5 Common Criticisms Of The RAS Service
Through the years, we have heard the same criticisms of the RAS service again and again, and they’ve been repeated so often they’ve almost become accepted fact. Here is our attempt at addressing the main ones and why they are misguided.
Subscribers cannot get the release line and make a bet at the same odds
The expectation with each release is that the market will move within seconds. To get the full benefit of the service, subscribers must be willing to act quickly to get the release line. Over the past decade, we have continued to innovate our set up and go release procedure to level the playing field and help bettors compete with automation. On free release shows in 2022 with thousands of viewers, we saw that 80%+ of bettors could get the release line despite varying feeds and latency issues. Our service release system is a more controlled environment with experienced bettors more likely to follow the rules. As a result, the success rate of customers getting the release line in the paid service is very high despite what critics say.
Following RAS service releases will get sportsbook accounts limited and shut down
As with any bets that win long term and beat the closing line consistently, following the RAS service is one of the many ways to win in sports betting and to be labeled a sharp. This label brings the risk that sportsbooks may limit or shut down your account, but being limited is certainly not specific to just the RAS service. The sportsbook industry today is increasingly non-tolerant of winning players, and preserving or maintaining active betting accounts is a key skill of winning bettors. While some people following the service have had their accounts limited or shut off, hundreds more have found success betting the same plays season after season.
RAS subscriptions are too expensive
The RAS service is a premium product, but the overall price point is competitive with other sites in the industry. RAS's difference from most services is a documented long-term winning record on widely available lines with market influence for more than 4,000 releases across 20 plus years. The track record and history of this service warrants the price point. For many years, we have had customers advocate for a higher price point to lessen competition to secure the odds of each release. While we have kept pricing consistent, we have made efforts to make the service more accessible for all bettors by providing free picks and content via release shows, substack and discord. If any subscriber decides the service is not for them after subscribing, we offer a no questions asked pro-rated refund.
RAS uses service releases to manipulate lines and create middles
This is a ridiculous claim that does not deserve a serious answer. There is no benefit for RAS to leverage the service to generate middle opportunities. The service releases have been profitable long-term, even against the closing line. Any bettor fading releases at the closing line will not be profitable. The service has been producing winners at a 56% rate long term. If we were sending out bets with the intent to create middles we would not win at the rate we do. It is better for us and anyone following the service to keep the release side which is +EV. The lines on these bets move because of the past success of the service and the influence that our releases have. If we were to release anything other than our true side, the market would stop reacting the way it does and it would be detrimental to RAS, the subscribers and the service overall.
If RAS won, they would bet their picks and make more money than selling them
Whether RAS wins isn't really up for debate at this point. Our documented track record, both short and long-term, our market influence, our closing line value, and the number of high-profile people in the space who have spoken highly of us is second to none. So why do we focus on selling picks instead of betting them? It's just a simple math question. +EV per pick betting vs +EV per pick selling. We've privately been as successful as any major sports betting group for well over two decades but with sports betting expanding in the U.S. and increased marketing efforts, we are for the first time in our careers seeing evidence of pick selling potentially being more profitable and scalable than betting itself.
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