I have given this VIP service multiple chances over the past six months, but unfortunately, it has regressed significantly rather than improved. For £40 a month, the value simply isn’t there anymore.

The main issue is the “consensus style” tipping model, which is completely broken. Because all bets must be agreed upon by three tipsters before being posted to Telegram, the prices or lines have already shifted by the time they reach paying members. This is likely because they are heavily backed by the tipsters and the internal Statz crew before we ever see them. Worse yet, the tipsters don’t even bother to check the bookies at the time of posting. When the vast majority of members miss out on the value, the bet is still tracked as a win. They do the same with Exchange bets. If an in-play hunch gets tracked as a win, it doesn’t matter to them that nobody actually managed to get matched.

The strategy behind the tips has also become baffling. Despite having the Statz engine at their disposal, data breakdowns are virtually non-existent now. The service used to stand out for its emphasis on ground data, historical match scores, and detailed variables. Now, it has devolved into lazy logic like, “He’s blanked for 4 matches so he is overdue” or “This pitch looks like a road so expect runs.” Recent form is routinely overstated just to make bets look more attractive than they are. Furthermore, one tipster stubbornly backs players on terrible runs of form to be top batsman or bowler over and over. When it finally hits, it is celebrated as a massive victory, completely ignoring the fact that the winnings barely cover the stakes lost on the prior chasing bets. When I raised this, I was told I shouldn’t view individual bets in isolation, which is entirely a paying customer’s prerogative to do so.

This brings me to the running of the service, where the tipsters are completely detached from the community. They never colour their posts with discussions about their strategies or which tips to prioritise. In fact, it feels like their best bets are given away for free on podcasts and written previews, while VIP members get whatever leftovers they can come up with. While one admin works incredibly hard to keep members engaged, the rest of the Statz employees are invisible unless someone dares to criticise the service. They seem to operate under the assumption that because the lifetime ROI is positive, members have no right to complain.

A betting service is only as good as a member’s ability to replicate the results. With delayed posts, stale prices, lazy analysis, and a total lack of transparency, this VIP service is no longer worth the subscription fee.