Making A Million From Sports Betting And Trading – June Results

June was a good month.

It seems like things are getting back to normal and the return of regular sport was a welcome one.

I did miss it, its nice to have busy Saturday’s back where I’m firing off value bets everywhere and tallying everything at the end of the day. Might be the degenerate gambler side of me that still remains but I do like having lots of action on.

Horses, football, UFC I love it when the weekends are packed.

Anyway lets take a look at the results from June.

Matched Betting – Sports Offers, Arbitrage, Value Betting

June saw the return of the Bet365 bet £50 get £50 in-play offer.

Which is one if not the best recurring matched betting offer that still gets thrown out from time to time.

The Ascot horse racing festival was also in June and helped a poor start to the month turn around.

I made a total of 495 bets in June.

A total profit of £1247 was made.

Services Used

Oddsmonkey (Click Here For The Review)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month (Annual Subscription)

Bookie Bashing

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

I did nearly 100 less offers in June compared to May.

Which I was quite surprised about when I went over the results for the month.

Didn’t do many sign ups this month and the increase in sports probably was a factor.

As a result the month end P/L was solid without being spectacular.

In June I completed 145 offers.

A total profit £341 was made.

Service Used

Bonus Accumulator (Click Here For The Review)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month (Annual Subscription)

Sports Betting Results

During June I made 11 bets and made a total profit of £235.

Not much to say really other then I need to stake more on MMA betting (Which I stated in last months update but didn’t apply.)

I know that is where my biggest edge is and has been for a years. After using some of my bankroll for building work for my house. I have been overly cautious with my staking and that is something I need to address.

Misc

Looking at my day to day results and the one recorded here.

I am -£123 less, not sure why to be honest. At a guess it is probably from following a few unrecorded tipster bets.

Thoughts Going Forward

As things return to a more normal state.

I will look to resume with the services I was previously using, which were Trade On Sports and FTS Racing. Have also been tracking a few tipsters that look very promising in the past few months which should also be solid additions.

Have to admit have the kids at home 24/7 has lead to a less structured approach with my betting and trading. Personally I thrive on structure so things do seem a little scattered at the moment and is one of the reasons I haven’t done any trading.

However overall I am happy with this month’s results.

Results

Matched Betting – Sports Offers

£1247

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

£341

MISC

-£123

Sports Betting

£235

Total Made In June

£1720

Overall Profit Since The Challenge Began

£85,257

Remaining Target

£914,743

Making A Million From Sports Betting And Trading – May Results

Sports are gradually returning and things are looking up from a sports betting/trading perspective.

Again my main focus this month was on casino offers but the return of German football has been a welcome one!

Looking ahead June promises the return of the Premier League along with other football.

This brings more value betting opportunities and also matched betting opportunities which in turn should mean there is more profit to be made.

But for now let’s take a look at results from May in the ongoing making a million from the sports betting markets challenge.

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

Let’s start with where most of the profit came from in May.

In May I did 235 offers.

A total profit £1372 was made.

Another solid month of profit from casino offers and I got the chance to check out a new service Bonus Accumulator, which I was impressed with. They highlighted pretty much all the offers that I been previously manually working out and seem on top of finding as much value as possible from casino offers.

So going forward that will be the service that I use to exploit casino offers.

If you are still not taking advantage of casino offers and interested in leaning more.

I have linked a video and article below which should be helpful.

Article – Make Money From Casino Bonuses

Video – How I Profit From Casino Offers

Service Used

Bonus Accumulator (Click Here For The Review)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month (Annual Subscription)

Matched Betting – Sports Offers, Arbitrage, Value Betting

There were a few matched betting offers around and I managed to pick up some value bets.

Although it didn’t seem like the market was able to adjust to there being no crowd. So relying on the market price to indicate value might not have been the best idea.

You could see this as starting prices in football didn’t seem to mean much and there were massive adjustments made in-play after 10 mins in the match odds market.

During May I made 59 bets.

A loss of -£127 was made.

Services Used

Oddsmonkey (Click Here For The Review)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month (Annual Subscription)

Bookie Bashing

Sports Betting Results

In May I made a total of 24 bets.

A loss of £45 was made.

During May I had a look through my long term betting results as for the last year I have been a losing sports bettor.

I also delved deeper into my long term stats dating back to 2017.

From the graph I can see that I am performing well betting MMA and also in-play MMA/Football over the long term (This is shown as No Sport on Bettin.gs.)

Although the sample of bets isn’t huge it looks like my pre match football bets (red line on the graph) are not really making any money.

It makes sense going forward to increase my bet size on Mixed Martial Arts and leave betting pre-match on football alone. I am very confident in my edge betting MMA markets but obviously football markets are a lot sharper.

Hopefully this change should see a decent profit made over the coming year.

Services

Previously I had been using Trade On Sport and FTS Racing. I won’t be using these services until sport resumes in normal form. Both are good services and I am confident long term they will be profitable but during this period I want to be cautious.

My main focus is going to be on area’s that I am confident I have a large edge in ( Casino offers, mma betting, pre-match trading.)

Results

Matched Betting – Sports Offers

£-127

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

£1372

Trading Results

-£46

Sports Betting

-£45

Total Made In May

£1156

Overall Profit Since The Challenge Began

£83,537

Remaining Target

£916,463

Thoughts Going Forward

Got to admit I have been pretty disappointed with results this year after doing really well last year, I hoped that momentum would continue.

However at the end of the day it is only betting and with everything that’s happened I should really be grateful for everything that I have already. For a lot of people that live on this world there is no opportunity to make money from the sports betting world.

In fact there is very little opportunity for them at all.

Puts things into perspective, anyway moving on to June.

The return of the Premier League is sure to bring more matched betting offers to the table and should be some good pre-match trading opportunities.

Thanks for reading, hope you have a profitable June.

Ultimate Guide To Sports Betting Arbitrage – Make Thousands From Arbitrage Betting

The Ultimate Guide To Sports Betting Arbitrage

Is sports arbitrage betting the easiest way to make money from sports betting?

In terms of making extremely low risk and consistent profits sports arbitrage is a great way to make money.

Over my lifetime I have made thousands of pounds in profit from sports arbitrage and still use this strategy effectively to this day.

In this article I will detail my methods for staying under the bookmakers radar for as long as possible.

Also I will explain and show examples of how to secure huge profits winning both sides of a bet with minimal risk.

What are the key questions that surround sports betting arbitrage?

How do you make money from sports betting arbitrage?
Can you make a living from from sports betting arbitrage?
How can I stop getting limited from bookmakers when arbing?
What is the best sports betting arbitrage software to use?

Lets answer these questions and take a deeper look at the world of sports betting arbitrage.

Sports Betting Arbitrage?

So first off what is sports betting arbitrage?

An arbitrage bet happens when we can back all of the selections in a sporting event and guarantee that we will make a profit no matter the outcome.

Sometimes this will happen with two bookmakers or sometimes with a bookmaker and a betting exchange.

Lets take a look at this with a simple example using the bookmaker Bet365 and the betting exchange Smarkets.

Bet365 are currently offering Dover at a price of 3.00

Whilst on the betting exchange Smarkets they are available to lay 2.96

( A lay bet is the opposite of a back bet, it means if we wanted to win £100 we would risk £196)

In the above example you can see that should Lincoln win a profit of £200 pounds would be made on Bet365.

Should Lincoln win on Smarkets you can see a potential loss of £196 would be made.

In this example a Lincoln win would net us a profit of £4 whilst any other outcome would lead to £0 being won or lost.

Lets break down the outcomes.
Lincoln win –
£100 on Lincoln at 3.0 wins £200 on Bet365
£100 lay bet on Smarkets loses £196
Lincoln lose –
£100 on Lincoln at Bet365 is lost
£100 lay bet on Smarkets is won

Profit On All Outcomes

One of the great things about sports betting arbitrage is that you can hedge your profit across all betting outcomes if you wish to.

Sometimes you may wish to win more on one outcome and put yourself in a no lose situation on the others.

It is really a matter of preference.

Lets take a look at if you wanted to hedge your profit across all outcomes on the arbitrage example given above.

(You get 0% commission at Smarkets, Matchbook and Betdaq if you are a member of Oddsmonkey.)

In the above picture you can see that you could guarantee yourself a profit of £1.35 across all outcomes for a £100 stake.

This may not seem like a huge amount of money but a 1.35% return over the course of a day is pretty amazing.

Not only that but this is only 1 arbitrage bet it is possible to make thousands of arbitrage bets also at higher stakes.

Also you can regularly find arbitrage bets of 5% or more which quickly adds up.

Arbing With Two Bookmakers

In the first example the sports arbitrage bet was made between a bookmaker and a betting exchange.

You will often find arbitrage bets between two bookmakers and on rare occasions even arbitrage bets comparing two betting exchanges.

The process will remain exactly the same when betting with bookmakers.

Lets take a look at a few arbitrage bets when comparing odds between two bookmakers.

So using Betburger’s free arbitrage finder that flags up arbitrage bets up to 1% you can see 4 arbitrage bets on football matches.

The Spain vs Malta arbitrage offers extra value being a middle bet however that is something I will discuss later.

This leads us on nicely to the next topic where to get started with sports betting arbitrage.

Getting Started With Sports Arbitrage Betting – Free Sports Betting Arbitrage Software

If your new to sports betting arbitrage you are probably going to want to test things first.

Make sure that you aren’t making any mistakes and get a feel for arbitrage.

Free sports betting arbitrage software does exist on the internet as shown above.

It normally however comes with limitations such as a cap of the arbitrage percentage (no more then 1%).

Usually there will also be a time delay on the bets shown. Which means that these bets may no longer exist as the odds have changed.

Rebelbetting and Betburger both offer great free arbitrage software which as explained has its limitation but is great for newcomers.

If you are quite new to sports betting then I would first suggest building up your bankroll through matched betting.

(My recommendation for matched betting is Oddsmonkey where you make good money exploiting bonus offers. Oddsmonkey also has a great oddsmatcher that is great for sports arbitrage bettors that are just starting their journey.)

Can Bookmakers Ban You From Doing Sports Arbitrage?

Unfortunately bookmakers can and will ban anybody that they don’t expect to make money from long term.

The only exception to this are some of the Asian bookmakers that model their business on turnover rather then making money from recreational bettors.

However we will focus on betting with European bookmkers at the moment as no Asian bookmaker is able to offer their services to UK customers at the moment.

So yeah it might seem a little unfair but bookmakers can limit your account or ban you entirely if they wish to do so.

However this should not put you off sports arbitrage as unless you are willing to lose money over the long run. It is inevitable that this will happen at some point.

Ok so can I disguise my arbitrage betting?

From my experience yes you can disguise your arbitrage betting for a period of time, lets take a look.

How To Stop Bookmakers Limiting My Betting Accounts

In this section I will detail some of the strategies that I have used to keep my bookmaker accounts open for as long as possible.

New Accounts –

When you open a new account it is looked at closely by traders to determine whether it is recreational or not.

If you start arbitrage betting straight away on a new account it is not likely to last long. It is a good strategy to act like a recreational punter when opening a new account for at least a month.

Make a few accumulator bets or bet on secondary markets like the first goalscorer or correct score market. Often this will allow you a greater lifespan on your account for arbitrage betting in the future.

Avoid Obscure Leagues –

If you start betting arbitrage bets on Moldovan second division football or women’s rugby. It is very likely that you will find yourself getting limited.

Sticking to the big football leagues, major boxing matches and big American sports is normally much better for your accounts life span.

Mix up your markets –

Bookmakers employ traders to look for accounts that will make money.

When a trader see’s an account that for example is constantly betting on horse arbitrage bets they will likely limit that account.

I try not to make it easy for trader’s and leave an obvious pattern of arbitrage bets.

One bet may be on rugby, another on boxing. I will throw an arbitrage bet into an accumulator with selections that are 0% or slightly negative to try and disguise it.

The next bet I might make could be an arbitrage bet as low as 0.2% on secondary market that is unlikely to stand out as straight arbitrage bet.

Can I Lose Money From Sports Arbitrage Betting?

There are a few ways in which you might lose money when sports arbitrage betting.

Mistakes –

We are all human and we all make mistakes. You may see an arbitrage bet and take the wrong side or even bet on a different event by accident.

Sometimes teams play multiple matches in a week so this could happen. You may accidently stake the incorrect amount on a selection.

Palpable Errors –

Palpable errors are a get of jail card for bookmakers. It means if they make a big mistake and for example offer odds of 5.0 for a selection that is around 3.0 everywhere else.

They can claim it was an error and void a bet.

This means that you should always be very wary if you see for example an arbitrage bet of 10% or more as this could be a palpable error. Which in turn could lead you lose money if the bet was voided.

Lets move on to talking about middle bets which are pretty awesome.

Sports Arbitrage Middle Bets

So what is a middle bet?

A middle bet is when a two bookmakers or betting exchanges (any combination) offer a opportunity where both bets could win should a certain scenario occur.

On other occassions a middle bet will allow us to get money back on one bet and profit on the other.

What do I mean by this?

The majority of bookmakers and exchanges offer handicap bets on a number of sports.

For example here we can see that Bet365 offer odds of 1.95 on France -4 goals.

Lets break down how a handicap bet such as this works.

France win by more then 4 goals – bet is won
France win by 4 goals exactly – bet is void
France win by less the 3 goals – bet is lost

Now lets say for example that we could back Moldova +5 goals on the William Hill at 2.06.

We stake £100 on France at 1.95 on Bet655, along with a £95 bet on Moldova +5 goals at William Hill.

The game plays out and France win by 5 goals.

£100 at odds of 1.95 on France -4 pays out at £95 profit
£95 at odds of 2.06 on Moldova +5 is returned
A total profit of £95 is made from zero percent risk.

In a sport such as basketball or rugby you can often find middle bets seperated by several points.

For example you may have one side at -15 and the other side at +18 which allows for both bets to win.

Middle bets are an extremely powerful sports betting strategy that allow you the chance for large profits with minimal risk.

Middle Bet Live Example

At Leovegas I could back Lyon in the regular time market. (Note this market says it will pay out at half the odds in the case of a draw.

At Betfair I was able to lay Lyon (bet that they do not win) at lower then 3.15.

This gave me a normal arbitrage bet but also gave me a bet that would win on both Leovegas and Betfair should the match finish as a draw.

Live Sports Arbitrage Betting

Middle bets are pretty cool right?

Lets look at another advanced strategy to make money from the world of sports betting arbitrage.

Live sports arbitrage betting.

So the concept is exactly the same as pre-match arbitrage.

We are looking for markets where we can cover every outcome of an event and guarantee ourselves a nice profit in the the process.

However there are pros and cons of live arbitrage betting that I will go through.

The Cons Of Live Sports Betting Arbitrage

Odds move quickly in live betting and that is the biggest factor you need to be aware of with live betting.

If you are not careful you could find yourself in situation where you could lose money if don’t react quickly enough.

Be aware of goals, points being scored , there are situations that can cause a large change in the odds which could have a negative effect on your bet. (It should be noted that sometimes these factors will also have a positive outcome.)

There are delays in accepting live bets with the majority of bookmakers and exchanges.

Again delays mean that odds can change before a bet is accepted and put you in a negative situation rather then a positive.

The Pros Of Live Sports Betting Arbitrage

Live arbitrage is not easy!

Why is this a positive?

Most people aren’t doing it and you can fly under the radar of a bookmaker a lot longer then if you were pre-match arbing.

There is more opportunity in live arbing when compared to pre-match arbing.

In-play betting markets are dynamic and constantly changing, minute by minute the odds have to adjust.

In order for there to be no opportunity, the betting markets all across the world would have to be perfectly synchronized.

Which they aren’t.

This offers so much opportunity for live arbitrage betting.

So with live arbing there is more opportunity and you will often find that on average you can get on bigger arbitrage bets which makes the added risks worthwhile.

5 Tips For Live Sports Betting Arbitrage

Start Small
Given the added risks of live sports arbitrage you should bet a smaller amount of your bankroll in case something goes against you.
For example you might only want to bet 5% of your bankroll whilst in pre match arbitrage you can better higher.
Learn The Markets

See how long in-play betting delays are with each bookmaker, which bookmakers are offering the most opportunity. Which sports flag up the most arbitrage bets?
Focus On Break Periods
If you want to limit the risks associated with live arbitrage betting. Focus on betting at half time, the end of a set in tennis, in between rounds in boxing.
Manage The Risk

Accept that sometimes things will go against you but also know that sometimes you will benefit form events.
If taking an arbitrage bet on the over/under 2.5 goals market in football. A good idea is to take the over bet first. As if a goal is scored when you are entering your bet on the under position your are going to be in a profitable position.
Put In Volume
For live arbitrage you will need software such as betburger.Live arbitrage software is not cheap so you need to offset this by putting in a decent amount of volume.
As stated there is a tonne of arbitrage opportunities especially at weekends. Putting in the time and volume will allow you make a decent profit and cover your subscription.

Can I Make A Living From Sports Arbitrage

Is it possible to make a living from sports arbitrage?

Yes it is certainly possible.

From spending years on sports arbitrage forums I know some individuals that have made huge sums from sports arbitrage.

There would be two ways that you could achieve this.

Do you have access to almost an unlimited number of betting accounts?

Can you make arbitrage bets in a way that the bookmaker cannot detect?

If the answer to either of these question is yes, then you can probably make a great living from sports betting arbitrage.

Shop arbitrage (sharbing) is also something that you could consider if you live in a country with betting shops.

I have heard stories of people making a living entirely from sharbing in the past.

From my experience I have been able to make a full time income from the sports betting markets.

You can read about the strategies I use here.

However I do not rely solely on arbitrage betting.

So there are a few roadblocks in the way of making a living from arbitrage betting.

This however should not stop you from making a large amount of money from sports betting arbitrage should you wish.

The Best Sports Arbitrage Software

In order to really make the most of the opportunities that sports arbitrage betting produces you will need some software.

There are a few key factors that you need to consider when looking at sports arbitrage software.

Bookmakers
First of all you need to make sure that the software you choose to use supports the bookmakers you have available to you.
Speed
Arbitrage bets appear and disappear due the changing odds across bookmakers and betting exchanges. The best sports arbitrage software will notify you of these changes as quickly as possible alerting you to a possible arbitrage situation.
Markets
There are hundreds of different betting markets. The best sports arbitrage software is able to find cross market arbs across different bookmakers.
Cost
When considering which sports arbitrage software you want to use. You need to consider how much money you have yourself to invest?
How much time you are going to have for arbitrage and how much can you expect to make per month after the subscription cost is included?

I have tested the majority of the available sports betting arbitrage software.

For me there are a few that stand out among the rest.

Free Arbitrage Software

If you want to take a look at which arbitrage services offer free versions of their software. The Arb Academy have broken down which services offer a free trial which you can view here.

For The Beginner

At £18 a month or £150 for the year Oddsmonkey is great value for anyone that is just getting started with arbitrage betting.

Alongside its tools for exploiting matched betting opportunities it is the ideal service for someone looking to make money from the sports betting markets.

For an detailed review of the Oddsmonkey software click here.

For The Serious Arbitrage Bettor

Rebelbetting are an established name in the arbitrage community.

Offering odds coverage for around 90 bookmakers Rebelbetting offers a lot of arbitrage betting opportunities.

The software itself is fast and efficient, you can a click a link that takes you directly to the market where the opportunity exists.

Rebelbetting has several payment options.

39 Euros a week
129 Euros a month
97 Euros a month (6 month subscription)

For the serious sports arbitrage bettor Rebel betting is an excellent option.

If you want a more detailed look at Rebelbetting you can read the review here.

For The Professional Arbitrage Bettor

Ok so you understand arbitrage betting pretty well.

You see the potential in sports arbitrage in live betting markets and understand middle bets.

Your looking at taking your arbitrage betting to the next level!

Betburger is the stand out sports betting arbitrage software for you.

Featuring pre match and live arbitrage betting opportunities.

Betburger is fast, efficient and extremely easy to use supporting 80 different bookmakers.

There are multiple subscription options for Betburger.

One of the really cool features of Betburger is you can take up daily subscriptions, meaning even if you only wanted to arb at weekends you could.

Here are the subscription offers for both live and pre match arbitrage betting.

(Betburger also offer options for only live bets or only prematch arbitrage bets.)

14.24 Euros a day live and pre match arbitrage bets
240 Euros a month live and pre match arbitrage bets
2020 Euros a year live and pre match arbitrage bets

You can visit Betburger here

Sports Betting Arbitrage Conclusion

Alright so we have gone through quite a lot here.

If you have managed to get through this article you should be pretty familiar with the opportunity that sports betting arbitrage offers.

Sports betting arbitrage is an excellent investment for the return you can get on your time and money.

If you are interested in making a really good income from the sports betting markets then it is something you should really look to explore.

Making A Million From Sports Betting And Trading – April Results

So the lock down continues, with very little sport going on.

There is still football in Belarus and Nicaragua, horse racing from Australia and America.

However opportunities have been few and far between this month with casino offers being really the only way to make some profit this.

May does look like it might improve on a sporting front.

The UFC are running 3 events this month, Bundesliga could return. Looks like the Korean football league will be going ahead.

So there should be some more opportunities for matched bettors, sports traders and value bettors.

Hopefully things will return to some sort of normality in the near future.

Speaking of normality on to the monthly results.

(If you prefer video, I did an update this month on Youtube)

Watch this video on YouTube

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

In April I did 213 offers.

A total profit of £1022 was made.

Not a lot to comment on really.

Did quite a few reload offers and 10-20% cashback offers. Unibet and Betvictor have been pretty generous this month with low risk/low value offers.

Happy with the results and the volume.

If you are still not taking advantage of casino offers and interested in leaning I have linked a video and article below which should be helpful.

Article – Make Money From Casino Bonuses

Video – How I Profit From Casino Offers

Service Used

Profit Maximiser (Read The Review)

Subscription Cost – £9.60 a month (Annual Subscription)

Results

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

£1022

Total Made In April

£1022

Overall Profit Since The Challenge Began

£82,381

Remaining Target

£917,619

Thoughts Going Forward

Like I wrote earlier it does look like May will improve on a sporting front.

Not thought really too much about my own trading and betting.

Opportunities still might be quite limited in the near future however at the end of the day this challenge of mine is pretty irrelevant with everything going on right now.

There are and will be a lot of people struggling with a variety of issues going forward.

So on that note keep safe and thanks for reading.

Making A Million From Sports Betting And Trading – March Results

March 2020 what a month.

At the beginning of this month things were pretty normal. There was a bit of a worry about this virus in China but there has been rumblings of this type of pandemic before.

And it never happened.

However by the end of March it all became pretty real.

My own approach has been to try and carry on as normal as possible.

Which means the monthly update is due, Lets take a look at March’s results.

In the making a million from sports betting and trading challenge.

Matched Betting – Sports Offers, Arbitrage, Value Betting

Its pretty crazy to think that Cheltenham happened at the beginning of this month.

Feels like a long time ago now.

Although Irish racing did carry on for a little while there wasn’t much to bet on by the end of the month.

So despite Cheltenham it wasn’t a huge month for me although results were still pretty solid.

In March there were 351 matched betting offers and value bets.

A total profit of £700 was made.

Services Used

Oddsmonkey (Read The Review)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month (Annual Subscription)

Bookie Bashing

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

Next up is casino offers.

Which is probably going to be my only focus until we get some news on sport returning.

I did think with pretty much all sports being cancelled we might see an influx of decent casino offer. If I am honest though I haven’t seen a huge difference. There does seem to be a few more lower value offers coming up though.

In March I did 200 offers.

A total profit of £1378 was made.

If your interested in profiting from casino offers I put up two new pieces of content this month.

Article – Make Money From Casino Bonuses

Video – How I Profit From Casino Offers

Service Used

Profit Maximiser (Read The Review)

Subscription Cost – £9.60 a month (Annual Subscription)

Sports Betting Results

There has been a pretty clear pattern emerging with my sports betting results.

That pattern is that I am losing pretty consistently.

I don’t bet a lot of volume and it could just be that I am running bad (which is what I want to think.)

Or could be that I am losing my edge on the markets that I was beating pretty consistently in previous years.

This month I made 10 bets.

A loss of -£730 was made.

Trade On Sports

Short month for the Trade On Sports service.

Currently my subscription to this service is on hold until football and tennis resume.

Lets take a look at the results from the 2 systems that I currently follow.

Staking £50 per selection.

Tennis Results – 4 selections in January, a profit of £223 was made.

Staking £102 per selection.

Inplay Football Results – 4 selections a profit of £88 was made.

Total – £311

Service Used

FTS Racing

After a really poor February I was hopeful that FTS Racing might find some form in March.

Unfortunately it was another bad month for FTS racing which got cut short due the cancellation of racing.

After losing £885 last month this was a bit of a kick in the balls.

But I know that these draw downs can happen in betting although I can recognise it can happen it still stings a little.

FTS Racing Results – -£584

Service Used

Trading

Traded very little this month with football being abruptly stopped.

Managed to get a few trades on at Cheltenham when I thought there were a few obvious opportunities where the risk vs reward ratio was very good.

A profit of £163 was made from my own trading.

Whilst things were quiet this month I got a chance to read the new cricket trading guide released by Caan Berry.

If your interested in cricket trading you can read my thoughts here.

Results

Matched Betting – Sports Offers

£700

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

£1378

Trade On Sports

£311

FTS RACING

-£584

Trading Results

£163

Sports Betting

-£730

Total Made In March

£1238

Overall Profit Since The Challenge Began

£81,359

Remaining Target

£918,641

Thoughts Going Forward

For a while now I have been thinking about trying to automate more of my betting.

In my 20’s I was fine which grinding out day after in front of the computer. Now though in my 30’s and with a young family I feel like to want invest less time in front of the computer.

So when sport does return that is going to be a focus of mine.

The current lock down has given me a lot of time with my kids and I do realize that whilst they are young and enjoy spending time with me. I really should make the most of that.

Because I know that if future years that’s probably not going to be the case.

How did your betting/trading go in March and how do you plan on going forward when this is all done with?

Let me know in the comments?

Caan Berry Cricket Trading Guide Review – Worth The Money?

Caan Berry Cricket Trading Guide Review – Worth The Money?

If you are a regular reader of this blog you will probably be familiar with Caan Berry.

Previously I have reviewed his horse racing trading education products and he also featured in the article 5 betfair trading strategies from 5 successful Betfair traders.

For those new to the blog, Caan Berry is a well known Betfair Trader with a good reputation throughout the industry.

In this review we will be taking a look at the newly published cricket trading guide.

Being a complete beginner to cricket trading I also asked a friend of mine (Luke) who regularly trades cricket for his input.

Throughout this review I will include Luke’s thoughts about various aspects of the guide.

Caan Berry Cricket Trading Guide Review

First off lets take a look at the contents of the cricket trading guide alongside the additional extras.

10 Crucial factors
Rules that impact betting
Your cricket trading set up
Social Media edges
How cricket changed in 2008
How much liquidity is coming
Whats an event worth? Entry points?
What is par?
Run line shortcut vs match odds market
Staking your cricket trades
The mental side of cricket trading
High pressure points for players
Compression points in the market
Trading test cricket
Weather in test cricket
One day cricket trading
Key one day cricket strategies
Risk management
Market manipulation and fixing
White label exchanges and liquidity
Guide to reading cricket stats

As you can see its quite an extensive cricket trading guide which covers a wide array of areas.

Who Wrote The Cricket Trading Guide?

This trading guide is not written by Caan Berry himself, it is written by a professional cricket trader that has known Caan for a number of years.

Throughout the guide he is referred to as Mr X.

The writer of the guide states that he wanted to keep his personal details secret as at times he still takes advantage of live time delays. Which is similar to the advantage live “courtsiders” have in tennis.

He would still like to maintain this edge in the market and believed that giving out his details could harm this.

Caan Berry Cricket Trading Guide Results — Some results shared by Mr X

Luke’s Thoughts

I was kindly asked by Ryan, to read and review the cricket guide by Mr X. After agreeing I looked forward to it as cricket guides in the trading world are a premium.

Being a bit of a skeptic I thought surely there wouldn’t be too much given away.

After reading the guide I was pleasantly surprised.

I am a cricket trader and have been for over 8 years now, it isn’t my sole sport but one I have a natural interest in.

Is The Cricket Trading Guide Suitable For Beginners?

Being a complete beginner of trading cricket on Betfair I read through the guide without knowing a whole lot prior.

The guide is well written and easy to follow.

The guide starts with “10 Crucial Factors” you need to assess when your planning to trade a cricket game. This was a great introduction to cricket trading and really hammered in some of the fundamental factors that you need to consider before trading a game.

After that the guide goes on to more specific strategies.

One surprising element to me was how much information the author of this guide gave away about his own strategy.

For example stating the apps he uses to check weather conditions.

He also reveals throughout the book his strategies on how to exploit mug punter money, in the case of cricket this money comes mostly from India.

Another factor that really impressed me was the amount of data that the author gave away throughout this guide.

This really helps to hammer home why certain strategies would work.

Luke’s Thoughts

Mr X actually states that to use this guide to it’s fullest potential. You do need to understand the game of cricket.

That means knowing the rules within the game.

Is it an easy thing to do for someone with no knowledge of cricket?

No, it does take time and you will have to watch several matches in order to develop your understanding.

The author states that this isn’t like horse racing. It is a more complex market to understand however there is great opportunity within the cricket markets.

If you don’t have much experience with the sport of cricket it doesn’t make the guide completely pointless, in fact it does the opposite. When you begin to understand the game, this guide gives you some routes to really focus on.

Cricket is here to stay, the money is growing and edges are changing.

This guide is an excellent starting point for anyone looking to trade the cricket markets.

Any negatives to report?

Honestly this guide is extremely thorough. I felt that it covered every aspect of cricket trading that I could imagine and more.

The only real negative that I have is that it is electronic and you can’t print it out.

I understand that this is done to protect the product and the information contained within it.

However some people may prefer the option of printing it out so that they can read it away from a computer or phone screen.

Luke’s Thoughts

Are there aspects that don’t appeal?

Similar to you I think maybe the concept of it being electronic.

If you are wanting to implement this very useful tool then it’s most likely you want to run through segments whilst in the market.

This is where hard copy options really are a worth that little bit more. Being able to annotate if you are like me, or just reading through can be an advantage, but I am splitting hairs.

Caan Berry Cricket Trading Guide Review – Positives

The guide consists of 79 pages.

I stated earlier that it is well written and from the perspective of a cricket trading beginner it was jam packed with value.

There were clear strategies outlined in the guide. Perhaps more importantly there is also a lot of data shared within the guide to back the strategies up.

When you purchase the guide you don’t just get access to a trading manual but also you get the same data the author of this guide has used to successfully make thousands from the cricket markets.

You get Indian Premier League Data which is categorised into:

Ground Statistical Data
IPL 2017 ,2018, 2019 Data
Overall Analysis

Ireland Profits — Make informed trading decisions with good data.

Along with Big Bash League Data which is categorised into:

Ground Statistical Data
BBL 2017, 2018, 2019 Data
Overall Analysis

The guide explains how to use this data effectively to make profitable cricket trades.

Luke’s Thoughts

What’s impressive about it?

I think first, he provides data sheets for previous tournaments namely IPL and BBL.

These are very liquid competitions that will hold relevance going forward. Secondly if you are a novice, you really do want to follow his advice on money management, and psychology.

Perhaps the biggest thing to take note of was his professionalism.

This is what really sets the profitable from the unprofitable. The amount of work he does up front through using social media, to highlighting key players and devising plans.

If you are looking to be a profitable cricket trader then imitation of Mr X would be a pretty solid start.

Perhaps you are an experienced trader with a particular niche strategy?

Mr X might give you some ideas on how to scale what you are doing or open your eyes to a new strategy.

If you have no idea where to start. Mr X shows you some quick ways to get to work, giving you enough scope to develop your own set of skills.

Overall it was encouraging to see Mr X write with such openness about the edges within cricket.

I believe when a trader or novice trader buys a guide, they want to be enlightened. To expect at the very least a few new aspects to take away with them.

I really believe that this cricket guide delivers over and beyond what most will expect.

Conclusion

After reading the guide I was very impressed with the overall depth of and quality which is provided throughout.

The added confirmation of this guides quality from an experienced cricket trader (Luke) gives me no hesitation in giving the cricket trading guide a recommendation.

The guide is very affordable at a price of £45.

There is additional support after purchasing the guide along with access to a community of like minded traders.

All in all Mr X (whoever that is) has produced an excellent trading education product which is in line with the other excellent products Caan Berry has produced.

The Cricket Trading Guide gets top marks from me.

Click Here For More Information About The Caan Berry Cricket Trading Guide

Making A Million From Sports Betting And Trading – February Results

Last month wasn’t the best start to the year as a very small profit was eeked out by the end of January.

It was nice to start a new month, February was a month where I was determined to make some progress towards the £1,000,000 profit target.

Lets take a look at how things went.

Matched Betting – Sports Offers, Arbitrage, Value Betting

Its been a really good month from a value betting perspective.

Again very little matched betting going apart from the Bet365 inplay offer.

I did ramp up my sports arbitrage betting this month hammering a Mr Green account.

Didn’t land any 2ups with Bet365 which are always a good earner.

In February there were 348 matched betting offers and value bets.

A total profit of £2023 was made.

Services Used

Oddsmonkey (Read The Review)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month (Annual Subscription)

Bookie Bashing

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

On to the casino results.

Got to admit this month I to start to feel quite jaded about grinding out casino offers.

It just becomes pretty mindless and unfulfilling when you do it day after especially when you go through tough periods.

On the flip side though you can still a get a decent hourly return. There are people in this world doing hard labour for much much less and I am/was probably being a bit of a pussy.

Imagine telling some poor guy working in North Korean labour camp about feeling jaded making £25+ an hour playing casino games.

That thought quickly puts things in perspective.

In February I did 256 offers.

A total profit of £1192 was made.

Service Used

Profit Maximiser (Read The Review)

Subscription Cost – £9.60 a month (Annual Subscription)

Sports Betting Results

Very low volume of sports bets this month.

Which was probably a combination of being unwell for a few weeks and the fact that I can’t seem to turn this bad run around at the moment.

Only 11 bets were made in February for a total loss of -£57.

Trade On Sports

Coming up to nearly six months with the Trade On Sports service now.

Its a service that I like but my results haven’t been the greatest lately.

Lets take a look at the results from the 2 systems that I currently follow.

Staking £50 per selection

Tennis Results – 39 selections in January, a loss of -£677 was made.

Staking £102 per selection.

Inplay Football Results – 22 selections a loss of -£248 was made.

Total – -£925

So overall I am pretty much breakeven with TOS after a really strong NFL season where a profit of £920 was made.

(Trade On Sports official results will be different to mine due to missed bets, different prices taken on tennis.)

Below are the results in graph form since starting to follow the service.

Stick Or Bust?

Despite going through a rough period of results, I still intend to stick with Trade On Sports.

My initial plan was to go with the service for a year and then reasses things.

There is a plan in place that will enable the automation of the strategies that I follow.

Which would be a big plus for me and put aside the issue of missing out on selections due to family commitment etc.

Plus I know from the excellent blog daily25 that in sports betting there will be losing periods.

Even with services that are profitable long term. That’s just the reality of betting and something you have to come to terms with if you want to win long term.

Service Used

FTS Racing

Next up is FTS racing service which provides Betfair SP selections.

I have also included Ian’s horse racing podcast selections in the results.

Not a pretty graph.

Still early days with this service but a bloodbath in February puts the service into a negative overall now.

However again my plan is to stick with it for a full year and see things out before making any changes.

I think a lot of people jump on and off services very quickly. But your never going to time things perfectly and hit the good patches of variance each time.

Just got to ride it out and look at things over the longer term.

FTS Racing Results – -£885

Service Used

Trading

My own trading this month was solid if not spectacular.

I mentioned being unwell for a few weeks and from experience have found its best to leave the markets alone if your not feeling very sharp.

A profit of £488 was made from trading.

Results

Matched Betting – Sports Offers

£2023

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

£1192

Trade On Sports

-£925

FTS RACING

-£885

Trading Results

£488

Sports Betting

-£57

Total Made In February

£1836

Overall Profit Since The Challenge Began

£80,121

Remaining Target

£919,879

Thoughts Going Forward

It was nice to get a decent winning month in after January.

Hopefully the services that I follow will have stronger months going forward, which could push me through the £100k in total profit mark before the end of the year.

Happy with the amount of volume I put in this month.

Another high point was that I had the opportunity to write an article for Asktraders.com which was really cool.

You can read that article here.

Not much else to add really my betting/trading has become pretty rigid and boring nowadays but thats probably a positive.

Listened to a few interviews with Harry Findlay this month.

Thought it was interesting as he talks a lot about getting a “buzz” from betting still.

I’ll will be honest that something that i don’t get at all anymore.

Compared to when I started and every bet seemed to really matter.

Lets see what March brings, how has your betting been going on in 2020?

Let me know in the comments below!

Sports Betting Scams – 5 Scams You Need To Be Aware Of

Sports betting scams!

Its hard enough to make money from the sports betting markets as it is.

The fact that it is also a market that attracts conmen and scammers is also something that you need to be aware of.

I fell for a scam early in my betting career lets try and make sure it doesn’t happen to you.

Lets take take a look at some common sports betting scams that you need to be aware of.

Investing in a Sports Trading Fund Scam

First off I should mention that there are legitimate sports betting and trading funds.

But generally if you get approached by someone on social media looking for investment in a sports trading fund its going to be a scam.

Here is a good example of this type of sports betting scam.

It is somebody offering “wallet mangement.”

Basically what this scammer suggests is that you send them money or give them access to your betfair accounts and they will trade on your behalf. Giving you a percentage of his winnings for doing so.

So this is a bad idea for a lot of reasons.

Giving someone else access to your betting accounts or sending them money under the premise of “wallet management.”

Always puts you in a very bad position. They can just easily just keep the money and disappear or if accessing your account lose that money into there own account.

Also it makes zero sense for a profitable sports bettor/trader to take such small investment and payout so much profit. Surely anyone that is making money from sports betting/trading can increase their bankroll from the profits made.

Here is a high profile case similar to this regarding the “Betfair King” scammer.

Betfair King Scam

Investing In a Sports Arbitrage Fund Scam

Next up is a scam that is very similar to the first one however it is under the guise of investing in a sports arbitrage fund.

Sports arbitrage betting is a great way to make money from the sports betting markets and I have written about it in depth here.

However again there is almost no reason at all as to why somebody would require investment for sports arbitrage.

Here is an article regarding the company the “Winning express” which pretended to a sports arbitrage betting fund.

Winning Express Scam

The company was promoted by ex-Premiership footballers Steve Claridge and David Hirst it offered investors large, risk-free returns.

Investors in The Winning Express were guaranteed a 2% tax-free interest per month.

The Winning Express was allegedly run by a man named Graham Bradbury. Bradbury had previously been banned from being a company director for running a pyramid scheme.

Winning Express eventually closed in 2016.

This was a sports betting scam that left a lot of its “investors” being owed large sums of money.

Affiliate Tipsters

I have covered affiliate betting tipsters like Badman Betting previously however tipsters such as these are still pretty prevalent in the sports betting industry.

There are tipsters out there that basically work alongside bookmakers.

They do this by sending bookmakers new customers and getting paid a percentage of their losses.

This basically gives them an incentive to provide poor value tips in order for them to get make money.

Often you will see these types of tipsters running silly challenges such turn “£10 into £1000 in 10 days.”

Another favourite is to tip big accumulators which again tend to be very poor value.

Is this an outright sports betting scam?

Maybe, maybe not?

However I don’t think it benefits betting punters and i do think its pretty unethical as I know most people that follow these type of tips aren’t aware that those providing them recieve commission on reffered player losses.

Fake Betting Review Sites Scam

Now this is an interesting one and probably one you might not be aware of.

Its a scam I wasn’t ware of until I got duped by it and then did my homework.

Last time I wrote about these guys they pursued legal action so I can’t name them exactly (don’t want to waste time/money on legal advice.)

However I can point out red flags to look out for.

I’ll start with how I fell for this scam.

Quite a few years ago I was looking on a betting review site and came across a betting product that I had never seen before. It had rave reviews and the site was also recommending a matched betting product that I was already using.

That gave me some confidence that they were legitimate.

So I bought the product and it was terrible…………………….. really really terrible.

Basically it was the martingale system on sports betting………………… and that was it.

I spent £50 for that.

Immediately I felt incredibly stupid and asked for a refund, which was denied.

Paypal wouldn’t issue a refund as it was a digital product.

Hindsight

After digging a bit deeper I came to realise that the review site was created by the same person that was creating these scam betting products.

I left a few comments on the fake review site to see if they would show up.

They never did.

I also went on a few betting forums and asked if anyone else had been duped by this site.

Quite a few people had exactly the same experience as myself so it became clear what this person was doing.

He was giving his own products favourable reviews on his “review site” and creating fake profiles/comments to give out the impression that they offered value and were profitable.

Then choosing to block any real feedback on the product he had created.

In hindsight I should have questioned why no other review site was recommending it?

If it was really as good as the review site made out then much like matched betting it would have been everywhere.

Sometimes you just have to learn from these things and move on.

So yeah this was quite an elaborate sports betting scam but its one to be aware of.

Buying “Fixed Games Information” Scam

“Hey bro you wanna get some information on a fixed game? £50 and it yours”

“I’m ok bro thanks.”

I still get emails/social media messages like these from time to time.

Sometimes its a dude from Africa ,sometimes Asia, sometimes Eastern Europe.

The old paying for information on a fixed game scam.

Now do fixed games in football and other sports exist?

Yes they certainly do but do these criminal syndicates that organise them go around harrassing people on social media or through email looking to sell that information.

Probably not.

Again just using some common sense, if you had information on a fixed game then you could make a tonne of money betting on it.

It would make little sense to go around offering that information and potentially alerting more people to the fact the game is fixed.

Learn Real Methods For Making A Profit From The Sports Betting Markets

There we have it 5 betting scams that you should be aware of.

Although there are a lot of ways to lose money in the sports betting markets it is not impossible to make a decent income with the right strategies.

If you are interested in making a profit from the sports betting markets I have written two guides to help you do so.

WinnerOdds Review – Tennis Service That Has Made £40,487 Profit?

WinnerOdds Review – What is WinnerOdds?

WinnerOdds is a betting tool that highlights value bets within the tennis markets.

According to the official website.

WinnerOdds includes an Artificial Intelligence algorithm that calculates the real probabilities of all the tennis matches, compares them with the odds offered by the bookmakers and finds more than 5000 value bets per year in order to invest and earn money betting.

The official site shows some pretty impressive results since its inception in May 2016.

Despite tennis being a very popular sport that isn’t a large amount of tennis tipsters providing profitable services. Tennis Ratings and the Pyckio tennis tipster Nishi Kori are two other services that I have heard positive things about.

Lets take a look in this Winnerodds review whether this is also a service that can beat the tennis betting markets.

WinnerOdds Review – The Interface

The interface for WinnerOdds is extremely well polished, whilst also being easy to navigate and set up.

They have a well written tutorial which explains how to use the service. From setting up your bankroll to betting on the value selections that WinnerOdds highlights.

After you spend a few minutes getting familiar with the WinnerOdds software you can move on to selecting the bookmakers that you have available to use.

There are 22 monitored bookmakers. These are the bookmakers which the WinnerOdds software automatically scans and highlights when their algorithm finds value.

The other bookmakers are ones that you can manually search and add bets with if the software flags up a value bet.

WinnerOdds Value Tennis Bets

Once you have set up your bankroll and selected your bookmakers its time to move onto the odds page. On this page you see potential bets that the WinnersOdds software has highlighted as being value.

WinnerOdds’s software shows you the tournament and time that the tennis match is being played. In green it highlights the player you should bet on. You will then see the algorithm’s estimation of the minimum value odds and if a bookmakers is matching that or offering higher it becomes a recommended bet.

The suggested staking is based on the Kelly criterion (read this article for a better understanding of the kelly criterion).

When you click highlighted selection, there is the option to adjust the amount staked and also adjust the odds if they have changed. WinnerOdds then tracks this bet for your and automatically updates your bankroll based on the result.

WinnerOdds Results

Lets take a look at the documented historical results of the WinnerOdds software.

WinnerOdds state that had you started with a £1000 bankroll at its inception.

Your total profits would now stand at £40,496 which is extremely impressive. This is over a total of 16295 bets using the suggested staking, averaging a yield of 8.81% per bet.

One important factor to note is that the majority of these selections are not in the top flight tennis competitions ATP and WTA.

WinnerOdds seems to excel in finding value in the lesser know competitions such as the Challenger and ITF categories.

Lets take a look at the results for selections in the ATP.

You can see in the ATP there has been 1542 selections since the WinnerOdds service started.

A profit of £732 has been made with a respectable yield of 2.42% per bet.

In the WTA the results are better.

A profit of £2095 has been made with a yield of 6.7%.

This highlights that WinnerOdds can find value in the higher liquid tennis matches. So for anyone that bets with exchanges this is an option.

Where the WinnerOdds algorithm has really made its money is in the Challenger and IFT competitions.

You can see from the above picture that after 5787 selections.

A profit of £17,871 has been made with a yield of 9.19%.

WinnerOdds Review – Trial Results

I have had two months so far with the WinnerOdds software.

In between my normal betting and trading in my effort to make £1,000,000 from the sports betting markets.

I have been betting the value selections suggested by the software. So far I have logged in every morning around 09.00 and taken the suggested selections. This is a lower volume approach then is optimal.

WinnerOdds does send out selections to your email whenever the service finds new value in the tennis markets.

I found these very frequent and you will often get 20 to 30 selections a day.

These are my results based on 134 selections so far.

Picks	134
Units Bet	242.46
Units Won	43.05
Yield	16.28%

From the image above you can see that my early results have been pretty pain free. The profit graph is moving steadily upwards and there have been no real downswings yet.

Although it should be noted it is early days and a bad run of results could completely undo all of the profit made so far.

I checked my own results to make sure that there was no discrepancy with the odds recorded on my personal log and results recorded in WinnerOdds historical results.

Everything was recorded correctly and gives me confidence that the reported results from WinnerOdds is accurate.

WinnerOdds Pricing

Currently the cheapest option for subscribing to WinnerOdds is to pay every 390 euros (£353) every 6 months. This works out at an average of 65 euros (£59) a months.

This isn’t cheap working out at around £700 a year.

However if you have the required bookmakers available and a bankroll of around £1000. Based on historical results it is very likely that even after taking out subscriptions costs you would be left with a healthy profit.

WinnerOdds Conclusion

Early indications are very promising for WinnerOdds. The historical results are very impressive, the software works well and suggested staking is based on sound betting principals.

To get the most out of WinnerOdds you will need to have the monitored bookmakers available to bet with. Given that the majority of selections are in markets that aren’t offered on the betting exchanges.

Overall I was very impressed with WinnerOdds and I am happy to give it a recommendation.

Visit WinnerOdds Here

Smart Sports Trading And Betting Service Results – Month 1

The free sports betting and trading service has been running for a month now.

Although things have been pretty quiet on the football betting front there have still been a few selections. Across the African nations cup, Chinese and Japanese leagues.

Below I have added results for the first month.

Any selections that have IP next to them mean that they were bet in-play. Normally when I suggest betting on football they will be in-play bets however there will also be pre-match selections from time to time.

Date	Sport	Selection	Stake	Odds	Result	Overall P/L
22/06/19	MMA	Rafael Lovato JR	0.5	5	2	2
23/06/19	Football	Morocco IP	2	1.63	1.26	3.26
25/06/19	Football	Ghana	2	1.73	-2	1.26
29/06/19	MMA	Demain Maia	2	1.62	1.24	2.5
29/06/19	MMA	Vinc Pichel	1	3.4	2.4	4.9
30/06/19	Football	Shanghai SIPG IP	1	2.12	1.12	6.02
05/07/19	Football	Guangzhou Evergrande IP	1	2.08	1.08	7.1
06/07/19	MMA	Jack Marshman	0.5	5	-0.5	6.6
06/07/19	MMA	Gilbert Melandez	0.5	4	-0.5	6.1
06/07/19	MMA	Jorge Masvidal	1	3	2	8.1
08/07/19	Football	Djurgarden IP	1	1.9	-1	7.1
10/07/19	Football	Senegal IP	2	1.73	1.46	8.56
10/07/19	Football	Slovan Bratislava IP	1	1.9	-1	7.56
12/07/19	Football	Lay Henan Jianaye IP	0.23	1.23	-0.23	7.33
13/07/19	MMA	Brianna Van Buren	1	2	1	8.33
20/07/19	Football	C Osaka IP	1	1.89	-1	7.33
21/07/19	MMA	Raquel Pennington	1	2.37	1.37	8.7
21/07/19	MMA	James Vick	1	2.37	-1	7.7