ProBets

By Steve Jones

Introduction to ProBets

ProBets is a complete professional betting package.

If you aspire towards betting professionally, the ProBets operation will guide you through the process. Even if you don't have those aspirations, you can set in motion a simple investment which has the potential to consistently out-perform any conventional high-street package.

A professional betting operation involves careful planning from the start. An investment bank is set up, staking from the bank is optimised in order to maximise profits and minimise the effect of negative sequences. Bets are researched, with pricing a paramount consideration. Re-allocation of profits provides the longer-term growth that leads to ultimate fulfilment (either professional status or a successfully concluded investment), and this is achieved without ever increasing the relative risk factor attached to the investment.

I place this basic structure at your disposal free of charge. All you need to do is set up your own investment fund, from which you will place the bets to make it grow. Because your investment will only grow if you feed it winners, they will be the only things you pay for.

My forthcoming book will describe in detail how professional betting operates at its best. ProBets serves as a practical demonstration of the book.

Main features of ProBets:

* A complete professional betting package

* Pay only for the winners

* Withdraw your funds at any time

Quick-Start Guide to Betting Professionally with ProBets

The ProBets service is available by private email only.

1. Set aside a betting bank for your investment before you start. The value of this initial investment is entirely up to you. My job is to manage the growth of the investment by providing you with the right bets to place.

2. Divide your opening balance by 20 to obtain the value of 1 point. For example, if your initial investment is £500, the value of 1 point would be £25.

3. Now open a ProBets account in order to receive the bets:

Go to the ProBets registration form which is located in the left-hand menu, directly below the ProBets page link. Simply make an initial deposit to open a ProBets account. The minimum deposit is £10. Your ProBets service will automatically commence with the next available bet.

Please note: If you register for ProBets using one email address, and then use a different email address within PayPal, your daily emails will go to the address you used to register. To avoid any confusion, please use the same email address for both parts of the process.

Please subscribe before 19.00 GMT to be sure of commencing your service with the following day's bet.

4. You will receive one bet per day, seven days a week. Bets are always sent the evening before racing. Should an advised bet be subsequently declared a non-runner, there will be no bet for that day.

5. Stake 1 point to win on each selection.

6. A minimum price is advised with each bet. Take the best price available to you, provided it is no shorter than the minimum advised. If you are unable to secure the advised price, you should make the bet at SP rather than taking a shorter early price.

7. Re-investment policy: Rule off your investment after 100 bets and divide the closing balance by 20 to obtain the new value of 1 point. Use the new value of 1 point as your level stake for the next 100 bets, and so on. Repeat after every 100 bets.

8. As soon as your investment doubles, take out your original capital and start the investment again, using the accrued profit as your new capital. From that point on, you will not need to bet with your own money for the remainder of the investment. The re-investment policy (7. above) will take care of future growth.

Your questions answered

How much will ProBets cost me?

You will only be charged for ProBets that win.

There is no charge for any ProBets that lose or do not run. The charge for a winning ProBet is £5. This charge will remain constant, which means that it will account for a progressively smaller percentage of your income as your investment grows.

How do I pay for winning ProBets?

For each winning ProBet there will be a deduction of £5 from your ProBets account. There are no other charges whatsoever.

How do I make additional deposits to my ProBets account?

You can do this anytime you wish. Simply enter the amount you wish to deposit (minimum £10) and click the Deposit button. Your new balance will be displayed shortly afterwards.

How do I make withdrawals from my ProBet account?

You can do this anytime you wish. Simply enter the amount you wish to withdraw, click the Withdraw button and then Confirm. Your new ProBets balance will be displayed shortly afterwards. Please note that you will need a minimum balance of £5 in your account to receive the next ProBet. If a ProBet has been sent to you and the result is unknown at the time of your withdrawal request, the system will retain £5 to cover a possible win. Should that bet lose, the retained £5 will then be available to withdraw. Withdrawals will be actioned within 24 hours of request.

What if I am going away on holiday?

If you are going away on holiday, or perhaps you won't be in a position to make any bets for a few days, all you need to do is withdraw your funds. That way, you won't pay for any winners you miss. Simply make another deposit when you return and your service will be re-activated.

What if I change my email address once I am registered?

Your ProBets will automatically be sent to the email address you used in the ProBets form when you signed up for the service. If you wish to change the email address at which you receive the bets, please drop me a line to let me know. I will then make the necessary changes to ensure the ProBets go to your new address.

Technical Help

I can't see the ProBets form in order to sign up.

The ProBets form is situated in the left-hand menu, beneath the ProBets page link in the Professional Bets section. The ProBets form works from a cookie created in your temporary internet files folder. The cookie is created when you tick the 'remember me' box when you sign in. Your email address is used to look for your details on the ProBets database and to display your current status. If you did not click the 'remember me' box when you signed in, please follow these steps:

1. Close your browser.

2. Open a new browser to start a new session.

3. Sign in and tick the 'remember me' box.

4. Follow the rest of the sign in process and the ProBets form should appear.

If you have cookies disabled or the privacy settings on your browser are set too high, the cookie file cannot be created. You can leave your privacy settings as they are, but you need to allow cdsystems.uk.com to create a cookie. You can do this by following these steps:

1. Click Tools in the menu at the top of your browser.

2. Click Internet Options from the drop down menu.

3. Click the Privacy tab.

4. Click the Sites button.

5. Enter http://www.cdsystems.uk.com in the 'Address of website' field.

6. Click the Allow button.

7. Click OK to exit.

This will allow cdsystems.uk.com, and only cdsystems.uk.com, to create a cookie that will hold your email address only.

I am a ProBets member but I can't see my account balance online.

When you register for ProBets, a cookie containing your email address (only) is placed on your PC. This cookie is used to update your online ProBets record from the database. If for any reason the cookie is deleted, your online balance will display as zero. This will not in any way affect your service because the database knows your correct balance.

Please follow these steps to reinstall the cookie so that your balance displays correctly on your screen:

1. On the ProBets form, enter your ProBets username.

2. Enter the email address with which you originally registered.

3. Enter 10.00 in the deposit/withdraw box.

4. Click the Deposit button (don't worry, you won't be depositing).

5. Do NOT click the Confirm button.

6. Instead, click on one of the Free Bets page links two or three times (eg Stableinsider) and your current balance will reappear.

A Brief Introduction to Betting as an Investment

In the current economic climate there are increasingly more reasons why betting, when conducted professionally, can provide a very attractive alternative to traditional forms of financial investment.

Basic investment philosophy

The setting up of a betting bank is crucial to the success of your investment. That bank is your investment, just as it would be if you had a portfolio of stocks and shares, and my job is to manage it and make it grow. Your investment is geared to the buying of racehorses' chances rather than gold or copper but it works in the same way.

My operation is geared to progressive growth rather than short-term jackpot-hunting. If, at the end of an investment period, the growth of your investment is greater than you could have achieved with a financial package from a high-street bank, building society or financial services outlet, then the exercise will have been worthwhile. Historical performance has shown that far greater rewards than these traditional methods are possible on a consistent basis.

Trading in the chances of racehorses can produce exciting results when handled correctly, as can be seen from the fact that I managed a betting fund which provided a growth of 1,183% over a seven year period.

The main emphasis of my risk management strategy is to safeguard your investment. I will not allow it to be exposed to any greater risk than is necessary. The potential effect of negative sequences is carefully calculated and prepared for. With this essential safeguard in place, staking is optimised to ensure the maximisation of profits.

Here are a few excerpts from the training manual of one of the world's top fund management companies, clearly showing how the principles of traditional investment strategy can be successfully applied to betting:

"...if the risks are either too high or too low, then bet sizes and/or bankroll can be adjusted to produce the desired amount of risk."

"...profits and losses do not likely alternate with smooth regularity; they appear, typically, as winning and losing streaks. When the entire investor-manager team realizes this as natural, it is more likely to stay the course during drawdowns, and also to stay appropriately modest during winning streaks."

"...in actual practice, the most important psychological consideration is ability to stick to the system. To achieve this, it is important (1) to fully understand the system rules, (2) to know how the system behaves and (3) to have clear and supportive agreements between all parties that support sticking to the system."

By correctly following the simple rules of my investment plan you will give yourself every opportunity to reap the rewards it can provide.