Matched Betting Discussion [OT] Discussion about Matched Betting II {Beginners Guide in 1st Post}

[katbythesea]

Wonder if someone could I've worked this out correctly!

About to do the Bet 365 £200 bonus offer
EG:
£200 on Man U to win
Lay off at Smarkets -
QL - £5.09

£200 (bonus) Both Teams to Score
Lay off at Smarkets - QL - £22.21

Overall profit £172.71

Nervy as never done £200 bet before- let alone 2 of them back to back!

 

[Uhhhhh]

[member=2823]katbythesea[/member] The thing is, bet365 is a good account to have...so unless you're planning on keeping on with the £200 bets after you're done with the sign up then I just would resign myself to having to do the rollover and go in with £20-£50, maybe the odd £100, bets. That's what I did. Plus, both of your bets are quite likely to win at the bookies anyway (but you never know with Man Utd) so you'd still get the rollover.

[member=143]auntygeek[/member] is in the midst of this offer now

 

[askgar]

[member=2823]katbythesea[/member] The thing is, bet365 is a good account to have...so unless you're planning on keeping on with the £200 bets after you're done with the sign up then I just would resign myself to having to do the rollover and go in with £20-£50, maybe the odd £100, bets. That's what I did. Plus, both of your bets are quite likely to win at the bookies anyway (but you never know with Man Utd) so you'd still get the rollover.

[member=143]auntygeek[/member] is in the midst of this offer now

I did 2 x £200 bets to start, then did the rollover at various amounts between £20-£200 depending on the profile of the events and I've been doing every risk free £50 offer since and still have my account (oh, and I won almost EVERY bet during the rollover!) I've just kept mugging regularly after the offer rather than withdrawing the lot on completing the offer.

 

[katbythesea]

[member=2823]katbythesea[/member] The thing is, bet365 is a good account to have...so unless you're planning on keeping on with the £200 bets after you're done with the sign up then I just would resign myself to having to do the rollover and go in with £20-£50, maybe the odd £100, bets. That's what I did. Plus, both of your bets are quite likely to win at the bookies anyway (but you never know with Man Utd) so you'd still get the rollover.

[member=143]auntygeek[/member] is in the midst of this offer now

Thanks - but assuming no rollover did I get the figures right?!!

 

[askgar]

[member=2823]katbythesea[/member] The thing is, bet365 is a good account to have...so unless you're planning on keeping on with the £200 bets after you're done with the sign up then I just would resign myself to having to do the rollover and go in with £20-£50, maybe the odd £100, bets. That's what I did. Plus, both of your bets are quite likely to win at the bookies anyway (but you never know with Man Utd) so you'd still get the rollover.

[member=143]auntygeek[/member] is in the midst of this offer now

Thanks - but assuming no rollover did I get the figures right?!!

Looks correct to me.

I just did the free SkyVegas scratch card (first offer from them I've been eligible for in a while), won £10 on the free card and had to wager £4 more so came out with £6, couldn't seem to use that anywhere else on Sky or withdraw so decided to pick a random slot and wager a bit, after a few 20p spins I got a bonus round and came away with...

£20 from a single free scratch card

 

[katbythesea]

Hmm - getting cold feet now as just read
Please note, you must have settled bets to the value of three times your deposit and bonus prior to making a withdrawal.

so £400 total means must have £1200 settled bets before withdrawing - scary!

 

[Uhhhhh]

[member=2823]katbythesea[/member] It's not that bad once you get on with it...however as the Premier League has just finished it does make it a bit trickier, however the Euros start in about 2-3 weeks. I'd go for some channel 4 races on Saturdays as well to start building a horse profile.

Double check the t&cs - there's a time-limit for the rollover to be completed in.

 

[AJ]

Hmm - getting cold feet now as just read
Please note, you must have settled bets to the value of three times your deposit and bonus prior to making a withdrawal.

so £400 total means must have £1200 settled bets before withdrawing - scary!

Also if you lose the bet at the bookies you'll win at the exchange and won't have to roll over the full amount.

 

[katbythesea]

[member=2823]katbythesea[/member] It's not that bad once you get on with it...however as the Premier League has just finished it does make it a bit trickier, however the Euros start in about 2-3 weeks. I'd go for some channel 4 races on Saturdays as well to start building a horse profile.

Double check the t&cs - there's a time-limit for the rollover to be completed in.

Thanks - ended up just doing £100 deposit as I had a limit set on deposits for some reason when I set account up and it needed 24hrs notice to increase - thought best get on with it being last big match for a while!

 

[Jon]

There's a lot of free spins around on the PA reload page today

 

[malihat]

Is it ok to lay off different outcomes for the same match at the exchange? So for today's match, would it have been ok to lay against Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Betfair? The bookies would be different for the bets, of course.

 

[Uhhhhh]

[member=815]malihat[/member] Totally fine. Actually it's a good thing because they will share the liability if for different selections in the same market (like in the example you gave) and can save on commission

[member=1]Jon[/member] Yeah....lovely of WH to give me "£10 free in shops" on their wheel when I don't live in the UK

 

[Jon]

Is it ok to lay off different outcomes for the same match at the exchange? So for today's match, would it have been ok to lay against Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Betfair? The bookies would be different for the bets, of course.

Yes that's absolutely fine [member=815]malihat[/member]

 

[askgar]

There's a lot of free spins around on the PA reload page today

I'm doing well from them so far, up £30 so far today due to free spins and doing extra spins with those winnings.

 

[AJ]

Hi
Do you all mainly use PA for your offers and reloads? I started out about a week ago but haven't signed upto a payed service yet. I've made around £400 signing upto all the main bookies and was thinking of just taking advantage of reload offers and not signing upto anymore at this point.

 

[Jon]

If you want to go through the entire ball ache of looking for reload offers everyday with every bookie and finding the best way to do them to get the most value from them then go for it

I don't want to Do all that and instead want them spoon fed to me telling me how to get the most from each offer which is why I pay for a service like Pa Because the amount of money you make FAR out weights any small subscription cost you may have

 

[snowball]

You know I do love Frankie!

[member=3692]snowball[/member] if you don't know, slots have what is called RTP - or return to player. This means over thousands of spins, on average you will only get back £96 for every £100 you wager. How we work out value of offers is by calculating how much you'd expect to lose from that amount of wagering and seeing if the bonus you've got is sufficiently large enough to withstand those losses.

In your case wagering that much would typically see you losing £1890 and as you have £1500odd in bonus then it's very likely you'll bust out. That being said, if you get a fabulous bonus round on £10 spins you could well profit! It's worth a go for SURE as there's nothing to lose - this is all bonus funds.

Well I have managed to loose it all! I had been playing for a few hours and still had £43,000 to go with £800 in the pot, I had no chance. Thanks for everyones help on this, if nothing else I know a bit more about slots now and also how you could loose lots on there! It is a very helpful forum. I also bet the £44 and laid it off so that is safe.

Do as [member=2431]Uhhhhh[/member] says and put the £44 cash on a sports bet.

Then pick any of these slots and do at least £10 spins, otherwise you'll be there for far too long with little chance of winning. When you get down to the last £5000 of wagering if you're still doing well then drop to £5 spins. Then at £1000 wagering drop to £1 spins.

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Keep us posted!

 

[malihat]

Seems like a straightforward free £10 bet. Is it ok for me to go ahead with this or should I place a mug bet first?

[member=815]malihat[/member] Nice! If I were you I'd save it for the football tomorrow (FA cup final) and then stick a mug on the England game on Sunday or something. Or, if you want to slowly start to have a horse profile with William Hill (a great bookies to do the horses with) then use the free bet on one of the channel 4 races tomorrow and stick a mug or two on one of the other c4 races.

Edit: Oh and it says if you bet £10 you get the £10 fb, so you'll need to do a £10 qualifier first. £10 qualifier on the horsies tomorrow maybe, and then wait and see if the free bet comes the same day (then use it on another horse, or on the FA cup) or if it goes into your account on Sunday then use for England game perhaps?

I placed a £10 mug on the Barcelona v Sevilla match and the £10 to qualify for the the free bet on a Portland v Vancouver game. Is it ok for me to place the free £10 bet on a horse race for Sunday or should I wait a while as I've already placed 2 bets tonight?

Thanks for all your help. I just don't want to get gubbed.

 

[katbythesea]

Hmm - getting cold feet now as just read
Please note, you must have settled bets to the value of three times your deposit and bonus prior to making a withdrawal.

so £400 total means must have £1200 settled bets before withdrawing - scary!

Also if you lose the bet at the bookies you'll win at the exchange and won't have to roll over the full amount.

I was hoping to but sadly didn't!

 

[charlyn]

Ok I'm confused.. I had quite a few bets on the crystal palace man utd game and just checked my betfair and my bets have all won there both ones that were laying CP and Man utd. I thought man utd won?