Recently, services for analyzing the odds offered by different bookmakers have become particularly relevant. This method is the only one that claims the title of a foolproof way to make money betting. There are plenty of supergiants here, but young projects must not be overlooked. One such project is the subject of today’s review—the Scanbets.ru service. Do not confuse this resource with domain-name analogues. The site appeared online in 2016. It is distinguished by an interesting history, suspicious simplicity, and vague prospects. Nevertheless, it does its job.

General information

After entering the site, absolutely nothing is visible or clear. At the time of the review, the homepage consisted of a short but understandable top and only menu, and a darkened image of a football field. The project's unfinished state is obvious. The site is available in English and Russian. There is no information whatsoever about the project, registration details, prospects, or plans. They could at least have placed an advertising slogan in the middle of the screen. But let us not jump to conclusions. At the time of its release, the resource looked completely different. Screenshots have survived online showing a high-quality logo, an actual background, additional information, an expanded menu, and a link to a VKontakte group. It looked presentable and interesting. Why the project managers made such radical changes to the layout, design, and entrance page as a whole remains a mystery. The conclusion suggests a major modernization, since removing a finished shell and making the site “dry and gray” because it had been abandoned would not be logical. Moreover, the latter is not the case: people communicate in the chat, the odds assessment algorithm works, and the paid subscription is open. No complaints about fraud have been received.

The site has not been left without contact information. An E-mail address is constantly displayed in the bottom sidebar. This address is used for general communication. It is linked to a working hosting service, and a reply is received. If any questions arise regarding the subscription, the resource's operation, or other topics, users can reach out. The language, incidentally, can be switched using the links in the lower-right part of the page. The service has an English localization. At the same time, the domain is Russian, so there is a possibility of a move to an international domain. Today, many similar projects launch with Western clients. The surebet service is well adapted to the Russian segment. Judging by the designation next to the E-mail link, scanbets.ru is a registered trademark. This is hard to believe: it looks like a standard protective measure against scammers and unscrupulous webmasters. But if that is indeed the case, it is an additional point in favor of the project's prospects.

Menu items

There are no full reviews of Scanbets online. To be fair, we will not look exclusively at the graphical shell. Beauty is important, but in services of this kind, efficiency, simplicity, and convenience come first. By these criteria, the resource is far from being among the last. The main menu contains the following items:

home;
scanner;
calculator;
chat;
profile.

The list ends with an “Exit” button. The first link takes us to an incomplete entrance page. The next item leads directly to the page with the scanner. Next, it is possible to use the calculator to assess an individual event—not necessarily that of this surebet service—and chat with other users. There are few of the latter online, but they are present, and communication is maintained. In the profile, you can find the email address used for registration, the chat login, a referral link, and information about the affiliate program (more on that later). The settings list offers only a password change. There is a button for paying for the subscription. It opens surebets with profitability above 1%. No specific details are provided; you can write to the administration. Some may call it sparse, but on closer examination, there is nothing superfluous. The question of multifunctionality is purely individual; however, for finding arbitrage betting, this minimum is quite sufficient.

How to use it

It is intuitively clear that you need to go to “Scanner”. This opens the full list of available surebets. There is a note about the profitability percentage. A paid subscription is required to access profits above 1%. Incidentally, it does not cost that much—399 rubles/month. But is it worth spending this money? Let us assess the resource's effectiveness. An individual surebet consists of several columns of characteristics. The first shows the profitability, and the second shows the sport. There is football, handball, basketball, hockey, tennis, volleyball, and baseball.

Attention! A glitch was noticed during the review. When navigating to the settings section at the very top of the page, the surebet table unexpectedly disappeared. Logging in through another browser, reloading, and other measures did not help. The problem is probably related to the algorithm itself. A serious shortcoming.

There are no specific details regarding the percentage of profit after purchasing a paid subscription. Please clarify this information with the administration by E-mail. Next comes the actual arbitrage betting pair. We will discuss the available bookmakers later. It seems that the selection algorithm works quite well: the program reads and correctly pairs events in both Cyrillic and Latin script. The table does not provide a full description of the match. We will count this as a disadvantage, since match information plays an important role in surebet betting. To avoid missing profitable arbitrage betting opportunities, everything should be in one place. But the project is young, and it still has its whole future ahead of it. Clicking any match name opens a calculator where the values are inserted automatically. We will also discuss it separately.

Sorting through a pile of surebets manually is inconvenient and unprofessional. The settings allow you to choose suitable arbitrage betting opportunities from the general list. Many will now say, “Where are there any?” On the contrary, the internet has plenty of projects with such glaring shortcomings. Not all of them have been abandoned; some operate entirely through paid subscriptions. Click the corresponding “Settings” link. The good thing is that we do not end up on a new page: an auxiliary menu appears. The filter is presented in several columns. In the first, we are asked to select suitable bookmakers. At the time of the review, there was a layout problem: two subcolumns marked “?”, where checkboxes need to be selected. It is not very clear which one specifically to use. The results are identical in both options, but it is better to select both. Next, we select the sports. The third column is devoted to markets: match winners, handicaps, totals, periods, corners, and others. The row ends with a column of main parameters. You can turn the sound on or off, set a profitability percentage, specify the odds, and set the match start time. There is an additional link for clearing previously hidden events.

Available calculator

Choosing an arbitrage scanner is an individual matter. Once they find a suitable option, professional bettors hold on to it tooth and nail. It is not uncommon for the stars not to align in one place: the scanner is good, but the calculator leaves much to be desired. There is no need to start looking for another arbitrage tool again. For example, a decent calculator is available free of charge on this website after registration. To access it, go to the corresponding menu section. Unlike the scanner table, no shortcomings were noticed in it. The algorithm works reliably, follows the settings, and is available at any time of day or night. There are no limits on the number of operations.

Essentially, this is a basic tool with the necessary set of functions. This is its main advantage: it is impossible to get confused. The creators also approached the explanations in a user-friendly way. When hovering over the same “P” and “F” items, there is no complicated breakdown of options, which global projects like so much. The first has the concise label “Which bets to distribute the profit across,” and the second says “Fix the stake amount.” The other settings also raise no questions. The following items are available.

Number of surebet outcomes.
Its type.
Odds.
Commission.
Stake amount.
Profit.

You can additionally set an individual exchange rate, a rounding parameter, and whether to account for them when calculating the rate. Everything is covered; there is nothing else to add. Simple, clear, convenient, and fast. A clear advantage of the project over its alternatives. Speaking of the latter.

It is best understood through comparison

There are hundreds of similar projects on the internet. For comparison, we will not consider the giants of the industry at Scanbets.ru, but turn to analogues at approximately the same level of development. We move on to the search and start monitoring. We did not have to delve deeply; the network even yielded a couple of namesakes. These are arbitrage bettors with similar domains. It is possible that these are projects from the same development team. For some reason, users paid much more attention to Scanbet.ru (do not confuse the website addresses). Let us clarify right away that the service stopped operating back in 2017. However, the scanning results, filters, and site layout remained untouched. This is enough for a full comparison.

First—the layout. Visually, the competitor Scanbet.ru looks more colorful, but it displays correctly in far from all browsers. This is caused by incorrect advertising settings and the abundance of advertising on the home page. It does not break the layout, but it is irritating and significantly slows down the site. In some cases, it does not load at all, and the page has to be refreshed 2-3 times. There is no good contact information here either: only E-mail is available. But unlike Scabets.ru, the competitor took care to provide at least some textual description. The home page contains information about the site's purpose, its operating principles, advantages, and development plans. Incidentally, its demise came after the security system of two major bookmakers—Marathon and BetCity—was updated. The scanner simply could not read the information. Over the course of a year, this shortcoming completely deprived the portal of its flow of old and new users. Once upon a time, there was a news feed, whose promotion was not even considered. There are three entries: in 2010, 2012, and 2015. But overall, that was all, and it is clearly not enough on Scanbets.ru.

The analogue's top menu contains items marked with question marks. The first leads to the home page, the second to the guestbook. It is analogous to the chat on Scanbets.ru. There is no separate calculator on the portal, which we will count among the disadvantages of Scanbet.ru. The “Monitoring” tab has a dropdown men where you need to select a bookmaker. We click it and arrive at the filter page. The first stage is choosing the sports. For the experiment, let us select everything in Parimatch. The second page offers a choice of the match start time and the interval for changes in values. For the latter, the minimum is 10 minutes, which is rather long by modern standards. On Scanbets, the data is updated much more frequently. Next, we select tournaments in specific sports and click “Show.” As a result, we get a table that is not so easy to understand. It has columns for the event date, information about the participants, and a mass of odds for the outcomes. There is no automatic calculation or pop-up calculator. The optimal outcomes are simply highlighted in blue.

Scanbets.ru may not be as attractive, but it is much more functional. Yes, it has serious problems with the scanner, but that is a solvable problem. If we compare it with the closest possible analogue, the arbitrage bettor comes out well ahead. It is simple, clear, convenient, and moderately versatile. There are still plenty of problems, but the project launched less than 2 years ago. There is no sign of much financial support. Considered as a low-budget project, it is a decent result. If it became the second brainchild of the same team Scanbet.ru, the achievements are evident.

Affiliate program

The optimal way to attract additional users to this category of projects. This service did not miss the opportunity to use it, although it did not emphasize this type of advertising. Information about it can be found in the “Profile” section. Each user receives a unique referral link. Everything works as standard: a person visits, registers, and makes a purchase. Your profit is expressed as a share of the funds they spend. More specifically, 20% of the money deposited by the referral. For convenience, the developers added fields showing the number of invited users and the total income from them. That is where the details of the affiliate program end. Why is it so sparse? At first, it gives the impression of incompleteness and fraud. However, after reflection, we come to the conclusion that nothing more is needed. The only thing we would like is to make sure that we will not become victims of scammers. There is no information about the developers, and the E-mail address will not help. The only thing one can extract is the wallet number by going to the subscription payment section. Here is our advice: invite a couple of people and let them pay for the subscription. If the money arrives and can be withdrawn, feel free to use the affiliate program.

Additional support

Questions that require urgent answers arise from time to time. There is no time to write to the developers and languish while waiting. The service does not provide a direct chat with the administration, but there is a standard one. It was not created merely for show; it actually functions. There are not many people there, but the response frequency is quite good. Some questions are answered after just 2-3 minutes. We hope that as the project develops, the chat will not lose its relevance.

Incidentally, after registration, the user is assigned a unique nickname. It is not necessary to keep it. To change it, go to “Profile” and edit the information in the corresponding field. There is nothing more to add.

Conclusion

At first glance, it seemed likely to result in a critical review with all the consequences. People online are already paying attention to this service, although it is hardly promoted and is completed rather poorly. Nevertheless, it fulfills its task. Even with the free scanner, it is possible to make decent money thanks to the prompt updating of data and the built-in calculator. The affiliate program and the chat with live communication also cannot be overlooked. Simple and to the point.

Now for the disadvantages. The lack of proper contacts and some information about the developers is concerning. We understand that anonymity is not uncommon in this field, but we are going to buy a subscription. It is quite cheap, but 400 rubles is still money. Incidentally, besides the Yandex wallet number, the profile section contains a phone number linked to a Qiwi account. The appearance of the website does not work in the developers’ favor. Something also needs to be done about the absence of basic text previews and summaries. The list of shortcomings is completed by glitches in the scanner display. Scanbets.ru performs its tasks, but needs significant refinement. In any case, for a project with a small budget and an age of less than 2 years, this is a decent result.