A question that we regularly get asked here at the Secret Betting Club, is just who the best performing and most reliable tipsters actually are?

After all knowing exactly who you should follow with your own hard earned cash is critical to making money betting.

Well the good news is that here at SBC, we regularly publish full stats on what we believe to be the elite list of betting tipsters.

These are those services that make it into our Hall of Fame, which is our fully vetted and recommended list of tipsters for you to use. We update this each month based on all the proofed results records we keep – to ensure its always fully accurate and up to date.

To help illustrate just how well our Hall of Fame tipsters perform, below we have published the all-time profit figures from the top ten SBC rated services. Continue reading →

Value bets for the group stages:

The English clubs should be around evens, but there’s little value on offer.

Likely to be some funky value levels tonight due to some sides fielding weaker teams.

It may be an old football cliché, but ‘a game of two halves’ is one of the little known yet best ways to turn a higher profit from your bets on the beautiful game.

It’s one reason why more and more punters are paying attention to the different half time or full time betting markets and today I want to show you exactly why.

Nowadays we’re all feeling the strain, but the good news is that the bookmakers are too!

The half time betting market is a classic example of where over worked odds compilers might be missing a trick. For many firms, the half time betting odds are based on the full time odds. This does make sense to a point , but it doesn’t take into account the fact that some teams only really get going in the second half.

Why Stoke Are A Classic Half-Time Team

Perhaps one of the best examples we have found refers to Stoke City, who away from home in their last 20 games, have an amazing trend of never having been in the lead come the half-time whistle. Continue reading →

Hitting the ‘shelves’ today, we have our very latest Sports Betting magazine, the release of which means it’s a great time to join us at the Secret Betting Club as we continue to analyse the world of tipsters.

The latest mag includes reviews of a couple of exciting tipsters, alongside our unique ratings of all the best services that make up our Hall of Fame. All of which has been designed to help you follow the best tipsters and find out just who is in form.

This month we also have some ‘plug and play’ strategies for you to apply for Half-Time/Full-Time betting on football that are potentially very lucrative.

The full contents of our latest mag includes… Continue reading →

In this regular Monday segment, racing expert Scott Armstrong rounds up all the action of note from this weekend’s racing for SBC Blog readers.

Carruthers provided a success for the underdog and horse racing itself when he bounced back to form to win the Hennessy Gold Cup. From the small Mark Bradstock yard, ridden by journeyman jockey Mattie Batchelor and owned by the Oaskseys who have done so much for the Injured Jockey Fund this was an inspiring success. Fitted with a tongue-tie for the first time the eight-year-old front-running Carruthers made a few early jumping errors (matched at 55 on Betfair) before settling into a rhythm and running on strongly to win by three-and-a-quarter lengths. Last season Carruthers was riddled with a virus but it was only two seasons ago the horse was fourth in the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Welsh National on December 27th may be his next aim. Continue reading →

As Bob Dylan once sang…The times they are a changing and this is definitely the case when it comes to the tipster world.

Most people know that betting has been transformed by the Internet, but are less are aware of the power of good it has brought to the tipster industry.

Because in an industry without official regulation, it used to be very difficult to find out just which experts to follow in with your money.

Those of you who remember the ‘dark days’ will know the score, as many dubious ‘tipsters’ would employ shady tactics such as…

• Claiming winners at odds that never truly existed.
• Making lots of mentions of big priced horses so if one wins they can claim it was advised as a main bet.
• Tipping regular short priced favourites that your granny could pick out.
• And the old chestnut…making up results!

Thankfully though the majority of tipsters who work in this way have now been eroded. Consigned to the rubbish bin alongside shell suits, beta max videos and mobile phones the size of a house, back where they belong!

Some of this still goes on to this day, but thankfully there is no need to fall for their lies, as I will explain… Continue reading →

Welcome to our latest column from Scott Armstrong of The Sportsman tipster service.

Each Friday, Scott provides us with a rundown of all the best weekend racing action – including the key  horses to follow and those to oppose. You can also find a recap from him each Monday on the SBC Blog with his reaction to the weekend’s events. Thorough, frank and not afraid to take a contrary view, Scott Armstrong is a racing man whose opinion you can’t afford to be without.

Saturday witnesses one of the best races in the National Hunt calendar, The Hennessy Gold Cup over three-mile-two-furlongs at Haydock while at Newcastle the Fighting Fifth pays welcome to the return of Nicky Henderson’s Binocular.

Other equine stars running at the weekend are Big Bucks in the Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury and Peddlers Cross in a novice chase at Bangor though short prices will be the order of the day for those two.

Aiteenthirtythree with Ruby Walsh on board is shading market favouritism for the Hennessy at 11-2 in front of Great Endeavour and Wymott. The Hennessy has been a long term aim for Paul Nicholls’ charge and the Master of Ditcheat has a fine record in the race having won the event three times in the last ten years. Aiteenthirtythree has a great record at the Newbury track, successful on the last two occasions he has run there and will love the strong pace. Pin-fired after his final outing last term the concern at the price on offer is the seven-year-old has largely been winning in small fields and this race will be a different kettle of fish with eighteen horses set to go to post.

Second favourite is David Pipe’s Great Endeavour at 13-2. The seven-year-old gelding has taken rank as one of the top two and a half mile chasers following his win in the Paddy Power. The question is will he last home with his trainer himself saying “3m 2f might be a bit far”. The speed he showed in the aforementioned Paddy Power at Cheltenham is a worry over the longer distance yet his best run over hurdles came over the 3m 2f trip at Cheltenham in 2009 when third in a Listed event. I’m inclined to risk Great Endeavour having the engine to last out stamina wise and back him to obtain the big-race double. Continue reading →

Value bets for the group stages:

The English clubs are all likely winners but the bookies are offering no value according to the ratings.

In this regular Monday segment, racing expert Scott Armstrong rounds up all the action of note from this weekend’s racing for SBC Blog readers.

For six minutes on Saturday race-fans were able to forget whip rules, lack of prize money and corruption charges as the imperious Kauto Star warmed the hearts of all who watched him triumph in the Betfair Chase. One of the sport’s greatest ever chasers, Kauto jumped magnificently before kicking for home to readily dismiss the challenges of Diamond Harry, Weird Al and Long Run to triumph by eight-lengths. The National Hunt trainers champion Paul Nicholls simply said “This is my proudest-ever moment”. Kauto Star has been cut to 11-2 from 16-1 for the King George VI Chase. That price is not for me though as it’s hard to see him taking part in five weeks time after such a strenuous effort here and he goes best when fresh. Long Run made a few jumping errors when finishing second, running 12lb below his best but will improve for his seasonal outing. Continue reading →

If you’ve ever gambled on a few horses, then at some point I’m sure you will have experienced the agony of your bet failing at the final hurdle. Your horse might be two lengths clear and you find yourself mentally counting the winnings, only for it to hit the last fence or run out of gas completely. You go from elation to defeat in a matter of seconds.

Is there anything you can do about it?

One popular option is to leave a lay bet in running on your horse via Betfair. For example, if you back a horse at 11.0 pre race, you might take some solace having your stake returned if the horse trades as low as 1.50 but doesn’t win.

Easy peasy right?

Unfortunately, like most things in life, it’s not that simple. The fact is that a horse going 1.50 or below in running on Betfair is more likely to win than it is to lose. If you simply hedge every horse you bet on by laying it on Betfair at around 1.50, you might find you are simply knocking off 0.5 points from all of your winners, which in the long run will cost your money not save it.

So when it comes to knowing when to hedge your bets on Betfair, there’s no substitute for doing your research. Continue reading →