£30k Challenge is a new to market horse racing tipster service which is operated by one Simon Foster. He claims that his tips have the ability to produce some very substantial profits over the coming year.
Introduction to £30k Challenge
Well, 2020 is done with. And I don’t think that there are many people who will be disappointed about this fact. But of course, the big question is, what does this next year have in store for you? Inevitably, we will make resolutions, we will look to improve ourselves, and I think that it’s probably pretty safe to say that most of us would also be more than happy to close off 2021 £30,000 better off. Let’s be honest here, that is a hell of a lot of money to be made. Especially if it’s all tax free and on top of your usual income.
All of this does of course bring me to the subject of todays review, £30k Challenge. A service that, for all intents and purposes, claims to offer just that. £30,000 (well, slightly more than, if I’m picky) in profit over the next 12 months. All operated by Simon Foster, a tipster who claims to have cracked betting and can generate some substantial and easy profits. All with very little risk. Let’s be honest with ourselves, however you want to dress it up, that is the dream.
Of course, as great as all of that sounds, I don’t tend to take people on face value when it comes to something like this. Let’s not forget the fact that Simon Foster is the only person who, in many ways, is guaranteed to benefit when you sign up to receive his tips. On top of this, I think that there are a hell of a lot of questions that need to be asked about the so called results for £30k Challenge… So, trying not to be too cynical, let’s get straight into it.
What Does £30k Challenge Offer?
I’ll be straight up here. What Simon Foster is doing with £30k Challenge is something that, honestly, is a bit different to the norm. And whilst I have some doubts about this as a wider service, there is no denying that it is always interesting when something lands on your desk that has something that really makes out. Now, I will come to that a little later on, but I want to get the boring stuff out of the way first.
In terms of the management of the service, £30k Challenge appears to be an independent affair. This is something that can be of benefit to a service, but I tend to find that this is rarely the case. In actual fact, I believe that most of the independent tipsters that I end up looking at are pretty bad at this element, something that you do see here.
Now, don’t get me wrong, Simon Foster isn’t disastrous. Those logistical elements of £30k Challenge are pretty much exactly what you would expect from a tipster in this day and age. By this I mean that selections are sent out to subscribers directly via email. These land with enough time to get the bets placed, but if I’m blunt, it’s far from optimal. Said emails also lack a lot of quite basic information in my opinion.
One of the key elements that are missing is advice on betting and odds. Now, I’ll get into brass tacks on this very shortly, but £30k Challenge is the kind of service where, if I’m blunt, you just won’t win all that often. As such, it means that when you do win, you really want to be maximising your returns. And there is a lot of potential to do this using BOG and having a good idea of what odds to look out for.
You see, all of the bets that are advised are horse racing accumulators. These can be trebles, four fold bets, and potentially more. But what they all have in common is that you are generally backing horses at relatively long odds. On one of his biggest wins, Simon Foster had a horse at 20/1 and another at 12/1. In my experience, an odds comparison website increases your returns by 10-20%. So big numbers in the long term.
Something that does stand out to me as a positive here is that £30k Challenge is at least a low volume service. There are a lot of reasons that this is a good thing (many of which are numbers based, and I will come to that) but in this context, it does mean that you can at least spend a bit of time seeking out the best odds. Something that Simon Foster probably could quite easily do.
Staking wise, this is all actually a very low stakes affair. Which is something that is seemingly good. Based off Simon Foster’s proofing, he personally bets just £5 per bet. That all sounds very affordable, but I can’t help but feel like you won’t be winning often with £30k Challenge. Now, you might be expecting this based off the odds involved, but it is a very important consideration.
If you consider that Simon Foster shows just four big winners in the last year, that would mean a strike rate of some 1%. Now, that isn’t to say that you will see this. Not all bets are quite as risky as those big winners that are such a big thing in the sales material for £30k Challenge, but that doesn’t alter the fact that this isn’t a service that you can expect to be collecting on every day.
And that means that even with those small £5 bets, I’d want to have a betting bank that would cover losses for a full year as a minimum. This is of course somewhat speculative on my behalf, but the fact is that Simon Foster doesn’t seem to provide any real insight or information on this anywhere within £30k Challenge.
How Does £30k Challenge Work?
In terms of how £30k Challenge works… Well, I’ll be frank. There is almost no information provided whatsoever, and not surprisingly, this is a very real cause for concern. Really, the closest that we come to this is a statement in which Simon Foster says that “For the past few years I’ve been tweaking a brand new strategy that focuses on picking winning selections that produce consistant [sic] profits”.
The only other thing that could arguably constitute insight is where Simon Foster talks about developing his own approach and becoming “One Of The 3% Of People “In The Know””. A statement that is based on the very erroneous statement that 97% of systems sold online cover laying. An approach that supposedly wiped out his finances in the past.
If I’m really blunt, that just isn’t good enough. Here’s the thing. I’ve never expected a tipster to provide a full and detailed breakdown of every step of their selection process. I have always said that this is unreasonable. But on the flip side of that coin, you can’t simply expect people to take your word that a someone has suddenly cracked the betting code without displaying some knowledge and understanding of betting. Which is exactly what £30k Challenge does.
It isn’t even like there is really any proofing or evidence backing this up. Let’s remind ourselves that there are just four examples of bets given for the whole of 2020. Given that £30k Challenge is based around the entire premise that Simon Foster made a decent amount of money last year, he should have full records. So, why aren’t they there? It isn’t an unreasonable question to ask.
What is the Initial Investment?
If you want to sing up to £30k Challenge there is just one option available. This is a one time cost of £45 (plus VAT) for which you get access to selections for 3 months. Once this time has elapsed, we are told by Simon Foster that you can resubscribe at this cost, however, I am not entirely convinced that this is likely to be an option.
One of the things that is a definite positive about £30k Challenge is the fact that there is a full 30 day money back guarantee. This is backed up by Clickbank through whom payment is handled. Generally speaking, they are pretty good at honouring these money back guarantees, so long as you don’t refund products regularly.
What is the Rate of Return?
Obviously the core claim for £30k Challenge is right there in the title. It’s all about this idea that you can make £30,000 in a year. Which is a massively interesting claim to make really. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that kind of money is impossible, but it does require some substantial stakes and a lot of work and time.
The only thing that I have with that is the fact that Simon Foster seems to be staking £5 on each bet. That means that £30,000 equates to a points profit of around 6,000 for the year. That is a massive amount that really, I’m very sceptical of. For context, I always find a good barometer of a successful service to be profits of around 300 points per year. Using that, £30k Challenge is 20 times more successful than a successful tipster service. All of which is questionable in the face of a lack of evidence.
Conclusion for £30k Challenge
And so we come to the million dollar question (or should that be £30,000 question). Does £30k Challenge warrant a recommendation. The short answer to this, if I’m completely honest, is probably not. Now I know that almost sounds like a rash decision, but actually, there are a lot of grounded reasons for this.
First things first, let’s talk about evidence. Or rather, the lack thereof. Because really, there are just 5 things that tangibly back up Simon Foster’s claims, and if I’m honest, I even find them to be questionable. Because what you see are a screenshot oof a betting bank and those 4 examples of winning bets. That is a very long way from substantial.
Now, in and of itself, that doesn’t necessarily have to be a deal breaker. There are plenty of services that are lacking in terms of evidence in some degree or another. But quite literally every element of £30k Challenge is missing anything that backs up the idea that Simon Foster is able to competently provide a tipster service.
First things first, I know I’ve touched on it, but let’s circle back here. Simon Foster supposedly used to work as a bus driver. Since then, using a “top secret method” he has managed to outperform all other tipster services on the market. By a huge degree. And on top of that, all of those other tipster services are lay betting tipster services. Except of course, they aren’t. Put really bluntly, it all sounds ridiculous.
Combine that with the fact that there should be at least a years worth of proofing, and it all just seems a bit concerning to me. And again, that isn’t a flippant comment. Let’s not forget that the whole premise of the service is based off last years results, so why aren’t they shared? Well, there are a few reasons that stand out to me.
The best case scenario is that the four bets that are provided as “proofing” for £30k Challenge area genuine. However, they are also the only really profitable bets that Simon Foster encountered. More realistically though, I’m just not convinced that this was operational, and as such, I don’t believe that the results exist.
Here’s the bottom line for me. If you buy into £30k Challenge, there is only one person who categorically stands to gain anything, and that is the person who is selling the system. All that he needs to do is keep you on board for 30 days, and the £45 you’ve paid is his. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not necessarily saying that Simon Foster is fraudulent. I’d love to be proven wrong. But in my mind, he doesn’t do a whole lot to demonstrate his worth as a tipster.
The fact of the matter is that if £30k Challenge were genuine and above board, so many of those faults and criticisms could very easily be corrected. And the fact that they aren’t is just… Well, it’s bloody concerning. And just as the cherry on top, I don’t even think it’s like this is particularly cheap. £45 is ultimately a pretty significant amount to have to pay out for a big risk.
So, no, I don’t think that this is a service that I would look to recommend. The harsh reality is that looking at all the bets I’ve seen, the most likely outcome is that you are going to be sinking £5 per day into bets that just aren’t going to win. Because, calling a spade a spade, doubles, trebles, and four folds just don’t win that often.
All of this creates a bit of a perfect storm. I just cannot see a situation whereby you’re paying £45 for a tipster service that isn’t just inherently flawed (I cannot stress enough how substantial the win streaks are likely to be here), but lacks… Well, anything, that really backs up those profit claims. This really is a very strong candidate for giving a miss.
