Football Betting Code Review

A new football betting service, called Football Betting Code, landed on my virtual desk today. It appears to be from the Rochdale Road gang and, if you’re familiar with this crew, then you’ll understand me immediate concerns about the product.

First, though, let me get the administration out of the way. It’s an email advisory service, it costs £29 one off for six months (strange for an advisory service, more alarm bells ringing), and there’s nowhere to unsubscribe at the bottom of the email (the alarms on the alarm bells are now ringing!).

This looks like a total list-building tool for the scammers. And, whilst I suspect that’s what it is, I’ll keep the faith for a few days, and track the results on this page. So, before this kangaroo court damns the Football Betting Code beyond recall, let’s give it a fair hearing…

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Final Verdict (daily results below):

I’ve been tracking Football Betting Code since 6th December and, in that time, it has proven to be a yo-yo system. Early small profits were consistently wiped out the next day.

More recently I’ve found the staking to be erratic to say the least, with bigger stakes being applied to claw back deficits. Had Manchester United not been so fortunate to overcome West Brom on Sunday, the service would have been showing a loss of 19% of the bank, with no real idea of how to recover it.

As it was, the bank took a hit of 12.8% in four weeks. Not terrible by any stretch of the imagination. But… But I just get the impression that this isn’t a reliable long-term proposition.

The number and range of bets are reasonable, in my opinion, but the staking is scary. Level staking would have also shown a loss.

Ultimately, I’m not happy that we’ve yet cracked the Football Betting Code, and I can’t recommend this one.

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Football Betting Code Day One – 6th December:

Back Deportivo to beat Hercules at 5/4 for £20
Back Liverpool to beat Aston Villa 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1 (a third of a unit on each) – £6.67 on each (total £20)

Result: Deportivo won 1-0; Liverpool won 3-0.

Daily Profit / Loss: +£5

Running Bank: £1005

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Football Betting Code Day Two – 7th December:

OK, so it seems that the advice is to bet 2% of bank in a number of cases, so I’ll assume a £1000 bank from the start and have re-calculated day one’s bets on that basis.

19:45 – Werder Bremen vs Inter
BET – LAY Werder Bremen on Betfair (2.40)
STAKE – Your lay bet stake must be 2% of bank. (£20.10)

19:45 – Benfica vs Schalke
BET – BACK Under 2.5 goals on Betfair (2.20)
STAKE – 2% of bank (£20.10)

Result: Werder Bremen 3 Inter 0 LOST, Benfica 1 Schalke 2 LOST

Daily Profit / Loss: – £40.20

Running Bank: £964.80

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Football Betting Code Day Three – 7th December:

19:45 – Bayern Munich 3 FC Basel 0
Bet – Back Bayern Munich to win (1.62)
Stake – 3% of bank. (£28.94) WON Returns £46.88

19:45 – Marseille 1 Chelsea 0
Bet – LAY a Chelsea victory (2.98)
Stake – 1.5% of bank as the lay bet. (£14.47) WON Returns £21.41

19:45 – Shakhtar 2 Braga 0
Bet – Back Shakhtar win (1.50)
Stake – 2% of bank. (£19.30) WON Returns £28.95

19:45 – Real Madrid v Auxerre
Bet – Back over 2.5 goals (1.75)
Stake – 2% of bank (£19.30) WON Returns £33.78

Daily Profit / Loss: + £49.01

Running Bank: £1013.81

A clean sweep tonight puts the bank back into the black, by £13.81. Very early days still.

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Football Betting Code Day Four – 11th December:

Fulham 0 Sunderland 0
Bet: Back in the correct score market on Betfair LOST £7.09

Bet: 1-1 scoreline (7.2 odds – stake 0.4% – £4.05)
Bet: 1-2 scoreline (16.5 odds – stake 0.3% – £3.04)

Aston Villa 2 West Brom 1
Bet: Lay Aston Villa – 2.36 on Betfair LOST £20.28

Stake: 2% of bank (£20.28)

Everton 0 Wigan 0
Bet: Back Everton – 1.53 on Betfair LOST £40.55

Stake: 4% of bank (£40.55)

West Ham 1 Manchester City 3
Bet: Back City at 2.02 on Betfair WON Returns £38.91 (after Betfair deduction)

Stake: 2% of bank (£20.28)

Newcastle 3 Liverpool 1
Bet: Back Liverpool at 2.26 on Betfair LOST £30.42

Stake: 3% of bank (£30.42)

Burnley 2 Leeds 3
Bet: Back the DRAW at 3.80 on Betfair LOST £10.14

Stake: 1% of bank (£10.14)

Bristol 2 Derby County 0
Bet: Lay Derby at 3.00 on betfair WON Returns £14.82 (after Betfair deduction)

Stake: 1% of bank (£10.14)

Dortmund 2 Werder Bremen 0
Bet: back Dortmund 1.60 on Betfair WON Returns £30.83 (after Betfair deduction)

Stake: 2% of bank (£20.28)

Daily Profit / Loss: – £74.62

Running Bank: £939.19

Not a great day, and lucky to get away with just a seventy pound loss.

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Football Betting Code Day Five – 12th December:

Bolton 2 Blackburn 1
Bet: Bolton to win – 2.10 on Betfair WON Returns £37.47 (after Betfair deduction)

Stake: 2% of bank (£18.78)

Wolves v Birmingham
Bet: Back under 2.5 goals  – 1.82 on Betfair WON Returns £32.47 (after Betfair deduction)

Stake: 2% of bank (£18.78)

Daily Profit / Loss: + £32.38

Running Bank: £971.57

Two from two on Sunday to put the bank within touching distance of parity.

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Football Betting Code Day Six – 15th December:

Dinamo Kiev 0 Sheriff 0
Bet: Back OVER 2.5 goals (1.85) LOST £14.57
Stake: 1.5% of bank

Sparta Prague 1 CSKA Moscow 1
Bet: Back OVER 2.5 goals (2.02) LOST £14.57
Stake: 1.5% of bank

Sevilla 2 Dortmund 2
Bet: Back OVER 2.5 goals goals (1.83) WON Returns £25.34
Stake: 1.5% of bank

Besiktas 2 Rapid Vienna 0
Bet: Back OVER 2.5 goals goals (1.92) LOST £14.57
Stake: 1.5% of bank

IN PLAY BET:

If the odds rise above 1.50 in play for Napoli then bet.
If they score early and it stays like that during the first half then leave it alone.

Napoli 1 Steau Bucharest 0 (93rd minute goal!)
Bet: Back Napoli win (1.50+) WON Returns £27.69
Stake: 2%

Daily Profit / Loss: -£18.37

Running Bank: £953.20

Another minor losing night, and games that I certainly wouldn’t have played on, with loads of dead rubbers in a naff competition. But hey, that’s just my view!

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Football Betting Code Day Seven – 16th December:

Juventus v Man City
Back Over 2.5 goals (2.18 on Betfair)
Stake: 2.5% of bank (£23.83) LOST £23.83

Bayer Leverkusen v Atletico Madrid
Back Over 2.5 goals (1.76 on Betfair)
Stake: 1.5% of bank (£14.30) LOST £14.30

Daily Profit / Loss: -£38.13

Running Bank: £915.07

Starting to get away from them now, and it will take a strong response on the weekend to get back close to levels.

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Football Betting Code Day Eight – 18th December:

Arsenal OFF Stoke (3pm GMT)
Bet: Back over 2.5 goals (1.71 on Betfair)
Stake: 1.5% of bank (£13.73)

Birmingham OFF Newcastle (3pm GMT)
Bet: Back the draw (3.35 on Betfair)
Stake: 1% of bank (£9.15)

Blackburn 1 West Ham 1
Bet: Back over 2.5 goals (1.93)
Stake: 1.5% of bank (£13.73) LOST £13.73

Wigan OFF Aston Villa
Bet: Back under 2.5 goals (1.75)
Stake: 1.5% of bank (£13.73)

Liverpool OFF Fulham
Bet: Back Liverpool win (1.58)
Stake: 3% of bank (£27.45)

OTHER SELECTIONS:

French Ligue 1

Nice 1 Brest 1
Bet: Lay Brest (3.60 on Betfair)
Stake: 1% of bank (£9.15) WON Returns £12.67 (profit £3.52)

PSG 2 Monaco 2
Bet: Back PSG (1.54)
Stake: 2% of bank (£18.30) LOST £18.30

GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

Schalke 3 FC Koln 0
Bet: Back Schalke (1.50)
Stake: 2% of bank (£18.30) WON Returns £27.45 (profit £9.15)

SPANISH LA LIGA

Villarreal 3 Mallorca 1
Bet: Back Villarreal (1.66)
Stake: 2% of bank (£18.30) WON Returns £30.38 (profit £12.08)

Deportivo 1 Sporting Gijon 1
Bet: Back Deportivo (2.18)
Stake: 2% of bank (£18.30) LOST £18.30

Daily Profit / Loss: -£25.60

Running Bank: £889.47

More winners than losers, but at the odds this wasn’t good enough to show a profit on the day, and the bank is now 11% shy of its opening position.

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Football Betting Code Day Nine – 19th December:

Catania 1 Brescia 0
Bet: Back Under 2.5 goals (1.67)
Stake: 2% of bank (£17.80) WON Returns £29.73 (profit £11.97)

Osasuna 0 Real Sociedad 0
Bet: Back under 2.5 goals (1.75)
Stake: 1% of bank (£8.90) WON Returns £15.58 (profit £6.68)

Marseille 1 Lyon 1
Bet: LAY Marseille win on Betfair (2.26)
Stake: 1.5% of bank (£13.35) WON Returns £18.96 (profit £5.61)

Sochaux 1 Bordeaux 1
Bet: Back OVER 2.5 goals (2.34)
Stake: 2% of bank (£17.80) LOST £17.80

Daily Profit / Loss: +£6.46

Running Bank: £895.93

Three winners out of four and, due to some interesting staking, a moderate profit of just £6.46, less than the stake of the lowest staked bet. A pity.

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Football Betting Code Day Ten – 26th December:

Fulham vs West Ham
Bet:  LAY Fulham at 1.99 on Betfair
Stake: 2% of bank (£17.92) WON Returns £34.77 (profit £16.85)

Newcastle vs Manchester City
Bet: Back over 2.5 goals at 1.97 on Betfair
Stake: 2% of bank (£17.92) WON Returns £33.54 (profit £15.62)

Wolves v Wigan
Bet: Back the draw 3.35 on Betfair
Stake: 1% of bank (£8.96) LOST £8.96

Bolton vs West Brom
Bet: Back Bolton to win at 2.14 on Betfair
Stake: 2% of bank (£17.92) WON Returns £36.43 (profit £18.51)

Barnsley vs Burnley
Bet: Lay Burnley at 2.88 on Betfair
Stake: 1.5% of bank (£13.44) LOST £13.44

Daily Profit / Loss: +£28.58

Running Bank: £924.51

A much better day, with the staking aligned to the winners for a change.

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Football Betting Code Day Eleven – 28th December:

Tottenham vs Newcastle United
Back: Tottenham @ 1.55
Stake: 2% of bank (£18.49) WON Returns £28.66 (profit £10.17)

Tottenham vs Newcastle
Bet: Back OVER 2.5 GOALS @ 1.72
Stake: 2% of bank (£18.49) LOST £18.49

Stoke vs Fulham
Bet: Back Stoke @ 1.92
Stake: 3% of bank (£27.74) LOST £27.74

Man City vs Aston Villa
Bet: Back Man City @ 1.51
Stake: 3% of bank (£27.74) WON Returns £39.79 (profit £12.05)

West Brom vs Blackburn
Bet: Back West Brom @ 1.93
Stake: 2% of bank (£18.49) LOST £18.49

West Brom vs Blackburn
Bet: Back Peter Odemwingie to score at ANY stage (if he starts)
Stake: 0.5% of bank (you will get about 3.50 odds) (£4.62) LOST £4.62

West Ham vs Everton
Bet: Back OVER 2.5 Goals @ 2.24
Stake: 2% of bank (£18.49) LOST £18.49

Daily Profit / Loss: -£65.61

Running Bank: £858.90

After the calm came a storm of big losers, wiping out over 6.5% of the starting bank, and putting the trial over 14% down in total.

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Football Betting Code Day Eleven – 28th December:

Wigan vs Arsenal (19:45 GMT)
Bet: Back Arsenal – 1.60 on Betfair
Stake: 3% (£25.77)

Daily Profit / Loss: -£25.77

Running Bank: £833.13

More Christmas misery for followers of the Football Betting Code, as yet another odds on shot gets turned over. Frankly, this is not great tipping… Whilst I accept that Arsenal should have won, if you continually put up away teams at odds on, you’re going to lose money. It’s just a poor shout.

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Football Betting Code Day Twelve– 1st January:

West Brom vs Man United
Bet: Back Man United WIN at 1.60 (Betfair)
Stake: 5% of bank (£41.66) WON Returns £63.32 (profit £21.66)

Manchester City v Blackpool
Bet: Back OVER 2.5 goals at 1.54 (Betfair)
Stake: 2% of bank (£16.66) LOST £16.66

Sunderland v Blackburn
Bet: Back Sunderland WIN at 1.94 (Betfair)
Stake: 2% of bank (£16.66) WON Returns £30.70 (profit £14.04)

Tottenham v Fulham
Bet: Back Tottenham WIN at 1.51 (Betfair)
Stake: 2% of bank (£16.66) WON Returns £23.90 (profit £15.83)

West Ham v Wolves
Bet: Lay Wolves at 4.00 (Betfair)
Stake: 0.5% of bank (£4.16) WON Returns £4.16 (profit £4.16)

Daily Profit / Loss: + £39.03

Running Bank: £872.16

A good day, but also very lucky. Going extremely long (5% of bank) on a team that had won just one of eight away games was reckless in my opinion. That West Brom had a legitimate penalty turned down and kept eleven men when they shouldn’t have adds to the fortune. Still, all services have to ride that kind of luck I guess. I was unimpressed by the ‘get out of jail’ staking though, which smacked of loss chasing.