Any matched bettor's on the forum?

[Godsahibby]

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Bet365 in play offer back tonight for the Wales vs Belgium match....guaranteed £35 profit through matched betting.. .

With Wales getting through im really hoping they will do this offer again for the semi.

[Billy]

I've found a betting website that has just started up and they are offering 20 free bets for tomorrow night's Euro matches.

You only need to register but don't need any deposit as it's free to play and you can win 3K but they have other cash prizes.

the site is fanager.com

Hope it's okay to post this, just thought I'd pass it on with the hope that either I or a fellow Hibby might win the cash

[matty_f]

Does anyone still do this? How's it going now?

[Godsahibby]

I am still doing it. Not done any since the Euros though taking a break before the new season.

I had used that Profit Accumulator for a while to get used to it but cancelled the subscription a few months ago, there are plenty of other places out there and I am emailed daily by the bookies with offers.

[green&left]

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Does anyone still do this? How's it going now?

Got upto £400 quid starting in April until end of the euros. Havn't touched it since then. Paid for my Copenhagen trip. Will get back into it in the new season but when the new offers dry up i'll probably patch it in. Had a good run at it but the 'reload' offers aren't worth the hassle for me personal, bet £30 for a £5 free bet etc which equates to about £2.60 profit. Still plenty to be made though, was luckily enough to move house and change bank at the same time so a new customer for all the bookies

[green&left]

PS this blogs a good one, freebie aswell > http://matchedbettingblog.com/

[Godsahibby]

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PS this blogs a good one, freebie aswell > http://matchedbettingblog.com/

Yeah agreed mate that one is very good,

[matty_f]

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PS this blogs a good one, freebie aswell > http://matchedbettingblog.com/

Cheers for sharing that!

[matty_f]

I picked this up the other night (when I posted to see if folk still did it). Only really dabbled with a couple of offers so far but find it pretty easy to use the different calculators and bet finders. Have been using Betfair to do the lay bet, that is pretty straightforward as well.

The profits per offer aren't massive - even if you pick big odds you have to have a relatively significant amount in the exchange account to lay the bet, and so I've been trying to do it without making too many deposits into the exchange account.

Will start to build that one up a bit to take bigger odds on the back bets further down the line.

What are the reload offers like? I'd gone to sign up to the Profit Accumulator site but changed my mind when the blog above was posted, and will work my way through those intro offers first.

The next step will be checking out the reload offers - some of them seem a bit spurious though - back a team and if they score you get a free bet, things like that?

[Godsahibby]

Bet365 with a cracking start offer to the season doing their £50 in play bet.

[overdrive]

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The next step will be checking out the reload offers - some of them seem a bit spurious though - back a team and if they score you get a free bet, things like that?

There used to be much better reload offers. I think the bookies are getting wise to match betting. Saying that though, the 888 Sport Goals Mean More offer was fantastic last year (similar to the type you describe). It is not as great this year by the looks of it.

[JoeT]

I started doing this in December when I first saw this thread, signed up to one of the subscription sites for the first month to learn the ropes and now keep an eye on the matchedbettingblog site and use the free oddsmonkey matching software and calculator

Today I ticked over the £7000 profit mark that's taken 8 months to get to, well worth the few hours effort each week

Treat it as a bit of a hobby that brings in a nice part-time 'wage'

Won't last forever as I've been limited / banned from promotions on quite a few accounts but can sign up the wife etc to keep things going a little longer

Good luck to anyone trying, needs a little patience but as your bankroll builds the more offers you can do in parallel and you can find a few more complex methods to keep things ticking over: extra place offers, each way arbing etc

[matty_f]

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I started doing this in December when I first saw this thread, signed up to one of the subscription sites for the first month to learn the ropes and now keep an eye on the matchedbettingblog site and use the free oddsmonkey matching software and calculator

Today I ticked over the £7000 profit mark that's taken 8 months to get to, well worth the few hours effort each week

Treat it as a bit of a hobby that brings in a nice part-time 'wage'

Won't last forever as I've been limited / banned from promotions on quite a few accounts but can sign up the wife etc to keep things going a little longer

Good luck to anyone trying, needs a little patience but as your bankroll builds the more offers you can do in parallel and you can find a few more complex methods to keep things ticking over: extra place offers, each way arbing etc

That's some going! Do you get a message from the bookies to say they've limited your offers, and how long does it take to get to that point?

[Killiehibbie]

Bet Stars will give you 3 £10 free bets for staking £10.

[Thief]

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That's some going! Do you get a message from the bookies to say they've limited your offers, and how long does it take to get to that point?

Yeah, it's usually in the form of an email telling you in a nice way you're no longer eligible for offers or promotions.
How early that happens can vary but the bookies have sophisticated software checking for evidence of matched betting and the email usually makes reference to betting not following normal patterns of recreational betting lol.
I lost paddy power, bet victor and 888 very early on. Gutted

[matty_f]

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Bet Stars will give you 3 £10 free bets for staking £10.

Good spot. BetonBrazil also do a £10 free bet if you deposit and bet £10 using code MINCE10.

[matty_f]

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Yeah, it's usually in the form of an email telling you in a nice way you're no longer eligible for offers or promotions.
How early that happens can vary but the bookies have sophisticated software checking for evidence of matched betting and the email usually makes reference to betting not following normal patterns of recreational betting lol.
I lost paddy power, bet victor and 888 very early on. Gutted

How many bets did you place to reach that point? I looked on a couple of forums last night and they said to avoid obscure bets (wish I'd read that before backing and laying a both teams to score bet in the Alloa game at the weekend )

The advice on the forums was to go for popular matches instead.

I think there looks like enough offers around that you can stand to lose a couple of bookies and still do ok.

[Thief]

Paddy power must've been a world record! Was within a fortnight and I'd only had 3 or 4 bets! Bet victor was a couple months and I probably deserved it as I was a wee bit careless with free bets and high odds
888 sports was down to a highly successful run on last seasons goals mean more where I had Leicester & man city, and was I believe part of a widespread clear out they had as they lost a fortune on the goals means more prom and they've also changed it this season.
The main problem is using the free bet at high odds, so try to avoid doing that too much.
I often use the free bet now on a televised game & don't lay it off.
Think the trick is to avoid a pattern that their software is primed to look for

[matty_f]

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Paddy power must've been a world record! Was within a fortnight and I'd only had 3 or 4 bets! Bet victor was a couple months and I probably deserved it as I was a wee bit careless with free bets and high odds
888 sports was down to a highly successful run on last seasons goals mean more where I had Leicester & man city, and was I believe part of a widespread clear out they had as they lost a fortune on the goals means more prom and they've also changed it this season.
The main problem is using the free bet at high odds, so try to avoid doing that too much.
I often use the free bet now on a televised game & don't lay it off.
Think the trick is to avoid a pattern that their software is primed to look for

I take it they can't see that you've laid the bet at a different bookie?

I have no issue with not going for the high odds - never enough in the exchange account to cover a high liability.

[Thief]

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I take it they can't see that you've laid the bet at a different bookie?

I have no issue with not going for the high odds - never enough in the exchange account to cover a high liability.

Not legitimately, I don't think, but I've read post on various forums about cookies being monitored. No idea if that's genuine or just paranoia on their part lol.

Think the main thing they look for is qualifying bet at minimum and free bet much higher than your usual bet.

Mixing it up seems to work as I haven't had any issues since 888 ditched me

[JoeT]

I think avoiding large withdrawals may help, I've lost hills and sportingbet in the last week after a couple of 6-folds and horses came in, restricted within a couple of hours/next day after withdrawals of £500+
I maybe should have took it out in dribs and drabs to avoid anyone looking at my account

[matty_f]

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I think avoiding large withdrawals may help, I've lost hills and sportingbet in the last week after a couple of 6-folds and horses came in, restricted within a couple of hours/next day after withdrawals of £500+
I maybe should have took it out in dribs and drabs to avoid anyone looking at my account

I got emails this morning from Betway and Betbright saying they'd restricted offers on the accounts. I think I only placed the qualifying bet on Betbright - not even the free bet that you get for opening the account!

At least I'd done the offer on the Betway one.

Anyone do the acca refund offers? I was trying to make sense of the calculator on profitaccumulator that tells you what to lay and how to win on them, but as far as I could see it looks like you'll always have a big loss if the qualifying bet wins.

[Thief]

Used their spreadsheets last season for quite a few accas. Tried the lay all and the refund one and did not bad with them.
If you're going for the refund and all have won but the last one is still to play, the spreadsheet alters your lay to reflect the fact that you're either going to win or qualify for the refund.
Hard to explain and I spent ages trying to get my head round it!
I haven't even looked at the new Acca software they have but it sounds promising.
Busy at work just now but hopefully get right into it in couple weeks time

[matty_f]

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Used their spreadsheets last season for quite a few accas. Tried the lay all and the refund one and did not bad with them.
If you're going for the refund and all have won but the last one is still to play, the spreadsheet alters your lay to reflect the fact that you're either going to win or qualify for the refund.
Hard to explain and I spent ages trying to get my head round it!
I haven't even looked at the new Acca software they have but it sounds promising.
Busy at work just now but hopefully get right into it in couple weeks time

That makes sense, when I was looking at it without filling anything it out just looked like you had to lay much more each time, to the point where you were massively over the potential win on the bet.

[overdrive]

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Not legitimately, I don't think, but I've read post on various forums about cookies being monitored. No idea if that's genuine or just paranoia on their part lol.

Think the main thing they look for is qualifying bet at minimum and free bet much higher than your usual bet.

Mixing it up seems to work as I haven't had any issues since 888 ditched me

Also, avoid laying a Paddy Power bet with Betfair. They are the same company (obviously don't lay a Betfair Sportsbook bet with the Betfair Exchange).

In terms of accounts getting restricted, don't take the proverbial (i.e. don't just do promos), don't always take high value with the qualifying bets or mugs (i.e. they should not all be close matches with the lay odds), try to stick to high profile football and very high profile racing (no obscure meetings) and don't take arbs (price boosts are fine but again don't abuse them).

[matty_f]

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Also, avoid laying a Paddy Power bet with Betfair. They are the same company (obviously don't lay a Betfair Sportsbook bet with the Betfair Exchange).

In terms of accounts getting restricted, don't take the proverbial (i.e. don't just do promos), don't always take high value with the qualifying bets or mugs (i.e. they should not all be close matches with the lay odds), try to stick to high profile football and very high profile racing (no obscure meetings) and don't take arbs (price boosts are fine but again don't abuse them).

That's a good shout about PP and Betfair - I never knew they were the same company. Betfair and Betfair Exchange is obvious enough!

I was quite pleased to see that Betbright, despite restricting my account, still honoured the £20 free bet.

I'm hoping it wins, as I've a sky diver stuck in that account and they have a tenner minimum withdrawal, and there's no danger I'm using them again if they've restricted me.

[Killiehibbie]

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That's a good shout about PP and Betfair - I never knew they were the same company. Betfair and Betfair Exchange is obvious enough!I was quite pleased to see that Betbright, despite restricting my account, still honoured the £20 free bet.I'm hoping it wins, as I've a sky diver stuck in that account and they have a tenner minimum withdrawal, and there's no danger I'm using them again if they've restricted me.

Just deposit another tenner than withdraw £15.

[matty_f]

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Just deposit another tenner than withdraw £15.

I just used their live chat and asked them to close the account and return the fiver. The guy did it straight away.

[overdrive]

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That's a good shout about PP and Betfair - I never knew they were the same company. Betfair and Betfair Exchange is obvious enough!

I was quite pleased to see that Betbright, despite restricting my account, still honoured the £20 free bet.

I'm hoping it wins, as I've a sky diver stuck in that account and they have a tenner minimum withdrawal, and there's no danger I'm using them again if they've restricted me.

Another one to watch is Ladbrokes and Betdaq (also the same company) but I wouldn't really be using Betdaq anyway.

[matty_f]

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Another one to watch is Ladbrokes and Betdaq (also the same company) but I wouldn't really be using Betdaq anyway.

Nice one, I haven't used Betdaq either but I think they have an offer coming up on the list of ones to do, so will keep that in mind!

Smarkets is a good one, 2% commission and they update your balance pretty much as soon as the game is finished - noticed a few of the others can be a bit slower to update.