The Round Table is a horse racing tipster service from Bet Kudos and a tipster referred to only as Jack that claims to be able to offer regular and consistent profits to subscribers.
What does the product offer?
Bet Kudos are marketing The Round Table as being “the smart bettors playground”. The question, as always, is whether or not The Round Table can really deliver on this claim. As a service The Round Table is a high volume tipster service that is based around a simple enough combination of win bets and occasionally, each way bets and even a few small accumulators. Despite The Round Table falling under the Betfan umbrella, it is one of the few services they have issued recently that doesn’t follow a 1-5 point staking plan. Instead Jack appears to recommend a simple level staking plan of 2 points per bet. In terms of the strike rate, the end of 2014 when The Round Table went live, it has produced an average of just 17.68%.
How does the product work?
Jack says that he has been investing in horse racing independently and that the average punter doesn’t have the time, knowledge of contacts to be profitable in the long term, all of which suggests that he has these. On top of this, the creator of The Round Table says that he uses his own rating system and that he also draws on his experience working for a “reputed betting firm” which allowed him to understand odds movements.
Interestingly, despite this implied and claimed wealth of experience, The Round Table is actually operated by a trio of tipsters of which Jack is apparently just one.
What is the initial investment?
It appears that there is only one offering from Bet Kudos if you want to buy into The Round Table which is £49 per 28 day period. It is worth noting however that at the time of writing you can however get access to your first 28 days of selections for a reduced rate of £10. As a Betfan product however there is no real money back guarantee in place with their policy being that refund requests are considered but rarely granted.
What is the rate of return?
Since the service started, The Round Table has made a points profit of 257.88 points. Whilst this doesn’t sound too bad in its own rights, this doesn’t really paint a complete picture. The ROI is just 6.72% and there have been almost as many losing months as winning ones since the service launched.
Conclusion
The bottom line with any tipster service is how much you can expect to earn and in the case of The Round Table, it simply isn’t enough for my liking. The 6.72% ROI is one of the lower examples I have seen and a big part of this is down to the volume of bets that you will be placing.
With upwards most days producing around 6 bets, this quickly adds up, especially if you have the misfortune to join during one of The Round Table’s rather frequent losing months.