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Betting is a simple pursuit. You find something you want to bet on, you place the bet, and then you can delight in the chance to sweat your way through your chosen event in the hope of a successful outcome.
No one likes the feeling of a losing bet, or having to continually stare at a TV murmuring a mixture of prayers to various deities and curses upon a player who is underperforming. So what if you just… didn’t have to. Ridiculous as it sounds, a betting system that works can deliver such an experience.
We had an interesting editorial meeting when we first started talking about creating our betting systems module: we first had to define what on earth we were actually talking about. What is a betting system?
The term isn’t well-defined, and what one person calls a betting system another might call a strategy, and another might call “an obvious scam because I, an intellectual, do not understand how probability works”.
So, let’s keep it simple: a betting system is a way of betting that is designed to generate a profit every time. With a system, there’s no waiting-and-hoping; there’s just placing bets and withdrawing the winnings — or at least, that’s what happens should all go to plan. Systems aren’t a strategy, which are always at least somewhat dependent on outcome, and they’re not betting tips either: they’re an entirely different class that moves away from punting and towards pure mathematics.
We can imagine it now: you’re sitting at your screen, and the scepticism is rising off you like heat on a hot pavement. “Right,” you tut, eye already on the X button for the page, “you’re telling me it’s possible to find a betting system that works. Great. Sure. And I’m sure you could sell me some magic beans too, right?”
While we would never besmirch the quality of our magic beans, let’s be clear: that’s not what we’re talking about here. Yes, it’s natural to be sceptical when confronted with the idea of betting in a way that ensures you don’t lose. It sounds like we’re talking about a Frank Abagale con and nothing more; we know it.
Here’s the thing. As you will see when you explore our betting system reviews in depth, you’ll soon realise that a betting system that works is less about sleight of hand and more about, well, basic mathematical principles. Betting is, after all, entirely dependent on maths — it’s how bookmakers and casinos (excluding those owned by a former President of the United States, who we can only presume spent so much on gold furnishings and takeaways that he somehow managed to lose money in a business where it is almost mathematically impossible to do so…) make their money. Maths is everywhere in betting, but is particularly found in the odds you choose to bet on.
Odds aren’t pulled from nowhere; they’re the product of research, number crunching, and yes, a little profit margin too — but it’s really the number crunching that matters most. What odds are, ultimately, is indicators of probability. If the probability of an event taking place is low, then the odds will be high. If the probability of an outcome occurring is high, then the odds will be low.
The best online bookmakers and casinos understand that betting is a number’s game, and it’s from this concept that we get the term “house edge”. We may all be accustomed to doggedly acknowledging the phrase the house always wins - but have you ever wondered why the house is always so successful? The answer is unglamorous, but it’s true: they’ve run the numbers, and they know the probability will always be on their side.
What betting systems do is allow you to exploit the same maths for your own gain, flipping the house edge in your favour.
House edge exists: we know this, it’s an established part of the betting world — but it can’t operate in a vacuum. For house edge to exist in favour of one party (the casino or bookmaker), there has to be a way that that house edge can be turned around in favour of the bettor. Simply put, if house edge exists purely because of an understanding of maths, then it stands to reason that the same maths can be used to create a player’s edge, too.
If you can grasp the above concept, that maths defines everything and that same maths can be flipped in your favour, then you’re halfway to finding a betting system that works.
There are various ways of establishing your own edge against a bookmaker, which we’re not going to go into too much detail about here, as it’s best to choose a system that intrigues you and then learn more directly about it. However, we will say that we’ve covered all the bases with our betting system reviews, discussing as many of the available options as possible. One possibility is to look for discrepancies in odds at a bookmaker in comparison to the exchange which results in arbs, which you can learn more about in our ArbMate review. Another option is to rely solely on probability by seeking out bets with a positive Expected Value; if the idea sounds confusing or you simply want to know more, then look no further than our OddStorm review or our RebelBetting review.
The above options are very much the tip of the iceberg. Another betting system — and one that has received a huge amount of attention over recent years — is matched betting, a process that rather than relying solely on maths and probability instead tries to seek the advantage over bookmakers’ by using their own offers against them. Dastardly and comic-book-anti-hero as that might sound, it works, and we’ve covered the entire process in depth in our Profit Accumulator review.
Then, there’s the more esoteric options: the systems that don’t quite fit neatly into one of the categories described above. One such option is covered in our Each-Way Sniper review, with the software earning a legion of fans over the years for good reason.
At this point, we could probably draw this piece to a close. We’ve explained why it is possible to find a betting system that works, and we’ve highlighted some of our betting system reviews for you to peruse at your leisure.
However, we can still sense your scepticism. Don’t worry: we don’t take it personally (well, perhaps a bit, but we’re not going to be writing to an Agony Aunt for advice any time soon). Right now, you’re eying our betting systems coverage, considering the fact that just maybe an understanding of maths and the right software can overturn house edge in your favour, and then you’re pausing.
You’re not gullible. You’re smart. You’ve heard about things like this, and they’re all absolute nonsense… aren’t they? After all, if betting system software is correct and it’s really possible to win every time, why isn’t everyone using them, quitting their nine-to-fives, and bankrupting every operator in the world in the process?
Let’s look at that concern in a little more depth.
Okay, perhaps not quite “everyone”, but people using a betting system that works for them are far from an aberration. Matched betting, for example, has been featured in national newspapers, and there are countless Facebook groups that discuss EV+ betting and arbing. People do use these systems; they just don’t tend to talk about it much.
There’s a couple of reasons for the omerta. The first is that friends and family don’t believe the people using these systems, and just assume their talk of maths and overturning house edge is a disguise for a deeper problem, so it’s often easier just to keep schtum. Secondly, there’s a genuine disadvantage to sharing the tactics, systems, and software used for these methods: the more people know, the quicker betting sites and casinos adapt to shut down avenues.
A significant contributor to why people don’t try betting systems is the one you are likely to be experiencing right now: scepticism. We’ve all been conditioned to believe that if something looks too good to be true, it probably is, and we’re not going to fault the underlying principle there… but sometimes, things that look good really are as good as they say.
Well, of course there is. Of course there is. This is the world we live in: for every up there’s a down, and sure, there might be a pot of gold at the rainbow or there might be a very angry farmer who wants to know why you’re running through his fields in search of the end of a completely coincidental pretty light show. Alas, the catch (or “catches”, actually, because no bad thing exists alone except for Meatloaf’s body of work) are so significant, they deserve their own sections.
We’ve hinted at this above, but let’s be explicit here: operators such as bookmakers and casinos do not like people removing their house edge. The practice of using a betting system that works is akin to walking around ASDA shouting about how much you love Tesco: it’s not technically illegal for you to do so, but ASDA are sure as anything going to stop you as soon as possible.
Bookmakers and casinos go to great lengths, and invest in their own special software, to stop people using the ways of betting we cover in our betting system reviews. None of these methods will find you crossing the thin blue line, but they are unwelcome, so operators will quickly ban and restrict accounts who partake. Whether or not eventually losing access to most, if not all, of your bookmaker accounts if very much up to you in terms of whether it is worth it, but it’s fair to say that this wrinkle means that many systems aren’t likely to be sustainable — or as sustainable as they were in the beginning — in the long run.
When you become familiar with the world of betting systems, you’ll soon become all-too-well-acquainted with the most dreaded of words: downswing.
Downswings don’t happen with every product covered in our betting system reviews, but you will see the concept touched upon in our BetBurger review and anything else that is reliant on the concept of Expected Value. The idea of EV is that you may lose at points, but overall, you’ll come out on top — the maths makes it a certainty.
For a major casino, a downswing isn’t a problem: they have the bankroll and the nerve to see it through and wait for the Gods of Maths to smile in their favour again. For the average Joe sitting at their laptop looking to make enough money to buy a comedy apron as a treat (what? Someone has to be buying those things), a downswing is a much bigger deal. If you find yourself down by £500 at the end of one day, pulling yourself up to place more bets and potentially lose even more cash is going to be a struggle, no matter how much you understand the underlying maths and trust the upswing, and the profit, will arrive in good time. Everyone who uses betting systems struggles with the mental side of using these products, and it’s one you’ll have to take seriously, even if (and perhaps even especially if) your initial returns are good.
It’s not just EV betting that can be a mental hurdle, either. Matched betting, which is covered in more depth in our OddsMonkey review, is often described as “risk-free” — which it is, if you don’t make a mistake. And that's a pretty big if. You only need to visit a forum to discover tales of matched bets gone wrong, slips of the hand when compiling a betslip, misread offer terms and conditions: it happens. The same potential for mistakes are also found in arbing, which you can learn more about in our BetSlayer review; even when the product performs perfectly, the human using the product is subject to the same errors that can lead one to downloading a Meatloaf album. (No, we won’t get over it.)
We’re going to have to get a little philosophical here and make a few important points, so grit your teeth and prepare yourself for the saccharine onslaught of the century.
As covered in our betting system reviews, these products do work. They can generate profit and, in some cases, that profit can be significant. That’s why people bother to use them, for no more complex reason than they do exactly what they say on the tin.
We at Betting.co.uk, however, also want people to understand that these systems are not going to present an easy ride. There’s always a price, be it in struggling to deal with the capacity for errors or the loss of bookmaker and casino accounts. For most, the metaphorical price of using a betting system, but we’d be remiss if we were to pretend there’s no downside at all.
The products covered in our betting system reviews work, and if you’re looking for a way to generate a tax-free profit, then they are well worth learning more about. It’s not going to be an easy ride, but having tested these products, we know one thing is true: it’s likely to be worth it. Just be circumspect, make sure you know exactly what you are doing, start small, and never, ever, ever play Meatloaf loudly if you live next door to someone who has access to a whole website on which to grind their axe. You’ll never hear the end of it.
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