Matched betting - who's done it and who's good at it? (No Referrals)

amigafan2003 said:
Those aren't mug bets though - you're taking too much value.

Make a few of those regularly and the bookie will ban your account.
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Oh. That was one lucky occasion though, i tend to do lots for £20 where the odds are just slightly out, making a quid here and there, rather than just bet on MBS, especially on Skybet etc where you have to stake an amount per week for a free bet.

BigT said:
So @amigafan2003 makes a good point - bookies will cotton on

But that aside, what stops you from extending your theory the 18/1 shot won't win? Why not just lay the horse without backing it - it'll never win right?
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It's not that extreme, it's breaking even worst case but rather than win a quid on my little bets i win £1.50. it's little bits but they soon add up and if the maths works why not? Obviously amigafan has made a good point as to why not.

The other reason I'm doing volumes of bets is the sites where i got a massive sign up bonus, but need to turn it over.
 
wesimmo said:
It's not that extreme, it's breaking even worst case but rather than win a quid on my little bets i win £1.50. it's little bits but they soon add up and if the maths works why not?
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So this is where I'm probably not understanding. Generally you don't have a normal matched bet where you make a little whatever the result. You normally have a situation where you lose a little whatever the result.

If you are only matching bets where you always win a little then regardless of what strategy you employ you're going to get gubbed for looking for too much value. And definitely don't choose those type of bets when looking to meet rollover requirements as it screams 'Matched Bettor' to the bookies.
 
booyaka said:
followed this guy about 3 years ago - did ok. He's back and just completed 2 back to back, £20 to £1000 challenges.

I was in the 2nd one and got £20 to £250 and bottled it - can't put £250 on a game that i don't even know the league or the teams playing!!! lol

https://www.facebook.com/FootballSuperTipster/
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He's an affiliate marketer though, who I detest when people get suckered in by these guys and use his links he posts. He wins when you loses.
 
Belloni said:
He's an affiliate marketer though, who I detest when people get suckered in by these guys and use his links he posts. He wins when you loses.
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of course he is - I don't fall for that part of the links but if was good fun and at the end of the day it's £20 if it all goes wrong.
 
booyaka said:
of course he is - I don't fall for that part of the links but if was good fun and at the end of the day it's £20 if it all goes wrong.
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I know sorry, but I was following another "tipster" a week ago out of interest, and he had around 4,000 people saying they were following his challenge bet, that's a lot of commission for when it does fail. Not a rant at you sorry.
 
bobbyspangles said:
I have been making at least £1000 a month since November off an initial £100 investment, and that was without the benefit of any sign up offers as I had accounts for most already.

You do need to dedicate a few hours a day to it though and if you don't work from home you're going to struggle with the horses which are the most productive.
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What do you mean by a few hours? I've been doing a few hours each evening and struggle to make half of that amount!
 
Somewhat related to the above... I have completed most of the sign-up offers and got £300 or so (I haven't done some that require wagering)... but now I am a bit lost as to what to do next to continue making money.

I looked into the reload offers on yesbets, but coming from having never bet on anything before this, and only having done simple sign-up bet offers... it all seems a bit confusing!

I see one or two that look somewhat simple, like £25 max Coral fallers insurance on horses... What's the deal/catch here? How likely is it that horse to fall? And if they don't fall, you just take the £1 loss then I guess from the QL?

Thanks!
 
m@rty said:
What do you mean by a few hours? I've been doing a few hours each evening and struggle to make half of that amount!
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Literally a few hours... I work from home though so can get on the horse reloads easily during the day. I'll open up my bookie accounts around 2PM when the racing starts and will place a bet or two every half an hour until 4.30-5 and that's me done for the day. I might also do another 30 minutes in the evening if there is some football on.

Most of the profit comes at the weekend though where I can usually clear £150, then that just leaves £20 a day during the week.

At the beginning you can waste a lot of time thinking about matched betting and browsing for offers etc. that it seems like a time consuming thing and not really worth it, but you really don't need to put a lot in. Once the racing is done for the day I just switch off until the next day.
 
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doodah said:
Switch to more advanced sign up offers and daily horse reloads :).
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Cool thanks will take a look

Separate note: My boylesports account didn't last 48 hours :( I think it was all a bit suspicious to them when (unknown to me) my VPN provider 'UK' server (client runs all the time on my laptop) wasn't actually in the UK... so that got flagged up in a security check, then as I was running through the free £50 promo, on the second stage of bets (out of 5) I've been gubbed :(

Hopefully they allow the bets I placed to go through (they seem to be) so I don't lose out on anything major
 
azibux1 said:
Cool thanks will take a look

Separate note: My boylesports account didn't last 48 hours :( I think it was all a bit suspicious to them when (unknown to me) my VPN provider 'UK' server (client runs all the time on my laptop) wasn't actually in the UK... so that got flagged up in a security check, then as I was running through the free £50 promo, on the second stage of bets (out of 5) I've been gubbed :(

Hopefully they allow the bets I placed to go through (they seem to be) so I don't lose out on anything major
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Are those pending free bets which you have already layed?
 
bobbyspangles said:
Are those pending free bets which you have already layed?
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There is one backed and layed free bet with a liability in the exchange of around £80 I believe (my main concern).

And then 3 qualifying bets which are also backed and layed. Which were to get another £10, which I obviously won't get... but hopefully they allow the pending 4 bets to go through
 
How do you determine how many 'lengths' a horse lost by?

Tried my first reload offer earlier and it was that I get a 25% winnings boost if my horse wins, or a full refund if it loses by 5 lengths or more.

My lay bet won, so the horse lost... but I can't tell by how much it lost. It came 4th I believe and I assume it was less than 4 lengths as I didn't get any refund in William Hill

I did some research and a length just seems to be a measurement distance in horse racing, but I can't see anywhere in the results how many 'lengths' my horse lost by? I know you can just trust the bookies but I'd like to know so I understand it

Anyone please? :)
 
azibux1 said:
I did some research and a length just seems to be a measurement distance in horse racing, but I can't see anywhere in the results how many 'lengths' my horse lost by? I know you can just trust the bookies but I'd like to know so I understand it

Anyone please? :)
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If you're looking at results same day then Sporting Life website under Fast Results > distance. Otherwise use Racing posts website, distances shown there under daily results.
 
Match Catcher and Acca Catcher are now free as part of Profit Accumulator's regular platinum subscription. That puts it ahead of Yesbets as the better service imo.
 
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