I'm sick of emailin 20+ members so here it is......MATCHED BETTING by anksta

I'm having trouble finding any bets today where I can make any more than about £11.00 profit on my £25 SNR bet with totesport. Grrrr.
 
Deiwos said:
I'm having trouble finding any bets today where I can make any more than about £11.00 profit on my £25 SNR bet with totesport. Grrrr.
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tyr the brondby match - not great but £18 iirc
 
Can people list the casinos they have played?

So far iv played:

888.com
ladbrokes
will hill
VC
coral
gamebookers
little woods

Can't find any other with decent enough Wager requirements.

Any suggestions?
 
Just 'finished' at Ladbrokes:

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:( - Ouch: Lucky that was just with their money and I was up at the end of the qualifying round - that was a really rubbish round! Completely wiped out before reaching target. :eek:
 
Seems a lot of people are beginning to have a bit of trouble with the casino bonuses, its so temptin to give it a go but as people have demonstrated, there is no guarantee you'll make anythin or even stay even.

Aside from a few beginners this thread seems to have moved on a fair bit from a guide so if people can post any good bets they find or bonuses then that will help everyone along, somethin along the lines of a format like this maybe:

Bookie:
Bet Type:
Bookie odds:
BF odds:
% Retention:
 
bolger said:
I played 32 red (deposited £50, lost it :rolleyes:) wagered about 770

Logged into my quidco account and clicked on the 32 red link but i was already a member of 32 red so i wont get a bonus from quidco?
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No I dont think Quidco is bothered about that, like if you went through the tesco link or somethin I think you could do that everytime you bought somethin providin you werent takin the michael.
 
bolger said:
Can people list the casinos they have played?

So far iv played:

888.com
ladbrokes
will hill
VC
coral
gamebookers
little woods

Can't find any other with decent enough Wager requirements.

Any suggestions?
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intercasino.co.uk,intercasino.com, playboycasino.com are all cryptologic casinos like willhill. I am not a member of playboy though

The wagering requirement is higher for BJ than videopoker there so I tend to play 50play or 100play double bonus jacks or better. With 1p coins at 5 coins per hand that works out at £2.50/bet for 50 play and £5/bet for 100 play.

House edge with VP is similar to BJ but variance is greater so your balance will swing up and down more. So you have to learn to play VP to strategy and accept that you will lose your deposit more frequently than with BJ but the odd royal flush will bring your results back into line.

Also check cherrycasino.com and (I think) it's sister site casinoeuro.com. Both offer a 30 $ or euro bonus on a 100 deposit with a 750 wager requirement. Signups may be better.
 
Wow - that was a painful learning curve! Finally finishing my first 2 bookies on matched betting (six bets later - don't ask) it looks like I'll be up a grand total of £6.52ish :p

Learned a couple of lessons the hard way that I've seen highlighted in this thread before - but I may as well share my stupidity with you as it might save someone else my pain:

1/ Make sure you bet / lay on the same fixture (d'uh) - but easily done!

2/ Beware of baseball - As was pointed out earlier, if the lead pitcher changes your BetFair bet will be stopped leaving you exposed.

3/ Free bet: Make sure you bet with the free bet, and not your own money, for the 2nd bet. Not as obvious as it sounds as you have to select 'use free token' or similar when you place your bet and it's easily overlooked (Hence 4 bets with Betfred - all of them cash out of my pocket :( )

4/ Beware the Bonus Bagger: A run of bad luck can wipe you out if you bet too high on each hand - this should only be done if you have the patience to play at £1 or £2 per hand (could mean 2500 hands required to win £250 for example)

I'll add more as I fall foul of them :p
 
@ anyone who has done the 32redcasino bonus, on quidco it says deposit £50 and wager £500 for £50 bonus. On blackhole bonus its saying something about wagering £5k!! Also when you deposit £50 you can get £50 welcome bonus, so im guessing I would need to wager £500 to get the bonus wager that £50 and then wager the £50 welcome bonus to be available to get all of it?
 
Smokes -

Help! I'm having trouble where I'll find decent odds where the bet/lay are about the same, but when I place the lay bet, it isn't taken up/matched quickly on betfair so I start panicing and put the lay odds up a bit to get it matched.

How often are the bets not matched? Am I doing the right thing by putting the odds up slightly to ensure someone takes the bet?
 
You need to check that there is enough cash in the pot (the figure under the lay odds) If there is enough then your 'bet' will be matched immediately. Safest way to go?
 
hungryhungry123 said:
Smokes -

Help! I'm having trouble where I'll find decent odds where the bet/lay are about the same, but when I place the lay bet, it isn't taken up/matched quickly on betfair so I start panicing and put the lay odds up a bit to get it matched.

How often are the bets not matched? Am I doing the right thing by putting the odds up slightly to ensure someone takes the bet?
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It all depends on the market and how close to the off it is. You can put the odds up slightly but you need to adjust your lay stake too, otherwise you liability will be higher. This is one reason why you should go for proper arbs and not just take 3.5/3.6 etc. At least then if the odds move, you are not going to cost youself money by offering higher odds to get matched. :)
 
cavemanoc said:
Wow - that was a painful learning curve! Finally finishing my first 2 bookies on matched betting (six bets later - don't ask) it looks like I'll be up a grand total of £6.52ish :p

Learned a couple of lessons the hard way that I've seen highlighted in this thread before - but I may as well share my stupidity with you as it might save someone else my pain:

1/ Make sure you bet / lay on the same fixture (d'uh) - but easily done!

2/ Beware of baseball - As was pointed out earlier, if the lead pitcher changes your BetFair bet will be stopped leaving you exposed.

3/ Free bet: Make sure you bet with the free bet, and not your own money, for the 2nd bet. Not as obvious as it sounds as you have to select 'use free token' or similar when you place your bet and it's easily overlooked (Hence 4 bets with Betfred - all of them cash out of my pocket :( )

4/ Beware the Bonus Bagger: A run of bad luck can wipe you out if you bet too high on each hand - this should only be done if you have the patience to play at £1 or £2 per hand (could mean 2500 hands required to win £250 for example)

I'll add more as I fall foul of them :p
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Unlucky a lot of them, still, I bet you don't do it again.

Next time, if you win at the bookies, withdraw all the money out of them, leavin only the bonus in there, that should stop you bettin your money needlessly.

Cavemanoc's first error sounds a very careless one but be careful, you stand to lose a lot of money this way and it is much easier than you think to do, I've done it a couple of times now, won 2 lost 1 and its somethin I dont want to risk again.

Sometimes different outcomes have the same odds, the one I messed up was the away win and draw were both 3.5 and the opposing layouts on betfair and the bookie threw me out in a rush. So just watch out.
 
Yeah - certainly learning the lessons - biggest thing is trying to stay organized and on top of everything - I'm not normally particularly ordered and this really does require some planning ;)

(I really see what you mean about trying to lose at the bookies and keep your money in Betfair to save the transfer - actively look to back the draw now as it saves a lot of admin! :p )
 
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I'll be glad when the footy season kicks back off should makes things easier, found it really hard to find a decent bet to use my £50 free bet on today everything was low odds.
 
this may be too good to be true (sort of)

anyway, Stan James £25 sign up / £25 bonus

1 bet, then SNR on your freebet

But they have Man Utd to back @ 1.17, Betfair will lay Man Utd @ 1.17

minimal loss on your qualifer, gives you a bit more for your SNR bet ... so to speak.

note there are no minimum odds on their T&Cs as far as i can see.
 
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