The Winning Trap is a new to market greyhound racing tipster service. It is being offered through the Betting Gods stable of tipsters with selections coming courtesy of tipster, Adam.
Introduction to The Winning Trap
One of the great joys of betting, at least in my opinion, is how wildly varied it can be. Sure, most of us will be focused on horse racing. Or we might like a punt on the football. But if you want to take your betting seriously, then you sometimes need to look further afield. This can mean building a portfolio. For my money, one of the most important things you can do to take your betting to the next level is diversifying your betting and the tipsters that you follow. Not having all your eggs in one basket and all that.
There are a lot of ways that you can approach this. For me, I like to focus on sports where there remain regular betting opportunities, and with that,I will usually end up on greyhound racing. This brings me to today’s review subject, The Winning Trap. As far as tipster services go, Adam seems to be delivering on a pretty solid service. Throw into the mix the management of Betting Gods and you have something that is a very appealing looking package. Especially if you’re looking for that “portfolio” service.
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But is everything with The Winning Trap quite as it seems? Whilst there are undoubtedly some hugely impressive results, I can’t help but feel like once you start to scratch the surface, there is a different picture unveiled. This doesn’t change that Adam is doing the numbers. But it is definitely a service that comes with some conditions and caveats. Are they deal breakers? Well, that depends on who you ask. Betting Gods obviously have enough faith in this to bring it to market, but I will say here and now that I am a touch more sceptical.
What Does The Winning Trap Offer?
Sometimes my introduction to a service can seem a little bit esoteric and all over the place. This is often because of the fact that there isn’t necessarily a clear right and wrong when it comes to betting. And more than anything, I like to try and keep my reviews as objective as possible. The Winning Trap is an interesting service in this regard.
One of the first things that stands out to me about The Winning Trap is the fact that it is remarkably consistent. A quick look through the proofing shows a service that is providing bets very regularly. Something that Adam and Betting Gods don’t shy away from. How this ends up working out for you is a different kettle of fish though.
Something that isn’t necessarily quite as consistent are the volume of bets that are sent out. On very rare occasions you might place a single bet. But the blunt fact is that The Winning Trap is a service tat tends to be quite high volume. For context on this, Adam might advise as many as 13 or 14 bets per day. That is a massive amount of betting to do.
Now, before I start getting into the different bets that Adam uses and what you can expect of The Winning Trap, let’s talk about the management of the service. This is a product from the Betting Gods team, and not surprisingly, the service is of an incredibly high standard. They have been managing tipsters for a long time now, and it shows.
The selections are actually made available twice a day. Some tips come out at 11.30am, others around 4.30pm. Obviously, that does mean you don’t always have the most time to get the bets on. Fortunately, as Betting Gods point out, Adam looks to a lot of big and well known bookies when placing bets and includes advice on this. That is something that immediately elevates the experience compared to some competitors.
As you might expect from any modern day tipster service, selections are emailed directly to subscribers. This isn’t the only way to receive them however. There is a member’s area for The Winning Trap subscribers where you can log in and view tips, and you can also use the Betting Gods app to receive them (which is the approach that I would recommend).
In terms of the bets that Adam advises through The Winning Trap, you are mostly looking at win bets with the a single Trixie being advised as of the time of writing. Despite the fact that you are dealing almost exclusively with those straight win bets, there remains a decent amount of variance in the service as Betting Gods’ proofing shows.
Moving on to the odd, The Winning Trap tends to err towards the lower end of things. The average odds come in at 3.18, and this is a pretty accurate reflection of what you can expect. With that said, there is still some variance in these too. Despite the lower odds, there have been bets advised with odds as high as 11.0.
Now, let’s talk numbers. Specifically, I want to start with the stakes. Betting Gods show that The Winning Trap is based around stakes that range from 1 point per bet, all the way up to 6 point per bet. Whilst this top end isn’t all that common, it would be naïve to overlook it. Most bets come in at 2 points per bet though (some 1,100 out of about 1,200) and I will be using that as an average of sorts.
Combine that with the high volume of bets and it is quite surprising to me that Betting Gods say that you will need a betting bank of just 125 points with The Winning Trap. Whilst that seems like quite a substantial number, I would point you to the fact that some days might mean staking well in excess of 20 points. Something that has culminated in drawdowns in excess of 20% of the bank being a relatively common affair.
The interesting thing to me is that all of that is set against a very respectable backdrop of a strike rate that comes in at 36.44%. It might not set the world alight, but it isn’t bad either. Especially for a win based greyhound racing service. It does however highlight how tight the margins can ultimately be.
How Does The Winning Trap Work?
Rather unfortunately, when it comes to products from Betting Gods there is a recurring problem. Namely that there is simply no insight into how The Winning Trap works. We are told that Adam is an “Expert Greyhound Racing Tipster”, but that is about it in terms of direct information. There isn’t anything said about how selections are found, what sort of system is in place, etc. Obviously, this is all somewhat frustrating.
It isn’t even like I expect a step by step instruction. Nobody should have to do that, but it would be nice to have some understanding of how selections are being found. With that said, I do believe that there will be a system in place. I have been following Betting Gods in one way or another for some time. In my experience, they are rigorous and methodical in their approach and I wouldn’t expect The Winning Trap to be any different.
With all of that said, Betting Gods do provide is a huge amount of data for their tipsters I can’t think of any tipster stable that is more comprehensive in their diligence. They provide full insight into how The Winning Trap has performed in the past at a glance. Everything is also broken down so that you can quickly and easily get an idea of the performances and importantly, how the service has played out.
The crown jewel in all of this is some incredibly comprehensive proofing from Betting Gods. Like I mentioned earlier, they have proofed over 1,200 of Adam’s bets for The Winning Trap. The full access to this allows you to get a good feel of the ebb and the flow of the service. And whilst I will concede that it really isn’t a replacement for that insight into the approach, it at least gives you a decent idea of what to expect.
What is the Initial Investment?
Technically speaking, there are just 2 options available if you want to sign up to The Winning Trap. The first of these is a monthly trial which is priced at just £10 (plus VAT), after which the billing switches over to a monthly subscription for which Betting Gods are asking £27 (plus VAT).
For better value, you can sign up to The Winning Trap on a quarterly basis. This means paying out just £40 (plus VAT) for your first 3 months. Once this has elapsed, the price goes up to £80 (plus VAT) per quarter.
On top of these trials, Betting Gods offer a 30 day money back guarantee on The Winning Trap. Specifically, they say that “If you’re not happy then claim a full refund of any money paid in the last 30 days”. This is a pretty generous offer and really expands on the standard 30 day money back guarantee that is offered through Clickbank.
What is the Rate of Return?
At the time of writing this, The Winning Trap is sitting at a profit of around 322 points. For less than 6 months of betting. That is one hell of a result. There are however a few things that I think need to be used to place that result in context. Not surprisingly, the main one is the stakes that are used.
I can see why Adam uses the stakes that he does. There aren’t huge odds involved in the first place, and the approach allows flexibility in terms of backing more on stronger selections. This is all very commendable, and I want you to keep that in mind. Because I have to state the obvious fact that the results for The Winning Trap are inflated by the stakes. Specifically, by 2.19 times.
If you were to scale The Winning Trap down to single point stakes, the results would still look impressive at 147 points. But I will concede that this also represents quiet a significant downgrade on the numbers that Betting Gods are using to sell the service.
Conclusion for The Winning Trap
If there is one thing about The Winning Trap that I don’t really doubt, it is that objectively, it looks like a decent service. However you want to dress things up, Adam is doing some bloody good looking numbers. But there are a few things that I feel are ultimately worth keeping in mind when you’re looking at the results.
And just to be clear, these aren’t criticisms. The points that I want to raise area simply considerations that you might want to make in deciding if this is for you. Because ultimately, they are quite important things in my opinion.
First and foremost, I want to talk about the volume of bets. Adam doesn’t really have slow days with The Winning Trap. Nor does he seemingly have a day off. For example, April of 2022 bet every single day. And in that period almost 150 bets were advised (almost bang on the average number I should add). That is quite a lot of betting that you are doing there.
Furthermore, because of the nature of The Winning Trap, it is quite important that you are on the bets every single day. The bets can really come thick and thin and there is no saying where the profit will come from. As I’m writing this, a string of bets just yesterday saw a 16.5 point turnaround. That is the kind of betting day that you can’t really afford to miss.
Then there is the pressure that is on your betting bank. I can see from the drawdown numbers that Adam can get as high as 50 points. Because of the rapid turnarounds this can all happen in a few days as well. That isn’t a nice position to be put in no matter how disciplined you are with betting. So, do you have the discipline and mentality to see through The Winning Trap?
And of course, to really get close to the numbers that make The Winning Trap stand out you have to be betting quite a bit. Whilst it is all presented nicely in the sales material as £10 stakes, can you put down £300 in a single day? To some people, that isn’t such a big amount. To others, it is quite a lot really. Whatever it is to you, that money is a must to make this work long term.
The thing is, it isn’t even like you can realistically scale this down. Whilst I think that Betting Gods are asking a very fair price, betting less will drastically impact the long term profitability of The Winning Trap when you factor in the subscription costs.
Make no mistake about it, the performance of The Winning Trap to date has been incredibly strong. If Adam can continue in the long run with these kinds of results, this is a no brainer. But there is also little denying that the nature of the service means that it won’t be for everybody. Whether it is for you, is a personal question. But this is definitely a solid performing service in terms of long term profit potential.
Thanks for the review, Curtis.
I’ve been trying out the Betting Gods VIP service (all 17 tipsters) for a couple of months now. The Winning Trap is having an absolute nightmare at the time of writing: -£842.25 down so far this month and -£410 over last 6 months.
No more are the 8-12 bets per day, or at least very rare these days. Wins have been so few and far between, and most selections so short-priced, I’ve had to drop him as I was losing too much cash (I’ve learned to jump-off tipster services quickly during bad losing runs).
Tipping is an extremely high-pressure job, especially when paying punters can leave snarky comments under your daily tips. Once your confidence takes a knock, and you start doubting yourself, it can be very hard to dig yourself out.
Andy