The Smart Betting Club Podcast

A chat with Andrew Woodman, a senior parliamentary assistant working in Westminster and somebody acutely involved in the ongoing discussions around the forthcoming gambling law changes in the UK. Alongside his work in Politics, Andrew is also a keen bettor and racing enthusiast, so is extremely well placed to pass comment on all the topics of interest, from affordability limits to the black market...

A special podcast exploring the increase in complaints as regards bookmaker behaviour - specifically surrounding the number of account suspensions, withdrawal delays and outright refusals to pay out customer balances that are now taking place. The allegations some are making is that bookmakers are adding unnecessary and unreasonable financial and account security checks to make life as difficult a...

A feature length interview with Professional Punter Neil Channing discussing the ongoing gambling review taking place in the UK and the very grave concerns he and many others have on some of the proposed new laws being mooted, including that of affordability checks and the Single Customer View concept. Neil is one of the foremost minds on this topic and he explains the background to why these new...

An update from Smart Betting Club Editor, Peter on the publication of two very special reports on horse racing and golf that can make a huge difference to your betting. The horse racing report hones in the excellent service that has made a 10.84% ROI over nearly 20,000 unique bets from the past 17 months. Although profitable with bookmakers, it also has a profitable edge at both Betfair SP and whe...

An interview with brothers Duncan and Neil Campbell - 2 professional golf punters on their 20 years experience betting profitably on the sport and their Golf Betting Club tipster service. We discussed their long-term approach to finding value on the sport - primarily through the use of detailed player profiling and identifying golfers to back at big odds when the time is right. They also shared th...

An interview with professional horse racing punter Lee Keys on the reality of make a living betting on the sport for the past 25 years. Lee discusses his edge in the racing world, including some of the challenges facing him and other big punters using Betfair and why he now regularly uses 'Whatsapp bookies' to get his bets on.  Betting with offshore firms is an angle Lee fears more and m...

In this latest Betting Clever episode, SBC Editor Peter Ling chatted with the vastly experienced winning punter and tipster, Steve Lewis Hamilton on the thorny topic of how to handle losing when betting. The reality for many of us who bet is that we will strike more losing bets than winning bets, and although long-term those winning bets make us a lot more - it's how we handle such bad runs,...

An interview with long running racing tipster, Andrew Lowrie of the Optimum Racing service. Andrew has been working in the betting and tipping world since 1999 and we discuss the secrets behind his longevity and how he has build and maintained an edge betting on horse racing. He explains his usage of sectional timing, his specialism on chase races and the time and effort that goes into his selecti...

An interview with professional bettor and tipster Aidan on his process on finding winners and value in the tennis betting markets. Inspired by a dissertation paper he wrote on the efficiency of tennis betting, Aidan has carved out a living betting on the sport for several years and his very profitable tennis tipster service has recently been the focus of a detailed SBC review. Aidan discussed with...

Pete, Rowan and Alex Lyons discuss all of the latest developments in the tipster world, including the latest Tipster Profit Report and the performance of their own betting portfolios in this 3rd installment of the Betting Clever series. In part 1, Rowan and Pete explore the latest Tipster Profit Report, some of the long-running Hall of Fame services within it and the profits they are making, plus...

An interview with Spanish bettor, Miguel Figueres on his usage of Artificial Intelligence Algorithms to win money betting on Tennis. Using the algorithm, Miguel grew a bank of 200 Euros into 8000 Euros with one bookmaker, which then led to him setting up the Hall of Fame rated service, Winner Odds for other users to back each of the value tennis bets his program uncovered. With over 5 million Euro...

The latest in our new 'Betting Clever' series, which discusses topics of interest from a winning bettor perspective with a variety of informed guests. In this episode, SBC Editor, Pete is joined by professional bettor and advantage player, Tom Brownlee to discuss all things football betting as the new season across Europe has just begun. We get into the part that football plays in our be...

An interview with Wayne from the very successful Northern Monkey Punter racing tipster service on the secrets behind his betting success over several years. Wayne walked me through his approach to profits through advising a mixture of singles and multiple bets on horse racing and the winning record he has built up since 2010. We also explore the work involved in bet selection, from watching videos...

The first in our new 'Betting Clever' series, which will be discussing topics of interest from a winning bettor perspective with a variety of informed guests. In this episode, SBC Editor, Pete is joined by fellow winning bettor and blogger, Rowan Day where they debate the following: The lack of bookmaker fund security and the wider issues surrounding regulation of bookmakers and the prec...

An interview with professional bettor, Anthony Kaminskas on the reality of betting for a living and the challenges and rewards it can bring. Anthony outlines his journey from the head of greyhound trading at Paddy Power through to becoming a pro punter and just why he made the jump to betting full time. He reveals plenty on how he gets his bets on and where, both online and in bookmaker shops and...

An interview with with expert golf bettor and tipster, Matt from the PGA Profit service. Matt outlines his approach to golf betting and the algorithm he has built, which form the basis of the bets he takes each week, firstly on the PGA Tour but more recently the European Tour as well. We discuss the edges he finds betting on golf and some of the variables that feed into his algorithm, including hi...

An in-depth discussion with semi professional bettor, Rowan Day on his tipster portfolio and the annual report he recently published on the performance of the tipsters he followed between January 2020 and April 2021. Rowan has been writing about tipsters and the profits he has made for several years via SBC's free to read Bet Diary and in this discussion with SBC Editor, Pete Ling, Rowan outl...

An interview with the non league football expert Skeeve, on his 15 years betting profitably in the 5th tier of English Football - the National League. We explore how a man like him from Croatia became such an expert on this niche league and the huge amount of time he spends each week examining each team and game that takes place in order to hunt down value. We also discuss the intense work that st...

A special interview with respected professional bettor and advisor, Steve Lewis Hamilton on his long experience of what it takes to turn a profit betting for a living. Steve talks about his early days betting on course and his journey to becoming a full time bettor, through to the challenges of betting in the modern day era, his usage of the betting exchanges and his fears for the future given boo...

A special podcast dedicated to the launch of SBC Golf and tackling the 3 profitable tipsters within this that both SBC Editor, Peter Ling and Writer, Rowan Day have been following successfully for some time. We both share our own personal betting experiences in getting our bets on, the pros and cons of betting on golf including dealing with variance and the profits made to date. Includes a deep di...

An interview with football expert, Mark O'Haire of We Love Betting who was the winner of the Gold Award for best free tipster in the 2021 SBC Awards.  In this chat, we explore the betting markets he targets including 'bookings bets', the underlying process behind how he finds value and why he gives his advice out for free. We also discuss the appeal of his We Love Betting site and h...

An interview with Andrew, AKA The Value Bettor - one of the most respected and successful horse racing bettors and tipsters on just how he makes a profit on the sport. We discussed his approach to finding value, why he specialises on National Hunt racing and his advice for punters looking to bet on racing especially on Betfair Discussed in this podcast: Andrew's background into the sport and...

An interview with the golf bettor and tipster Ciaran Meagher to discuss his approach to betting on the sport and his process behind finding value selections each week. We explore his love of secondary golf markets such as Top 20 or Top Nationality markets, plus bookmakers approach to golf and golf bettors in general. If you are a golf bettor or even if just intrigued why so many punters are now tu...

A special horse racing episode featuring interviews with 2 professional punters, Paul Chandler-Burns and Tom Brownlee on their unique winning strategies on the sport.  In Part 1, Paul outlines his superb strategy based on the Racing Post Pricewise tipster, Tom Segal, which helps filter his selections and bet in a smoother, more targeted fashion for steadier profits.  In Part 2, Tom shares the deta...

An interview with Brian Chappell from Justice For Punters where we discuss the new gambling consultations underway in the UK and their potential impact on UK based bettors moving forward.   We explore whether staking and affordability limits will be introduced as part of a solution to tackling those with a gambling disorder and why the UK bookmaking industry is in such a mess due to its structure...