Best Sports Betting Tipsters (Top Tipster Services)

There are a couple of factors to look at before taking the plunge and investing your hard-earned cash…

If you’re paying for a sports betting tipster – they should have a proven track record of profitable bets. When it comes to free betting tipsters despite the fact that they are free, you should still be doing some due diligence. At the end of the day, you don’t want to lose your hard-earned money following poor tipsters.

There are a lot of helpful free services out there but let’s first focus on the key aspects you should look for before following a tipster.

• Proven Track Record: Consistent success over a significant period, generally the more bets the better.
• Transparency: Clear and honest about past results, 3rd party proofing is always a bonus.
• Specialization: Expertise in specific sports or leagues.
• Reliability: Provides clear, concise, and timely tips.
• Risk Management: Advises on bankroll management and stakes reasonably.
• No Unrealistic Promises: Avoids guaranteeing wins or making exaggerated claims (even the best tipsters have losing periods.)
• Accessibility: Easy to contact and responsive to inquiries.
• Beat The Betfair SP: If betting on horse racing, consistently beating the Betfair SP is a positive sign.

Every successful tipster may not meet all these requirements, the more of these boxes they tick however is a good sign. Now we have covered what to look for in a good betting tipster, let’s take a look at the other side of the equation.

Let’s look at common scams from free tipster services…

Tipster Red Flags

Bookmaker Affiliates – There’s a tonne of these all over social media. They offer enhanced prices and claim to be successful just by betting on Acca’s. They send you an affiliate link to bookmakers and want you to lose. That’s why they use the Acca’s – the ultimate mug bet.

If you take the example above, the two links shared in the tweet are affiliate links. This means that the tipster takes a share of bookmaker profits on referred customers (incentivized to provide losing tips basically)

Percentage Of Profits – This has been a recent problem. Tipster services get your phone number from somewhere (who knows where!), they ring you and give you a tip. Then they claim that if it wins you have to give them a percentage of the profit, or else they say double your stake and half of the winnings are to be sent to them.

These services are a scam. They have been known to ring eight people and give them eight different horses in one race so they know they can claim a winner. Because these “services” aren’t online they can get away with this.

Faking The Results/Fake Screenshots – This is another thing you see a lot of on social media. If something looks too good to be true, then it usually is. If someone is posting a screenshot of £10,000 on a 10/1 with the bookmakers; ask yourself how they got that bet on. The rest of us struggle to get any bets on once you’ve had a few winners.

Although there are a lot of mug sports betting tipsters out there, there are some profitable tipsters that you should be aware of, some of which offer selections for free!

Here are a couple that I believe are worth following:

Barstewards Enquiry (Horse Racing)

The Barstewards podcast is focused on the sport of horse racing and features several respected punters. Whilst they do offer a paid service that has long term profitable results. Which is profitable at both advised and BSP odds, they also give out free selections via their podcast.

Who’s your favourite tipster? Let me know in the comments below!