I was kindly given a copy of this system to review by the author. This system is based on laying the away teams under a certain set of rules. The actual method is fairly straightforward and should be easy to use for most punters. There are no proofed results for the system which was a little disappointing.

However the author does state that the longest losing run was 6, then you reset the staking plan to the beginning which is based on the Fibonacci number sequence . I don’t intend to bore everyone with the Fibonacci theory, but the staking system would look something like this :

1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55

Basically you add the two previous numbers to obtain the next in the sequence i.e. 1+ 2 = 3 and so on. Therefore on a losing run of 6 you would actually have lost 1+2+3+5+8+13 = 32 points of your bank, you then reset back to 1. This is similar to increasing your stakes on roulette in the hope that your number will come up eventually.

The problem with this type of staking plan is that your bank is wiped out before you can recover and actually get into profit.One plus point for the system is that the lay bets will all be odds on and your liability will be less than your stake. This system might be useful in conjunction with another system such as “Betting Against The Odds”, to identify backing against the favourite, which is probably a safer option.

Rating 2/5 In my opinion a system that you could have a bit of fun with for small stakes, but personally I wouldn’t use the staking plan in winning or losing mode..

More recent tests.

Dates of test: 23rd October 2009 to 23rd November 2009

Qualifying Selections: 30 (1 postponed, 1 abandoned)

Winners: 11

Losers: 17

Level Stakes P/L: -2.65

P/L Using Staking Plan: 1.02 points

Return on investment: 0.016% (-0.088 at level stakes)

Have found the selections less onerous to find during the week than at weekends, due to only one coupon during the week, rather than three at the weekends. Even accounting for this, I have found it has been taking no more than 15 to 20 minutes to do the research. As the manual makes no guidelines, I have been researching the selections fairly early in the morning, around 10am, and obtaining the odds at an hour to kick off. The manual was straightforward to read, but needs to advise what to do when two selections take place at the same time (for example when one match finishes after the next has started – I increased the stake on the next available selection). I was unable to view any selections for either 20th or 21st November, as I was away for the weekend. The system itself has been easy enough to use, but has not produced the profits that the staking plan would have expected. I cannot say that the system has either passed or failed the test, as it has not really made a profit or made a loss.

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1. The system is presented quite well with relevant screenshots and small paragraphs of text which make it straightforward and relatively easy to follow and I read it twice in thirty minutes and did not have any problems understanding it.

2. Everybody should finish up with the same selections however depending on the time of day and non runners. You might not have the same bets as the minimum and maximum runners rule may apply.

3. There is no history or results to the system or the claims being made. There are no testimonials albeit for what they are worth. This has to be a concern and should involve one in paper testing before committing any real money. This system has no foundation for its claims and procedures. You only have the author’s claims, for better or worse, to support this system.

4. The author suggests placing bets at 0.3 to 0.5 above Betfair odds and trusting in the bets being taken up.. There is no evidence to support the logic of this and no history or results to support doing this. This process is illogical on a 1.3 bet this would increase the odds by 100 to 167% at odds of 4.2 this increases the odds by 7.1 to 11.2%. On the place bets the suggestions becomes horrendous and completely illogical. The writer (who probably is not the author) has not thought this through and this amongst many things causes you to question whether the writer has ever actually used the system.

Although presented well it just feels like another “fitted” system going through back data like so many now days. I get the distinct impression is been cobbled together and put out in quick succession of others?

Rating: 2/5 Easy to follow but not very reliable for long tem use

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I was kindly given a copy of this system by the author upon its release last month. The system is based around backing horses in that meet the criteria required to become a selection.

This system comes with the usual story of continuous profits of over 12 points a month and a 50% plus strike rate, so how did it match up? Well the system was well written and extremely easy to understand. Each days selections could be made the night before in minutes. Only one ambiguity was when there were two selections at the same meeting at the same price. As this only happened once it did not affect the selection process as both were backed and fortunately won.

The selections could be backed early or at any time using either the exchanges or bookmakers. The average SP price of winners was below evens requiring the system to achieve 50%+ to break even. The system using SP lost money and at SP+ or early prices effectively broke even.

The fundamental problem with this system and its ability to make long term profits lies in the selections as they are all well fancied over bet horses representing poor price value and over time the market will always take away any profits.

For somebody looking for a bit of fun betting who does not like losing much this system would give you a low risk long term interest and at low liability for those however looking for good returns from a betting system this is unlikely to generate adequate returns to justify the time and investment.

Rating 2/5 Not very profitable for long term use

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Upon Subscribing I received a detailed FAQ along with information on various staking plans which I thought was a nice touch. From then on I received between 3 to 5 selections which were sent to my mailbox at around 9.30am GMT every day. Tips were mostly back bets with the occasional Lay and place Tips and all selections advised a level steak

I was very impressed with the service to begin with the tips always arrived punctually which gave me ample time to place the day’s bets. The Customer service was fantastic seemed like they had a committed support team as I always got a swift reply to my Emails at any time.

However I found the quality of the selections to be average at best. Winners were few and far between with low odds and a majority of the tips they provided placed when I was advised to back which I found very frustrating at times,The whole point of a tipster service is to provide the correct action along with the selection and I think this is where this service failed. I began to loose confidance within a few weeks and refunded shortly after.

Rating 2/5 Good service but didn’t produce very profitable results.

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When I first read the manual I thought the guy was a nut.  I suppose I have been exposed to too many systems that mention the Fibonacci sequence, that my mind just switches off.  It doesn’t make easy reading, seems at times it looks like the only person who knows what he’s talking about is the author.

The strategy is really simple.  Really, really simple.  Its just backing  the favourite in certain races over a two day run. There is also a few other rules hidden away.  At first flush results can seem impressive but the penny dropped by the end of the manual, that this was a statistical quirk that really couldn’t be relied upon.

My main confusion at first was why the heck he kept mentioning random days and not really laying things out in black and white.  The tip off was the staking part, and I don’t think the author really knew what to say at this point.  I tried back checking this week from Monday to Saturday, and by the suggested staking you would have lost about 3 or 4
points, I didn’t bother checking with his burbling about increasing stakes.  Oddly if you had put one point on each of the selections you would have made about 1.5 points profit on the week.  Now I know a week isn’t exactly representative, but it confirmed that the overall strike rate was about 37% which for a favourites system is pretty rubbish, and with low prices, a invitation to the poor house.

Although the author talks a good talk, it really comes down to a favourite backing system.  The addition of the Fibonacci mentions is really just something to hang his hat on.  As to whether this is a long term or even sustainable system, I seriously doubt it.  I’m sure I could put a pin in the racing pages four times a day and pick a few winners. 
It is interesting that favourites do win in these races, but as with all favourites systems, there are more losers than winners.  Also prices can be on the low side, so if you were using increasing stakes you could very quickly wipe your bank out.

So, all in all, this is a system that I believe is nothing more than putting a pin in the paper, with a few bells and whistles.  The random nature of the results show that it will work on random occasions, but it will just as likely fail as well.  I was disappointed because at first sight it looked like an interesting little system.

Rating: 2/5 – The system may have some merit but in my opinion it is not reliable enough to use in the long-run and is one to avoid.

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When seeing the title for the first time I was under the impression the five minutes a day is all that was required to collate the bets for the day, however the system is a little bit more involved than that.

The races of interest for the day can be noted about an hour or two before racing commences, the parameters are few and simple, selection is fast, however every race needs to be scanned. There is then, little to do until five minutes before the race you are interested in, is due to go off.  The trade is then placed according to another pair of parameters, sounds simple, however I sometimes found it difficult to exactly match the requirements before placing the trade, when I did manage it, it was in the main, successful.

The parameters when actually placing the trade are quite stringent and although a successful trade gave an profit overall, the growing of a successful bank, really requires a larger bet than I am personally comfortable with. As the vendor explains this system will grow profits small and often, well I cannot argue with that.

The greyhound part of this system has three parameters and is simple and easy to operate, that’s the only good part.  I have tried to trade using the system parameters and have no luck whatsoever, liquidity in the greyhound market is a major problem when trading and the odds are in some cases not available until a very short time before the off.

In summary I cannot recommend 5 Minute Profits unless it is your intention to become a professional trader with the associated stakes required to sustain a living, in my experience in using the system, this type of trader could well have a positive outcome, however for the average punter I believe boredom would settle in fairly quickly when the bank increases at a very pedestrian rate.

In my opinion the greyhound part of this system is deeply flawed due in the main to the liquidity in the greyhound market and is not to be recommended.

Rating: 2/5 – The horse racing system has some merit for a budding professional trader, but be aware requires large stakes to grow a bank in a reasonable timeframe, the greyhound system I found virtually un-usable.

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After carefully reading this system, I was excited by its potential. It is based on some good fundamentals and ideas where you are only concentrating on horses that are connected to those who are continuously successful in investing in top quality thoroughbred horses and training the best horses and winning the most prize money.

The theory is that these people will always have their protégés, which are going to be initially un-exposed but be of high quality and can be a star in the making. These horses will start out by winning maidens and conditions races at big prices and then go on to win even bigger prizes.

The author of this system lays out everything in a clear and concise manner. He tells you exactly what races to bet in and gives you a defined list of Trainers and Owners etc and recommends that you use this exact list with some other criteria to pick your selections for the day. Picking the selections is quite easy and straightforward and you cannot really go wrong with it as it is black or white; its either a selection or its not.

The problem is that there can be a lot of selections in one day. For example on a Saturday or on a big days racing there could be more than 40 selections but on a midweek day or a Sunday if racing is generally of a poor standard, there maybe only be 3 or 4 selections but there will be some selections almost every single day. At first, it will be very time consuming but as you get to become familiar with all the trainers and owners etc, you will actually be able to pick selections quickly and automatically without consulting the list. The great thing is that you can do this the night before or even 2 or 3 days before if you wish (but doing this means that some of your selections will end up being non runners). So although it can take up a bit of time, if you plan ahead you can make time to sit down and pick out your selections well in advance. You can also place your bets on Betfair using Betfair SP the evening before the days racing so it is practical if you work during the day.

While I was testing out this system, the author released an adapted version. The reason for this is that he had received feedback saying that punters either didn’t have the time or were not comfortable backing so many selections. The new adapted version is based on a more selective approach and largely reduces the number of selections. Based on last years flat season it actually increased your profit percentage and return on investment. It made an overall less profit than the original system but as there were 900 less selections over the entire season with this new system version – you would have made more per selection for a lot less time and hassle.

If you are reading this – im sure it is because you have read advertisements that this system has made over 700 points to SP over the 2008 flat season and 1100 points to Betfair SP. Now the way the system is designed this can be checked; the author cannot hide or manufacture results. He gives you more detail of the previous results included with the system and you can go back and check them out and any results that I have looked at – I can verify as true.

Now here comes the part that you are waiting for – with the amazing profits this system made over last year’s flat season – how successful has this system been for me this year? The answer is – Not very successful I am afraid. Im sure you have anticipated this as you are no longer receiving emails and post advertising the great profits the system is making. After receiving an advertisement on May the 7th 2009 saying that the system has made 73 points already from May 1st to May 7th I then started testing on May 8th and recorded results based on betfair SP until June 30th 2009. Im sorry to say that the system actually lost 154 points during this time this is despite some great winners at a betfair sp of 54, 36, 32 , 23 ,22 and 21. It also had numerous occasions where there horses placed 2nd with huge odds of 30 or 40 but with the sheer number of selections you probably would hope to be hitting these winners. But there were some occasional cases where you could get a winner at 6 or 7 to 1 but still make a loss on the race as there were 7 or 8 selections in that race. Even if you take into account the fact that the system made a profit of 73 points in the first week of May – it is still a loss of 81 points over 2 months.

On the up side! The new more selective version actually broke even between May 8th and June 30th and there is still potential there for good profits. In the month of June the more selective system would have made you 23 points based on 191 selections for the month. Again based on that first week in May before I began testing, it may have made a small profit in May as well.

My final thought is that this system seems to underline the statement that past results do not indicate future results. It worked tremendously well over last years flat season but seem to be failing miserably this year. Just because certain trainers and owners etc had some fantastic amount of winners last year at big prices – it does not mean that this year they will have the same success.

My thinking is that this could easily turn around again in July and there could be potential that it could have a great summer but I would be very wary as even backing at £10 a point the losses could mount up before you find that big winner.

Therefore I could only recommend using the more selective approach, which will be included with the main system if you purchase it. It is so much easier and quicker to operate and there will be plenty of days with no selections and it is less risky. Last year from June to November by using the selective system you would have made over 500 points but what the last 2 months have proven is that by using that as a basis, it does not really give any indication that the same will happen this year.

It is really for you to decide if you want to go by the incredible results the system produced over 7 months last year versus the poor results over 2 months this year. If you do decide to buy – I hope that things turn around for you and you have more luck with it than I did.

Rating: 2/5 – The system may have some merit but in my opinion it is not reliable enough to use in the long-run and is one to avoid.

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Dodgy Favourites is extremely simple to operate and selections can be found before racing takes place as access to live betting is not required. All that is required is access to the racing post website which is free to use or you can also use the paper version if you prefer.

Paul will also email daily selections to you for the first month and longer if you wish for a small fee. It is far easier to let Paul Fowlie do the work for you and he will generally send you the selections around 8 am. each morning.

The system states that no lays should be placed on horses with an official starting price above 7/1 so any horses that did were omitted from my results

I used the selections Paul sent and from the 1st January 2009 until the 10th April 2009 inclusive there were 44/76 Successful Lay Bets advised.

Laying each selection using a £10 stake at Betfair SP and deducting 5% commission from successful lays made an overall Loss of: – £192.27

My results were a long way off the results claimed on the website. A strike rate of 58% and a loss of almost 20 points was not what I was expecting.

I decided to check out a few other reviews online from reputable websites and there results were mixed to be honest. Looking at the full picture and combining my results with the other two review sites the system made a very small loss overall and the strike rate was way below the author’s claims of 77% winning Lay bets.

Rating: 2/5 – The system may have some merit but in my opinion it is not reliable enough to use in the long-run and is one to avoid.

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Back Tipster places all the bets on behalf of their customers using automated software. Access to this is gained upon joining and you are required to enter your Betfair user name and password in the members area of the website. I am unsure how secure this is and if you are even allowed to do it so I contacted Betfair and asked them.

There reply was as follows:

“Unfortunately we are unable to comment on the security of another site. If you enter your login details into a 3rd parties website, you do so at your own risk and Betfair will not be held liable for any activity on the account. I apologise we could not be of greater assistance.”

Alternatively you can place the bets for yourselves if you wish and in my opinion this is the safer option.

Back Tipster was launched at the beginning of 2009 with the usual hype surrounding it. The website claims you will make 400% profit each year which is backed up by 4 years previous results. The past results on the website are not proofed though and must be taken with a pinch of salt.

I put the system to the test myself from January 1st 2009 until March 31st 2009 and my results were as follows:

January showed a LOSS of £79.23 based on a £1000 starting bank.

February also showed a LOSS of £95.67 based on a £1000 starting bank which again was very disappointing.

March showed a small PROFIT of £59.85 once again based on a £1000 starting bank.

Add the losses to the £120 a month subscription fee’s and you would be well out of pocket…

Back Tipster was also proofing selections to another major review site but decided to pull out half way through March which is not a good sign either.

Rating: 2/5 – The system may have some merit but in my opinion it is not reliable enough to use in the long-run and is one to avoid.

The Website Is No Longer Active

Wolverhampton Runners: Starting price of between 6/4 and 20/1.

Lingfield Runners: Starting price of between 6/4 and 10/1.

Kempton Runners: The race in which it is running must also be a handicap.

Southwell Runners: The race distance should be 5 to 9 furlongs.

All selections are backed as straight level stake win bets and overall the service is very easy to use and follow.

The website claims the system has made consistent profits over the previous 26 months. The website was only registered at the end of November 2008 however and there was no sign of any proofing until the end of December 2008 either.

It was fair to say the profits claimed could not be verified so I decided to put it to the test myself for a period of three months.

From the 1st January 2009 until the 31st March 2009 inclusive there were 17/94 successful bets. Placing £10 to win on each selection advised at SP showed a LOSS of £45.60.

To be fair the LOSS could have been turned into a small profit if selections were backed at Betfair SP but the results are simply not in line with those published.

This once again is another example of a system or service being marketed on unproven past results only.

Rating: 2/5 – The system may have some merit but in my opinion it is not reliable enough to use in the long-run and is one to avoid.

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