The Smart Betting Club Podcast

My guest in today's episode is Stanley , the man behind the golf stats, data and betting advice website tour-tips.com Betting on golf is a very popular market for many a smart punter and Stanley's website provides an exceptional amount of data and information to inform and educate shrewd bettors. In our chat he outlines the variety of data on offer, those of most importance when it comes...

My guest in this latest episode is Andrew Mount , a man very familiar to those in racing betting circles thanks to his popular Trend Horses series of books and his years as a tipster and columnist for the likes of GG.co.uk and the Racing Post. Andrew has experienced it all when it comes to betting, including working for both online and on-course bookmakers, extensive work as a broadcaster and auth...

In this latest episode I was joined by James , one half of the team behind the very interesting Tennis Pilot tipping service. The focal point of a recent SBC Tipster review, I was keen to find out more on how James and his business partner, Nicholas work and the edge that they have been able to develop betting on Tennis. Having made a profit for over 7 years and nearly 7000 bets at around 17% ROI,...

In this special episode, I am joined by friend of the show, Anthony Kaminskas (AK) to talk about his new online bookmaking website - akbets.bet and his shift from being a high staking, winning punter to that of bookie. AKbets was launched in early March 2023 and has attracted a lot of interest from punters due to AK's desire to do things differently to the large 'corporate' bookmake...

In this latest episode I was joined by David Lovell, one of the brothers behind the Welsh based bookmaker, DragonBet on the reality of running both an online and on course bookmaking operation. With a long established on course bookmaking presence as begun by their father, John Lovell, David and his brother James recently launched their own website - DragonBet to take bets online. Dragonbet is one...

My guest on today's episode is Ryan Bruno - also known as the 'Smart Sports Trader' and someone who has made a 6 figure profit betting and trading over the past 5 years. Starting out with matched betting, bonuses and arbing, he evolved his betting into using tipsters and more recently onto the betting exchanges as he lost his final 'soft' bookmaker account in 2022. His is...

Episode 50's podcast guest is Craig Edwards, a former professional snooker player turned winning punter and someone with a very clear edge over the bookmaker. Growing up playing in snooker halls where betting was never far from discussion, Craig developed a keen interest in punting and was able to carve out a good profit for himself betting after he retired from professional sport. With a uni...

It's an episode with a difference today as my guest is Simon Nott - a man more used to posing the questions then answering them via his very popular Betting People interview series. Simon is someone steeped in betting having worked in the ring for several on-course bookmakers for several years and now perhaps most famous for his interviews with some of the biggest movers and shakers in the be...

In this latest episode I was joined by expert racing tipster and professional bettor, Declan Meagher to talk about his 20 years making a living from betting. Declan combines his own punting on the Betfair exchange, which derives the majority of his income alongside running his Learn Bet Win racing service, which continues to put up some excellent numbers. The focus of a recent in-depth SBC review,...

This episode is the second of our 2 part series exploring concerns about the data that bookmakers collect on those of us who bet with them and what you need to know about this as a smart punter. Once again I am joined by experienced punter and betting expert, Neel Shah to discuss some of the options available to you as a smart punter including a look at Virtual Private Networks and Servers (also k...

The first of a two-part series that focuses on how bookmakers collect data and profile customers. With stories of withheld winnings, altered odds, intrusive personal checks, closed accounts and voided ante post bets all being reported by punters in the last few weeks alone, it is fair to say that trust and goodwill towards bookmakers is at an all time low. Unfortunately, we may be at the tip of th...

In this latest episode I was joined by Matt Bisogno , the founder of the geegeez.co.uk website, racehorse syndicate owner and ex head of the punter-focused Horseracing Bettors Forum. Matt has a wealth of experience when it comes to knowing what bettors want and need when it comes to the sport of horse racing and he talks about the development and growth in popularity of geegeez.co.uk and the insig...

In this latest episode I was joined by Paul Krishnamurty to talk about his expertise in the field he is best known for - betting on politics. With a steady stream of betting markets especially in the UK with its constant changes of leader and of course the never ending drama of the US political scene, there has never been a better time or opportunity to learn more about political betting. Armed wi...

In this latest episode I was joined by professional bettor, Rob Pizzola to discuss all things relating to his experience betting in the fast developing North American gambling market. Rob began life like many losing money betting on sports until he began developing his own advanced models, which over time developed a keen following given his clear edge over the market. These days Rob juggles his o...

In this latest episode I was joined by professional punter Luke Paton to talk about his 10 years gambling for a living and his popular series of betting tweets. Luke walks me through his time first of all working at Betfair for 8 years before his jump to a life of pro punting, and how what he bets upon has evolved to his current approach of using the golf in-play markets With online and shop bets...

In this latest episode, SBC's Rowan Day and Pete Ling explore the world of tipsters and using them to make a profit from your betting - something they both do themselves day-in, day-out. With the release of the 2 latest SBC Tipster Profit Reports into Horse Racing and Sports Betting, it's an opportune time to talk about our work exploring tipsters, how we find those we recommend and a fe...

In this latest episode I had the pleasure of being joined by Daryl Carter - a tipster with a growing reputation thanks to his daily tipping columns as published by gg.co.uk and Betfair which feature his racing analysis and best value bets. In this interview, Daryl talks about his approach to finding value, the serious amount of work he puts into his analysis and his passion for betting and helping...

In today's podcast I was joined by Lee Gray , the head of fraud and compliance with Star Sports for an open and frank discussion on the reality of modern day bookmaking from a layers perspective. Lee explains in detail the challenges faced by modern day bookmakers as they tackle things like affordability checks, responsible gambling requirements and prevention of fraud and money laundering. L...

 In the latest SBC podcast I was joined by Richard Hayler , the Managing Director of the betting dispute organization IBAS to answer questions on his service and the many grievances punters have with bookmakers in the industry at present. IBAS is one of the best known dispute resolution services operating in the UK and Richard came onto explain how his team helps to overview and adjudicate on the...

In today's special podcast episode I was joined by my partner-in-crime Tom Brownlee to unpack all of the gory details about what took place last week regarding the bookmaker 10bet and the bets they laid on the golfer Trey Mullinax. Having tried to move the goalposts on this bet after it won, our campaign forced them to revert back to their original 175/1 pricing just 2 days later and we explo...

Mark has adapted and evolved his betting over the years to continually eke out a living as a punter and he shares how he does this in the modern era both with bookmakers and exchanges. Beginning life as a punter in the late 80s, we talk about his introductions to the industry, his early years running an advisory service and why since 2008 he has been fully focused on his own personal betting and l...

In this episode of the SBC Podcast, I was joined by the head of strategy at Matchbook - Jesse May , to talk about the Matchbook betting exchange. We explore all aspects of Matchbook from the challenges of generating liquidity and operating in the competitive betting exchange marketplace through to some of the most popular and best value markets on site currently - including Football, NFL and Horse...

In this special episode I was joined by experienced bettor, Rowan Day to discuss the results from his tipster portfolio as achieved over the past 12 months. Rowan writes the weekly Bet Diary blog on making a profit from tipsters and to summarize performance he pens this annual report on just how much he has made from his betting. Once again it was another successful year with a strong profit achie...

An interview with betting professional, Paul Chandler-Burns on his many years working in the betting industry and his profitable angle following the Racing Post's Tom Segal and his Pricewise tipping column. Starting out as a racing trader prior to the introduction of Betfair, Paul built up enough experience and connections to then go full time as a professional punter for several years and he...

 An in-depth discussion with expert racing tipster, Richard Hutchinson on his approach to finding big priced winners via his service - Hanbury Racing. Richard's tipping service began in 2020, after he won £188,000 after being victorious in the Tote Ten To Follow competition - giving him the platform to start a new life finding winners for a living. His speciality is finding overlooked horses...