So the latest ‘must have’ system being released is Betting Underground. There is a huge amount of hype surrounding this system and it’s launch so I’m definitely interested in taking a look at what it offers. The owner’s of the guide themselves proclaim:
Betting Underground is a complete step-by-step betting guide that starts from square one and includes strategies and systems not only for horse racing, but also virtually for all other sports – Baseball, Basketball, US/UK Soccer, US Football, Tennis, Cricket, etc.. Betting Underground is suitable for anyone who wants to make quick money on Betfair or on other bookies whether they are novice or seasoned punters.
I have just bought the system in question myself this morning and here are my thoughts on it:
For starters the number of exit pop-ups on that site was totally annoying and gave me the initial impressions of stay away scam, but I realise this is a viable marketing technique and I am here to do a review so I am continued on and bought anyway.
When I got to the thank you page I was pretty impressed to find that I had not only the main guide but then individual guides for each sport and 4 bonus guides to choose from. However what I later learned was that all of the individual sports guide were take directly from the main guide and only made into a seperate guide for ease of access I would expect.
The systems themselves are extremely basic and a lot of the time just well known and proven to not work systems (Martingale anyone?). I think the line that summed up why I will not be recommending this system to anyone is this:
Thus you bet the winnings from the previous game on the next game as well as in the Let it ride strategy.
If you are going to be successful 15 times in a row, you have the winnings paid out and start over.
Ah yes the let it ride strategy, a well known and profitable strategy indeed (sarcasm). Seriously though I can never recommend a guide that recommends the use of the ‘let it ride’ strategy, more over for 15 times before taking the winnings.
The system that I have hinted at above is basically a complex way of laying off 0-1 in football (UK) matches. Which is quite funny as the system makes you place three bets on three different outcomes with the only outcome missing being the 0-1 away win. The example they have given results in a $9 win from $100 if it is not 0-1, where they then tell you to let the winnings ride for 15 wins.
I would like to say that foolish systems like this were uncommon in this series of systems guide but I cannot there is a system that says if the away team have a player sent off by the 75 minute mark back that there will be another goal. Where are the past results to show that this isn’t anything more than a guess? Surely the odds will change after a red card to reflect that there might be another goal so we will not be able to get value in the long run.
Let’s move on from football, let’s check out what it says about baseball. According to this guide there are only two ways of betting on baseball, The Money Line and the Over/Under. This is news to me, all of these years I have been betting on the Run Line (+/- 1.5 runs remember that one?)
Again with the baseball system the rules are merely guesses that probably influence a game and I can guarantee are already reflected in the odds. Take for example this gem:
If you hit upon powerful offences that have been scoring consistently against a strong ERA pitcher, it is best to bet on the offences team. Betting on the team totals is advisable as the offences will score high runs for their team.
So if a team has been scoring lots of runs we should bet on them to score lots of runs? What a ridiculous statement, this statement would be the greatest betting strategy ever if we assume bookies are idiots and do not take past form into account when setting their lines and making their odds. Obviously a team that has been hitting good pitchers for multiple runs are going to have shorter odds on any overs bet than a normal side. Thus negating any gap in the market and resulting in losses in the long run. Also I have still failed to see any proof that any of these systems work.
Right well I think I may have made my point about this system but as I don’t get to do this an awful lot let’s take a look at the cricket system. To be honest I was quite impressed that there was a cricket system as it is not the most popular sport going but people still do like to bet on it.
Ah that is unlucky, the two pages that they have on cricket are not infact systems they just tell you what the different types of bets are.
So I think you know where I am going with this but I am going to have to put this in my failed category. This system in its entirety does not expose any gaps in the market to make long run profits which is what a system is supposed to do. Instead it goes into great detail on the types of bets you can make and then proposes a system citing the only proof as one example, if that, where it was profitable for them.
I would possibly have said it was a good read for the professional gambler as they could get a few decent ideas from reading over these people’s theories but I can’t possibly endorse paying £27 for a system that is going to tell you to let it ride.
Also a small thing that annoyed me, the entire site is advertised in £’s leading you to believe that this guide is aimed at UK persons but then all through the book it uses American betting terms (parlays, soccer etc.). As a dual citizen of both countries I had no problem understanding but a normal UK person would have some troubles trying to decipher what all of these terms meant when for all intents and purposes it looks targetted to him.
