Making A Million From Sports Betting And Trading – July 2018 Results

After renaming my monthly betting and trading reports, it would have been nice to storm out of the gates with a large profit.

Unfortunately the gods of variance don’t really care about what you’d like to happen.

July ended up being a pretty disappointing month in terms of overall profit.

Matched Betting – Sports Offers, Accumulators, Arbitrage

Starting off with the backbone of my portfolio. The lowest risk and pretty much guaranteed method that will churn out a decent profit month after month.

On months like July when other methods produce a loss. There is always the comfort that matched betting and arbitrage will lessen the damage.

In July I took part in 192 offers.

A total profit of £893 was made.

Service Used

Oddsmonkey (Read The Review)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month (Annual Subscription)

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

In June I lost -£355 after 139 casino offers.

I was hoping that this might turn around in July and a decent profit would be made.

However that was not the case.

In July I did 137 advantage play offers.

For a total loss of -£317

It is important to note that you need to take a long term view with advantage play.

Whilst it isn’t nice putting in the hours over a two month period and seeing a loss of -£672.

My overall profits since I started casino overs exceed £20,000

Its just a case of trusting the maths and grinding through these losing periods.

Service Used

Profit Maximiser (Read The Review)

Subscription Cost – £9.60 a month (Annual Subscription)

Trading Results

In July I started to trade the horse racing again.

No short term scalping looking more at long term positions throughout the morning.

The William Hill flash boosts at 12.00 everyday normally provide a good opportunity.

There was also the usual mix of my own pre match trades and a few I managed to catch from Psychoff.

In total I made 21 trades.

A profit of £339 was made.

Sports Betting Results

These are my own personal bets.

Bets placed with tipsters I will get into later.

In July I made a total of 17 bets.

A profit of £132 was made.

The Football Guru Results

The Football Guru is a tipster that I have decided to follow after proofing selections for over a year.

Staking £20 per point advised.

I don’t bet the Football Guru’s goliath or accumulator selections.

Although these have made some big profits going over his historical results.

I prefer to limit the variance and back the selections as singles.

If a selection is a advised as a double will I place it, mainly to vary my betting patterns with bookmakers.

In July there were 45 selections

A profit of £165 was made

Service Used

The Football Guru (Read The Review)

Subscription Cost – £20 a month (Annual Subscription)

Morning Value Lite Results

The second tipster service that I started following towards the end of July.

Is the morning value lite service which is a premium tipster service from the Secret Betting Club.

Long term results for this service are very impressive.

I started backing selections to £50 a point on the 24th of July.

Rather then post up results for a few days I will add these to August’s results where there will be a larger quantity of bets.

Summary

Overall July was a below average month. The addition of two tipsters along with casino offers is probably going to see more volatility from month to month.

It will be interesting to see how results look at the end of a full year compared to the low risk approach I took last year.

Results

Matched Betting – Sports Offers

£893

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

-£317

Trading Results

£339

Sports Betting

£132

The Football Guru

£165

Total Made In July

£1212

Overall Profit

£30,478

Remaining Target

£969,522

Banker Bets Value Picks Review 2017 – Is It Profitable?

Banker Bets Value Picks Review 2017

Banker Bets Value Picks is a service that comes out of the well regarded Banker Bets tipster service. Whereas the original Banker Bets service focuses on finding value at shorts odds in the football markets. Value Picks bucks that trend and looks for value among all odds ranges.

I have been following the Banker Bets Value Picks service since the 28th of July. Here are my results and impressions since I began tracking the service.

Results And Key Stats (Based On £1000 Bank)

Bets	205
Total Staked	£5,100
P/L	£386.82
Return On Investment	7.5%

In total there were 205 bets over a period of 4 months. A total of £5,100 was staked and a profit of £386.82 would have been made following these selections and staking advice.

These results are very solid and could be bettered if you consistently looked to get the best odds when selections are sent.

How does the service run?

Banker Bets Value Picks is run much like the original Banker Bets. You will receive daily emails from John Baker the man behind the service. The emails are usually sent early in the morning between 02.00 – 05.00. Which works well for a lot of people as they can bet the selections before starting work.

The service also provides staking advice based on a 40 point bank of £1000. With stakes ranging from 0.5 points to 2 points.

One of the big positives of the service is that they record results to the average odds available.

For example here is a selection sent from Value Picks. Which will be recorded at odds of 1.73 however was available as high as 1.78. This means that you can consistently better the results that this service is recording.

Looking at the overall results from Banker Bets Value Picks. You can see a very solid return on investment of nearly 8% and profit of £434.57. These results are to average odds.

In my opinion from following this service. Realistically if you shopped around for better odds. You would most likely have achieved a return on investment of 9% or more and profits of around £500.

Banker Bets Value Picks Conclusion

Banker Bets Value Picks is a service that I really like and its results to date are very impressive. It’s a service that I am going to invest in and add to my 50k betting and trading challenge.

With any sports betting service it’s always going to be a question of can they make money long term?

So whilst Banker Bets Value Picks is still quite a new service it is run very professionally and I believe that long term it will be profitable.

This service gets a recommendation from me. I will continue to update this review as I begin to follow Banker Bets Value Picks with my own money.

(This article features affiliate links. This means that if you choose to make a purchase, I will earn a commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you. 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.)

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.

Betting The Underdog In Football – A Winning System?

Betting the underdog in football can it be a winning system?

In a past article I have written about the favourite longshot bias. And why you shouldn’t discount short odds as having no value. As often there can be excellent value found at the shorter odds ranges.

However what about underdogs, Is there money to be made backing underdogs?

Betting The Underdog In Football — Bradford City beating Chelsea 4-2 at Stamford Bridge

Value Can Be Found At Any Odds Range

There have been numerous studies which have shown that if you go around blindly backing underdogs in football. You are going to lose a lot more money then if you went around blindly backing favourites.

However this does not mean there is no value to be found in betting on underdogs.

Value can be found in any odds range. Whether those odds are 1.01 or 1000. Either of those odds could have value dependent on the situation.

For example lets say in some alternate universe Barcelona were playing my Sunday league team in a competitive game. For some reason bookies priced Barcelona at 1.01.

In this situation I would know there was close to a 0% chance my side would beat Barcelona.

For a variety of reasons.

Pete’s dodgy knees
Half of the team would have been on the lash Friday night
Completely outclassed in every imaginable area of football

So odds of 1.01 on Barcelona would be great value.

Then in another alternate universe Floyd Mayweather was going to fight Conor Mcgregor (oh wait that’s actually happening.)

With bookmakers giving Mcgregor odds of 50.00.

Given Mcgregor has a punchers chance, comes from a combat sport and is a good athlete. Most people would agree that odds of 50.00 would be value in this situation. (Odds of 5.5 not so much)

League 2 Football Betting System

A blog that I mentioned in my best sports betting blogs article called Green All Over. Has highlighted a simple underdog betting system in English football. Which has provided just over a 9% return on investment over the last five seasons.

This underdog betting strategy shows that by betting League Two sides playing away. At the maximum closing odds available. Would have yielded a 9.32% profit since 2012-2013. Using the closing odds at Pinnacle this betting system would have also recorded a profit of 3.77%

Pro Footy Tips

Pro Footy Tips is a tipster that is also showing that there is money to be made from backing underdogs in football. A return on investment of 16.25% is quoted to have been made from 638 bets. (At the time of writing)

Having trialed and tested various betting gods tipsters. I would believe these results to be accurate.

These results have been achieved backing average odds of 4.8. This is another indication that there is value to be found from backing underdogs in football.

What should you be aware of when backing underdogs?

Longer losing runs

When you are backing at higher odds its possible you might encounter some long losing runs. As you will be betting on outcomes with lower probabilities it is not uncommon to lose 20 or 30 bets in row. The higher the odds ranges you are backing the more likely a long losing run could occur.

Just to highlight this. You can see from the above image that Pro Footy Tips lost 19 out of 20 selections. From January 24th to February the 14th 2017. But still has a really impressive return on investment and makes profit long term.

Bigger bankroll or lower staking

Because you are backing at higher odds where losing runs are more frequent. You will need to make sure your bankroll can sustain these periods. This means that you would either need to stake lower amounts or have a larger bankroll. Compared to a betting system where you would be backing favourites.

Use The Betting Exchanges

In most cases you will find the best price on underdogs is at the betting exchanges. If you want to make long term profits from betting you always want to make sure you get the best odds possible. When looking at underdogs you should always check the betting exchanges.

Betting The Underdog In Football

In conclusion you can see that it is possible to make money backing underdogs in football.

Much like every other aspect of gambling whether its sports betting, sports trading or poker. If you put in the research, find a sufficient edge and use a proper staking plan. Long term profits are possible.

Banker Bets Value Picks – New Review

John Baker the behind the successful football tipping service Banker Bets. Is bringing out an additional football betting service called Banker Bets Value Picks.

Banker Bets Value Picks – New Review

Value Picks will focus on the football betting markets. However the selections will not be capped at a lower odds range. The service only started this month and Value Picks will be offering a 3 month trial to anyone that wants to test the service.

Here is an example of the type bets this service will be producing.

Date	Competition	Match	Bet	Stake	Odds	Result	Win/Loss	Profit/Loss	Bank
									£1,000.00
Jul. 12	Champions League	Dundalk v Rosenborg	over 2.5 goals	£25.00	1.85	1-1	Loss	-£25.00	£975.00
Jul. 12	Brazil Serie A	Palmeiras v Corithians	Corinthians double chance	£25.00	1.78	0-2	Win	£19.50	£994.50
Jul. 13	Europa League	Zeljeznicar v AIK	Both to score: No	£25.00	1.72	0-0	Win	£18.00	£1,012.50
Jul. 16	Brazil, Serie A	Gremio v Ponte Preta	Gremion -1 AH	£25.00	1.98	3-1	Win	£24.50	£1,037.00
Jul. 16	Norway, Eliteserien	Odd v Viking	Odd to win	£25.00	1.7	0-2	Loss	-£25.00	£1,012.00
Jul. 18	Champions League	Vardar v Malmo	Malmo to win	£25.00	1.89	1-3	Loss	-£25.00	£987.00
Jul. 18	Brazil, Serie B	ABC v America MN	America MN draw no bet	£25.00	1.67	0-1	Win	£16.75	£1,003.75
Jul. 19	Brazil Serie A	Vitoria v Gremio	Gremio to win	£25.00	2.17	1-3	Win	£29.25	£1,033.00
Jul. 20	Europa League	HJK v Shkendija	over 2.5 goals	£25.00	1.69	1-1	Loss	-£25.00	£1,008.00
Jul. 20	Europa League	ODD BK v Vaduz	ODD BK win	£25.00	1.7	1-0	Win	£17.50	£1,025.50
Jul. 21	Brazil, Serie B	America MG v Figeuirense	America MG to win	£25.00	1.61	4-2	Win	£15.25	£1,040.75
Jul. 23	Sweden Superettan	Frej Tabby v Dalkurd	Dalkurd to win	£25.00	1.75	0-3	Win	£18.75	£1,059.50
Jul. 23	Sweden, Allsvenkan	Djurgaarden v Ostersunds	over 2.5 goals	£25.00	1.87	3-0	Win	£21.75	£1,081.25
Jul. 23	Brazil, Serie A	Fluminense v Corinthians	Draw	£12.50	3.1	0-1	Loss	-£12.50	£1,068.75
Jul. 24	Sweden, Allsvenskan	Hammarby v Elfsborg	over 2.5 goals	£25.00	1.56	2-1	Win	£14.00	£1,082.75
Jul. 25	Champions League	Qarabag v Sheriff Tiraspol	Qarabag to win	£25.00	1.53	0-0	Loss	-£25.00	£1,057.75
Jul. 25	Champions League	Steaua Bucharest v Plzen	Steaua Bucharest draw no bet	£25.00	1.61	2-2	Void	£0.00	£1,057.75
Jul. 26	Champions League	Hapoel v Ludogorets	over 2.5 goals	£25.00	2.19	2-0	Loss	-£25.00	£1,032.75
Jul. 26	Champions League	Club Brugge v Basaksehir	Both to score: Yes	£25.00	1.86	3-3	Win	£21.50	£1,054.25
Jul. 27	Europa League	Sturm Graz v Fenerbahce	Fenerbahce to win	£25.00	2.18	1-2	Win	£29.50	£1,083.75
Jul. 27	Europa League	Craiova v AC Milan	AC Milan -1.5 AH	£25.00	1.88	0-1	Loss	-£25.00	£1,058.75
Jul. 27	Europa League	Bordeaux v Videoton	over 2.5 goals	£25.00	1.8	2-1	Win	£20.00	£1,078.75

I am a big fan of the original banker bets service. So it will be interesting to see if John Baker can produce another service that able to make long term profits from football betting. This will be a service that I will definitely be keeping an eye on.

You access 3 months of selections for free here.

Matched Betting For A Living – Is It A Realistic Goal

Matched betting for a living probably seems like the ideal job for a lot of people. You get to stay at home and work exclusively from your computer. No boss to worry about, no annoying colleagues that you have to put up with.

If you are not familiar with matched betting please read this article

Sounds good right….. But is matched betting for a living possible?

Matched Betting For A Living

If you are a regular reader of this blog. Then you will know that I am currently undertaking a 50k in a year betting and trading challenge. The largest amount of profit from this challenge comes from matched betting and exploiting casino offers.

Here is a breakdown of profit made from matched betting

April Profits – £787
May Profits – £91 (made an error which cost me £330)
June Profits -£548

Here is a breakdown of profits from casino offers

April Profits – £885
May Profits – £1628
June Profits – £1108

So you can see that you can make decent money from matched betting and casino offers. However whether you could make a living from it depends on several factors.

Factors You Need To Consider

The biggest factor is how much do you need to pay the bills?

Some people can get by on a £1000 a month. For others its £5000 a month. Obviously this is the key point to consider if you were looking at matched betting full time.

How many ungubbed accounts do you have left? Do you have the resources to open more?

If you have been matched betting for a while. You will know that bookmakers don’t like it and will remove your ability to take part in promotions. After that you can use these bookies for arbing or value betting. Eventually however the well runs dry and you don’t have any more options.

Are there friends and family members that you could teach about matched betting? Perhaps take a percentage of their profits?

Job Security

You might find your job mundane and boring as hell. But is also might be very secure with a pension plan and sick pay. Matched betting for a living is quite a uncertain profession.

How long will you be able to make a living from it? Will new rules come into place which make it harder? What if bookmakers stop offering promotions?

If you do leave your job to pursue matched betting full time. Will you be able to return should things not pan out?

On the flip side though could matched betting provide you with an income that will open up opportunities in the future. With enough resources you can compound your profit over and over. This could enable to reinvest your money into pursuing a job you would enjoy.

Matched Betting Bank

Another important question to ask yourself is how much money do you have saved up?

You would need enough to cover the cost of your bills. But also have enough to spread around different bookmakers and exchanges. So that you could make the most of the matched betting offers when they are available.

It is hard for me to make an exact estimate as everyone’s situation is different. But I would say you would want to have at least enough money to pay your bills for 6 months. Then have an extra £5000 bankroll or more just for matched betting.

If you are going to take advantage of higher risk casino offers. Then you would probably want an even larger bankroll on top of money to pay the bills.

Conclusion

In this article I have pointed out some of the negative and positive aspects of matched betting for a living. If it is something you are considering my advice would be don’t rush into it.

Especially if you are quite new to matched betting it may seem like the holy grail. There is no harm in perhaps lowering your hours at work and putting more hours into matched betting. Then reevaluating your things after a few months.

Don’t get me wrong matched betting is awesome but is important to put realistic expectations on pursuing it full time. I personally know some people that do extremely well from matched betting for a living.

Could that person be you in the future? Possibly but it is important to evaluate all the factors involved before you make the jump.

If you want to make the most of your matched betting. This service gets my recommendation as the best matched betting software around.

Why Social Media Tipsters Want You To Lose

If you like to bet on sports and are on social media you will have probably noticed there are a huge amount of tipsters and challenges going on.

One of the most common challenges is to take a relatively small amount of money say £10 and attempt to turn it into a £1000. This is done by rolling over your stake with each bet until a profit of £1000 is made.

Why Social Media Tipsters Want You To Lose

Challenges like these have become very popular with a number of these pages having hundreds of thousands of followers. Now I understand why these challenges are popular its like buying a lottery ticket. You have a small initial layout with the potential for a big win. One big thing a lot of these tipsters and pages fail to mention is they want you to lose.

This is how they make money. The business model for these twitter tipsters or facebook pages is to make an income as a bookmaker affiliate. Enticing new customers and being given a share of their losses is where their profit is made. Normally it will be between 10-30% of a referred players losses.

Whilst they might “boom” every winning tip and tell you they have made thousands in the past two weeks. Over the long term they only make money if you lose. Do you really want to follow betting tips from someone that profits only if you consistently lose? Seems like that would be a bad idea.

You will consistently see these types of tipsters pushing bookmaker sign ups. Claiming big profits whilst never recording past results and highlighting wins but barely acknowledging losses.

In conclusion following these types of challenges and tipsters is not going to make you money in the long term. Possibly you could get lucky and turn £25 into £1000 or you might go on to lose £2500 by following a 100 of these challenges that don’t come off. The only people that are making money from these challenges are the guys running these twitter accounts and facebook pages. Not the people following them.

Is it possible to make money from sports betting?

So can you actually make money from sports betting?

Yes you can but it isn’t as easy as following some dude who says he will turn £10 into a £1000 in 10 bets.

It is said that only 1% of people betting on sports make a profit. If you compare the popularity of these tipsters and pages to the small amount of people following websites/blogs that give out solid sports betting advice. It’s easy to why the overwhelming majority of people lose money betting.

Social Media Tipsters — Matched betting profits from April 2017

If actually making money from sports betting and trading does appeal to you. An effective and profitable approach to take is matched betting.

I have written an article detailing how to make money from matched betting here. This approach uses bookmaker promotions to guarantee a profit. There are hundreds of these offers available and if you are looking to make some extra money this is a great way to do it. It is probably the most consistent way to make money from sports betting.

Something else you may want to consider is looking into betting exchanges and sports trading. I have outlined how betting exchanges function is this article. In general they will offer you much better odds. They differ to bookmakers as they don’t make money on player losses. Rather they take a commission on winning bets or stakes which means that they also don’t ban winning accounts.

Please share this article if you know people that are following these shady social media tipsters. So at least they become aware they are betting on the advice of people that want them to lose.

If you want to start profiting from sports betting and trading. I recommend this service which currently contributing the biggest profit in my 50k in a year challenge.

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

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Sports Trading Exposed Review

What is sports trading exposed?

Sports Trading Exposed is produced by professional trader Tomas Paul. Tomas started trading in 2006. He states that he has made more then £250,000 from sports trading.

The product comes in the form of an ebook and 45 trading videos. The focus of Sports Trading Exposed is mainy on the horse racing markets. There is also a small section on greyhound racing.

Sports Trading Exposed Review – What Do You Get?

The book is well written, presented clearly and is quite lengthy at 234 pages. The first part of the book covers the basics of trading and how to set up your computer. Along with the the trading software you need, factors such as internet speed and latency, how betting exchanges function, lay betting etc.

Setting up Geeks Toy and becoming familiar with all of its uses is the next section that is covered. This is useful for beginners that are not familiar with API software. Money management is discussed and an overview of the UK horse racing markets is included.

How much strategy is revealed?

After the basics of trading have been explained and you become aware of how to set yourself up to trade efficiently. We move on to strategy. There is quite a lot of crossover with Caan Berry’s ebook and videos. This is not a negative thing, as they are both professional horse traders its probably expected. There are however some new angles and insights discussed in Sports Trading Exposed that I haven’t seen before.

The strategy section of this book is very thorough and contains a lot of information.

What’s included?

Scalping Techniques
Crowd Thinking
Swing Trading
Price Bands
Que Positioning
Scratching
Spikes and corrections
Support and resistance
Market making
Spoofing
Clashes
Big Races
Using Betfair graphs
Screen Recording

There is also a lot more. You have 45 example videos where Tomas explains the strategies he uses and what he looks for in the markets. (Recently Tomas added videos of trades from Cheltenham 2017)

The book covers strategies used for Uk, Irish, US and Australian horse racing as well as greyhound racing.

Sports Trading Exposed Review – Conclusion

Overall Sports Trading Exposed is an excellent resource for those looking to profit from the horse trading markets. It is a really well put together trading package.

The fact that Tomas is also trying to build a community and has a forum is a really positive factor. Learning to trade well takes time. Offering an ongoing platform to give out advice on a frequent basis is an excellent idea.

For beginners or someone looking to start trading the horse racing markets, Sports Trading Exposed is ideal material to get you started. From the videos I have seen it is obvious Tomas is an excellent horse racing trader. The way he reads the markets and his reaction time to the changing dynamics are really impressive.

Given that his community is quite small at the moment means you are going to be able to get a lot time and advice.

At £94.80 you are getting a lot of content for money. Alongside continuing support from a professional trader. There is also a 60 day refund guarantee should you feel you haven’t got enough value from this product.

Sports Trading Exposed gets a clear recommendation from me. The horse racing markets are tough to crack and no ebook or training course will make you a super trader overnight. However this trading package will give you in depth insights of a professional trader, ongoing support and show you the necessary tools to succeed in the horse racing markets.

You can check out sport trading exposed here

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The Football Guru – Month 1 Results

I have had a month of selections from[af_link id=”1911″]The Football Guru.[/af_link]

With historic results showing close to a 15% return on investment. I was quite excited to trial this service.

Has it delivered any profits in the first month of the trial?

The Football Guru – Month 1 Results

Key stats

Bets	282
Total Staked	£4730
P/L	£66.8
ROI	1.4%

The Football Guru is a high volume service. At the weekend you might get as many as 10 pre match selections. Alongside the pre match selections there is also an in play part of the service. Where you might another 10-15 selections.

This means that you are staking a lot of money and the swings in your profit and loss can be quite high. I have found that the odds given out in emails are quite easy to achieve. Often also the odds given for in play selections can be bettered by using the betting exchanges.

The ROI is very small after the first month. However you really need a large amount of bets before the variance evens out.

Starting Bank

£1000

After the first month of results now stands at.

£1066.8

I have enjoyed following this service so far. It is quite unlike any other tipster service that I have followed.

Given the large amount of bets sent out. I should be able to get a large sample size of bets after only a few months. We should be able to get a good indication of how profitable this service is by then.

The next update will be around the 8th of April.

If you want more information on the Football Guru you can take a look at the official site[af_link id=”1911″]Here.[/af_link]