Outwith Matching - Benie Des Dieux is probably my bet of the week in the 4.10.
£210 up today with a mix of Matched betting and a little bit of Expected Value (where you don't match the bets but ensure that the offers mean the long term value will be there).
They'd have to be rather stingy offers if they didn't!
UNREAL - bloody Ruby Walsh at the last again....................honestly - easiest win of the week and falls at the last!
cost me too, on a genuine bet as well
Hard to get a decent match at the moment on the 1st race via Skybet....QL is around £4/£4.50 for the £20. I think it was like £1.xx yesterday
Not sure what you are trying to achieve, but I have simply been laying off to cover the potential winnings. There is no qualifying loss.
If the horse wins, I get nothing but I don't lose anything either. If the horse loses, I win whatever my stake is on smarkets.
Yesterday returned £13.50, today hopefully will be £21
Basically if the horse you back for the £20 returns you £80 then lay off whatever amount matches that £80
Does anyone else slightly lower their 'lay' bet? Just for a little more excitement in that the backed bet will create a larger profit?
For example, Yes Bets is telling me to back a horse at odds of 11.0 and lay at odds of 11.5...
The free bet is £25 so the backed bet will return £250 if won.
I've then only lay £15 with a liability of £157.50... Albeit if the horse doesn't win, I'll only be up £15. However, if it does, I'll be up a lot more.
Does this actually work out or have I completely got the wrong end of the stick?
I appreciate I could be guaranteed a little more profit if I did it by the book but puts a little more excitement in to it.
Quick questions for the regulars – the daily/weekly reloads that are offered by bookies (Skybet: Bet 25, get 5. Coral: Bet £25 get £10 (£5 in store, £5 online). Paddy: Bet 5x£10, get £10. (mentioned by @Diddums in another thread) do you actually do these?
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Or is it all on 2UP’s and other offers now that you can keep it going consistently?
I appreciate I could be guaranteed a little more profit if I did it by the book but puts a little more excitement in to it.
It does work but it is effectively gambling. The long term profit from matching completely will exceed your proposed approach.
No it shouldn't, laying is -EV, it is done for insurance/to lock in profit but in the long term you lose money at the exchange. If you bias things so you don't lay as much as you should (or indeed if you don't lay at all) then you're going to have a higher +ev albeit you're exposing yourself to plenty of variance.
I disagree with this I am afraid. Assuming the bookie odds are accurate (i.e. the outcomes reflect the accurate likelihood of happening) then it comes down to the QL compared to the bookie margin. If bookie margin is 9% (which is by and large is if you add up the odds) and your QL is c4% then your profit should be greater by sticking with the exchange.
£70 profit on Betway today