🏇 Cheltenham: An Expert’s Guide From ‘No Foto Needed’

With Cheltenham upon us, preview nights, ‘tip lists’ as long as your arm and antepost portfolios (with past selections that are now non-runners removed!) have dominated the run up to the curtain raiser on Tuesday 12th March.

There is so much noise that finding quality content is tricky. To help with this, we have prepared some special content with four professional punters who have excellent Cheltenham records. All of them also tip, with special Cheltenham offers and exclusive discounts available with SBC Membership.

After our Andy Holding SBC Podcast release  yesterday, next up is No Foto Needed, the SBC Premium Tipster who has been in sparkling form so far in 2024!

To promote the service before Cheltenham, a 10% discount is available up to midnight on Monday 11th March. To access this offer, just visit the No Foto Needed page and follow the sign up instructions using the promo code CHELTENHAM. Please be aware that this code is available to everyone – both SBC Members and non-members alike! 10% will be knocked off any and every package available on site.

Here is an interview with the mysterious maestro where we quiz him about how he finds those long-priced winners:

1. Under the moniker ‘No Foto Needed’, you have an excellent ROI of  11% ROI from nearly 2,500 bets and 2024 has started brilliantly with nearly 50 points of profit delivered, with ROI running at 33.69% for the year. Can you summarise how you approach finding value in the racing markets?

‘On the National Hunt I will be honest, it is a lot harder than the Flat but I do stick to the same approach. The first thing I always do is check the possible pace in a race (you can see a free guide on this on the At The Races website). Once I have that, it’s very important to have a profile on all horses and because I only concentrate on the better class racing (0-120 Handicaps + over jumps and 0-70 Handicaps + on the flat), it does make it easier to keep on top of things.

When I use the word concentrate, keeping a Horse Tracker is key. I re-watch races every day and take notes on each horse I wish to put into my Tracker. That means that when they are due to run I already have an edge on the race. Not starting the race from scratch is always a help! 

I use my Racing Post account the most and it is money well spent because it’s very user-friendly. The main function for me is the Pro Card section, which covers an awful lot I want to see on the same page (Topspeed of their last six efforts, RPR, Postdata, Stats, and much more) and that’s before I click onto their form. The most important function there is re-watching the videos of their races. 

You could ask 10 people to re-watch a horse race and it’s possible you could get many different answers about what to take away from that race for the future. I’m saying this because most form students have different ways, opinions, and ideas about this sport and the key is to stick to the way you want to do it and listen to nobody else. That is of course if you have the time to do it properly (which you can take from me is at least 6 hours a day to keep on top of things!).

I know I got a bit away from the question, but when you’re clicking through a race, looking at the previous form of each runner here is key to find the right ingredients and make sure that are ticked. Flat=(Distance, Ground (check current weather), Pace, Draw, Grade of race, How the horse travels, Tracks, i.e. Course Form, Trainers Form, Time since its last run, and believe me there are many other nuggets I look at but those are the main ones for each horse I concentrate on. Jumps= ( Everything I mentioned on the Flat except the Draw of course, and you add-in how the horse jumps. I know the National Hunt will take longer to watch a previous race but the hours you put in will get paid-off in the long run.

So, to answer the question, when you do all of the above you will start to form a market in your head which leads to possible value that might be available on a particular horse you feel is over-priced compared to your own tissue prices.’ 

2. Do you have any pointers for those getting ready to pick their own selections for the action at Prestbury Park?

‘(a) If you haven’t already played Ante-Post on any particular contest it’s best to wait until the final declarations are out. They are out 48hrs in advance of the race which I feel is plenty of time, because I’m sure most punters would have studied most of the 28 races long before that and now they just have to go over the exact runners and riders in front of them, which shouldn’t take too much time. 

(b) Betting firms: when you are finalising your selections it’s mightily important you check Oddschecker before you place a bet. There is no doubt that many of the top firms will be trying to outdo one another, especially with Extra Places, Bigger Prices, Special Offers, Money-Back specials, If your horse finishes 2nd to the Fav etc. So bottom line, if you are in a position that you have different betting accounts, make sure you shop around for that extra value or those extra places.

(c) Many horse racing followers think that Cheltenham is a very stiff track- but keep this mind- the first two days the races are run on the Old Course and there are many tight turns around the galloping track which has a major outcome on results at times- mainly because hold-up horses get poorly positioned, especially if the pace up front is not too strong and they have so much ground to make-up on the leaders before they turn for home.

On the 3rd and 4th days the horses run on the New Course, which is the stiffer track of the two, mainly because there is a long run when they jump the third-last over the hurdle track to the second last which makes the climb-up the stiff run-in that more demanding. On the Jumps Course the bends are not as tight as the Old Course which makes it a proper test.

(d) Handicaps: with many firms paying Extra Places on these contests it could work out in your favour, because we all know most trainers/connections will be targeting these events from many months ago and they are ultra-competitive, so every extra place you get can pay dividends considering most of the runners will be 100% fit and trying to win and the odds should be rewarding.

Mentioning trainers,  the same names pop-up every year in the winner’s enclosure in these tough handicaps. Here are a few to concentrate on when you are narrowing down the fields to a selection (yes, they are well-known to us but it’s important to remember these guys have the best percentages over the past 20 years in these kind of races): Gordon Elliott, Paul Nicholls, David Pipe, Dan Skelton (mainly hurdles) Jonjo O’Neill, Willie Mullins, Nicky Henderson, Kim Bailey (mainly chases), Joseph O’Brien. Of course, we see them win races on a daily basis but they are masters at doing it on the big stages so please give extra attention to their runners, even if the recent form of the horse is not that colourful. 

(e) When you are looking through the form book, a horse that has previous form at the track has a massive advantage in certain races. If you go over the past results, you will see plenty of horses that had solid form at Cheltenham )but more importantly form from Cheltenham Festival’s) stand head and shoulders above most criteria and this repeats in most of the results every year at the Festival.’

3. Do you have a favourite Cheltenham winner which stands out, where everything went as you expected or you landed a juicy priced winner?

‘There are loads of great memories, but none more so than trying to crack those very difficult handicaps when you land on one at a huge price and it goes off shorter and gets the job done. The one I loved more than others was in 2014 (can’t believe it’s 10-years-ago!). The horse in question was Savello- trained by Tony Martin at the time – for the Grand Annual, I tipped it up at 40/1 went off at 16/1 and “Mr Cool”- Davy Russell passed the post first which was amazing scenes.

There were many Ante-Post bets that went our way also- two that will always stick in my mind. Un De Sceaux (2015- Arkle), tipped-up in November, at 7/1, wins at 4/6f in March (by 6L), and one a little more recent Envoi Allen (2020- Ballymore), tipped-up in October at 8/1 wins at 4/7f in March (by 4.5L). 

Those thoughts (well in advance) are always good for the any tipster, when their opinion clearly turns out to be correct having spotted the talent of an animal very early in their career, getting the rewards at massive odds compared to the SP.’

4. There are a lot of races with short-priced favourites this year. Will you be looking at every race or will you ignore races where you think a horse ‘just wins’?

‘There are races I know already I won’t be getting involved in, not because of a short-priced Fav but because I know they are very difficult to narrow down for one reason or another. The few I won’t be looking at are the Kim Muir, the Cross Country and the Foxhunters.

Regarding the races that have short-priced Favs, yes there are ones that if the same horse turns-up from their recent form they should win- Constitution Hill, Ballyburn, El Fabiolo, Lossiemouth look certain to win barring mishaps but the other 21 races might need a lot of form studying that may work out to be well rewarded.

I want to make sure I mention this well-known saying- “a 2/1 winner at Cheltenham is the same as a 2/1 winner at any other track”. So please remember, Cheltenham will always throw-up strange results and don’t up your stakes just because it’s Cheltenham. There will always be better betting opportunities at the same odds against weaker rivals in the very near future.’

5. Cheltenham is seen as the pinnacle of the National Hunt season but we still have lots of big races yet to come. What are you looking forward to most in the remainder of the season?

‘It`s a great question, mainly because not all the best horses meet each other at Cheltenham. We still have Fairyhouse, Aintree, Punchestown, Ayr and Sandowns’ Festivals yet to come this term and I’m sure there are a few more T.V weekends not mentioned (Newbury and Haydock spring to mind) where we can still use our team of horse trackers from previous meetings that need to run before the season is over in a few months’ time.

So, it’s another way of reminding everyone that yes, Cheltenham is a fantastic 4-day spectacle. but it’s not the end of the season, far from it. The few horses that are lucky enough to run well there we will have the chance to see them again, but will they be the same horse after a gruelling test at Cheltenham when they arrive at Aintree or Punchestown later in the season? All that is ahead of us and I am one who can’t wait!’

🚨 NEW REVIEW ALERT: Andy Holding – The UK’s Most Well Known Horse Racing Tipster?🏇

Andy Holding is one of the most well known and respected horse racing tipsters in UK betting circles.

William Hill Radio, regular podcast appearances and a daily Oddschecker column have propelled him into this position and as the feature review in the February SBC Magazine for February, we have published our findings from proofing his personal tipping service, Andy Holding Speed Figures.

Alongside our review, a unique and *considerable* discount has also been made available for all SBC Members, with subscriptions using our discount code costing just £25 – a saving of £14 a month!

This means that if you sign up with SBC today and avail this offer to join Andy’s service, you will save the cost of an annual SBC subscription in just under 8 months – and that’s before you use anything else that we have to offer!

What Does The Service Do?

Tipping makes up a portion of what is on offer at Andy Holding Speed Figures, with the majority of our review looking at performance, odds movement, advanced analytics and how this all compares with what gets released for free on Oddschecker each and every day.

Alongside that, this service offers much more, including:

  • Speed Figure sheets that are a great source of information to find your own bets
  • A weekly blog that highlights horses of interest
  • The ‘Irish Racing Podcast’, where Andy discusses any racing from the Emerald Isle when there are meetings

We will be following up with a fresh SBC Podcast in the next month or so, which will give me a chance to quiz Andy about his methods, how he identifies edges and all things betting when it comes to the sport of kings.

For those of you who want a preview, in this interview, Andy joined friend of the show, Simon Nott, to talk about his betting and tipping:

Is This For Everyone?

Like with any tipster service, workload, variance, price sensitivity and access to bookmaker accounts are all questions that need answering when considering whether said service is suitable for you.

We discuss all of these issues in our review, with our advanced analytics and commentary making it very clear who this service will work for, who it won’t work for and how to maximise any subscription to benefit from what is on offer.

One thing I can share is this – Andy Holding Speed Figures is more than a tipster service – the wealth of information that comes with a subscription can help you find your own selections too!

Sign Up To Read This Review

To read our review of Andy Holding’s service and all of our expert content, you will need a Smart Betting Club membership, with different subscription options available to view here.

This will provide you with instant access to every report we have ever written, alongside a wealth of other benefits including discounts to services like Andy’s.

With Cheltenham approaching we will be as active as ever helping our members to profit from their betting, with some excellent offers and promotions already in the works.

The Football Insider With A Unique ‘Laidback Betting’ Tips Strategy

Earlier this month saw our publication of the very latest SBC Best Tipster Guide review – our take on the outstanding football insider tipster with 12 seasons of profits behind him.

Since the start of the 2016/17 season alone, he has made a 87.6 point profit from 583 bets at 11.5% ROI and averaged 80% bank growth each season to outline just why he rate him so highly.

But its not just this recent record behind our recommendation, but several other key points ranging from his longer-term profitable record, his football & betting connections, his suitability for exchange or bet broker only punters and his laidback betting approach.

To help illustrate more on this, here are 6 key reasons as to why you need to read this review. (Immediate access to the review and the full SBC service can be obtained right now with a Platinum ‘Pro-Punter’ membership)

1. An exceptionally well connected ‘insider’

These tips come from a very well connected source indeed who holds a variety of roles in the football and betting world. Not only does he run this tipping service but he also works as a ‘Next Opponent Analyst’ – a role which takes him to any number of matches, each of which he will watch with an analytical eye and allow him to assess teams’ form and relative strengths and weaknesses.

His contact book is also very well stocked with connections in both the football world (scouts, coaches, ex and current professional footballers) and the betting world (traders, pro-punters, syndicates) that marks him out as a true ‘insider’ with a network that is second to none.

2. A profitable record dating back to 2006

This tipster is one of the longest running services we monitor here at the SBC. It opened its doors to paying customers back in 2006 and we first reviewed it way back in SBC issue #27, first released in July 2008, more than a decade ago.

Following sustained profitability this service was inducted into the ‘Hall of Fame’ in 2012 where it has remained since, which is testament to the consistency in profits produced over the years. It’s fair to say that to maintain an edge in the betting markets for twelve years, you must become a genuine expert within your chosen field.

3. Suitable for following with bookmakers or exchanges/brokers only for those restricted

Our research into the service revealed that 80% of the bets advised are best priced with either an Asian firm or a Betting Exchange, which suggests that this is a service you can follow without access to UK high street bookmakers.

This is also not a service quoting early, unavailable prices with little-known bookmakers as it focuses on the main betting markets (1X2, Asian Handicap & Over/Unders) when plenty of money is swishing around.

4. Laidback betting – easy to follow

The service works based on a theme titled ‘laidback betting’ which means easy instructions, available markets and a commitment to steady, incremental gains underpinned with an aversion to morale-sapping losing runs. This is also reflected in the number of bets each week, where you can expect between 3 to 5 as a average for each set of weekend fixtures and an outlay of between 4 to 7 points in total.

5. All tips come with detailed explanation as to their selection

Whilst you can simply place the bets and walk away as per the ‘laidback betting’ concept, for those of you after more detail on the reasons behind each tip, you can enjoy access to a informative write-up as to its selection.

Whether it be a tip on ‘Peterhead’ in the Scottish Cup or Real Madrid in the Champions League, the detail supplied is second-to-none and provides all the confidence needed that your bet is well researched.

6. Save £100 on joining this tipster with SBC

As an SBC member you can save £100 on the cost of a full season (pro-rata discounts also available for shorter periods) with this particular expert as part of the Tipster Savings we negotiate on your behalf.

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Full details on this tipster plus a further 12 other recommended experts can be accessed now through the SBC’s Best Tipster Guide. Available now via the very popular Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ membership (our complete package).

What Is The Best Tipster Guide?

The Best Tipster Guide is a collection of 13 of the very best tipsters as uncovered by the Smart Betting Club since 2016 and it comes in three parts as follows:

  1. The 2018 Best Tipster Guide featuring 3 new top tipster reviews from this year
  2. The 2017 Best Tipster Guide, featuring reviews of 5 more top tipsters, who continue to make consistent profits;
  3. The original 2016 Best Tipster Guide, which featured our first 5 top-rated tipsters, each of whom have also continued to make a profit since inclusion.

By purchasing access to the Best Tipster Guide through a Platinum SBC membership, you will receive full access to all 13 detailed tipster reviews and unique tipster discounts.

As well as gaining access to the full Best Tipster Guide, a Platinum Smart Betting Club membership also grants you full access to our complete ‘Professional Punter’ package including:

  • 1 Year of SBC Magazines;
  • 1 Year of Tipster Profit Reports;
  • 1 Year of Bet Diary Pro Access;
  • Access to our 12-year Back Catalogue;
  • Access To The SBC Tipping Forum;
  • Gold Tipster Discounts & Trials;
  • Platinum Tipster Discounts & Trials;
  • Our Best Systems & Guides;
  • Full 90-Day Refund Guarantee!

All told – it’s quite the package with a huge amount of expertise and information available to you and all from a genuinely independent source.

Best Of All – Save £45 Right Now

By joining the Smart Betting Club today, you can also save a whopping £45 on the usual cost of a Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ membership (which provides access to the Best Tipster Guide!)

This is because we have slashed the price of joining to ensure as many people as possible have access to our reports, magazines and guides.

We know we can make a difference to your punting – so why not sign-up right away and get started immediately. (There is a 90-day refund guarantee available after all!)

See you on the inside.

Read more on how the Best Tipster Guide can help YOU!

Peter Ling

Smart Betting Club Editor

If Carlsberg Did Tipsters…

 

…Then chances are they would have put this service together!

Reviewed in detail in the freshly published 2nd part of the 2018 SBC Best Tipster Guide, we are describing it as one of the very best tipping services we have ever monitored‘.

Best of all – it’s a must-read especially ahead of Cheltenham next week, as the the tipster in question focuses solely on National Hunt racing and has made a 35.1% Return on Investment over 1305 bets since 2012.

This current NH season alone he has made a mind-blowing 70.3% ROI from the first 115 bets advised, thanks to a regular pattern of big priced winners in recent months.

Here are some other reasons why we rate this tipster so highly:

  • Focus solely on big race meetings ensures no issues with odds movement;
  • Bets can be placed without issue either online or in shops;
  • Also available to those of you who can only bet with exchanges;
  • Free blog with further tips provided for midweek races (with a great record to boot);
  • All tips come with detailed explanation as to their selection.

Full details on this tipster plus a further 12 other recommended experts can be accessed now through the SBC’s Best Tipster Guide. Available now via the very popular Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ membership (our complete package).

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What Is The Best Tipster Guide?

The Best Tipster Guide is a collection of 13 of the very best tipsters as uncovered by the Smart Betting Club since 2016 and it comes in three parts as follows:

  1. The 2018 Best Tipster Guide featuring 4 new top tipster reviews due for release throughout 2018 (the 1st and 2nd of these reviews are out now with the 3rd to follow later in 2018)
  2. The 2017 Best Tipster Guide, featuring reviews of 5 more top tipsters, who continue to make consistent profits;
  3. The original 2016 Best Tipster Guide, which featured our first 5 top-rated tipsters, each of whom have also continued to make a profit since inclusion.

By purchasing access to the Best Tipster Guide through a Platinum SBC membership, you will receive full access to all 13 detailed tipster reviews and unique tipster discounts.

As well as gaining access to the full Best Tipster Guide, a Platinum Smart Betting Club membership also grants you full access to our complete ‘Professional Punter’ package including:

  • 1 Year of SBC Magazines;
  • 1 Year of Tipster Profit Reports;
  • 1 Year of Bet Diary Pro Access;
  • Access to our 12-year Back Catalogue;
  • Access To The SBC Tipping Forum;
  • Gold Tipster Discounts & Trials;
  • Platinum Tipster Discounts & Trials;
  • Our Best Systems & Guides;
  • Full 90-Day Refund Guarantee!

All told – it’s quite the package with a huge amount of expertise and information available to you and all from a genuinely independent source.

Best Of All – Save £45 Right Now

By joining the Smart Betting Club today, you can also save a whopping £45 on the usual cost of a Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ membership (which provides access to the Best Tipster Guide!)

This is because we have slashed the price of joining to ensure as many people as possible have access to our reports, magazines and guides.

We know we can make a difference to your punting – so why not sign-up right away and get started immediately. (There is a 90-day refund guarantee available after all!)

See you on the inside.

Read more on how the Best Tipster Guide can help YOU!

Best Regards,

Peter Ling
Smart Betting Club Editor

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10 Years, 20168 Tips & 19,638 Points Profit – Anatomy Of A Top Tipster

Earlier this week saw the release of Part 2 from the 2017 Best Tipster Guide, featuring our in-depth analysis on 3 expert tipsters we fully recommend.

To help illustrate just how good these experts are I wanted to showcase some of the analysis on one of the tipsters reviewed inside and the profits they have made.

With over 10 years of service, 19,638.15 points profit, achievable odds and a 20% discount on offer,  it ticks all the boxes for those of you looking for high quality tipster advice.

The 2017 Best Tipster Guide is available now to all Platinum SBC members. Subscribe now

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Ten Years, 20,000+ Tips

Anyone can fluke a profit over a few weeks or even a few months, but making money for 10 years straight is bloody difficult – yet that is exactly what this tipster has achieved.

This service has been going since 2007, during which time they have tipped up 20,618 bets and made just shy of 20,000 points profit. All at a Return On Investment (ROI) of 9.5%.

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Best of all they have been very consistent, with only a few minor ups and downs along the way as the profit graph below proves.

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Profitable At (Almost) All Odds Ranges

This particular tipster has a simple policy of only tipping up bets priced at 10/1 and above.

And as our analysis reveals in general, the higher the price you back at, the higher the profit and ROI you make.

They are exceptionally strong when it comes to backing those horses 15/1 and above. Especially those priced between the sweet-spot of 20/1 to 25/1, where they have racked up 7706 points of profit at 16% ROI.

Here is how the odds breakdown:

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The only possible area for improvement comes in those bets priced either 10/1 or 11/1 which have made a marginal loss to date.

With this in mind, we provide guidance in the review on the different betting banks and profits you could make if following only those tips priced at 12/1 and above.

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Quoting Available Odds At A Convenient Time

One of my biggest complaints about racing tipsters are those who either tip up far too early the evening before racing (when it’s often impossible to get on) or quote unavailable odds.

This tipster ticks all the right boxes as tips are sent out at 2 convenient times each day at 12 noon and 1.15pm. As the racing markets have formed quite nicely by then, bookmakers are much more likely to take a bet and there are decent odds on the exchanges for you to snap up.

This is reflected in how their advised odds stack up as the detailed odds tracking we performed reveals.

We tracked how their advised odds held up when set against those available with our smaller panel of bookmakers either immediately, after 15 minutes or after 60 minutes

Here you can see how they stack up and the Estimated ROI differences compared to the advised odds:

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So, whilst there is a small drop both immediately and after first 15 minutes – this for a racing tipster is actually very good indeed.

Those of you with access either to the exchanges or a wider group of bookmakers should be able to get closer and at times better odds on these tips.

Affordable With A 20% Discount

Last but not least, another major reason we rate this tipster is because their subscription fees are very reasonable – especially as all SBC members are eligible to save 20% on the cost of joining them.

With the discount applied, the average monthly fee for their service works out at between £26 and £38 (depending on the length of subscription you choose) which in comparison to the profits made are very reasonable.

Sticking a simple £10 each way on their tips over the past decade would have made you a profit of £39,277.

Dividing that by 10 for the years they have been in service, that equates to a £3,927.70 profit each year – not bad for as little as £26.33 per month!

Note – You can save up to £79 on this service thanks to the savings exclusively available to you as a Smart Betting Club Member. Considering our Platinum membership costs just £105.99 – it’s almost worth joining us for this reason alone!

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Read More In The Best Tipster Guide

You can read our full, detailed review on this tipster with access to Part 2 of the 2017 Best Tipster Guide.

Also inside Part 2, you can read similar reviews on the new Football Expert averaging 70% bank growth annually (With a profitable record of over 3000 bets since 2014) AND

the Festival Racing expert you can follow on the exchanges (Over the past 6 years, he has advised 2600 tips and made 429.6 points profit at 15.4% Return on Investment.)

Plus not forgetting you will get access to Part 1 of the 2017 Best Tipster Guide AND Parts 1 and 2 of the 2016 Best Tipster Guide, featuring another 8 tipster reviews in total.

All told, the Best Tipster Guide series provides everything you need to make your betting a success. Read all about the Best Tipster Guide via this link. 

Its available now via the very popular Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ membership – by signing-up today you can also save £38 on the cost of joining.

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See you on the inside.

Peter Ling
SBC Editor

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Parts 1 & 2 Of The 2017 ‘Best Tipster Guide’ Out Now!!

Part 2 of the 2017 Best Tipster Guide has just been released featuring detailed, independent reviews on 3 top tipsters to help you make money betting this year.

Compiled by the tipster experts here at the Smart Betting Club, its release coupled with Part 1 (published in January) contains everything you need to know to get started betting profitably (with 5 tipsters reviewed in total!)

With several significant tipster discount deals for you to enjoy worth £535, plus full access to the 2016 Best Tipster Guide – its our best ever value-for-money betting package!

Available now via the very popular Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ membership – by signing-up today you can also save £38 on the cost of a subscription.

Here Is What’s Inside Part 2:

Expert Tipster Review 1

The New Football Expert Averaging 70% Bank Growth Annually – With a profitable record of over 3000 bets since 2014.

Expert Tipster Review 2

The Festival Racing Expert You Can Follow On The Exchanges
Over the past 6 years, he has advised 2600 bets and made 429.6 points profit at 15.4% Return on Investment.

Expert Tipster Review 3

The Racing Guru With A Talent For Picking Big Winners (For 10 Years!)
This tipster is exceptionally good at selecting big winners with 4,857 points profit coming from 3305 tips at over 25/1!

How The Best Tipster Guide Can Help YOU! – Click Here

PLUS 3 More ‘Best Tipster Guides’ Can Be Yours

Access to the Best Tipster Guide also provides you with 3 more must-read reports, including Part 1 of the 2017 Best Tipster Guide and Parts 1 and 2 of the 2016 Best Tipster Guide!

Inside these 3 extra guides you can also read about the likes of:

  • The Racing Tipster Up 1094% Bank Growth In 17 Months – Including 406% Growth Over The 2nd Half of 2016!
  • The Football Tipster With 110 Points Profit at 11.% ROI In The Last 5 Seasons
  • The Outstanding Racing Guru Up 1145 Points Profit Since 2013
    You only pay once you hit a guaranteed profit target – extremely punter friendly and hugely popular!1 Year of Bet Diary Pro Access;
  • The Free Tipster With 335 Points Profit From 1482 Bets  Including 79.6 Points Profit At 28.5% ROI In 2016!)
  • The Horse Racing Tipster With 1013.7 Points Profit From 9,987 Bets – All On Betfair (And 345% Betting Bank Growth in 2016!!!)

And many more tipsters besides – all available to you as a Platinum Smart Betting Club member.

Pro Gambler Expertise – The Complete Package

As well as gaining access to both Parts 1 & 2 of the 2017 Best Tipster Guide, a Platinum Smart Betting Club membership also grants you full access to our complete ‘Professional Punter’ package including:

  • 1 Year of SBC Magazines;
  • 1 Year of Tipster Profit Reports;
  • 1 Year of Bet Diary Pro Access;
  • Access to our 11-year Back Catalogue;
  • Access To The SBC Tipping Forum;
  • Gold Tipster Discounts & Trials;
  • Platinum Tipster Discounts & Trials;
  • All 4 US Sport Tipster Profit Reports;
  • Our Pro Betting Fundamentals Guides;
  • Full 90-Day Money Back Guarantee!

All told – it’s quite the package with a huge amount of expertise and information available to you and all from a genuinely independent source. Here is why we are different.

It’s fair to say that the expertise provided through both the Best Tipster Guide and the Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ package will give you every chance of making real money from your betting.

Read more on how the 2017 Best Tipster Guide can help YOU!

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Best Of All – Save £38 Currently!

By joining the Smart Betting Club today you can also save a whopping £38 on the usual cost of a Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ membership (which provides access to the Best Tipster Guide!)

This is because we have slashed the price of joining to ensure as many people as possible have access to our reports, magazines and guides.

We know we can make a difference to your punting – so why not sign-up right away and get started immediately. (There is a 90-day money back guarantee available after all!)

See you on the inside.

Read more on how the 2017 Best Tipster Guide can help YOU!

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Your Questions Answered: The 2017 Best Tipster Guide

Friday saw the release of our much-anticipated 2017 Best Tipster Guide and its publication has triggered a lot of questions from many of you exactly on how it can help you betting.

After all – we all want to know who the very best tipsters actually are!

So, to help answer some of your most common questions on its release and how it can help you, I have put together the following FAQ.

Hopefully it helps explain things a little more as to the power of the Best Tipster Guide!

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Q1) What exactly is the 2017 Best Tipster Guide?

It’s a 2-part guide featuring detailed, new reviews on 6 top tipsters we recommend to follow during 2017 and beyond.

Part 1 is out now and features our reviews of the first 3 highly recommended tipsters we have tracked, monitored and reviewed for sometime.

Part 2 is scheduled for release later this year and will feature a further 3 top tipsters under the review microscope.

Q2) How will it help me make money betting?

Quite simply by showcasing 6 of the very best betting tipsters we recommend for you to follow.

In Part 1 you can read our expert analysis on 3 very different tipsters, each of which have a proven record when it comes to supplying tips.

For example – you can check out the racing tipster reviewed for the very first time with an exceptional record when it comes to betting bank growth.

Over the past 6 months alone, this tipster has made 406% growth – effectively growing your initial starting betting bank by 4 in no time at all.

Q3) What about the 2016 Best Tipster Guide. Will I gain access to that as well?

Yes, you will also receive both parts of our 2016 Best Tipster Guide, featuring similar expert reviews on another 6 top tipsters we recommended last year.

Many of these tipster continue to be recommended by us at SBC and make strong profits for those choosing to follow their advice.

For example, one free-to-follow racing tipster we recommended at the start of 2016 in Part 1 of last years Best Tipster Guide returned a fine 79.6 points profit at 28.5% ROI throughout 2016.

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Q4) How much do the tipsters featured inside the Best Tipster Guide cost to subscribe to?

We do our best to focus in on those tipsters offering the best, most value for money service possible.

There are a wide range of tipsters featured with the Best Tipster Guide, including those free to follow (as referenced in the question above) although most fall into the category of between £20 to £40 average cost per month.

Some cost more, some less, but the key is always making sure you can return a fine profit long-term beyond a tipsters subscription fees.

Q5) How can I save on the cost of joining the tipsters featured within the Best Tipster Guide?

Due to our independent stance (see Q6) we are able to negotiate substantial discounts and deals for many of the tipsters within the Best Tipster Guide.

For example, one of the top tipsters from the 2016 Best Tipster Guide is offering a £39 discount on the cost of a 3 month subscription with his service.

There are many more deals like this available to you – at the time of writing there are 5 discounts with a total saving of up to £269 if taking them all up.

These savings often come to a greater sum than the cost of accessing the Best Tipster Guide in the first place.

 

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Q6) How do I know your tipster reviews are genuine and to be trusted?

This is a very important question as whilst there are a plethora of ‘free tipster reviews’ available on the Internet, almost all of them are biased towards you buying into the service they are reviewing.

This is because they generate their revenue from a share of the subscriptions they help to sell on behalf of the tipster they are reviewing. Therefore its in their interests to show it in the best possible light.

Here at the Smart Betting Club, we have a different model.

Instead – all of our tipster reviews are 100% independent and we have no vested interest or financial gain from those tipsters featured in the Best Tipster Guide.

Therefore, when we say a tipster is good, it’s because it genuinely is, not because someone is paying us to say so!

Q7) Ok I’m in, How do I gain access to the Best Tipster Guide?

Simple – All you need is a Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ subscription, which also provides you everything else the Smart Betting Club service offers.

Including all our SBC Magazines, Tipster Profit Reports, Bet Diary Pro & Tipping Forum access PLUS it also comes with our 90-day money back guarantee.

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If you are ready to take the plunge and join our community of shrewd punters, then you can also save a whopping £35 on the usual cost of a Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ membership (which provides access to the Best Tipster Guide!)

This is because we have slashed the price of joining to ensure as many people as possible have access to our reports, magazines and guides.

We know we can make a difference to your punting – so why not sign-up right away and get started immediately. (There is a 90-day money back guarantee available after all!)

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Now Available: The 2017 Best Tipster Guide

Part 1 of the 2017 Best Tipster Guide has just been released featuring detailed, independent reviews on 3 top tipsters to help you make money betting this year.

Compiled by the tipster experts here at the Smart Betting Club, its release coupled with Part 2 (due for release later this year) contains everything you need to know to get started betting profitably.

With several significant tipster discount deals for you to enjoy (worth £269 in total) plus full access to the 2016 Best Tipster Guide – its our best ever value-for-money betting package!

Available now via the very popular Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ membership – by signing-up today you can also save £35 on the cost of a subscription.

Here Is What’s Inside Part 1:

Expert Tipster Review 1

The New Racing Tipster Up 1094% Bank Growth In 17 Months – Including 406% Growth Over The 2nd Half of 2016!
Exclusive Review – get in first as we expect this tipster to be very popular!

Expert Tipster Review 2

The Football Expert Up 13.6% ROI Since 2010!
Learn how to maximise your profits with our simple and sensible compounding options

Expert Tipster Review 3

The Outstanding Racing Guru Up 1145 Points Profit Since 2013
You only pay once you hit a guaranteed profit target – extremely punter friendly and hugely popular!

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Pro Gambler Expertise – The Complete Package

As well as gaining access to both Parts 1 & 2 of the 2017 Best Tipster Guide, a Platinum Smart Betting Club membership also grants you full access to our complete ‘Professional Punter’ package including:

  • 1 Year of SBC Magazines;
  • 1 Year of Tipster Profit Reports;
  • 1 Year of Bet Diary Pro Access;
  • Access to our 11-year Back Catalogue;
  • Access To The SBC Tipping Forum;
  • Gold Tipster Discounts & Trials;
  • Platinum Tipster Discounts & Trials;
  • All 4 US Sport Tipster Profit Reports;
  • Our Best Systems & Guides;
  • Full 90-Day Money Back Guarantee!

All told – it’s quite the package with a huge amount of expertise and information available to you and all from a genuinely independent source. Here is why we are different.

It’s fair to say that the expertise provided through both the Best Tipster Guide and the Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ package will give you every chance of making real money from your betting.

Read more on how the 2017 Best Tipster Guide can help YOU!

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Best Of All – Save £35 Currently!

By joining the Smart Betting Club today you can also save a whopping £35 on the usual cost of a Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ membership (which provides access to the Best Tipster Guide!)

This is because we have slashed the price of joining to ensure as many people as possible have access to our reports, magazines and guides.

We know we can make a difference to your punting – so why not sign-up right away and get started immediately. (There is a 90-day money back guarantee available after all!)

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Why It Can Take Nearly 6 Years To Find A Good Tipster!

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Recently the BBC ran a story about the increase in the number of social media based tipsters who make a profit when their tips lose.

Whilst unethical profiting from affiliate programs is nothing new – it seems that social media is a particular breeding ground for ‘dodgy’ tipsters promising untold riches via some deeply flawed betting strategies.

Without question, the vast majority are a waste of time and are a more harmful modern day equivalent of the ‘premium phone-line tipsters’ from days gone by. Because as bad as these phoneline tipsters were – they did actually want their tips to win! Thus it is with good reason we don’t include reviews on social media only tipsters in our reports.

As well as revealing the ugly truth about social media tipsters, this article also goes to the heart of another major problem – The constant search for better tipsters than those that realistically exist.

Perhaps it’s a tipster that will never suffer a losing bet or a tipster that will bang in regular 10-fold accumulators at massive odds. Or even a tipster that might make 50% + Return on Investment or hit an 80% strike-rate backing at evens.

The truth is that such tipsters don’t exist – and when it comes to choosing an expert to follow – very often the ‘boring’ well known and stable tipsters present your best option to make a profit.

Yes, they might not be particularly sexy, nor will they bang in acca after acca at big odds but what they will do is make a reliable return for your money.

And to prove this point, allow me to discuss some of the tipsters we track here at SBC and what you can realistically look to achieve if following a true expert.

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5 Years & 9 Months In The Making

The tipsters we rate as the very best are awarded a Hall of Fame rating – our marker of a quality service with a proven betting edge.

Yet to achieve a Hall of Fame rating is not easy and one of the key things we look for is longevity of service, coupled with a large betting history.

Consider these stats as per the 14 horse racing tipsters in the current Hall of Fame:

  • The average length of service is 5 years and 9 months;
  • The longest running tipster has been in operation for 12 years (during which time they have made 3417 points profit at 32% ROI);
  • The ‘youngest’ tipster has been in operation for 1 year and 11 months (although they have tipped up over 5000 bets at 21.3% ROI!);
  • The best ROI tipping record peaks out at 36.40%, whilst the average ROI across all 14 is around 21%.

All of this is a world away from a world of social media and the false promises of unrealistic profits you see from so many on Twitter or Facebook.

For Example – The Reliable Racing Tipster Profiting Since 2009

A classic example of the type of tipster you can find in our Hall of Fame is the racing tipster featured in the recently released Part 2 section of our 2016 Best Tipster Guide.

Around since 2009, this tipster has a clearly defined strategy tipping up 1 bet a day and long-term has hit a standard of 22.3% ROI and 429% ROC (Bank Growth).

Here is their long-term record of performance:

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Certainly it’s not the sexiest of tipsters and they are vulnerable to the odd losing spell which does require patience at times (Something that is simply down to their low strike-rate of around 15.9%).

Yet ultimately this is a tipster that:

  • Has a clearly defined betting strategy;
  • Has a clearly defined edge over the bookmaker;
  • Makes consistent profits over the long-term;
  • Makes a realistic return on investment.

And for more proof of all that – check out their profit and loss graph below, which showcases steady growth over the lifetime of the service and all 2307 bets.

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If Its Too Good To Be True…

The old adage of ‘if it’s too good to be true, then it probably is’ rings true for tipsters just as in any walk of life.

This is certainly the case when it comes to many tipsters on social media, who often ride a wave of likes, RT’s and positive comments to convince people to follow them in.

Yet ultimately they are deeply flawed, here today-gone tomorrow charlatans, who in many cases are profiting from bookmaker affiliate schemes designed to pay them if they put up bad tips.

Instead, turn your focus to those tipsters who have actually been around the block, have developed a long-term record and run a professional service.

They might not grab the attention in the same manner as their marketing-savvy counterparts but ultimately will be the only ones realistically able to help make you money betting.

You can find a full rundown on some of the very best tipsters in our Hall of Fame – featuring our independent advice and ratings based on over 10 years experience proofing tipsters.

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£3158 Into £15,690. Simple Ways The Best Tipster Guide Can Help

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Yesterday saw the release of Part 2 of our 2016 Best Tipster Guide featuring the final section on 6 of the very best tipsters we have uncovered over the past decade.

So today to help showcase how these tipsters can help you, I want to delve a little deeper into one of the featured tipsters reviewed inside it and some of the findings we uncovered.

For example – how can a few simple staking tweaks turn a £3,158 profit into £15,690 through following one tipster? (And all from the same £1000 starting point)

As I will go onto reveal – there is so much more to reviewing a tipster rather than simply just examining whether they are any good or not.

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A Much Loved Football Tipster

First of all, let me set the scene as regards one of the tipsters we focus on in Part 2 of the Best Tipster Guide that I want to discuss today. It’s a well loved football service – which provides tips from 3 slightly different (yet ultimately profitable) betting systems.

As a subscriber to the service you receive the tips as generated by each of the systems throughout the English football season.

The results for all 3 systems have been fantastic long-term (hence why it was chosen for the Best Tipster Guide!) but there is a lot more to it than that…

The Type Of Bets That Generate The Most Profit

When examining any tipster its vitally important to observe exactly where they make a profit so as a punter you can understand where their edge lies.

One simple pattern we observed when examining this football tipster (as with most others it must be said) is the fact that their away bets are generally more profitable than home bets. AND if breaking home and away bets down to certain odds ranges – some clear profit patterns emerge as the following tables prove.

This first table concentrates on the performance of home tips both under and over 2.0 (evens). Although those under evens are profitable, the gains are fairly marginal.

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Examining the away bets put forward by the tipster we also identified a trend whereby the better performance came from those priced at 2.75 (7/4) and above, which was responsible for the greatest return as the table below indicates.

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This kind of analysis can help when following any tipster, whether it be the type of bets you want to concentrate on or stake more on – Or simply to help you understand where the tipsters edge actually lies.

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That Simple Tweak: Compounding Staking

I have spoken about compound staking on a number of occasions in the past (as here with this racing tipster) because when done right it can make a major difference to the profits you make.

Take one of the 3 systems provided by this football tipster – which has produced a 157.9 point profit at 5.8% ROI from 2739 bets over the course of the past 6 seasons.

This is an ideal service to consider for compound staking as it hits a high strike-rate (44.1%) and has generally performed very consistently over time.

So rather than simply staking the same amount on each and every bet over the course of any given season, a compound staking method (whereby your stake adjusts with the size of your betting bank) can work very well in this instance.

To prove the point – here is what would have happened if you had followed the service just using a £1000 betting bank all the way through (Effectively the amount you staked on each bet would have remained the same).

This approach would have made you a profit of £3,158 (315.8% Return on Capital) over the lifetime of the service. Good figures of course but they can be improved on.

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For those of you looking to be a bit more creative, this next table illustrates what happens if you adjust the stakes after every 100 bets based on how much profit you have made. If following this method, your profit grows to £6,098 (609.8% Return on Capital) over the exact same number of bets.

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And for those of you looking to be a bit more creative, we also have a couple of other suggestions – including what happens if you simply adjust your stake after each bet. Here your profit grows to as much as £8,821 (882.1% Return on Capital).

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And finally the biggest profit actually came from adjusting your stakes at each point where your bank has grown by 25%. This method will have made a £15,690 profit (1569% Return on Capital)since inception.

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The Biggest Bang For Your Betting Buck

Watch Your Losses: Max Drawdown

The keen-eyed amongst you will have noticed the ‘Max Drawdown’ figure for each of the tables above and this is a very important figure to consider before going overboard on Compound Staking.

This figure effectively tells you what the biggest drop will have been using each staking method during a bad losing run. So for example the Compound 25% method will have seen you finish up with £15,690 profit, but at one point you will have lost up to £8,207 during a bad run of form. That loss would have been in context and made up purely of the profit you had made but it does show how an aggressive staking plan works both ways.

It’s worth considering these sums as how you handle yourself during losing runs is a major test of any punter – no matter how experienced you are. And for those of you who think that losing runs won’t apply to you, think again as they always happen no matter how good you or the tipster you follow actually is… (And if you find someone who tells you they never suffer them – they are lying!)

More Professional Analysis In The Best Tipster Guide

I only have room to discuss these two findings as outlined in the Best Tipster Guide, yet there is lots more I could have shared.

For example – which is the best system of the 3 ideal for those of you keen to just choose 1?

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What is the best and worst time to place your bets when following this tipster and why it can pay to wait until seconds before kick-off to achieve the best profits?

If interested in finding out more, you can do so with access to the full 2016 Best Tipster Guide as with Parts 1 and 2 now available, it includes detailed reviews on 6 top tipsters we have uncovered over the years.

Plus, to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Smart Betting Club in 2016, you can also save £16 on the cost of the Platinum ‘Pro Punter’ membership package.

Sign-up now and gain instant access to the Best Tipster Guide.

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