Making a million from sports betting

September 2021 marked month 54 in the making a million challenge.

It was a month where profits came really easy early as everything seemed to be winning. Really though I might be looking at a record month!

One big mistake half way through the month lost me about £400 and then variance seemed to even itself out.

Let’s dig into the results from September.

Value Betting, Matched Betting And Arbitrage 

The results are pretty much 95% value betting at this point.

There is the odd £5 free bet which I usually just chuck on an underdog and a normally find a few arbitrage bets each month.

However you can probably tell by the graph that value betting is where the majority of the volume is.

During September there were 229 value bets.

A profit of £248 was made.

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Advantage Play – Casino Offers

Lacked the motivation to do much casino stuff this month.

Its frustrating as some of the casinos I was getting better reload offers on have put a £200 deposit limit on my account. Which means I can usually do one reload a month where in the past I might get 4 or 5.

I could get these limits increase but the source of wealth checks are so over the top that I can’t be bothered.

This meant the month was mostly low risk offers.

In September I did 72 offers

A profit of £332 was made.

MMA/Boxing Betting Results

September was another solid month for mma and boxing betting.

The biggest value bet of the month was backing Vitor Belfort to beat 58 year old Evander Holyfield. Didn’t feel particularly great about betting against a 58 year old man in a boxing contest.

But the odds were ridiculous.

Overall 14 bets were placed and a total profit of £551 was made.

Tipsters

Let’s take a look at how the tipsters I follow performed in September.

Premier Greyhound Tips – -£351 from 34 selections (Staking £10 per point.)

Disappointing month for Premier Greyhound tips with a lot of the stronger (4 point) selections losing. Hopefully October improves.

You Can Read Our Premier Greyhound Tipster Review Here

Neil Macdonald – -£620 from 29 selections (Staking £200 per point)

Bad run at the moment for Neil’s selections. There are some missed bets as his selections do tend to shorten quickly but often rebound. Not much to add, Neil’s long term record is stellar. Feel its just a case of getting through this rough patch.

You Can Read Our Bookie Insiders Review Here

Tipster Results Overall

-£971

Horse Racing Tipsters

On to the horse racing tipster portfolio which performed brilliantly this month.

This is the line up of horse racing tipsters I now use.

Quentin Franks Racing – Betting odds 5.0 or above using only exchanges (Click Here For Our Review)

Kieran Ward Value Service (Free Smart Betting Club Tipster)

Beth Bet (Read The Review)

Beth Bet again proved to be very profitable this month, Quentin Franks chipped in with a 36.00. winner and Kieran Wards selections were also profitable.

(On a side note I will have a video up in a few days going over how I use Beth Bet and my results using the software.)

In September a profit of £1409 was made from horse racing tipsters.

Golf Value

I carried on with the golf value betting strategy in September.

Using the exchanges to highlight value bets with online bookmakers and shops.

In September a profit of £353 was made from 26 selections.

Trading 

Been a while since I have made a big mistake with my trading or betting.

But September marked a big f*** up.

I had a pre match lay on Burnley against Arsenal which I intended to close before the start of the game. Saturdays can be a pretty busy day and that day was also my niece’s birthday party.

No problem though I thought i would just trade out on my phone and enjoy a few hours away from the computer.

What I didn’t realize was that on Smarkets when you trade out of a position it doesn’t also cancel your other unmatched bets. Which it does on Betfair.

So I returned from the party feeling refreshed and ready to get back to work. Loaded up Smarkets and saw I had a £400 bet matched on Burnley after I had traded out.

Which duly lost and was a kick in the balls but mistakes do happen.

You learn and you move on.

Other then that trading had been going really well both pre match and in-play.

Managed to hit a really nice trade on the England vs Andorra game which I went through in the video below.

In September a profit of £1042 was made from trading

Results For September

Value Betting, Arbitrage, Matched Betting – £248

Casino Offers – £332

Trading – £1040

Sports Betting – £551

Tipsters – -£971

Horse Racing Tipsters – £1409

Golf Value – £353

Total Made In September

£2962

Overall Profit Since The Challenge Began

£123,625

Remaining Target

£876,375

Smart Sports Betting Community

September also marked the first month of the Smart Sports Betting Community.

Which is something I run myself.

Covering MMA/Boxing bets, value betting and football trading advice.

Results for the first month were really positive, the graph above illustrates results staking £100 a point.

You Can Access A One Week Free Trial Here If Interested

Recommended For Matched Betting/ Value Betting/ Arbitrage

Oddsmonkey Matched Betting And Arbitrage Software (Click Here For A Free Trial)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month (Annual Subscription)

Trademate Sports Value Betting Software –  Click Here For A Two Week Trial

If you comment “Smart Sports Trader” in the chat when you sign up for a Trademate Sports trial. You will get an extended two week trial and also a 10% discount off your first month.

Subscription Cost – £105 a month (Monthly)

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Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month  (Annual Subscription)

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Which means that if you subscribe to a service through a link on this site I will receive a commission.

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I only recommend services I am using or have used in the past.

 

July 2021 is over, it was a month where we got to see England reach the final of Euro 2020.

Make the best possible start to the game before snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Overall it was a pretty painful game to watch as you could see what was coming.

As someone that has got used to the ups and downs of betting. I feel pretty emotionally withdrawn from most sports but England still suck me it.

Maybe next year …………..

Let’s take at the results for July (Month 52).

Value Betting, Matched Betting And Arbitrage 

A negative result this month.

With no major football leagues playing it was mainly golf, tennis and horse racing.

Did a little arbitrage on MMA, although it probably should be classed more as trading as I predicted the odds on a selection were off pretty generous. Waited for the market to correct itself.

Then made the arbitrage bet.

Volume was down this month due to the kids being on holiday, also gave myself more days off then usual before football starts up again in August.

During July they were 151 bets.

A loss of -£226 was made.

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Value Betting Guide

Recommended For Matched Betting/ Value Betting/ Arbitrage

Oddsmonkey Matched Betting And Arbitrage Software (Click Here For A Free Trial)

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If you comment “Smart Sports Trader” in the chat when you sign up for a Trademate Sports trial. You will get an extended two week trial and also a 10% discount off your first month.

Trademate Sports Value Betting Software –  Click Here For A Two Week Trial

Subscription Cost – £105 a month (Monthly)

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

A better month doing casino offers in July.

There were times this month where I thought a big win was coming after hitting some bonus rounds on bigger stakes.

However those perky Halloween Fortune witches decided that it wasn’t my time.

Still it was nice to get back in profit.

In July I did 65 offers

A profit of £519 was made.

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Sports Betting Results

A decent month of MMA betting due to a decent string of winners.

On the last event of the month.

There were a total of 19 bets made in July

A total profit of £915 was made.

Tipsters

Let’s take a look at how the tipsters I follow performed in July.

Premier Greyhound Tips – £437 from 26 selections (Staking £10 per point.)

Strong performance this month from Premier Greyhound Tips. Bet the majority of my selections using Betfair and setting bets to match at SP.

Low maintenance tipster to follow, hopefully profits continue.

You Can Read Our Premier Greyhound Tipster Review Here

Neil Macdonald – £87 from 9 bets (Staking £200 per point)

I messed up my staking this month.

Should be £200 per point however I placed £100 for some earlier bets.

Also some bets were only partially matched on the exchanges as odds shortened quickly.

Looking forward to things picking up in August when more football returns.

Hopefully Neil provides another profitable season.

You Can Read Our Bookie Insiders Review Here

Tipster Results Overall

£524

Horse Racing Tipsters

Since May I have been following three horse racing tipsters they are.

Quentin Franks Racing (Click Here For Our Review)

Kieran Ward Value Service (Free Smart Betting Club Tipster)

Betting Man Multiples (Free Smart Betting Club Tipster)

Horse racing is a sport that I know pretty much nothing about.

However it is on nearly everyday and if you can find a profitable angle then you can turnover a decent amount of money.

I bet all of the these selections as single bets.

Staking £10 on Quentin Franks and Kieran Ward’s selections.

£20 is used on the Betting Man Multiples.

A small profit of £51 was made this month.

After 169 bets.

Below is the graph since I started following these tipsters.

Looking good so far but I know this can turn around pretty quickly.

Especially betting at higher odds.

Trading 

Not been too active with trading this month.

Had one £200 position lose on Shanghai Shenhua which was a kick in the balls.

Complete domination and then a 94th minute penalty miss.

That was my only football trade for the month.

Other then that, did quite a bit of trading on the UFC markets all pre fight.

Overall managed to scramble a small profit at the end of the month.

A profit of £80 was made this month

Results For July

Value Betting, Arbitrage, Matched Betting –

-£226

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

£519

Trading

£80

Sports Betting

£915

Tipsters

£524

Horse Racing Tipsters

£51

Total Made In June

£1863

Overall Profit Since The Challenge Began

£118,585

Remaining Target

£881,415

Thoughts Going Forward

Took a lot of time off in July with the kids being off.

With betting it can be easy to sit in front of your computer for 10 hours a day.

As there is always something to do, if it’s not value betting. It’s analysing your betting or looking at tipsters. You can grind low value casino offers for a couple of hours a day.

Did think about joining Trade On Sports or Goal Profits for next season however feel like I have a good balance at the moment.

Balance is really important in life. At the moment the time I spend on betting and everything else in life. Fitness, Relationships, Time with kids, work, producing content for this blog etc.

Seems to be about right.

Because of that I won’t be changing the betting portfolio much. Will be adding Beth Bet results next month. Been testing out the software this month and results have been positive.

Can do this in the morning between 09.00-11.00 which is a time I use for my other horse racing bets. So it fits in pretty well.

Historical results are very promising and there is some scope to use it with limited accounts.

Will see how it goes.

Thanks for reading, see you next month!

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June was a cracking month.

Great weather, Euro 2020 kicked off and in general life is good.

As always the betting and trading continues.

The total before this month was £114,755.

Let’s take a look at how things went in month 51.

Value Betting, Matched Betting And Arbitrage 

A good month on the value betting front.

Did some betting shop arbitrage also this month. Not sure how long it will last as I am pretty sure no one else is betting into these markets locally but will take the opportunities when they come.

Euro 2020 has seen plenty of decent plus EV boosts. Bet365 even returned with their bet £50 pre match get £50 in-play offers which was great to see.

This should hopefully continue until the end of the tournament.

During June there were 241 bets.

A total profit of £1310 was made.

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Matched Betting Guide

Value Betting Guide

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Advantage Play – Casino Offers

Got beat up this month on casino offers.

The graph says it all really.

No big wins and lost a few of the higher risk offers which require larger amounts to be staked (£200 upwards.)

Not much to say on this, just got to keep hitting offers and the profit will come eventually.

There were 81 offers completed in June

A total loss of -£632 was made

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Sports Betting Results

It was pretty much a break even month for the MMA betting.

A total of 16 bets were made, totaling a loss of –£40.

Here are the bets below.

I did place a few in-play bets that were all done on Betfair.

However for ease I will include them in the trading results section. As I did some hedging in between rounds for a few of them.

Tipsters

Last month I separated all the tipsters I follow individually with graphs.

It took me way longer then normal to do my usual monthly round up.

This month in order to save time I will group them all together.

If you want to know more about the tipsters I suggest you read last month’s results.

Free Tipster Experiment – £50

Only one bet made here as most of the tipsters I follow bet club football and European basketball.

Neil Macdonald  – £452

Solid month for Neil Macdonald’s tips, missed a few bets which luckily meant I missed a few losers. Not much to say about Neil’s service that I haven’t already. It’s a great service and historically very profitable.

Staking £200 a point for these selections.

You Can Read Our Review Here

Premier Greyhound Tipster – £115

Another tipster that is just very solid all round, has years of profit to back him up. Annoyingly there was a winner at the end of the month at odds of 5.0 that I missed.

Placed the bet on Betfair and was adamant I clicked “bet to SP” however for some reason it wasn’t placed.

Staking is £10 a point for these selections.

You Can Our Premier Greyhound Tipster Review Here

Tipster Results Overall

£517

Horse Racing Tipsters

I put together a horse racing tipster portfolio in May.

It got off to a rocky start but it found some form this month.

The three horse racing tipsters I follow are.

Quentin Franks Racing (Click Here For Our Review)

Kieran Ward Value Service (Free Smart Betting Club Tipster)

Betting Man Multiples (Free Smart Betting Club Tipster)

I bet all of their selections on the betting exchange as singles.

(After looking through historical results. For Quentin Franks selections I am only taking at selection over odds of 5.0.)

Betting man multiples is now named (Magic Multiples) and suggests placing his selection as accumulator bets.

As you can see he hit some big winners this month.

The above is unfortunately for me not my bet.

As I wrote, I bet all these selections as singles on the betting exchanges. The reasoning being that I am always able to get better then the suggested odds. Along with the fact that I want to see if I can follow horse racing tipsters profitable using only the exchanges.

Even so I was left kicking myself that I don’t also take the bets as suggested in an accumulator on my remaining soft books.

Still taking these selections as single bets still worked out very profitable along with the two other services.

In terms of taking the suggested odds I never chase odds down.

If for example Quentin Franks suggests a bet at 12.00, the lowest odds I will take are 11.00.

A profit of £455 was made.

From a total of 164 bets.

Trading 

Not done a whole lot of pre match trading this month.

I am not that confident in my ability to trade the internationals that well pre match as my knowledge of each team isn’t the best.

However there have been some decent opportunities in-play.

This was probably my favourite trade of the tournament (which ended up being an outright bet)

Thought the odds on the Czech’s to qualify after Netherlands went down to 10 men was ridiculous. I did plan to trade out of this if the match went to penalties however the Czech’s wrapped it up before full time.

A total profit of £357 was made from Trading.

Results For June

Value Betting, Arbitrage, Matched Betting –

£1310

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

-£632

Trading

£357

Sports Betting

-£40

Tipsters

£517

Horse Racing Tipsters

£455

Total Made In June

£1967

Overall Profit Since The Challenge Began

£116,722

Remaining Target

£883,278

Thoughts Going Forward

June was a really enjoyable month. Took quite a lot of days offs.

Watched the majority of the football and enjoyed the warm weather.

I did write last month that I was going to look at running a betting/trading service. Focused around MMA betting and trading the best opportunities in the football markets.

Alongside all the other stuff I do Value betting/Casino offers etc.

I still intend to do that as there seems to be enough interest. Will look at getting something together before the start of the new season.

If you made it to the end of this thanks for reading and best of luck with your betting.

See you next month!

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April was a return to reality with a small profit of £770 being made.

The on going total before this month stood at £112,230 after 49 months.

Let’s take a look at how things went in month 50.

Value Betting, Matched Betting And Arbitrage 

Like most months this is pretty much 95% value betting at this point.

A late surge of profit came from a few bigger priced horses winning.

Was expecting a few Bet365 In-play £50 offers with both the all English Champions League and Man Utd reaching the Europa League.

However surprisingly there wasn’t one.

Sad to see one of the last really good matched betting offers disappear.

In May there were 275 bets.

A total profit of £824 was made.

Learn About Matched Betting And Value Betting Below

Matched Betting Guide

Value Betting Guide

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

It was a poor month on casino offers.

There are still offers around but they tend to be much smaller EV then last year.

You can still grind £20 an hour in EV from the free spins stuff over multiple accounts.

But to be honest I just don’t want to spend that time in front of the computer anymore.

Would rather spend that time in other areas.

There were 75 offers completed in May

A total loss of -£4 was made

Sports Betting Results

After taking a bit of beating last month.

It felt good to book in a profitable month of mma betting.

Things weren’t looking great in the middle of the month.

On the Chandler vs Oliveira card every single bet I made was a losing one.

The next week saw six winning bets in a row.

Funny how betting works sometimes.

During May I made a total of 16 bets.

A total profit of £503 was made.

In-Play Football Betting And Trading

This is a new addition to the portfolio.

It is a method that I have used in the past but decided to put more focus on during May.

Stakes used ranged from £100 to £300 depending on the odds ranges.

The first month went really well but obviously its a very small sample size.

I watched every game live.

Some selections were left as straight bets, others I traded out of depending what was happening in the game.

Won’t really say to too much about this at the moment.

Will see how results go over the next few months.

A profit of £1112 was made from 25 bets/trades.

(To show that I not just making shit up. Added the video above for some transparency. Doesn’t add up to £1112 exactly as there are a few other football bets and trades.)

Free Tipster Experiment

On to the tipster side of things.

This is an area where I put in a lot more volume this month.

The idea is to take the best free tips available from a number of different sources and see if its profitable long term.

Staking is very simple, I look to win around £50 for each selection.

Only 25 tips in May.

A profit of £161 was made.

The free tipsters I follow are mainly from the smart betting club’s roster of free tipsters.

Along with

Nigel Seeley – Twitter, Trademate Podcast.

George Gamble – Twitter, Trademate Podcast.

Mark O,Haire – Twitter, Matchbook Podcast.

Neil Macdonald Results

This month I finished writing a review for Neil Macdonald’s service which is worth a read if you are not familiar with his service.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE REVIEW

It was a good start to the month for Neil but a bad run at the end meant I ended up with a loss.

There are a few missed bets on my part.

He had bets on Man City and Chelsea for the Champions League. Which I already had positions on before joining his service.

Then there were a few team totals bets that I didn’t get matched for on Betfair.

In May I made 19 bets.

A total loss of -£59 was made.

Horse Racing Tipsters

Another new addition this month has been a group of horse racing tipsters that I have been following.

The three horse racing tipsters I started following last month are.

Quentin Franks Racing (Click Here For Our Review)

Kieran Ward Value Service (Free Smart Betting Club Tipster)

Betting Man Multiples (Free Smart Betting Club Tipster)

I have been betting all selections using the exchanges.

Quentin Franks selection I have been taking tips on horses odds above 5.0, the betting man multiples tips I have been placing as single selections.

Wasn’t the best start using these horse racing tipsters.

However writing this a few days in June, a profit has now been made.

Stakes range from £10 to £20.

Only taking odds close to or above the advised prices.

(For example if a horse is tipped at 10.0 I would take no lower 9.4)

Interested to see whether this exchange only approach will work.

A loss of -£158 was made from horse racing tipsters

Trading 

Had some decent trades this month.

The Saul Alvarez vs Billy Joe Saunders was a really good one to trade.

Saunders odds were hovering around 6.0 for a while in the days leading up to the fight.

This was a good opportunity scalp 6.0-6.2.

Also ended up trading the champions league final on Betfair which went pretty well.

Going to stick up a video for this on Youtube with the reasoning behind it.

Results For May

Value Betting, Arbitrage, Matched Betting –

£824

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

-£4

Trading

£146

Sports Betting

£503

In-Play Football Betting/Trading

£1112

Neil Macdonald

-£59

Free Tipster Experiment

£161

Horse Racing Tipsters

-£158

Total Made In May

£2525

Overall Profit Since The Challenge Began

£114,755

Remaining Target

£885,245

Thoughts Going Forward

It was good to get back on track this month with a decent profit.

Euro 2020 or Euro 2021?

Starts in a week which means there should be plenty of opportunities to make money coming up.

Betting/Trading Service

After exchanging a few emails and twitter message with a few people. It does seem like there would be a few people interested in a service covering the majority of what I do.

The main focus would be on.

• MMA/Boxing Tips
• In-Play Football Betting/Trading
• Value Betting Area
• Casino Offers Area

Will have a look to see if something like that would be viable to run, probably on Telegram.

Running this blog for a few years and reviewing plenty of other services.

I do think that I could produce something that would offer a lot of value. Make a long term profit and allow members to make at least a decent second income from it.

It would be a paid service around £25-£30 a month.

(Attached below are my mma and football betting results for people that would be interested.)

Betting Results

For members of the mailing list I will send something concrete out in the next few weeks. You can email me at [email protected] if you are not on the mailing list and would be interested.

Been a long update but if you made it this far thanks for reading, I will be back with an update next month.

Services Used

In this section is a list of the services that I have used this month. To be transparent I do have affiliate deals with these services.

Which means should you subscribe to them through a link on this site I will receive a commission.

This does not come at any additional cost to you. In fact with some of these services I have negotiated discounted prices for readers of smartsportstrader.com.

Recommended For Matched Betting/ Value Betting/ Arbitrage

Oddsmonkey Matched Betting And Arbitrage Software (Click Here For A Free Trial)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month (Annual Subscription)

If you comment “Smart Sports Trader” in the chat when you sign up for a Trademate Sports trial. You will get an extended two week trial and also a 10% discount off your first month.

Trademate Sports Value Betting Software –  Click Here For A Two Week Trial

Subscription Cost – £105 a month (Monthly)

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(Readers of smartsportstrader.com can get the first month half price using the link below)

Bonus Accumulator (Click Here)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month  (Annual Subscription)

2021 had started really well with strong profits in Jan, Feb and March.

Jan – £3209

Feb – £2825

March – £2295

However this month was frustrating at times and also a reminder about the reality of betting.

It’s not always going to go your way.

Let’s break down the results for April.

Value Betting, Matched Betting And Arbitrage 

In April it was basically 95% value betting and 5% matched betting.

The grand national was great from a value betting and matched betting perspective. Bet365 ran a great offer paying back 50% of your stake on each way betting.

I know a few people that multi account on a large level who cleaned up on this offer and sat back for the rest of the month. It was a reminder of the golden days of matched betting.

Personally I managed to land a nice win on Balko Des Flores each way at odds of 101 which propped up the profits for the month.

In April there were 402 bets.

A total profit of £1473 was made.

Learn About Matched Betting And Value Betting Below

Matched Betting Guide

Value Betting Guide

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

Another month of low volume on the casino offers.

The last few months things have really dried up with there being less weekly recurring offers available.

Due to this my focus has more been on the betting and trading side of things.

Hopefully things will pick up again but if not then its just a case putting more time into where the opportunities are.

There were 49 offers completed in April

A total profit of £214 was made

Sports Betting Results

My sports betting results have been really solid for a number of years now.

One of my big weaknesses in betting is not adjusting stakes appropriately, I am pretty happy to win or lose a few hundred pounds in a day. Its the norm and I am comfortable with it.

But when daily losses start to creep closer to the thousands its uncomfortable. If you want to start winning more though you have to also accept that there will be be bigger losses.

This month I decided that I really should be betting much more on spots where I am extremely confident I have a decent edge (mma betting.)

Well this month didn’t go well.

I thought there were some big value opportunities during April. Timofey Nastyuhkin was big value in my eyes at odds 5.5, when in reality I had him closer to 3.0.

He went on to get wiped out in about a minute by Christian Lee in a One FC bout.

Usman to beat Masvidal by decisoon at 1.95 was another spot that had a lot of value, coming off his KO of Burns it seemed that Usman’s finishing ability was being a bit overrated. Especially given how durable Masvidal had been in the past.

That was the story of the month really.

Was happy with the bets I made it was just an inevitable run of losses that came in the month I decided to stake a bit more aggressively.

During April I made a total of 28 bets.

A total loss of -£1376 was made.

Free Tipster Experiment

There have now been 603 total bets for the free tipster experiment and things had been going really well up until April.

The idea is to take the best free tips available from a number of different sources and see if its profitable long term.

Staking is very simple, I look to win around £50 for each selection.

(Graph says March but these are results from April)

It was pretty much a steady decline for the most of the month.

Before a slight recovery at the end.

There were 62 selections.

A total loss of -£354 was made.

I withdrew my money out of Betmarkets during April which meant that the number tipsters I followed dropped quite considerably.

Below is video discussing my results and overall thoughts after using Betmarkets for 5 months.

So the tipsters I now follow are mainly from the smart betting club’s roster of free tipsters.

Along with –

Nigel Seeley – Twitter, Trademate Podcast.

George Gamble – Twitter, Trademate Podcast.

Mark O,Haire – Twitter, Matchbook Podcast.

Below are the results since the start of the free tipster experiment.

Neil Macdonald Results

April saw a new addition to the portfolio.

Having followed and bet Neil’s selections on Betmarkets for a while. I then started to follow his official service.

I have been betting his selection to £25 a point, which in hindsight is too low.

Going forward I will be increasing that to £50 a point.

It wasn’t the strongest month for Neil’s selection and there were a few missed bets on my part.

At the end of the month a very small profit had been made.

There were a total of 55 bets in April

A profit of £30 was made.

Click Here To Read More About Neil Macdonald’s Football Service.

Trading 

In April I really made a renewed effort to do more trading.

Probably due to the fact that I knew the month wasn’t going too well and with the slump in volume  on casino offers. I needed to start looking at other areas more.

The month started well with a decent profit trading the grand national, I managed to profit pre fight trading most UFC main events. Jake Paul vs Ben Askren was another market that traded well.

When watching football live there were a few opportunities that looked fairly obvious.

The Real Madrid game was good example of when the market got things pretty wrong. As the under 2.5 goals market was 1.6 pre match.

However the game started really open with Chelsea getting 2 or 3 great chances early on. Two goals were scored in the first half and I hedged out for a nice profit.

Overall some renewed motivation to start trading again worked out this month.

During April I made a £757  profit from trading.

Results For April

Value Betting, Arbitrage, Matched Betting –

£1473

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

£214

Trading

£757

Sports Betting

-£1376

Neil Macdonald

£30

Free Tipster Experiment

-£354

Total Made In April

£770

Overall Profit Since The Challenge Began

£112,230

Remaining Target

£887,770

Thoughts Going Forward

Although not the best month in terms of profit made.

I put a lot more thought into my betting and trading over April. In previous months where bigger profits were made I felt pretty much on autopilot.

Value betting and casino offers is very much just clicking buttons without that much thought process.

So this month when things weren’t going great it was refreshing to have a deeper think about other area’s that I could find a profitable edge in.

At the start of May I also started following Premier Greyhound Tips.

It is a service that has been running since 2014 which is a good sign. Has been very profitable long term and so far I have found the odds quoted to be achievable.

Hopefully alongside Neil Macdonald’s service it will start to bring it some extra profit and I can continue to add more profitable tipsters whilst gradually increasing my turnover.

If you made it to the end thanks for reading I will be back with an update in June.

(Also if you want to take a look at the services I use to make money long term you will find them below.)

Services Used

In this section is a list of the services that I have used this month. To be transparent I do have affiliate deals with these services.

Which means should you subscribe to them through a link on this site I will receive a commission.

This does not come at any additional cost to you. In fact with some of these services I have negotiated discounted prices for readers of smartsportstrader.com.

Recommended For Matched Betting/ Value Betting/ Arbitrage

Oddsmonkey Matched Betting And Arbitrage Software (Click Here For A Free Trial)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month (Annual Subscription)

If you comment “Smart Sports Trader” in the chat when you sign up for a Trademate Sports trial. You will get an extended two week trial and also a 10% discount off your first month.

Trademate Sports Value Betting Software –  Click Here For A Two Week Trial

Subscription Cost – £105 a month (Monthly)

Recommended For Exploiting Casino Offers

(Readers of smartsportstrader.com can get the first month half price using the link below)

Bonus Accumulator (Click Here)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month  (Annual Subscription)

At the beginning of the year I gave myself a minimum target to get over the £100,000 in total profit.

I don’t like to make short term targets but it seemed that this would be very doable and I just wanted some kind of monetary goal for this year.

Then in March obviously the pandemic hit and things didn’t look too promising.

Well October has gone about as well as it possibly could and it does look like that overall profit target will be reached this year. 

Let’s take a look at where the profit came from in October.

Value Betting And Arbitrage (Matched Betting)

It was sad to see the Betsafe/Betsson group leave the UK market this month. Had been finding a lot of value betting and arbitrage opportunities with them recently. They also seemed happy to take my money and I was able to get down decent amounts down.

However for whatever reason they left the UK market this month. I had a fair bit of money left in my accounts and thought It was most likely going to be a pain to get that money back.

Like I said earlier, this month went about as well as it could have. It only took a few days to get the money back in my account. Also the BML group paid out unsettled bets as winners. So I received just under £500 in unexpected profit from them.

So overall that’s pretty much the best case scenario when a bookmaker decides to close.

The majority of my value bets placed were using Trademate and Oddsmonkey. My results also include using money back on 2nd place with Will Hill and any value to be found from extra place offers.

This month a total of 354 bets were made in October.

A total profit of £1672 was made.

Learn About Value Betting And Arbitrage Below

Arbitrage Betting Guide

Value Betting Guide

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

The casino gods were really kind this month.

I visited my local witchdoctor this month and he told me to sacrifice 3 goats and a pig on day when the moon was full. That seemed to appease the gods this month and they rewarded me handily.

(Just to be clear the above is a joke, Rest assured that no animals have ever or will ever be harmed as a result of me trying to make money exploiting casino offers. Nor do I mean any offence to any practicing witch doctors. It is a noble profession and one I respect)

You can see from the graph above that the majority of October’s profit was from two big wins.

One of those wins I recorded as it happened on a bonus round, the other win was less expected.

People seem to enjoy these videos and it also helps to add some transparency to my results. If you want to view the biggest win of the month, the video is below.

This was on the slot Gonzo’s Quest slot. It was with a casino called Genesis casino that have a reputation of being difficult. However they recently had their UK licence reinstated and they paid me out in full within a few days.

During October I did 203 offers.

A profit of £3001 was made.

Learn How To Exploit Casino Offers

Casino Offer Guide

Sports Betting Results

October was a solid month in terms of sports betting.

I avoided (for the most part) betting on football and stuck with betting on MMA.

The one football bet I did make was Atalanta to beat Midtjylland in the Champions League at 1.69. A lot of people that I respect the opinion of, had this as value so I was pretty happy to take it.

My biggest winning bet for the month was a £200 stake on Brian Ortega at odds of 2.7.

Overall I made 22 bets in October.

A profit of £750 was made.

The Basketball Geek Results

After tracking results of this service for a few months and being impressed with it.

I have added it to my overall betting strategy/portfolio whatever you prefer to call it.

For this strategy I used a variable staking strategy looking to win £40. Although I do round off my stakes so its not exactly £40 every time.

After 93 bets I ended up pretty much where I started.

A total profit of £2 was made.

Not much to report here. It wasn’t a disaster by any means just a month where things didn’t get going.

Previous results with this service have been very promising and I do think long term following the service will be profitable.

Hopefully we will get some momentum going next month.

Read Our Review Of The Basketball Geek Below

Basketball Geek Review

Trading 

This month I made £216 from trading.

The majority of the profit came from this trade.

Laying Dynamo Kiev when they were leading 2-0 away at Ferencvaros. The game ended up finishing 2-2.

I have wrote about this previously but trading is something I have been doing a lot less off. 

For a long time I was content to spend long hours in front of the computer however this year I have put a lot more focus on exercising regularly. Making sure I spend a lot of time with my kids and generally just leading a more balanced life style.

So my time trading is pretty minimal and I often just get involved when I see something that looks like obvious value (in my estimation).

Thoughts Going Forward

So obviously it was really good month where I was very fortunate.

If you do stick with casino offers then you will run into these months every now and again. It is just a case of putting in the volume and going through the bad periods.

I often get emails asking if casino offers are still worth doing. 

In my opinion yes they are, just get started. As we have seen with the matched betting/poker/arbitrage boom, these opportunities don’t last forever and usually diminish with time.

Going forward I don’t really plan on doing a huge amount more then what I am already. I have added one tipster and will look to add more in the future but currently happy with the workload and profit.

In the next week I do plan on making a video on youtube as its been neglected for a little while.

If that interests you, you can subscribe here https://youtube.com/c/SmartSportsTrader

Planning to go through this year’s results and talk about where I think the best opportunities are going forward in the sports betting markets.

If you have any questions or anything you would like me to discuss.

You can add it in the comments or send me an email at [email protected]

Services Used

In this section is a list of the services that I have used this month. To be transparent I do have affiliate deals with these services. Which means should you subscribe to them through a link on this site I will receive a commission. This does not come at any additional cost to you. In fact with some of these services I have negotiated discounted prices for readers of smartsportstrader.com.

Recommended For Matched Betting/ Value Betting/ Arbitrage

Oddsmonkey Matched Betting And Arbitrage Software (Click Here For A Free Trial)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month (Annual Subscription)

If you comment “Smart Sports Trader” in the chat when you sign up for a Trademate Sports trial. You will get an extended two week trial and also a 10% discount off your first month.

Trademate Sports Value Betting Software –  Click Here For A Two Week Trial)

Subscription Cost – £110 a month (Monthly)

Recommended For Exploiting Casino Offers

(Readers of smartsportstrader.com can get the first month half price using the link below)

Bonus Accumulator (Click Here)

Subscription Cost – £12.50 a month  (Annual Subscription)

Results

Value Betting, Arbitrage, Matched Betting –

£1672

Advantage Play – Casino Offers

£3001

Trading

£216

Sports Betting

£750

Total Made In September

£5641

Overall Profit Since The Challenge Began

£98,933

Remaining Target

£901,067