Neo Investments is a brand new tipster service which has been launched through the Bet Kudos arm of the Betfan group by tipster Nick. It has shown some very promising initial results as well as potential for long term profits.
What does the product offer?
A cursory glance over the sales material for Neo Investments doesn’t paint the most flattering picture of Neo Investments as far as I am concerned. There are a few reasons for this, however most of them boiled down to the Betfan group seemingly making claims that Nick and Neo Investments can’t follow up. The fact is that I have looked at enough products in my time to know that when somebody starts talking about 5 figures from 1 point bets in a very small space of time, there is always a catch.
This is more than backed up by the headlines which feature a number of specific claims. The one that really stands out for me however is where zz ask “WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET FINANCIALLY FIT?”. Honestly, I am surprised that any betting service would use this kind of approach to marketing, especially considering the existence of services like Gamble Aware (here in Britain the unspoken rule is that betting leads to losses, something that is generally a pretty good rule of thumb).
So, with this somewhat questionable marketing from zz out of the way, what exactly are you getting with Neo Investments? As a service, Neo Investments is a rather typical affair. Selections are sent out on a daily basis both via email as well as being uploaded to a member’s area on the zz website. All bets are advised as straight win bets with a focus on races that have rather long odds. To create some context for just how deep this goes, for the month of November just 13 bets out of 65 had odds of less than 5.0.
Neo Investments follows a staking plan however this is a very specific one and is ultimately a key part of how Nick is able to make the service so profitable. Essentially, you are only ever staking 1 point with Neo Investments, however the value of a point changes. It is recommended that over the course of a month, you let money build up in your betting bank. At the start of each month, you divide the contents of your bank by 50 and this is what you stake as a point for the rest of that month.
By compounding your income, you are supposedly able to generate some very substantial profits. Should you find that you encounter a losing month through Neo Investments, then Nick and zz say that you should continue to stake the previous months stakes as 1 point. This does however mean that stakes may now represent more than 2% of your betting bank.
In terms of a strike rate, this currently stands at 33.33%. This is a very respectable figure, especially when you factor in the odds that you are backing. Quite how sustainable this will be going into the future remains to be seen.
How does the product work?
If there is a plethora of information on what you can expect from Neo Investments, zz are rather unfortunately less giving when it comes to what the selection process entails. We are told that Nick fine tuned one of his “most successful winning systems” over summer of this year. That is about all that we are told unfortunately and I don’t believe this to be good enough. This is especially true if you are backing horses at the kind of odds that Neo Investments recommends.
If I am going to give somebody money to receive a service I would expect them to be able to demonstrate that they understand a subject. This doesn’t mean that everything has to be given away, however I do think that simply asking you to pay as much as Neo Investments costs off the back of a few goo months is a big ask.
What is the initial investment?
There are three options for those who wish to subscribe to Neo Investments. Zz are offering a monthly subscription at a cost of £37, a quarterly subscription at a cost of £74 or a 6 monthly option at a cost of £75. It is clear which one they want people to take. All of these are handled directly through Betfan which means that there is unfortunately no real money back guarantee in place. The team say in their Terms and Conditions that they will review refund requests however these are not typically provided.
What is the rate of return?
Since Neo Investments launched, the service has generated a profit of 283.83 points. How much this actually ends up working out at would depend on when you started following the service due to the compounding of profits. In the sales material for Neo Investments, zz say that if you’d been betting since the start, by the end of November you would have generated a profit of £29,480 from a starting bank of £1,000. It is also worth keeping in mind the ROI which stands at an outstanding 165.98%.
Conclusion
There is one main problem that I have with Neo Investments, however I feel the need to point out that this isn’t necessarily the be all and end all. The first thing is the compounding stakes. Whilst I appreciate that this is a decent way to increase your profits without necessarily over exposing your betting bank. By the same token, it is also a sure fire way to get a bookies account banned. Especially if you end up consistently betting hundreds of pounds on long odds.
With this having been said, I feel that it is also important to look at the positives with Neo Investments. These are numerous however there are two key ones that I want to focus on for this review. The first is the profitability and the win rate that has been achieved and arguably more important, is how sustainable it appears to be. Since August there have been no losing months and whilst December is so far bucking the trend, I can entirely believe that a win will correct this.
On top of this, there is also some fantastic value for money to be had with Neo Investments. Don’t get me wrong, this doesn’t apply in every instant, for example, I would be inclined to say that this is a service that doesn’t really warrant the monthly costs, however if you can get the 6 month subscription locked in, there is definitely money to be made with Neo Investments.
This isn’t a perfect system and the fact of the matter is that it isn’t going to work for everybody. If you are looking to build up a strong income in a short space of time however, then you will definitely do a lot worse than Neo Investments (and by short space of time I mean around 6 months or so). Those who are looking for a much longer term service however would be better suited elsewhere.
