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As for paying for tips/ratings - I look at it as outsourcing much of the hard work which I don't have time to do. I subscribe to numerous services as well as having my own selection methods.

Anyway, when you are making money from a service the cost becomes more insignificant as you increase turnover.

For mine the seemingly high cost of Valuebet is an R&D cost I'm happy to wear for a period of evaluation.