Well, I've been mad busy the last couple of months so haven't been online too much. I don't often stray from the Bloggers forum but on a whim I had a little browse and my eye was caught by this huge nearly 500 page long thread and I got curious....
After much browsing, consider me IN! I doubt I'll ever be a 'big player' or anything, but reckon every now and then this could be fun and more money is always good
On the free trial of PA (clicked your banner [member=1]Jon[/member]
) at the moment and just laid my qualifier at Coral. Have bet on a horse running soon-ish - 1) because I was impatient and didn't want to wait for the footie to finish before I could confirm that I'd done everything right before placing the free bet and 2) because Coral offer a Best Price Guarantee on the nags so if it wins and it's odds drift then I might luck out with a little extra.
If I've done it right then it's an 0.19/0.18p loss on the qualifier.
Wondered if anyone had any suggestions about Betfair though. When opening my account I went via Quidco which is offering £20 Cashback for £10 deposit/£10 wagered on the Sportsbook. Betfair themselves have also given me a £10 wagered/£10 Free Bet.
Obviously I can't lay against Betfair Sportsbook in the Exchange - with the Cashback it should theoretically not matter because the Cashback exceeds the minimum wager, but I'm always a little antsy about Cashbacks in case they are not paid out down the line, in which case I'd be £10 down if both the wager and the follow free bet lost.
Shall I just suck it up and consider this a limited risk thing or am I missing a trick?
Excited to be on the Matched Betting Hype Train - toot toot!