a very respected football tipping service. The tips are provided by a guy called Neil Macdonald who has been betting professionally for close to a decade.
He specializes in the top five European leagues (England, Germany, Spain, Italy, and France) as well as the major international tournaments and the Champions League/Europa League.
Normally speaking it is presumed to be very difficult to make a profit from betting on the big European leagues but Bookie Insiders have been proving that idea wrong for quite a few years now.
Tips are provided via Telegram and come with detailed write-ups, analysing both sides and their relative strengths and weaknesses, with a particular emphasis on expected goals (xG). You can see the in-depth research Neil does incorporating team news and the impact of key players and his extensive knowledge of top-level football.
Here is an example from the Porto v Juventus Champions League match:
The results coming into our trial reflected Neil’s extensive knowledge with an impressive 400 points profit made (proofed to the bettin.gs site), which would be over £20,000 profit to £50/point stakes.
So how did Bookie Insiders Football get on in our review?
We are pleased to say that for a change the results in our trial lived up to the pre-trial billing, with an excellent £2053 profit made at £50/point stakes. That works out at a 41 point profit, which is very good going for a football service.
The strike rate was high at 54%, meaning over half the bets were winners and the return on investment was decent for tipping at low odds, at 7%.
Over the course of our review the recommended betting bank of 50 points grew by over 80%, an impressive return.
The only drawback we found – which we covered during our updates below – was with the availability of prices on some of the bets. Neil tends to tip a few days before the match for some of his tips and prices can go pretty quickly. This was particularly the case for team goal bets – e.g. Atalanta to score over 1.5 goals in the match.
These markets are strongest on Pinnacle so if you are outside the UK and have access to that bookie it is certainly an advantage.
Although prices do tend to get hit on these bets, we would stress that the team goal bets only make up a small proportion of the total bets. So far this month for example there have only been three such bets and the other tips are in major markets like match odds, Asian handicap, over/unders etc which have excellent liquidity in these big leagues.
So even if you do have to take a price a few ticks lower on the team goal bets, you should still be able to do very well with this service overall given the levels of profit achieved. Having a decent number of bookie accounts and use of the exchanges, along with being quick off the mark in placing the bets, should stand you in good stead to make the most of the service.
Overall we think this is a high quality service and one of the best football tipsters we have come across in over six years of running this site. To make a profit betting on football – and on the top leagues and competitions in particular – is a very rare feat and highly commendable. Even missing the odd price here and there should not stop you making a handsome return from being a member.
So it’s a definite PASSED rating from us and a service we would say is well worth adding to your portfolio.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The tips are sent out via the Telegram app and come in at different times of day. It is advisable to have alerts turned on so you get a message as soon as tips are posted. There is an average of 1-2 bets per day, although the volume tends to increase around weekends when the majority of matches are played.
Availability of prices: As covered above, there is quite a bit of pressure on prices, particularly in the team goal markets. If you have access to Pinnacle that is certainly an advantage. If not then using a variety of bookies plus the exchanges and acting quickly should enable you to get at or close to the advised prices in most cases. Sometimes prices also bounce back nearer the match.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 54% which is good to see and meant consistent returns throughout our trial.
Advised Betting Bank: A 50-60 point bank is recommended for following the service, which seems about right to us given the staking and strike rate. We used a 50 point bank for this trial and it was never in jeopardy.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are fair given the excellent results achieved and are €134.99 per quarter, €259.99 for six months or €499.99 per year at the time of writing.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
In over six years of running this site we have reviewed countless football tipsters but have found less than a handful that are consistently profitable. Beating the bookies on football is, alas, extremely tough.
So when we came across Bookie Insiders Football, an established and respected footy service that has been running since 2013 with strong-looking results, we were hopeful we may have found a hidden gem.
They didn’t disappoint us either, amassing an excellent £2053 profit, or 41 points profit, during our seven-month trial, with an impressive strike rate of 54%.
There can be issues obtaining the advised prices on certain bets, but there are steps you can take to mitigate this and even taking a few ticks lower on some of the bets should not stop you from doing very well from this service. We are happy to award it a PASSED rating as one of the best football services we have reviewed here at Honest Betting Reviews.
It’s been somewhat of an up-and-down month for Bookie Insiders Football, but at the end of it not much change to the overall total, with a loss of £83 made since our last update.
With the previous profits however they are still £1933 up for our trial overall at £50/point stakes – or 39 points up in other words.
We have mentioned in previous updates the difficulties in achieving the advised prices on occasion. In some instances the prices bounce back later, as Neil often advises tips a few days before the game meaning there is an initial hit on the price before it rebounds closer to kick-off.
In other instances prices stay low, however on balance it is still clearly profitable to follow the service based on the results of our trial, even if on some tips you have to take a few ticks lower than the advised price.
We have now been following the service for five months so will be looking to wrap up the trial soon and barring a disaster this looks headed for a strong passed rating.
We mentioned last time that there can be difficulties in obtaining the advised prices if you don’t have access to Pinnacle (i.e. if you are based in the UK). A couple of positive developments on this front recently though.
Firstly, Betfair now offer the team goals markets on Serie A, Premier League and Champions League matches. This is a market frequently used by Bookie Insiders so having Betfair as an option greatly enhances the chances of getting decent odds on those bets.
Secondly, Neil (who runs the service) has advised UK members to try Asian Connect 88, which is a broker offering access to Asian bookies normally closed to UK punters (although not including Pinnacle it seems). So we will try and check that out and see if it presents a viable alternative.
Overall though Bookie Insiders Football has been performing strongly during our trial and we are really impressed by it.
As mentioned previously, there can be difficulties in obtaining the advised prices if you don’t have access to Pinnacle (i.e. you are based in the UK).
The next best price can be 5 ticks or more lower than the advised price on Pinnacle, meaning you are missing out on value by not being able to get the Pinnacle price. However, a good proportion of the bets are available with Betfair or other bookies at the advised prices, so it does not affect every selection by any means. Just be aware though if you don’t have access to Pinnacle that you may miss out on advised prices on some of the bets.
What’s really impressive about this service is that selections come in major leagues and competitions, which are notoriously hard to make a profit in. They have managed it so far though which is great to see.
Prices tend to move quite a bit after tips are sent out though so you need to be quick on the draw. Not all selections are available on betfair despite the matches being in the major leagues. This is because some of the bets are on team goals, which is a market betfair don’t normally quote.
Other markets are available on Betfair though so if you use the exchanges you should be able to get a good proportion of your bets on with them.
Anyway, it’s been a really good start here and we are very much enjoying the service.
Today we are starting a new trial of a football service from a team of professional gamblers called Bookie Insiders.
The Bookie Insiders team provide tips in a range of sports, but first up we are taking a look at their football tips. They specialize in the European leagues (England, Germany, Spain, Italy, and France) as well as the major international tournaments.
Normally speaking it is presumed to be extremely difficult to make a profit from betting on the big European leagues but Bookie Insiders’ results suggest otherwise.
Since starting up in 2013 they have made over 400 points profit according to their official results, which would be over £20,000 profit to £50/point stakes.
That has been made with an ROI of 6.8% which is very good over such a long period of time and when you consider the strike rate has been 51% it is even more impressive.
As you can see from the graph below, it’s been very steady progress over the time they’ve been tipping:
Just the kind of graph we like to see! (the yellow line is the monthly P/L whilst the green is the overall P/L).
Their bets have been proofed to the bettin.gs site and we have been following them for over a month in a personal capacity and have been mighty impressed with them. The results are exactly as recorded and we have made a nice profit of around 10 points so far.
Most of the bets come in the team goals, over/under, match odds, Asian handicap and BTTS markets, so generally very liquid markets although prices can move quite quickly sometimes after the tips are sent out.
Anyway, as we say have been impressed with this service so far and are looking forward to doing a formal review of it. We will update results here as we go along.
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MJ Racing is a horse racing service from the Tipsters Empire stable of tipsters.
It is actually two tipsters in one, with two chaps called Mark and Jay both providing selections – hence the name “MJ” Racing. They are both professional gamblers and come with lots of experience of racing.
The idea is that the two tipsters complement each other and help to build additional profits.
This is a relatively new service having been going for under a year, but it was highly touted coming into our review so we were interested to see how it would get on in a live trial.
Having signed up, you receive daily e-mails with the tips, which come with detailed write-ups on the reasoning behind the selections. Here is an example:-
13:32 DONCASTER
BUMPY JOHNSON 1 POINT WIN @ 5/1 generally
Easy winner of a fontwell bumper in october, looked pretty green that day and was still very green on next start at hereford 65 days ago. Looked as if the penny was starting to drop at the end of that race and though some 2l behind sam barton that day who reopposes here today I think bumpy johnson is the one with more improvement in him and at 5/1 is a fair price.
Sometimes the write-ups are much more detailed than that and give great insight into the picks. You can see Mark and Jay really know their stuff when it comes to the gee-gees.
That knowledge and expertise was certainly reflected in their results too, which were excellent.
At the end of our three month trial they smashed through the 100 point barrier, finishing with 118 points profit at advised prices.
That was achieved with a superb return on investment (ROI) of 30% and a very respectable strike rate of 27% (including placed horses).
Highlights of the trial included winners at 33/1 and 40/1, plus plenty of others at double-figure odds.
The returns were also very strong at Betfair SP, with a profit of 95 points made at the exchange starting price.
All in all then it’s been a cracking trial for MJ Racingwe have no hesitation in awarding the service a PASSED rating.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The tips are sent out by e-mail, normally just after 9am (UK time) on the day of racing. There is an average of 3 bets per day, although the volume tends to increase around weekends and the big meetings.
Availability of prices: There was a little bit of pressure on prices noted during our trial, but the BSP results were pretty similar to those at advised prices, so that looks like a viable alternative for those who have had their bookie accounts restricted.
Strike rate: The strike rate for the trial was 27% (including placed horses) which is solid and means there were steady returns during our trial.
Advised Betting Bank: A 150 point bank is recommended for following the service, which seems about right to us to give plenty of room for the odd drawdown or two.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs have risen recently following the excellent results and are now set at £45 per month, £120 per quarter, £220 for six months or £399 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
MJ Racing is a service combining the skills of two tipsters, Mark and Jay. They dovetailed very nicely during our trial, racking up a superb 118 points profit.
That was achieved with a strike rate of 27% and an excellent ROI of 30%. With the BSP results also very good at 95 points in the green, there is no doubt that MJ Racing deserves a PASSED rating. Well worth adding to your portfolio.
The good form continues for horse racing tipster combo MJ Racing, with another 29 points profit made at advised prices since our last update a month ago.
That means they are now 43 points up for our trial overall at advised prices.
Their Betfair SP results continue to outpace the advised price results, with another 30 points profit added at BSP and 64 points profit made for our trial overall at BSP.
Great to see the positive start here, hopefully they can keep it going.
It’s been a notably better start at Betfair SP, with a profit of 34 points made for our trial to date.
The extra profit made at BSP is down in large part to a 40/1 winner they had at Cork on 1st November, which went off at over 60 at Betfair SP! That sort of winner will certainly help any service so we’re sure it was duly celebrated by members of MJ Racing.
Anyway, a good start to our trial – let’s see if they can keep it going.
Today we are starting a trial of a horse racing service with a bit of twist. This is a service with not just one tipster but two and is called MJ Racing.
The idea is that the tipsters complement each other and help to build substantial additional profits. The tipsters in question are called Mark and Jay, hence the name “MJ” Racing.
They are both professional gamblers and here is a bit about them both from the Tipsters Empire website:-
Firstly Mark says:
“It wasn’t until returning from Australia some 9 years ago that I really took racing and betting seriously. I focused on higher-class racing and maintain a healthy ROI year in year out. I had the quality, but perhaps not the quantity to take the plunge into the full time punting game I can now call work…I am the last winner of the ATHERACES stables stars. A NH competition that suited me well as I am definitely a jumps man at heart.”
And Jay:
“My family and I have been solely reliant on an income from racing since 2016. I owe a great deal of gratitude to a friend who was something of trailblazer and hugely influential in showing me this journey was possibly. This is a poignant opportunity to pay thanks an individual called Charlie. Perhaps we outgrew each other’s methods, but to this day, he remains the reference point. The person who set the bar and gave me a passion for this great sport.”
So both are serious professionals and the results so far would appear to back that up, with a profit of 149 points made since starting tipping in May of this year.
That has been achieved with a return on investment (ROI) of 22% and a strike rate of 25%.
Those are some promising results so we are looking forward to testing out this dual approach in our trial. We started receiving tips on 22nd October so will record results from then, with updates here throughout our trial.
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That’s all we can say really – wow. What a trial it’s been for the Golf Insider. Over 400 points profit made to advised prices is spectacular stuff and one of the best trials we have ever run here at Honest Betting Reviews.
In fact we’ve scoured the record and that is indeed the highest points total ever recorded by a tipster in a live trial in the nearly six years we’ve been running Honest Betting Reviews.
And the return on investment (ROI) of 47% is also one of the best ever recorded.
They landed some massive winners during our trial – in fact in the very first week of our review they hit a 50/1 winner with Tyrrell Hatton at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. And they book-ended our trial with a winner in their very last tip as well, this time with a 15/2 shot in the shape of Messrs English & Kuchar at the QBE Shootout.
In between those successes the Golf Insider also landed the following winners during our trial:-
– Martin Laird – Shriners Hospitals for Children Open – WON at 250/1
– Marc Warren – Austria Open – WON at 150/1
– Robert MacIntyre – Cyprus Showdown – WON at 30/1
– Xander Schauffele – Tour Championship – WON at 12/1
– Dustin Johnson – Northern Trust – WON at 20/1
– Camilo Villegas – RSM Classic – PLACED at 500/1 (i.e. 75/1 for the place)
So members have had a huge amount to celebrate this year with some fantastic winners and we have been very pleased to have been following the service with our own money. That’s how highly we rate the Golf Insider.
All in all there isn’t much else left to say apart from this is a definite PASSED rating and five stars. Congrats to the Golf Insider on a record-breaking trial!
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: It’s a pretty simple service to follow with around just 8 bets per week on average, nearly all in the outright markets. The tips are sent out by both e-mail and text message and usually a day or two before the tournaments start.
Availability of prices: Most of the time the advised prices were generally available, although it is advisable to get on as soon as you can on the big prices (100/1+) as they tend to get pushed in. Within an hour or two of the tips being sent is usually fine – you certainly don’t want to leave it to the next day though.
Strike rate: As with virtually all golf services, the strike rate was quite low at 11% so patience is required if following the tips. As long as you have a sensible bank though and are prepared to weather some losing runs, the rewards to date have been phenomenal.
Advised Betting Bank: A 500 point bank is advised for following the service if using the advised staking, which we think is about the right level for this service. If using flat staking at 1pt e/w then a 200 point bank is recommend.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are £37 + VAT per month which is reasonable given the results achieved.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Phenomenal. Fantastic. Unbelievable. We have run out of superlatives to describe the results of the Golf Insider, but it’s probably enough to say this was a record-breaking trial for us at Honest Betting Reviews, with the highest points total ever recorded by a tipster during one of our trials, at over 400 points profit made. That’s over £4,000 at advised stakes.
The return on investment was a stunning 47% so it’s obviously no surprise that this receives a PASSED rating and is fully deserving of the rare award of 5 stars from us. It’s a service we have been following with our own money and we’ve had plenty of huge winners to toast this year. Congrats – and a big thank you – to the brilliant Golf Insider for the winners this year.
It was obviously the Masters last week and whilst their headline pick Brooks Koepka returned place money, none of the other picks got in the mix and of course Dustin Johnson rather ran away with things on the final day so it wasn’t quite the excitement we’ve come to expect from a Masters Sunday.
Even though we are in late November there are still some high quality events left this season on the European Tour so hopefully we can pick up some more profit before the end of the year.
The profits are down in the main to a brilliant 250/1 winner in the shape of Martin Laird at the Shriners Open, which was wildly celebrated by members – ourselves included!
That was nearly followed up by another winner last night as Xander Schauffele just missed out at the CJ Cup, finishing second after being tied for the lead with three holes to play.
Still it’s been a great month and a great trial for this service which is almost certainly heading for a passed rating – with bells on!
Even with the dip over the last month they have still managed 20/1 and 12/1 winners in the shape of Dustin Johnson and Xander Schauffele, so at least members have had some returns to soften the blow.
The US Open last week was a tough ask with many fancied players finding it too tough but the regular season is back underway again and there is the Masters to look forward to in November so plenty of golf action to get stuck into.
Most of the profits came from a stunning 150/1 winner in the shape of Marc Warren at the Austrian Open which came in very welcome for members judging by some of the messages received!
Since then it’s been a little up and down but some good place finishes have been landed to keep things ticking along. Jason Day went close to bagging a big win at the PGA on Sunday but was just pipped at the post by the brilliance of Collin Morikawa down the stretch.
Anyway, good to see the continued progress here of what looks like a top class service.
Our trial of the Golf Insider got off to a fantastic start before the covid break, as they landed a 50/1 winner at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in the shape of Tyrrell Hatton.
That was the last tournament before the enforced break so it was rather frustrating to get stopped in our tracks as the service was clearly in very good form. However, that was how things went so there was nothing that could be done about it of course.
Since golf has resumed there have been four events on the PGA Tour, where they’ve landed a few places, most notably a very unlucky second at the Charles Schawb Challenge for Collin Morikawa at 45/1 who just missed out on the win when his 8-foot putt at the last hole slid by.
All in all though it’s been an excellent start to our trial, with a profit of 122 points made so far.
Today we are starting a new trial of a top golf tipster who has an established and impressive long-term record.
The tipster in question is the Golf Insider and they have been tipping since 2014, having made an incredible 1874 points profit since starting up.
That has been achieved with an excellent return on investment of 27%, which is very good going over such a long period.
They have landed some fantastic winners at massive prices, including:-
– Chris Kirk – WON at 125/1
– Rasmus Hojgaard – WON at 200/1
– Andrew Dodt – WON at 150/1
– Corey Conners – WON at 175/1
– Cameron Champ – WON at 150/1
– Hennie Otto – WON at 80/1
– Thomas Pieters – WON at 66/1
– Martin Kaymer – WON at 70/1
So as you can see some massive winners there.
As a special bonus feature, new members now receive exclusive extra betting advice for the four golf Majors (US Masters, PGA Championship, US Open and Open Championship).
These have done well, producing winners like Charley Hoffman at 90/1 in the first round leader market at the Masters and Erik Van Rooyen who was second at 125/1 in the Open at Carnoustie.
All in all then this looks like a top service and it should be an interesting trial. If it can reproduce previous results then it could certainly warrant entering our best golf tipster rankings.
As ever with golf services, the tricky part is having a big enough bank and being able to endure the inevitable losing runs, as when you are betting at odds of 100/1+ the drawdowns can be extensive, as we’ve experienced with some of the other golf services we’re reviewed.
The flip side of course is that when they land a winner at 150/1 or more it is a fantastic feeling and makes it all worthwhile.
So let’s hope we have more of the latter experiences than the former!
Anyway, we will aim to carry out a six month trial here to ensure enough time for a proper look at the service and to hopefully see out the short-term ups and downs.
We will update things here as the trial goes along so you can see how they are doing.
Predictology is a database of resources and statistics for football betting, allowing you to quickly and easily build your own profitable football betting systems or use those developed by the Predictology team.
We previously had a look at Predictology last year but they have made considerable improvements to it since then, including adding an AI prediction engine and doubling the number of leagues and markets covered so we thought we’d take another look at it.
There are a whole range of systems and strategies you can use with Predictology, but for the purposes of this review we just used the “System Predictions” from their Daily Digest e-mail to keep things simple and have something any member can follow.
These System Predictions are derived from various systems including lay the draw, laying home/away favourites, backing overs, league-specific strategies and more.
We are pleased to report that these selections performed very well during our three month trial netting 38 points profit at a return on investment of 11%.
That would be £1900 profit at £50 per selection, a very nice bit of extra income.
For some reason we came out with slightly different results to the official ones, which is unusual. We didn’t manage to figure out exactly why in the end. It may have been down to different settings and leagues used, but either way it didn’t make much difference as we ended up with 90% or more of the same selections and similar results to the official Predictology ones.
There were quite a large number of selections with over 350 during our trial, which is a good sample size.
The advised staking is a little unusual, with one point risked on the back/lay selections apart from the lay the draw selections which are just one point lay bets, so the risk can be quite a bit higher (depending on the odds).
Anyway, it all worked out well in the end with an impressive profit made so we are happy to award Predictology a PASSED rating after our three month trial.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: There are quite a few bets with this service, particularly at weekends when there can be ten or more per day. You can use Betfair or the bookies to place the bets and of course you can develop your own systems using the software so there is great flexibility in how you can use the service.
Availability of prices: Most of the time the prices held up well and we didn’t experience any problems in matching the advised odds on the whole.
Strike rate: The strike rate during the trial was 52%. It’s always to good to see a higher than 50% strike rate meaning a nice steady stream of winners.
Advised Betting Bank: We used a 100 point bank for this trial, which we think should be more than comfortable given the strike and staking used.
Subscription costs: The subscription costs are reasonable at $1 for the first 7 days then $37 per month or $277 per year.
OVERALL VERDICT: PASSED
Predictology is a database of football statistics allowing you to build your own football betting systems or use those developed by the Predictology team. Following their “System Predictions” made an impressive 38 points profit during our trial.
That equates to over £1900 profit to £50 stakes so we are pleased to award Predictology a PASSED rating and it’s a platform we will be utilizing more going forward to aid our football betting.
Just a reminder that these results are from following the System Predictions in their Daily Digest e-mail.
We noted last time that our results differ from their official ones, with the official results having made 35 points compared to the 26 points we have proofed. We are not sure why this is the case – we think part of the reason is that we are following slightly different leagues (e.g. Japan J League), but even for the leagues we are both following we are getting slightly different matches and selections. Hopefully we can figure out why this is happening soon.
Anyway, either way the results have been positive which is the main thing.
It’s been a bit of a quiet start to our trial of football systems-builder Predictology, with a small loss of 2 points made so far from following their System Predictions in the Daily Digest e-mail.
Please note this is from risking 1 point liability on the lay selections, so the most you can lose is one point whatever the odds are.
Our results are also a little different to the official Predictology ones, we are not sure why but they are investigating at the moment. We have recorded the results as per the e-mails we received which seems the fairest way of doing things.
Anyway, a bit of a quiet start here as we say but hopefully things will pick up when the main leagues get underway shortly.
We ran a review of football systems-builder package Predictology last season and recorded the results for the three free systems that came with it on launch. Those just about broke even, with a loss of two points made during our trial.
Predictology is basically a database of resources and statistics that will show you how to supercharge your football betting, allowing you to quickly and easily build your own profitable football betting systems or use those developed by the Predictology team.
Our aim was to come back to Predictology this season and take another look at it, but we had limited time and then of course covid hit which rather put paid to our plans.
However, it has gone through some major enhancements during the break in the football and it is apparently getting a great reception from the membership. To name a few of the improvements:-
– New multi-layered server
– AI Prediction engine which assesses and highlights value in pretty much any match taking place globally
– More than doubled the number of leagues and competitions covered
– Again more than doubled the markets and variables that systems can be built around
– 5 profitable strategies included in all memberships
– Daily Digest email to members’ inbox every morning which includes:
– All of the predictions summarised in one place
– Key betting insights and trends for the day’s football
It’s been the last part that is really grabbing attention and since it was rolled out to members (late May) it is sitting at 42 points profit.
This is also what we will be concentrating on in our review as the results look very promising and it should make it more manageable in terms of workload.
Just to note as well that they are currently offering a $1 trial for 7 days for new members which is pretty decent and gives you a chance to check out the service first for a couple of weeks.
Anyway, we will kick off the re-review today and report back soon on how things are going.
Just a reminder that these results are for the three free systems that came with the initial relaunch of Predictology, although there are a number of other systems you can use or you can even build your own systems using the database.
Ideally we would have liked to wrap up our review at this point with the footy season having finished, but we don’t have quite enough bets to give a fair verdict on the system so will put the review into abeyance until the new season and pick things up again then.
Just a reminder that these results are for the three free systems that came with the initial relaunch of Predictology, although there are a number of other systems you can use or you can even build your own systems using the stats package.
Hopefully we will have more news to report by the time of our next update.
We have had to reset this review due to a bug in their system which was sending different selections out by e-mail to those generated by the system within the Predictology site.
So where as previously we were using the e-mail selections to proof results, it turns out those selections were not the correct ones, so now we have gone back to using the system to generate the selections.
On that basis, the three free systems provided at the launch of Predictologyare currently 1 point down.
The discrepancy hasn’t actually made much of a difference to the results and it was mainly System 3 – Winless which was affected.
For the purposes of the review we are just concentrating on the English Premier League, although you can use the systems on other leagues as well (specified for each system).
Anyway, let’s hope the problems are sorted now and we can settle down and get on with the review.
Predictology is a database of resources and statistics that allows you to build your own profitable football betting systems or use those developed by the Predictology team.
We have been following the free systems that were available with the re-launch of Predictology that happened about a month ago.
So far it has been a quiet start for these systems, with only 12 bets given out and a small loss of 2 points incurred so far.
Predictology is a long-running football systems builder package that has recently had a revamp and is now being relaunched. It comes from the same team behind the successfulFootball Advisorservice we have reviewed elsewhere on the site.
Predictology includes a database of resources and statistics that will show you how to supercharge your football betting, allowing you to quickly and easily build your own profitable football betting systems or use those developed by the Predictology team.
To celebrate the launch they are giving away three top systems completely FREE which have made a combined profit of over 300 points!
One of the systems even has an ROI of over 38%, which is pretty incredible stuff in the world of football betting.
In terms of the revamped Predictology package, here is what it now includes:
– The first and most comprehensive football betting strategy builder and analyser.
– 10 in-built and profitable strategies provided to all members
– 22 Leagues, 200,000+ matches and more than a 100 variables
– Custom built server allowing for strategies to be assessed in seconds
– Automated bet alerts to members inboxes
– Three custom rating models
– A value rating tool which produces profitable ‘value’ bets each week
– Custom built stats hub for easily assessing and finding profitable betting angles globally
– Launching soon – AI bet generator
– Launching soon – 47 more leagues and 100 more variables and betting markets
– Launching soon – iOS and Android App
So that all looks very impressive and given that the original Predictology system was held in high regard we are looking forward to testing this new one out with all the upgraded features.
After having taken a look at it we will report back with our views on it in a full review.
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