Methodology
How we rate
Every score on this site comes from the same six criteria, weighted the same way, applied to everyone. Here they are in full so you can check our arithmetic and argue with our judgement.
The rubric
Verified record
35%Is there a record, and did somebody other than the seller produce it?
A record tracked by an independent service such as Pikkit or Juice Reel scores highest. A screenshot of a betting slip scores nothing. This is weighted heaviest because everything else is decoration without it.
Transparency
20%Do they post the losses as loudly as the wins?
We look for consistent unit sizing, published closing line value, and whether losing months stay visible. Deleted posts and rebranded accounts count against this heavily.
Pricing fairness
15%What does it cost against the edge it could plausibly produce?
We calculate the ROI you would need just to break even on the subscription at a realistic bet volume. Some services need you to beat the market by more than any documented handicapper ever has.
Sample size
15%Enough bets, over enough time, to mean anything?
A 20-bet hot streak is noise. We report the count and the date range next to every ROI figure so you can judge it yourself, and we do not average across suspiciously chosen windows.
Communication
10%Do picks arrive in time to actually bet them?
Timeliness relative to line movement, clarity of the instruction, and whether support answers. A great pick delivered after the line moves three points is not a great pick.
Track record integrity
5%Any history of rebrands, deleted accounts, or unresolved complaints?
Low weight because it is the hardest to verify fairly, but a documented pattern of vanishing and reappearing under a new name is worth knowing about.
The verification labels
Separate from the score, every profile carries one of four labels describing where its record came from. This is the most important thing on the page, and the least flattering label is the most common one.
Unverified is a finding, not an omission. If we could not confirm a record, we say so rather than quietly leaving the section blank or repeating the seller’s own numbers as fact.
Votes are not scores
The monthly leaderboard counts community votes. It measures popularity and audience size, nothing else, and a seller with a large Discord will win it regularly. We publish it under the heading Most Voted and never under Best, and the rubric score always appears beside it. When the two disagree, that disagreement is the interesting part.
What we will not do
- Sell a score, a rank, or a leaderboard position. There is no price for either.
- Let an affiliate relationship move a rating. Commission and score are decided by different criteria and, where a link exists, we say so on the page.
- Publish an aggregate star rating we did not actually collect from readers.
- Review sportsbooks or betting exchanges. We cover the people and software selling you an edge, not the places you put money down. That is a different business with different licensing, and it is not what this site is for.
- Publish a profile that does not clear our data bar. Thin pages stay unpublished rather than padded out.
Corrections
We get things wrong. If a number here is out of date or a record has been misread, tell us and we will fix it and date the correction on the page. Sellers are welcome to submit a tracked record at any time, and a verified record will change a score.