The first thing I spotted about Day Time Profits – a horse racing tipping service – was that there’s a typo in the sub-heading of the sales-page. Brought to us by Matthew Douglas, the self-aggrandising headline in question reads: ‘ATTENTION: If you have heard of ‘Mattew Douglas’ you probably made a fortune on this years major horse racing events! [sic]’. No, I’ve not heard of Mattew Douglas. Or Matthew Douglas either, for that matter. Pernickety though this is, I do require attention to detail from my tipsters, so this doesn’t bode well.
After you work your way through the typical sales-page – Matthew Douglas is the self-crowned ‘King of Festivals’, who reportedly made £10,751 in just twelve days, and says of himself: ‘Most of you are already familiar with my work I specialise in making BIG money from large scale racing events and I run a highly successful and exclusive members only selection service for festival events’ – you can subscribe to the tipping service for £18.95 (plus VAT) for the first month, and then £15.95 plus VAT) every month thereafter. The service is covered by a 60-day ‘“You Don’t Earn, You Don’t Pay” Test Drive Money-Back Guarantee’ – which ultimately, I had to use.
With Day Time Profits, you’re sent a daily email containing (normally) three tips for any meets that day, focusing on win and each-way selections. I was told to expect these emails the night before the day of a prospective meet, but invariably they arrived the morning of. That narrows the window of time in which to digest and action the bets, but then once you have the selections, it’s a quick process anyway, and perhaps Matthew holds off in order to take note of that day’s conditions.
Staking advice is also offered, which makes a change as so many tipping services neglect this paramount part of betting. Level stakes are advised, with a tendency to provide win tips much more frequently than each-way tips, which correlates to what Matthew says of himself: ‘My speciality is backing but I if I spot the right opportunity I will occasionally advise each-way or place selections or advice in running trade [sic]’. Another typo there, Matthew, with the word ‘I’ appearing twice, where only one is needed: ‘My speciality is backing but I if I’. There seems to be no pattern or consistency with selection prices either – with prices being anything from as high as 15.0 to as safe as odds-on.
Matthew’s service is supposed to take all the stress and uncertainty out of making your own selections – and in theory it achieves this. It’s a hand-held arrangement, as simple as receiving the email, placing the bets contained in the email, and – hopefully – ‘collecting your profits’. Matthew says: ‘I’ve shared every thing with you. I am giving you 24/7 support and also, my unconditional money back guarantee for an entire 60 day period.’ I had no need to try out Matthew’s customer support, as his emails were concise and clear, but I have had no experience to doubt that Matthew is honestly providing you with tips that he himself does believe in.
So with that in mind, did I make any money? In a 60-day trial, there were times where my bank was in profit, and other moments when it was scarily down, but ultimately it ended up being only 2.25 points down. This isn’t too bad in the grand scheme of things, but it’s not money-making. Perhaps over a longer period of time it might prove to be profitable, but ultimately, my lessening confidence in the tips does not warrant me subscribing for any further time. The cost – £15.95 a month after the initial month – is not extortionate, but it adds up significantly over the year, and further reduces the bank accordingly.
I made a total of 158 bets, of which 35 were winners, giving a strike-rate of 22.2%. The odds for many of the winners were quite impressive, which meant that any string of losses (12 in a row was the absolute low point) can be quickly reduced by one successful win bet.
The claims in the promotional material suggest you can make money every week with this tipping service. This was not true for me – most weeks I was down – but when you do get a good tip that sees a victorious result, your diminished bank is strengthened again. However, I suffered a loss in the end, and have no reason to expect a reversal of that, so on this basis, I cannot endorse Day Time Profits.
