Football Trading Club Review

The Football Trading Club is a service that runs via twitter, as the name implies it is a service that focuses on making money from the football markets.

This service is aimed at those that are looking to make a profit from the betting exchanges. Limitations and account closures have become more and more prevalent for those that dare to make a long term profit from bookmakers.

Which makes services aimed at profiting from the betting exchanges very appealing!

How The Service Works

Football Trading Club is very easy to follow. Once you have joined the service you get access to a telegram group where daily selections are sent out.

Then you simply log into your betting exchange of choice and bet the selections.

The service offers both pre match and in-play selections.

Football Trading Club Historical Results

In 2022 a total profit of £8,258 is quoted from 9 systems. A 6.88% return on investment was recorded.

Only the draw no bet system failed to make profit over the full year.

In 2023 so far a profit of £4,282 has been recorded from 15 systems.

The football trading club isn’t a service that stands still it is constantly evolving. Systems that don’t perform up to expectation are removed and new angles are always being looked at.

Overall the results over the last two years have been incredibly impressive.

Beating the betting exchanges is much harder then profiting from soft bookmakers. Making a 6.66% return on investment over a two year period is excellent.

You can view detailed results for football trading clubs 2022 results and 2023 results by clicking on the links attached.

If you would like £5 off your first month at Football Trading Club quote “SST1 when signing up”

2022 Results

2023 Results

Football Trading Club 3 Month Results Tracked

I tracked 3 pre match systems for a 3 month period, staking a set £10 amount for each selection. From the start of April 2023 to the end of July 2023.

The 3 systems followed were home value draws, home win and home win lay the draw.

Let’s take a look at the results from home value draws first.

Over a 3 month period 233 bets were made and a total profit of £74.67 was made to £10 stakes.

Total Staked	£2330
Average Odds	3.32
ROI	3.2%

Next up is the home wins system.

The home wins system was also profitable over a 3 month period tracked at £10 stakes, a total profit of £54.42 was made.

Total Staked	£1050
Average Odds	1.53
ROI	5.18%

Lastly we have the home wins lay the draw system.

This system returned a profit of £236 after 101 bets.

Total Staked	£4052.90
Average Odds	4.94
ROI	5.8%

Football Trading Club Cost

Membership to the football trading club costs £20 a month, with longer term deals also available.

Payment is handled via paypal or bank transfer.

Thoughts

I have been very impressed with the football trading club. My results tracking the service mirror the official results very closely. Other review services are also reporting profitable results which makes me believe that the historical results are accurate.

There are multiple different aspects to the service, which can be a lot to take in. Sometimes advised stakes are changed, systems are removed/added and multiple approaches can be taken to the lay the draw system. However you don’t have to follow everything or even follow the advised staking if you are comfortable betting a different way.

One of the big positives to the service is that the man behind it Chris is always looking at new angles and testing out systems. Which means that if a new edge reveals itself then it will be added at no extra cost as a new system.

One of the most common questions I get asked is “how do you make money from the exchanges?”

A simple answer to this is to follow a service such as the football trading club which will pin point value selections for you.

Overall the service gets a recommendation from me and is a service that I will be following in my making a million challenge.

Football Trading Club Discount

If you would like a £5 discount on your first month with the football trading club. Quote “SST1” or let you Chris know you came through this site when signing up.

You can join the football trading club via twitter which I will link below.

FTC Twitter Link

For those without a twitter account you can contact Chris via [email protected] to set up a membership.

Bookie Insiders Football Review 2023- Neil Mcdonald Betting Tips

Neil Macdonald runs the Bookie Insiders football service.

This service has a great long running track record. It is one of the most well respected football betting tips providers around.

Let’s get straight into it and take a look at my results following the service over a 3 month period.

Bookie Insiders Football Review – Neil Macdonald Betting Tips

The Results

These are my results following the service for 3 months.

Number Of Bets	132
Profit And Loss	£1029
Return On Investment	10.6%

As you can see from the graph and results above.

Following Neil Macdonald’s betting tips over a 3 month period of time has been very profitable.

I did miss a few bets due to my own errors and very rarely not being able to match the best odds.

Let’s take a look at the official results for the service over the same time period.

Number Of Bets	147
Profit And Loss	£1196
Return On Investment	8.5%

Overall you can see that the missed bets cost me a profit of around £167.

How Easy Is It To Match Quoted Odds?

So one of the biggest factors for me when following a tipster is how easy is it to match the quoted odds available.

As there are many tipsters out there that are very profitable at the odds they quote. However matching those odds can be almost impossible at times.

This was not the case with Bookie Insiders Football Service.

I found odds were generally very easy to match or sometimes better. If you have access to betting exchanges better prices were often available.

Above is a screenshot of the type of bets that you will receive from Bookie Insiders.

You can see they are selections in big markets. There are no selections in the Russian second division or Belgium women’s league.

They are all in big leagues with a large amount of liquidity.

In general the odds hold up pretty well and you will get close to or above the quoted odds.

Bookie Insiders Football Service – Long Term Results?

Bookie Insiders have results going back to 2013 for their football service.

This is one of the reasons why this service is very well respected. It is possible to achieve one or two seasons of decent profits betting on football due to sheer luck.

However making a profit over a 8 year period from over 5000 bets.

Shows a high level of skill.

Overall the long term return on investment stands at an impressive 6.6%.

A profit of £21594 has been to the suggested staking.

(stakes usually range from £50-£150)

This is over a large sample of 5365 bets.

How Does The Bookie Insiders Football Service Work?

Once you sign up to the service.

You will receive access to the telegram group.

Telegram is an app that you can download to your phone on desktop. It is very easy to use and set up.

Every time Neil Macdonald sends out a selection, you will then receive that information via telegram.

Neil will outline the bets odds available at the time the bet is sent. The minimum odds that you should take and his suggested stake size.

Along with this you will also get a breakdown from Neil. Analyzing the game and outlining why he believes that the bet is value.

In terms of following the service it is very easy.

A lot of betting services are now using Telegram. As it is often more efficient then email in terms of speed and getting notifications easily.

Personally I have Telegram downloaded on my phone and receive selections form multiple tipsters. I believe it is one of the best ways to send selections in 2021.

Bookie Insiders Football Service Cost

There are several subscriptions available with the Bookie Insiders football service.

Subscriptions come under the following.

Monthly – £39

Quarterly – £116 ( £39 a month)

Every 6 Months – £224 ( £37 a month)

Yearly – £430 (£36 a month)

As you can see the best value comes from a yearly subscription.

Bookie Insiders Football Review – Conclusion

I have been extremely impressed with everything about Neil Macdonald’s football betting tips.

Over the six years I have been running this blog, I haven’t seen a better football service then this.

A 6.6% return on investment, betting in the major football markets is pretty unheard of.

The service runs very smoothly, odds are attainable. Breakdowns of bets are excellent and can really help you with your own betting analysis.

As you are being shown exactly what an expert football bettor looks at when assessing a game.

I have no hesitation in recommending the Bookie Insiders Football Service.

In terms of profit, attainable odds and how the service is run.

It ticks all the boxes.

Bookie Insiders Football Review – FAQ

What type are bets are sent by Bookie Insiders?
Bets are usually sent for large markets such as the Match odds, Asian Handicap and Both Teams To Score.

2. How many bets are sent per week?
When the bigger leagues are running somewhere between 5-15 bets are sent.

3. Can I follow Bookie Insiders football using only betting exchanges?
Absolutely, The vast majority of selections can be bet using the likes of Betfair and Smarkets.

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I use or have used any product I review. If I recommend them it is because I believe they are helpful, useful and offer value to their customers.

Please do not spend any money on these products unless you feel they will give you value or that they will help you achieve your goals.)

Hansbury Racing Tips Review 2022

Hansbury Racing tips is a horse racing tipster service that has received a lot of plaudits.

The service highlights horses that provide value at higher odds ranges with several winning bets being above odds 50.00.

What really drew me to this service was the reported results at Betfair SP prices.

The trouble that I have found following successful tipsters over the years is that eventually you get limited or have your account closed. If you are able to consistently make money from the bookies.

Which means finding a tipster that can make money on the Betting Exchanges is similar to finding the Holy Grail.

What Is Hansbury Racing Tips?

Hansbury tips is a service that comes from the successful horse racing punter Richard Hutchinson.

Hutchinson is renowned horse racing bettor, who managed to bag over £188,000 from winning the 2020 Tote Ten To Follow Jumps Competition.

He started studying horse racing at the young age of 18 and 30 plus years later he has stated that he still spend hours everyday studying form.

If you want to learn more about the man behind the service, below is really good interview with Richard Hutchinson.

Watch this video on YouTube

How The Service Functions

Hansbury Racing tips is a really easy service to follow.

An email is sent out every morning around 08.00 (UK time), with the selections for the day. Occasionally there are early picks which are sent out the day before usually between 19.00-20.00.

If you are betting to Betfair SP (which is my approach) then you only need to read the 08.00 email and then place your bets for the day. However if you were to bet with bookmakers, then you may want to snag those bigger prices that are available the day before.

The email that is sent out features the bets for the day, bookmakers odds and lowest value price (LVP). The lowest value price is very useful and something that many tipsters don’t include however when backing with Betfair you can choose the lowest price you would like to back the selection at.

Which is very useful as it means should the horse shorten below the LVP, the bet will not be placed.

Alongside this you also get a detailed write up of every selection.

Which is great for those that are following the service and have a keen interest in horse racing. It allows them to see the reasoning behind each bet and perhaps reveal some useful snippets to improve their own betting.

Hansbury Racing Review Results

Historically Hansbury Racing is running at a 43.92% return on investment which is very impressive.

Here are some of the headline figures reported on the website since the service started on the 20/06/2020.

Total Profit To Date (To £10 stakes)	£13697.00
Average Monthly Profit (To £10 stakes)	£603
Return On Investment	43.97%
Total Points Won	1369.7

You can see that those are some very impressive figures.

Let’s take a look at the results we have attained so far betting at Betfair SP.

My approach using Hansbury Racing tips is to stake £10 on the win and £20 on the place terms. Whilst the official results record their results using a flat £10 point each way.

There are a few bets missing in comparison with the official results. This is for a few reasons.

1. Bets went below the LVP (lowest value price) at the start of the race (When Betfair SP bets are made) so these bets were not placed.

2. There was one day when there was an issue with Betfair SP bets and no bets were placed that day.

Betfair SP Results

Total Bets	311
P/L	-£316
Total Staked	£4665
Return On Investment	-6.7%

Results after 311 bets showed a loss of -£136.

Unfortunately despite a strong start to the review Hansbury racing went on a pretty significant downswing. Obviously when backing at high odds this is always the danger and Hansbury racing’s long term results remain very strong.

Hansbury Racing Review Trial And Discount

There is a current discounted trial running at the moment if you would like to test Hansbury Racing tips out yourself. This costs £5.99 and gives you access to 14 days of tips or you can trial two tipsters (Hansbury Racing and Ambrose Racing) for 14 days at £6.99.

Click Here For Your Discount Trial!

Hansbury Racing Subscription Cost

For those looking at joining Hansbury Racing over the long term, there are several different pricing options.

Given that the service is one that aims at higher odds. It is advisable to look at following this tipster over a long period of time. Due to the volatility that is involved following tipsters that advise bets at high odds.

Let’s break down the subscription’s on offer.

1 month – £44.38
3 months – £110 (£36.66 a month)
6 months – £225 (£37.50 a month – weirdly you would be better taking out two 3 month subscriptions)
12 months – £410 (£34.16 a month – cheapest option)

Hansbury Racing Tips Review Conclusion

Overall the results during our review were not positive.

The service itself is run very professionally and long term Hansbury Racing looks like it will be profitable. What you must take into account when following a service such as this is that there will be long losing periods.

Unfortunately our review period came during one of these losing runs.

The Basketball Geek Review 2022 – £2211 Profit From £10 Stakes?

Basketball Geek Review

In this Basketball Geek review we will take an in depth look at this basketball tipster service.

The Basketball Geek comes out of the Betting Gods tipster platform.

In this review our focus will be on.

Are the quoted odds achievable?
Can you follow the Basketball Geek using only exchanges and sharp bookmakers?
Is the Basketball Geek a profitable tipster to follow?

Basketball Geek Results

So first off let’s take a look at our recorded results following this basketball tipster compared to the official results.

The graph above shows my results following the Basketball Geek recorded as staking £10 per selection. These results are over a 3 month period.

In total there were 522 bets, a profit of £308 was made.

Staking £10 per selection a total of £5220 was staked.

A return on investment of 5.9% was made.

The second graph is the official results for the Basketball Geek.

There were 586 official selections over the same 3 month period.

A total profit of £329 was made to £10 stakes.

Staking £10 per selection a total of £5860 was staked.

A return of investment of 5.6% was made

Why The Difference?

There is a difference in results for a few reasons.

Missed bets

Selections are sent out at 08.00 in the morning. There were a few occasions where I wasn’t able to bet these selections at this time. I either completely missed these selections or they shortened in odds to the point where I wasn’t able to get close to the quoted prices.

Bets likely to get my account limited

Some selections the Basketball Geek sends out are on obscure markets, that I felt were likely to get my account flagged as being sharp. For example betting friendly matches in the Estonian league is likely to raise a red flag to a bookmaker’s risk team looking at my betting account.

I made the decision not to include these bets.

Breaking Down My Results

In total £302 was made from the 1×2 market and Asian Handicap market after 284 selections.

The total profit made from the Under/Over market after 238 selections was £6.

Breaking into down into odds ranges you can see the results in the table below.

Odds 2.00 and below	335 selections	-£33.00
Odds 2.00-3.00	67 selections	£155
Odds 3.01 – 4.00	38 selections	£85
Odds 4.01 – 6.00	34 selections	£80
Odds above 06.01	28 selections	£21

Results Since Adding The Basketball Geek To My Own Portfolio

Since this review I have started using The Basketball Geek as part of my long term effort to make £1,000,000 from the sports betting markets.

Aiming to win around £40 per bet (rounding up stakes.)

After 264 bets a total profit of £912 has been made after the initial review was published.

(I stopped using this tipster at the beginning of 2021, This was due to increased bookmaker limitations and I found using sharp bookmakers the odds were getting harder to match.)

Basketball Geek Review –

Are Quoted Odds Achievable?

The Basketball Geek quotes a long term return on investment of 13.77%, is this realistically achievable?

I will be honest no I don’t think it is.

The Basketball Geek is a obviously a very talented tipster but I do think they that should adjust the way they record their odds.

Here is an example of why I think they to need change this.

At 08.00 I received the selections for the day and at the top you can there is a selection for Sporting CP at odds of 2.6.

The Basketball Geek quotes Betfair Sportsbook, Bet365, Pinnacle and Dafabet as the bookies with these odds available. (or at least that is how I interpret the email)

However when I go to place this selection I see that these odds were only available with Betfair Sportsbook.

Using oddsportal and looking at the Pinnacle odds, you can see that odds of 2.6 were not available that day and that odds of 2.42 were available when the selection was sent.

So getting the the exact same odds as the Basketball Geek usually requires you to have access to the one bookmaker that is offering a standout price.

I believe a fairer way to record prices would be to take a price which is widely available with 2 or 3 bookmakers.

Also something I would like to see from this tipster and all tipsters in general is minimum bet odds. If the odds do shorten I want to know what are lowest odds I should consider taking.

Getting Better Then Quoted Odds

For balance however I should note that there were times when I could get a better price then the one quoted in the Basketball Geeks email.

Here is a selection sent out for WNBA games with quoted odds of 1.9.

I was able to get 1.98 on this selection.

The more popular the league, the easier it was to match quoted prices or get better then advised. So for example NBA, WNBA and the Chinese Basketball Association were quite easy to follow.

However overall I believe you will generally get lower then the odds quoted in the official email.

Which Bookmakers Do You Need To Follow The Basketball Geek?

In order to follow all of the Basketball Geek’s selections you would need access to a few soft bookmaker accounts.

The most important one would be Bet365. I found that the majority of selections were found with Bet365 and they were often also the best priced bookmaker for a number of selections.

Marathonbet was another bookmaker that were also were quoted often. If you have access to the majority of European bookmakers such as Unibet, William Hill, Betsafe etc then you will be able to bet on the majority of selections.

Can I follow the Basketball Geek just using exchange and Asian Bookmakers?

Yes and no.

You will not be able to bet on every selection that the Basketball Geek advises. There are some leagues that Pinnacle do not feature and the liquidity on the Betting Exchanges is not there for the smaller leagues.

For the NBA,WNBA, CBA and majority of the European leagues you will be able to bet using Pinnacle.

You will miss some of the more obscure bets on smaller leagues and friendly bets.

Outside of the NBA, the liquidity on the exchanges was generally very poor for most other basketball markets at the time when selections were sent out.

Here is an example of today’s bets.

You can see from the 4 bets advised, that all 4 were available with Pinnacle.

The Basketball Geek sends out on average 175 selections a month.

So given the volume of bets even if you are not able to bet every selection due to bookmaker restrictions. You should still able to bet 100 selections or more a month.

The Basketball Geek Review – Conclusion

So the big question is do I think that you can make a profit following the Basketball Geek.

Yes I do.

Although I have issues with the way they record the official results and I wouldn’t follow the same staking plan as recorded on official results.

(They record everything to staking £10 on every selection. So for example they stake £10 at odds of 10.00 and £10 on a selection at odds of 1.87)

Shortening Odds

The Basketball Geek generally advises selections that shorten in odds throughout the day. This is a very good sign that long term these selections are going to be profitable.

Here is an example from today, the over 190.5 in the Blackwater vs Northport game.
The selection was tipped at odds of 1.9 and closed at 1.7 with Pinnacle.

If you want to see how the Basketball Geek does in the future I will be using the service as part of my making a million from sports betting challenge.

Using a variable staking strategy. Staking smaller amounts on higher odds (£5 at odds of 10.00) and staking higher amounts on lower odds (£50 at odds 1.87)

Which I believe will be profitable in the long term.

If you subscribe to the www.smartsportstrader.com newsletter you will get a monthly update on his performance, along with every other strategy I use to make money from the sports betting markets.

So overall although the Basketball Geek is not without issues there are a lot of good points.

The volume of bets is high with 100+ selections a month which is a big positive.

I made a decent profit over the review period despite taking lower odds then those quoted. Along with not betting some of the more obscure selections.

All in all I do believe that despite its issues the Basketball Geek is still one of the best basketball tipsters available on the market.

If you want to test out the Basketball Geek Yourself, Click here for a 15 day trial

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The Bad Man Tipster – How He Profits When You Lose!

The bad man tipster – how he profits when you lose

I met up with an old friend recently who shares a an interest in sports betting much like me. He started to tell me how he was following a tipsters that turns £25 into a £1000.

“What’s his name,” I asked.
“The bad man tipster.” He replied.

So it peaked my interest and I thought I would do a little research.

The Bad Man Tipster – Scam Or Legit?

Now if read my blog you might have seen why social media tipsters want you to lose.

You probably already know what I am going to write. These tipsters basically work for bookmakers in essence and want to you to lose.

The Badman Tipster makes money when you lose. If you actually make money then he doesn’t make a penny.

He works as an affiliate for bookmakers and makes a commission on the losses of every punter he sends. If he only sends winning punters then he doesn’t make any money at all.

The Casual Gambler reports that he lost 57, £25-£1000 challenges in a row.

This would have lost £1425 for anyone following his selections. In honesty though the losses since his inception will in my opinion likely be far more. Tipsters that run this sort of business model will never track their record publicly or proof it anywhere.

Why?

Because its in their best interest not to. They don’t want to document how much money people are losing following their bets.

The Bad Man Tipster Odds

Another shady aspect of this tipster is that they don’t even post the odds they bet at.

“I recommend placing the bet between odds of 1.25 (1/4) and 1.50 (1/2).” (The Bad Man Tipster)

Obviously there is a huge difference between winning a bet at 1.25 or 1.5. Especially when you are rolling over your bankroll for the next bet. Putting such a wide margin of odds on their selections means they can easily manipulate a challenge.

If the goal comes late they can claim they got on at 1.5, if a goal is scored instantly they took it at 1.25.

There is just no transparency and its obviously easy for them claim what they want.

You will also see that he only states Bet365 as an option for the bet.

If you are serious about turning a profit from your betting you need to find the best odds for every bet. Often you will find that Bet365 don’t have the best in-play odds and you would have been better off betting at a betting exchange like Betfair.

But as Bet365 are the best bookmaker for tipsters that make money as affiliates. You won’t see them touting the best odds for each selection.

Again when they get paid for your losses why would they want show you how to give yourself the best chance of being profitable.

Affiliate Tipsters

There are thousands of these tipsters around. All pushing affiliate links and doing silly challenges.

My advice is don’t follow any of them.

Unless you are fine with giving money to a guy that provides losing betting tips.

For me personally its like paying someone £20 to come and kick me in the balls. Hoping there’s a tiny chance that they slip knock themselves unconscious and £1000 falls out of their pocket in the process.

Its just a bit silly.

The Bad Man Tipster — A lot of affiliate tipsters are not interested in providing profitable tips. They are driven by greed.

The truth about successful sports betting is that is a long grind. Its about finding value bets and gradually increasing your bankroll over time.

You can’t turn £25 into £1000 with ease.
Rolling over your stake after each bet is never a good idea.

What these tipster affiliates do is play on human nature.

People want to win big and they want it quickly. So whilst dangling the carrot of “12 bets and you will win £1000” seems appealing. Over the long term your going to lose a lot of money chasing that £1000.

Sure you might get lucky but the odds are against you.

Some of these tipsters have massive followings.

For example The Badman Tipster has 271k followers on twitter and 336k followers on Facebook. So you can imagine how much money this guy is making from giving out losing tips.

Stack The Odds In Your Favour

If you really want to make money from sports betting.

Then you should look at matched betting.

This is a legitimate, low risk way of consistently making profits from the sports betting markets. It utilizes bookmaker promotions against them.

It is as close to risk free betting as you can get.
I can promise you that it is a much more effective way of money betting rather then following these tipsters.
Here is an article explaining exactly how matched betting works.

In the meantime please share this article with anyone that follows these clown tipsters.

It would be cool if what these people do could become common knowledge.

People would lose a lot less money following these individuals and in turn these tipsters would make much much less from their shady bookmaker affiliate deals.

Betting Tipster Reviews – Who Can You Trust?

When I was at university. I found myself one summer with a spare few thousand pounds. From a student grant that I was lucky enough to have.

My interest in sports betting was just beginning and I came across a betting review site.

This site recommend a service called the “sports betting professor.” It was a service that focused on American sports. Being fairly naive at the time I jumped in and followed the progressive staking system it advised. Lost a decent amount of money and wondered why it hadn’t worked.

I then tried another recommended system from the same review site.

Again I had the same results it lost a bunch of money and I realised I was out of my depth. Or possibly the review site wasn’t being as honest as they claimed.

In hindsight these betting services were terrible and had no edge at all. They were being recommended purely on the basis of affiliate commissions.

After this I started to study sports betting, sports trading and poker. Figuring out how to actually make money from gambling. What was really required, learning about proper bankroll management, variance and the importance of finding value.

It took me probably a year or two later before I joined another service. I put a bit more research into it this time. On the recommendation of a couple of review sites I joined profit maximiser. Which ended up recouping the losses I had made in the previous years from shoddy services and allowed my betting bankroll to grow at a crazy rate.

So I have both been burnt by betting review sites and also seen the benefit when they are done properly.

Betting Tipster Review Sites – How Do They Work?

Lets look at how a legitimate review works.

They approach the vendor of a product/service related to their website. Or the vendor approaches them.
The site trials the product/service for a certain length of time.
They write an honest review of the service. Give it a recommendation if it offers value or state that it isn’t very good and there are better alternatives.
Receive commission on the sale of the product if a purchaser comes through their site.

That is basically how most legitimate review sites function. They try to build trust with their readers. In the likely hood that if they purchase something that offers value they are much more likely to buy something recommended by the site in the future.

This is the model I use to create revenue for this site. I am actively betting and trading on sports on a daily basis. So I do use a lot of trading and betting services.

If I see something that looks legitimate and offers value. I will often approach the seller to ask if I can write a review and put it on the site.

Also I put up betting reviews of the services I continue to use on a regular basis.

However not all review sites work this way.

Scam Review Sites

Not all sites use this model.

From my experience I have seen some review sites that are not legitimate. Some are created by the same person that is selling a service/product.

Lets say for example someone is selling a horse lay betting service. They create a fake review site and give this product an excellent review. Then leave multiple fake comments below all saying how great the service is and how much money they are all making. Creating review websites to present a false impression of the product they are trying to sell.

This does happen.

Unfortunately some of these scam sites are quite intricate. A level above the usual email from a Nigerian Prince. Who needs £1000 so he get back the £500,000 he left in his secret cave back in some imaginary Island. Which he’ll gladly split with you 50/50 if you assist him.

I would like to name this site and the products they are selling. Which I have done previously but due to the threat of legal action I removed it. Even though I don’t think they really had a case. Like most people I would rather not have to spend time going through a legal case.When there are other things I would much rather be doing.

What I can do however is list the betting review sites that I have used and find to be fairly honest in their assessment of sports betting tipsters and services.

Betting Review Sites I Use

LAY BACK AND GET RICH

Laybackandgetrich is a betting and trading review site that has been around since 2011. This is a site that I have found to give a pretty honest assessment of tipsters and betting services. It was on the advice of this site that I joined the first service I made good money with.

What I like about this site is they don’t block out negative comments left on services they are reviewing or may have recommended. The site has an active community in the comments section. Which allows good discussions about services.

If I am ever looking at a tipster or betting service I will normally check this site for their opinion.

HONEST BETTING REVIEWS

If you were looking to learn to build a site around a specific niche and get a good ranking. Honest betting reviews is a really good site to look at. This is a site that is designed really well and dominates the search ranking when it comes to betting reviews.

However the most important question is are they really honest?

From my experience with the services I have used and they have reviewed. It is a site that does a good job of assessing the profitability of a betting tipster or service.

When they recommend a service they provide future updates on its performance. Which is a really good aspect as betting services can often go on good runs in a short period of time. So extended trial are always a good sign for of a decent review sites.

Secret Betting Club

The Secret Betting Club is a bit different to most review sites. They don’t use an affiliate model from the tipsters or betting services they review. Instead they use a subscription service which means you have to pay to access their magazine and some aspects of their website.

Why would you pay?

You might wonder why you would pay for a review service when so many do it for free. Well the Secret Betting Club do the most thorough and useful betting reviews on the internet in my opinion. Where as some sites may leave out certain aspects of a service in order to get that affiliate commission. The Secret Betting Club will note every negative aspect of a service and give a much more unbiased overview of a service.

Perhaps the biggest positive of the Secret Betting Club. Is that they provide an excellent education in making money from sports betting. There is a lot of really good articles on their website regarding all the aspects of betting and the mentality needed to be a successful sports bettor.

Betting Tipster Review Sites Conclusion

Overall I don’t think you should ever rely completely on the word of a betting tipster review site. But they are certainly a good resource for highlighting betting services that might potentially be profitable.

It is best to educate yourself on the world of sports betting and sports trading. This way you can often see quite quickly whether a service is legitimate.

Are results recorded clearly and with more then one bookmaker?
Do they focus on long term results or just brag about short term winners?
Is there a refund policy or free trial?

Ultimately I think legitimate betting tipster and service review sites are very useful.

They can save you a huge amount of time when looking for profitable betting services. However you should also make sure you do your research on both the review site and the service they are recommending.

Before parting with your hard earned money.

The Football Guru Review – Does It Make Money?

I have been testing out the betting gods tipster The Football Guru since the 8th of February. A total of 549 bets have be sent in this time. This is a tipster service from betting gods which focuses unsurprisingly on football.

The Football Guru focuses on the top European leagues along with English leagues. The service tips in many secondary markets alongside the more popular match odds markets.

The Football Guru Review

Updated 29/05/2018

Since the original review the Football Guru has made a few changes and has continued to make impressive profits. In the original Football Guru review it was noted that they were including the Bet365 in-play offer. On a positive note this is no longer the case.

The last Bet365 offer included in results was in April 2017.

I have continued to follow the Football Guru service after the initial review as it was a service that showed promise.

The Football Guru is a service that requires a long term approach but its overall results speak for themselves.

With the positive changes made to the service and its consistent profits over a two year period. I am increasing The Football Guru to a recommended rating.

Original Football Guru Review

Lets take a look at the most important aspect of any review, the results. Results are recorded using £10 per point with the recommended 100 point betting bank.

Key Stats

Bets	549
Total Staked	£9,557.40
P/L	£480.00
ROI	5%

Results have ended on a good note with a decent profit being made. You can see from the graph above however that this is a fairly volatile service. There are some quite large swings in the profit and loss graph.

After a profitable start with the service reaching +£371 after 260 bets. It a hit a low of -£268 by 453 bets before sharply recovering and going on to record a profit of £480 by the end of the trial.

The Football Guru advises a lot of accumulator bets. Ranging from standard trebles or fourfolds to goliath bets. You can see that this creates a lot of spikes in the profit and loss column.

I have never been a fan of high variance betting so I also recorded results without any of the high selection accumulators. Doubles were the largest combination bet included.

The Football Guru Results – No Accumulators

Although you still see the same graph shape as the initial one, it didn’t suffer from as large a drawdown. Its a much smoother looking graph.

Also removing any selections above a double resulted in increased profits, as a total of £539 was made. It does seem that should you want to, you could remove some of the volatility involved in following this service. And the service would continue to be profitable.

My plan is to continue following this service using this method.

Starting Banks

£1000 starting banks

Bank One ( Including Accumulator Bets)

£1480 (£480 profit)

Bank Two ( Nothing higher the a double bet)

£1539 (£539 profit)

The Football Guru Review – Conclusion

I like the Football Guru. It’s a service that I initially had doubts about but its results speak for itself.

The service is well run. Odds are relatively easy to achieve and often you can match or better them with betting exchanges. You receive an email everyday to inform you of the selections. One thing that I feel could be improved is the timing of these emails. Emails are not sent at a specific time so you don’t really know when to expect them.

It would be good if selections could be sent at specific time frames. Having said that odds don’t get crushed as soon as emails are sent out which is a positive.

The Football Guru tips at UK orientated bookmakers such as Bet365, William Hill, Betway etc. One bookmaker that seemed to be used very often was Betstars so it is beneficial if you have them available. However you can also follow the majority of his selections with the betting exchanges. For those people that are limited from most bookmakers.

Does The Football Guru Offer Good Value?

In my opinion at £30 a month you get your value for money. The service is a high volume one with an average of 110-130 selections a month being sent out. The in-play part of the service is also a good addition. This is in the form of a chat room where selections are sent out for live games. Normally on a Saturday when there is a busy schedule.

To conclude I will be looking to add the Football Guru to my betting portfolio. If it can continue to provide solid profits. Its relatively easy to follow, has a historic return on investment of 11% over 2000 bets and I have found the odds quoted attainable.

Having looked the Football Guru’s historic results however they do include the Bet365 bet £50 get £50 in play offer. This is the one negative point I should make about this service. As this does boost the stated roi quite a lot.

However if you remove profit made from this offer. Which was £1074 there is still a healthy profit of £2697 since the service started.

You can trial this service yourself for 30 days at the cost of £1. If you are looking for a football service that makes money long term this is one you should consider.

Click here for the official site of The Football Guru