The Smart Betting Club Podcast

Cricket betting has become one of the fastest growing betting markets in the world. In Episode 106, I sit down with journalist, author and cricket betting expert Ed Hawkins to explore why more serious bettors are turning their attention to the sport.

Drawing on more than 20 years covering cricket and betting markets, Ed explains why bookmakers continue to make pricing mistakes, the betting markets he believes offer the biggest edge,...

Making over £1 million from betting is enough to grab anyone's attention. The real story, though, is how my guest in Episode 105, Harry, got there.

In this episode, Harry lifts the lid on two decades of professional betting, from exploiting early Betfair markets and building successful betting syndicates, to finding value on today's betting exchanges, managing variance, surviving losing years and continually adapting as betting mark...

In Episode 104, Pete sits down with Juan, founder of Bet Hero, the value betting platform recently reviewed and recommended in SBC Magazine 164.

Juan explains how his journey into betting began not through gambling, but by identifying inefficiencies in other markets. From building software to profit from sneaker releases, GPUs and collectibles, his background in computer science and automation naturally led him into arbitrage and ev...

Recorded live at Smart Bash 2026, Pete Ling is joined by Phil Smith, Jeevan Jeyaratnam and Varun Sudhakar to explore one of the biggest challenges facing profitable bettors today: not finding value, but actually getting money down.

The panel discusses how AI driven risk management, affordability checks and increasingly sophisticated customer profiling have changed the betting landscape. Topics include account longevity, timi...

In Episode 102 of the SBC Podcast, I’m joined by Jesse May and Simon Nott to preview Smart Bash 2026, which is taking place on May 27th and 28th in London, England. 

You can grab your tickets and save 10% on the cost by using the SBC discount code: SBCSBASH10 when purchasing via www.smart-bash.com

This special episode breaks down why Smart Bash has quickly become one of the standout betting events in the UK, bringing toget...

Today, I’m joined by Phil Smith, a full time football bettor specialising in antepost (futures) markets and exchange trading.

Phil shares his journey from early losses and trial and error, through to building a profitable approach combining Betfair trading and more recently, antepost betting. We go deep into how antepost betting works in practice, where the real edge comes from, and why volume, structure and discipline are key...

In Episode 100 of the SBC Betting Interview series, Pete welcomes a special guest to mark the milestone, Antonino (Ant) De Rosa, a former Pinnacle trader and now operator of a large scale professional betting group.

This episode goes deep into the reality of sharp betting. Not theory, not models in isolation, but how markets actually move, how sportsbooks react, and why execution is often the biggest edge in the modern game.

Ant shar...

Pete sits down with Graeme Acheson, founder of Sports4Cast, the data driven modelling platform recently reviewed in SBC Magazine 161.

Graeme explains how a background in accountancy and risk analytics evolved into building forecasting models across rugby, football and baseball. What began as a passion project tracking rugby rankings developed into a fully automated betting model designed to identify bookmaker mispricing through prob...

Pete sits down with Chris Fawcett, former full time professional gambler turned model builder and co founder of Sharp Betting.

Chris reflects on a 20 year career in betting that began in the late 1990s, from early horse racing speed ratings to automated exchange models, and later high volume football accumulators. He explains how exchanges changed the game, why markets became more efficient, and why staking and risk tolerance evolve...

In Episode 97 of the Smart Betting Club Podcast, I am joined for the third time by Anthony Kaminskas, founder of AKBets and a former professional punter turned bookmaker.

Nearly three years on from the launch of AKBets, this conversation takes stock of how the business has grown, how the betting industry has shifted, and why life as a modern bookmaker is far tougher than most punters realise - including a healthy discussion on betti...

In this episode, Pete speaks with Andrew Pace, founder of inplayLIVE, a live betting platform built around real time wagering and repeatable edges. Andrew shares his journey from early losing punter to profitable live bettor, then into building one of the most active live betting communities around today.

Andrew explains how watching games in real time revealed repeatable pricing errors, why mindset is the foundation of long...

In this episode, Pete speaks with Sharp Betting co-founder David Hipkin, who started out as a boxing trader before pivoting into professional betting, using the same data-led methods that would later form the basis of Sharp Betting to generate over £200,000 in profit from soft bookmakers alone.

David shares his journey from early days in spread betting alongside the likes of Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis, to betting with AI ed...

In this episode, Pete speaks with Elliot Roe and Samm Hunter, two leading performance and mindset coaches who specialise in helping elite performers from poker champions and traders to professional bettors reach their potential.

Fresh from their Bet Bash 2025 seminar “From Emotion to Execution: The Champion’s Mindset for Sports Betting”, Elliot and Samm break down what separates consistent winners from those trappe...

In this latest SBC Podcast episode, we shine a spotlight on a North American bettor who has turned software into serious profit.

Franco, known online as Raid_Prints, joins me to share how he went from casual square punter to making over $200,000 profit in just two years. His story is not theory, it’s a real-life example of what’s possible when you combine the right tools, discipline, and mindset.

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In the latest SBC Podcast episode, I sit down again with Dylan, co-founder of Pinnacle Odds Dropper, to take a deep dive into sharp betting, market efficiency, and the results of our detailed August 2025 review of POD.

We explore how the software helps advantage bettors track steam moves, why Pinnacle remains the barometer for bookmakers, and the lessons from analysing 345,000+ logged bets. Dylan and I also share insights on CLV, ma...

In the latest SBC Podcast episode, I sit down with Tom Waterhouse, Australian betting guru, ex-CEO of William Hill Australia, and founder of Waterhouse VC.

Tom lifts the lid on how professional syndicates really operate, where today’s biggest betting edges can be found, and what the rise of new markets like crypto and contracts means for sharp players.

He also shares how Waterhouse VC is investing in cutting-edge suppliers, bet...

Returning guest Harry Stewart-Moore, betting lawyer and partner at Gardner Leader, answers listener questions and pulls back the curtain on the toughest legal issues facing bettors in 2025.

MULTI ACCOUNTING CHAT

• What you really need to know about multi-accounting, runners, and 'beards'
  Why these tactics are under growing scrutiny in the UK, where the legal boundaries sit, and how some bettors are being pulled into cases they n...

From starting out behind the counter at Ladbrokes to leading the British Horseracing Authority and advising the UK Gambling Commission, Nick Rust OBE has seen the betting world from every angle.

In this candid, hour-long conversation, Nick reflects on his journey through the sharp end of UK betting—sharing what he’s learned about punters, bookmakers, racing politics, regulation, and even his own quest to bet prof...

In this episode, I’m joined by Jeevan Jeyaratnam, Chief Betting Officer at Abelson Info—an industry leader in player market pricing and home to the settlement feeds behind many of today’s major betting markets.

Jeev shares insights from two decades in the betting world, including the evolution of player-focused markets like anytime goal scorers, shots, cards, and more. With Abelson pricing over 17,000 football matc...