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

I'm confused at the acca's. The Betway club requires a '£25 treble bet for £10 free bet'. What I've read so far is 'stop laying once a team loses'. But I thought that was only if there's a refund for one leg losing. How do I lay normally just as a quali bet?
 
Checked my email and Bet365 have offered me a £50 free in play bet on tonight's Arsenal match. That's a nice £35 right there. Check your mailboxes as invite only - you won't find it on the generic site.
 
Quinnaay said:
been out of the MB scene about 5months due to gubbins and lack of offers. Is it still really dry or is it picking up for the new season?
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It's not as good as last year, but it's a lot better than the past few months have been.

Casino is now >50% of my profit TBH. I did make nearly £200 off the B365 offer last night though thanks to Smarkets being useless and crashing.
 
I'll dive in on Thursday before the footballing weekend starts and pick 2 players. Quidco has £70 cashback for it as well, but I don't know if the offers cross over or not.
 
I went through Quidco, it said I was eligible for the £500 refund still on sign up, so I dived in with £500 today, I decided to do a spread on the players I enjoy watching and some maybes.

30x Morata
30x Lacazette
30x Asensio (who ever he is, but he's the current top pick)
20x Alonso
20x Mkhitaryan
10x Pogba
10x Dele
10x Eden Hazard
10x Eriksen

Currently 30p in profit

I'll cash out or claim a refund next week.
 
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The worry about that for me would be "market manipulation" - it's a fake market, made up by someone. Who's the say it's not being manipulated.

Makes no sense to me.

Pogba price down after a great game at the weekend.
Messi up after getting spanked by Real Madrid last night.
Lacezzete - scored 2 on his debut and price goes down.

I know it's based on "future" performances etc but seems very fake market.
 
booyaka said:
I know it's based on "future" performances etc but seems very fake market.
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indeed, I've not taken a proper look at it but from an initial glance it seems very suspicious

it certainly doesn't sound like your £500 is ever really fully at risk else the offer would be rather generous as far as these things go, but I'm sure it sounds good from a marketing perspective
 
I was about £4 down with 1 stock left after cashing out, I didn't claim for a refund as it would probably be less likely I get the £70 topcashback if liquidation.

I didn't enjoy the site at all, Pogba price went down even though he scored and played well last week, Lacazette's price crashing because his beautiful goal was 1cm offside. Everyone panicking and selling up on a player's average game, I could see no method in the madness in my week there. Only Alonso did me proud with a 30% return.
 
Tosno said:
I was about £4 down with 1 stock left after cashing out, I didn't claim for a refund as it would probably be less likely I get the £70 topcashback if liquidation.

I didn't enjoy the site at all, Pogba price went down even though he scored and played well last week, Lacazette's price crashing because his beautiful goal was 1cm offside. Everyone panicking and selling up on a player's average game, I could see no method in the madness in my week there. Only Alonso did me proud with a 30% return.
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The way I read it on the oddsmonkey site, is its not to do with how well they do in games but how much they get talked about off of the pitch. If anyone had an oddsmonkey sub, take a look at the tutorial and the info sheet on this type of betting
 
Hi to All!

I signed up to OM last week but haven't placed any bets yet as have been taking the time to learn what Match Betting is all about (never done it before). It does indeed seem a good way to make a little profit on the side.

My initial concern though is actually withdrawing my funds from the bookies - if I want to withdraw small amounts (i.e. say I want to withdraw the £40 odd I may have won on my first bet), would they flag my account right away (I will also be placing a one mug bet, and laying it of course, for each offer I complete)?!
 
Different people say different things. What would a mug punter do? Probably leave it in and punt on something else would be my suggestion, but others will say that they'd withdraw it straight away so do the same.

What everyone will agree on I think though is that the best way to withdraw the money form the bookies is not to withdraw and try to 'lose' it into the exchange. i.e. your matched bets end up with the lay side of the match winning. When you have a decent bank this is easier as your SNR freebets tend to return more with longer odds which has the lay side more likely to win.
 
BigT said:
Different people say different things. What would a mug punter do? Probably leave it in and punt on something else would be my suggestion, but others will say that they'd withdraw it straight away so do the same.

What everyone will agree on I think though is that the best way to withdraw the money form the bookies is not to withdraw and try to 'lose' it into the exchange. i.e. your matched bets end up with the lay side of the match winning. When you have a decent bank this is easier as your SNR freebets tend to return more with longer odds which has the lay side more likely to win.
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...ok cheers for that, appreciated.

I guess the only way to find out is to try it out for real! I've set myself up a starter amount of £80. I am planning on working through the 'Easy' offers with OM (most are bet £5, £10 or £30 and get a free equivalent bet type offers), one at a time. i.e Sign up to the first offer, bet the qualifier bet (and lay it), wait for the free bet to be added to my account and then bet the free bet (and lay it) and then bet a mug bet (and Lay it) and then withdraw winnings from both the exchange and the bookie and then sign up to the second offer and repeat the process.

Is this a good strategy for a beginner like me, in order to learn the ropes?!
 
Dino F said:
...ok cheers for that, appreciated.

I guess the only way to find out is to try it out for real! I've set myself up a starter amount of £80. I am planning on working through the 'Easy' offers with OM (most are bet £5, £10 or £30 and get a free equivalent bet type offers), one at a time. i.e Sign up to the first offer, bet the qualifier bet (and lay it), wait for the free bet to be added to my account and then bet the free bet (and lay it) and then bet a mug bet (and Lay it) and then withdraw winnings from both the exchange and the bookie and then sign up to the second offer and repeat the process.

Is this a good strategy for a beginner like me, in order to learn the ropes?!
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leave any money in the exchange thats in the exchange, only withdraw it from the exchange if you need to use it to put the next back on.
 
In an ideal world, as a beginner, you'd have a decent float you can just commit to match betting and leave it all in the bookies and exchanges, withdrawing once in a while.

However that's not practical always so you build it up slowly, but as @Big Spender says, leaving stuff in the exchange is useful because you'll always be needing it. You'll get very frustrated doing things sequentially once you get the hang of it but after you've made a few hundred pounds, and you can start leaving your profits in as working capital, it gets easier.

There are different bookmakers that you want to try harder to not get gubbed from. Bet365 do some amazing £50 free bets (although not so often now) and things like Skybet where you get a regular free bet every week are worth going the extra mile to try and protect.

And finally consider if you are going to be applying for a mortgage in the future and what lots of credits and deposits to bookmakers looks like to a lender. This is one reason some people use a separate bank account for matched betting.
 
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