The Smart Betting Club Podcast

In Episode 104, Pete sits down with Juan, founder of Bet Hero , the value betting platform recently reviewed and recommended in SBC Magazine 164. Juan explains how his journey into betting began not through gambling, but by identifying inefficiencies in other markets. From building software to profit from sneaker releases, GPUs and collectibles, his background in computer science and automation na...

Recorded live at Smart Bash 2026, Pete Ling is joined by Phil Smith, Jeevan Jeyaratnam and Varun Sudhakar to explore one of the biggest challenges facing profitable bettors today: not finding value, but actually getting money down. The panel discusses how AI driven risk management, affordability checks and increasingly sophisticated customer profiling have changed the betting landscape. Topics inc...

In Episode 102 of the SBC Podcast, I’m joined by Jesse May and Simon Nott to preview Smart Bash 2026, which is taking place on May 27th and 28th in London, England.  You can grab your tickets and save 10% on the cost by using the SBC discount code: SBCSBASH10 when purchasing via www.smart-bash.com This special episode breaks down why Smart Bash has quickly become one of the standout betting events...

Today, I’m joined by Phil Smith, a full time football bettor specialising in antepost (futures) markets and exchange trading. Phil shares his journey from early losses and trial and error, through to building a profitable approach combining Betfair trading and more recently, antepost betting. We go deep into how antepost betting works in practice, where the real edge comes from, and why volume, st...

In Episode 100 of the SBC Betting Interview series, Pete welcomes a special guest to mark the milestone, Antonino (Ant) De Rosa, a former Pinnacle trader and now operator of a large scale professional betting group. This episode goes deep into the reality of sharp betting. Not theory, not models in isolation, but how markets actually move, how sportsbooks react, and why execution is often the bigg...

Pete sits down with Graeme Acheson, founder of Sports4Cast, the data driven modelling platform recently reviewed in SBC Magazine 161. Graeme explains how a background in accountancy and risk analytics evolved into building forecasting models across rugby, football and baseball. What began as a passion project tracking rugby rankings developed into a fully automated betting model designed to identi...

Pete sits down with Chris Fawcett, former full time professional gambler turned model builder and co founder of Sharp Betting. Chris reflects on a 20 year career in betting that began in the late 1990s, from early horse racing speed ratings to automated exchange models, and later high volume football accumulators. He explains how exchanges changed the game, why markets became more efficient, and w...

In Episode 97 of the Smart Betting Club Podcast, I am joined for the third time by Anthony Kaminskas, founder of AKBets and a former professional punter turned bookmaker. Nearly three years on from the launch of AKBets, this conversation takes stock of how the business has grown, how the betting industry has shifted, and why life as a modern bookmaker is far tougher than most punters realise - inc...

In this episode, Pete speaks with Andrew Pace, founder of inplayLIVE, a live betting platform built around real time wagering and repeatable edges. Andrew shares his journey from early losing punter to profitable live bettor, then into building one of the most active live betting communities around today. Andrew explains how watching games in real time revealed repeatable pricing errors, why minds...

In this episode, Pete speaks with Sharp Betting co-founder David Hipkin, who started out as a boxing trader before pivoting into professional betting, using the same data-led methods that would later form the basis of Sharp Betting to generate over £200,000 in profit from soft bookmakers alone. David shares his journey from early days in spread betting alongside the likes of Mike Tyson and Lennox...

In this episode, Pete speaks with Elliot Roe and Samm Hunter , two leading performance and mindset coaches who specialise in helping elite performers from poker champions and traders to professional bettors reach their potential. Fresh from their Bet Bash 2025 seminar “From Emotion to Execution: The Champion’s Mindset for Sports Betting” , Elliot and Samm break down what separates consistent winne...

In this latest SBC Podcast episode, we shine a spotlight on a North American bettor who has turned software into serious profit. Franco, known online as Raid_Prints , joins me to share how he went from casual square punter to making over $200,000 profit in just two years. His story is not theory, it’s a real-life example of what’s possible when you combine the right tools, discipline, and mindset....

In the latest SBC Podcast episode, I sit down again with Dylan, co-founder of Pinnacle Odds Dropper, to take a deep dive into sharp betting, market efficiency, and the results of our detailed August 2025 review of POD. We explore how the software helps advantage bettors track steam moves, why Pinnacle remains the barometer for bookmakers, and the lessons from analysing 345,000+ logged bets. Dylan...

In the latest SBC Podcast episode, I sit down with Tom Waterhouse , Australian betting guru, ex-CEO of William Hill Australia, and founder of Waterhouse VC . Tom lifts the lid on how professional syndicates really operate, where today’s biggest betting edges can be found, and what the rise of new markets like crypto and contracts means for sharp players. He also shares how Waterhouse VC is investi...

Returning guest Harry Stewart-Moore , betting lawyer and partner at Gardner Leader, answers listener questions and pulls back the curtain on the toughest legal issues facing bettors in 2025. MULTI ACCOUNTING CHAT What you really need to know about multi-accounting, runners, and 'beards' Why these tactics are under growing scrutiny in the UK, where the legal boundaries sit, and how some b...

From starting out behind the counter at Ladbrokes to leading the British Horseracing Authority and advising the UK Gambling Commission, Nick Rust OBE has seen the betting world from every angle. In this candid, hour-long conversation, Nick reflects on his journey through the sharp end of UK betting—sharing what he’s learned about punters, bookmakers, racing politics, regulation, and even his own q...

In this episode, I’m joined by Jeevan Jeyaratnam , Chief Betting Officer at Abelson Info—an industry leader in player market pricing and home to the settlement feeds behind many of today’s major betting markets. Jeev shares insights from two decades in the betting world, including the evolution of player-focused markets like anytime goal scorers , shots , cards , and more. With Abelson pricing ove...

In the latest SBC Podcast I am joined by Kieran Ward, an experienced bettor and tipster who has been finding value for over 25 years! Value is central to what Kieran does and his tipping services, including ​ The Value Machine ​ and his newly formed The Value Machine Exchange Profits are both laser-focused on finding selections that are overpriced, whether that be with soft bookmakers or exchanges...

In the latest SBC Podcast I am joined by Varun Sudhakar, the Co-Founder and CEO of the crypto-exchange, BetDEX. Varun is an experienced operator within the betting industry, with various roles across several continents and plenty of punting (as he calls it!) making him an intriguing guest with lots of insight. The growth era during regulatory relaxations in the US defined his earlier career experi...

In the latest SBC Podcast I am joined by Josh to talk about a project that we have launched in February to help punters everywhere. Bookmaker disputes are the most common complaint that we receive here at the SBC and Gambling Commission in the UK have highlighted it as a major frustration for punters too (they haven't done anything about it but that's another story!). To help, we have cr...

In the latest Smart Betting Club podcast, SBC Editor, Pete was joined by Rowan Day for a new 'Betting Clever' episode with plenty of talking points on the agenda. First of all, we discussed the news that the dates for Smart Bash 2025 have been announced - the 3rd and 4th July 2025 and once again it will be held at Chelsea FC in London. We discuss the additional plans for the 2025 event b...

After an ​intriguing first part ​ of SBC Podcast #83 this is part two, where I quiz the betting expert Jose and get some answers to bettor FAQs. After discussing technical betting topics in part 1, this segment covers more 'practical' subjects as we start by touching upon issues such as barriers to profitable betting, cryptocurrencies and how the betting ecosystem is changing around the...

In the first part of a 'double header' for SBC Podcast Episode #83 I was joined by Jose, one of the most informed and well-connected betting people that I know of. Jose has a wealth of experience working with bettors from all over the world and instead of modelling or originating his own bets, he concentrates on networking and meeting people who can. Getting on, masking sharp activity an...

In the latest Smart Betting Club podcast I am joined by Josh for our latest 'Betting Clever' episode. We had lots to talk about in this show with some Safer Gambling Week messaging madness first up on the agenda. Next, we got stuck into good, bad and ugly tipster services and practices, with our latest review subject providing the 'good' and the Betting Professor and some other...

In the latest SBC Podcast I am joined by Alex Piskopos (AKA 'Pisky'), a serial betting winner and entrepreneur with some amazing stories to share - including details of the very successful betting operation he was a key part of and what lessons we can take from it. Pisky is a man with many strings to his bow, with extensive industry experience, podcasting and working with some of the sha...