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

Simon said:
That isn’t commission.

you aren’t going to pick horses with odds of 10 going for second. Often you can get 4 (boosted to 4.23) with a 4.1/4.2 lay
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Sure if you could get 4.23/4.1 that could be useful, but how often can that happen, and if the maximum stake is only £10 then the gain must be minimal.

Unless 1: You get that price differential multiple times
2: By luck, you get many second placed runners.
 
Outcast440 said:
ok, but realistically how many times can you do this per month, per bookmaker?
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Lots! Although I haven't done anything in a while, I've checked back through my spreadsheet and in it's peak, I was placing a couple hundred bets a month. I was fairly low scale compared to a lot of people who were making much more than me.

Outcast440 said:
Let's face it, the chances of picking a horse to come excactly second, are lower than attempting to gain from a standard each way bet.
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There is also a chance you could lose your stake, in which case you are down. With matched betting, if my qualifying bet doesn't hit the reload, I'm down a few p.
 
The question should be, how many times a month, can you find a bet where the differential between back and lay is in your favour, or near enough

say 4.0/4.05 or better
 
So, Smarkets is down. I just lost a bet on there which cost me £100. This is 100% because of their site being unaccessible, meaning I couldn't sort it before it lost.

I'm not even fussed about the money, but I want to go for the jugular. Smarkets has constantly done this at the worst times and this time they ****** me off to the point that I want to make them pay.

I've got screenshots of all the problems, my balances, the bet, an email stating that my account has been blocked due to too many failed login attempts (my password is saved in Chrome and I tried maybe twice before giving up).

I'm currently very time rich so have no problem jumping through the hoops to get it done.

Is this possible? If so, what's the best approach?
 
Diddums said:
So, Smarkets is down. I just lost a bet on there which cost me £100. This is 100% because of their site being unaccessible, meaning I couldn't sort it before it lost.

I'm not even fussed about the money, but I want to go for the jugular. Smarkets has constantly done this at the worst times and this time they ****** me off to the point that I want to make them pay.

I've got screenshots of all the problems, my balances, the bet, an email stating that my account has been blocked due to too many failed login attempts (my password is saved in Chrome and I tried maybe twice before giving up).

I'm currently very time rich so have no problem jumping through the hoops to get it done.

Is this possible? If so, what's the best approach?
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guess you would need to start with speaking to them/complaining. Don't expect to get anywhere with it however.

Happens all the time on Betfair and it's covered in their T&C's about downtime/maintenance /site accessibility etc

You other option would have been to to the trade/lay etc via Betfair exchange if Smarkets was down.
 
Oh how I wish I had found this thread years ago! I have done a lot of the sign up offers now £1866 profit 3.5 months in. How much are people managing after all the sign ups?

Some of the bet clubs are a joke PP is ok 5x10 for 10. Sk-i is also ok as it can be done in one bet. Nov-ee bet does not seem worth it 10x10 for 10. Got to get 10 close matches in a week on prem games ideally.

I have had decent success with casino offers as well. Using Odds M as my source. Thought it best to hide the bookie name hence the strange spellings lol
 
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