Wednesday 28 March 2012

Chapter 36 - Coral

Coral were doing an offer where they would give a 100% bonus up to £50.

I deposited and bet £50 that Stevenage would beat Colchester at odd of 2.0 and placed a lay of £51.28 against Stevenage at odds of 2.0. I lost this bet so receied a payout of £48.77 at Betfair - a loss of £1.23.

I then received a £50 free bet. I bet £50 that the score in the match between Portsmouth and Hull would be 0-0 at odds of 9.0 and placed a lay of £42.78 against a 0-0 draw at odds of 9.4. I lost this bet so received a payout of £40.68 at Betfair.

Profit from this chapter: £40.68 - £1.23 = £39.45

Slightly less that I had hoped I would get from a £50 free bet.

Profit so far: £553.42 + £39.45 = £592.87

Saturday 10 March 2012

Chapter 35 - Bet365

Bet365 were doing a rather juicy offer where they would give you a 100% refund up to £200.

I deposited £200 and my account was credited with a free bonus of £200. I bet £100 that the match between Bologna and Fiorentina would result in a draw at odds of 3.2 and placed a lay of £98.46 against a draw at odds of 3.3. I lost this bet so lost my £100 at Bet365 but received a payout of £93.54 at Betfair, leaving me with a loss of £6.46.

My next move was to place a £50 bet that the correct score in the match between Marseilles and Inter Milan would be 0-0 at odds of 9.0. However, I became confused as to whether the bets at Bet365 were SR or NSR. In the end I placed a lay of £44 against a 0-0 score at odds of 9.6. I lost this bet so lost my £50 at Bet365, but received a payout of £41.80 at Betfair, leaving me with a loss of £8.20. This indicated that the bet was SR.

I next placed a £20 bet that at half-time the match between Club Brugge and Hanover would be in a draw at odds of 2.25, and placed a lay of £20 against a half-time draw at odds of 2.3. I lost this bet so lost my £20 at Bet365, but received a payout of £19 at Betfair, leaving me with a loss of £1.

My final qualifying bet was to bet £30 that Rangers would beat Inverness CT at odds of 1.8 and to place a lay of £30 against Rangers at odds of 1.85. Alas I won this bet, so I won £54 at Bet365 but paid out a liability of £25.50 at Betfair, leaving me with a loss of £1.50. This meant that in order to avoid a rollover I would have to bet £54 again.

To avoid said rollover I bet £54 that the match between England and Holland would result in a draw at odds of 3.25, and placed a lay of £52.39 against the draw at odds of 3.4. I lost this bet so lost my money at Bet365, but received a payout of £49.82 at Betfair, leaving me with a loss of £4.18.

I then moved on to betting with the free £200, with the aim of losing at Bet365 so I wouldn't have to rollover any money. My first move was to bet £50 that Mr Knightley would win at the Lingfield races at odds of 8.0 and to place a lay of £49.08 against Mr Knightley at odds of 8.2. I lost this bet so received a payout of £46.68 at Betfair.

My next bet was to bet £20 that Handy Andy would win at the Newbury races at odds of 8.0 and to place a lay of £45.71 against Handy Andy at odds of 8.8. However, I won this bet!! Not happy. I won £400 at Bet365 but paid out a liability of £355.94 at Betfair, leaving me with a profit of £44.06.

My third free bet was to bet £50 that Easement would win at the Sedgefield races at odds of 11.0 and to place a lay of £52.63 against Sedgefield winning at odds of 10.5. I lost this bet so received a payout of £50.05 at Betfair.

My fourth free bet was to bet £50 that Old Pride would win at the Leopardstown races at odds of 11.0 and to place a lay of £50.23 against Old Pride winning at odds of 11.0. I lost this bet so received a payout of £47.77 at Betfair.

I was then left with £400 in my Bet365 account which I could not withdraw so had to bet with to fulfill the rollover requirements. my next move was to bet £200 that Chelsea would beat Birmingham at odds of 1.8 and to underlay by placing a lay of £194 against Chelsea at odds of 1.84. I won this bet so won £360 at Bet365 but paid out a liability of £162.96 at Betfair, leaving me with a loss of £2.96.

I next bet £100 that AC Milan would beat Arsenal at odds of 3.4 and placed a lay of £ against AC Milan at odds of . I lost this bet so lost my £100 at Bet365 - however, I only won £76.08 at Betfair - a loss of £23.92. Fucked this one up SO badly!!

I next bet £100 that Stenhousemuir would beat Stirling at odds of 1.8 and placed a lay of £62.74 against Stenhousemuir at odds of 1.85 and a lay of £32.50 against Stenhousemuir at odds of 1.86. I won this bet so won £180 at Bet365, but paid out a liability of £81.28 at Betfair, leaving me with a loss of £1.28.

My next bet was to bet £100 that there would be under 2.5 goals in the game between Bolton and QPR at odds of 1.95 and to place a lay of £100 against there being under 2.5 goals at odds of 2.0. I lost this bet so received a payout of £95.10 at Betfair - a loss of £4.90.

I then bet £100 that there would be more than 2.5 goals in the game between Manchester United and West Brom at odds of 1.57 and placed lay of £100 against more than 2.5 goals at odds of 1.61. Just my luck - I lost this bet so received a payout of £95.10 at Betfair, leaving me wih a loss of £4.90...

I then bet £100 that Manchester United would be winning at half-time in their match with West Brom at odds of 1.72 and placed a lay of £94 against Machester United winning at half-time at odds of 1.79. Thankfully I won this bet so won £172.73 at Bet365 and paid out £74.26 at Betfair. This left me with a loss of £1.53 - much better!

My final bet was to bet £46 that Manchester City would beat Swansea at odds of 1.61 and to place a lay of £43.47 against Manchester City at odds of 1.68. Tragedy. I lost this bet, resulting in a payout of £41.34 at Betfair and a loss of £4.66.

Profit from this chapter: £46.68 + £44.06 + £50.05 + £ 47.77 - £6.46 - £8.20 - £1.00 - £1.50 - £4.18 - £2.96 - £23.92 - £1.28 - £4.90 - £4.90 - £1.53 - £4.66 = £123.07

Very poor from a £200 free bet. Dissapointing, to say the least.

Overall profit: £430.35 + 123.07 = £553.42

Friday 9 March 2012

Chapter 34 - Unibet

I next signed up to Unibet who were doing a risk free offer of £20.

I deposited and bet £20 that the score in the match between Paraguay and Panama would be 3-0 at odds of 9.25, and placed a lay of £18.44 against a 3-0 score at odds of 9.0. I lost this bet so lost my £20 at Unibet, but received a payout of £17.54 at Betfair, leaving me with a loss of £2.46.

I then received a free bet of £20. I bet £20 that ESTAC Troyes would beat Tours at odds of 3.45 and placed a lay of £19.43 against ESTAC Troyes at odds of 3.55. I won this bet so won £69 at Unibet but paid out a liability of £49.55 at Betfair, leaving me with a profit of £19.45.

However, before I could make a withdrawal I had to rollover the bonus amount (£20). I therefore bet £20 that the correct score in the match between Juventus and Chievo would be 2-0 at odds of 6.0 and placed a lay of £19.51 against a 2-0 score at odds of 6.2. Thankfully I lost this bet so received a payout of £18.55 at Betfair, leaving me with an overall loss of £1.45.

Profit for this chapter: £19.45 - £2.46 - £1.45 = £15.54

Overall profit: £414.81 + £15.54 = £430.35

Friday 2 March 2012

Chapter 33 - Expekt

Another bet I did was with the bookie Expekt. They were offering to give me a free bet of £50 once I'd deposited and bet £100.

I started off my depositing £100. However, when using my (debit!) card I noticed that Expekt charged a 2.5% fee - this meant that to deposit £100 I had to deposit £102.50 - a small loss of £2.50.

For my qualifying bet I bet £100 that Shrewsbury would beat Hereford at odds of 2.10, and placed a lay of £100.48 against Shrewsbury at odds of 2.14. I won this bet so won £210.00 at Expekt but paid out a liability of £114.49 at Betfair, leaving me with a loss of £4.49.
My account was next credited with a bonus of £50. I tried to bet £50 that the correct score in the match between Internacional and Juan Aurich would be 1-0 at odds of 7.0 - however, Expekt only matched my bet to £35 and left £15 pending for consideration. To balance out the £35 that had been matched I placed a lay of £34.27 against a 1-0 score at odds of 7.2. I did this because the figures generated by Expekt indicated that the bonus was SR. Expekt did not match the remaining £15 from the free bonus. I lost this bet so received a payout of £32.56 at Betfair.

I still had £15 from the free bonus left. I bet £15 that the correct score in the match between Villarreal and Granada would be 0-0 at odds of 11.0 and placed a lay of £14.41 against a 0-0 score at odds of 11.5. I lost this bet so received a payout of £13.69 at Betfair.

However, the terms and conditions of the promotion at Expekt required me to roll over the bonus. I tried to place a £50 bet but Expekt could only match it to £14 - I therefore placed a £14 bet that the correct score in the match between Bologna and Fiorentina would be 0-0 at odds of 8.0 and placed a lay of £13.41 against a 0-0 score at odds of 8.4. I lost this bet so lost my £14 at Expekt, but received a payout of £12.74 at Betfair, leaving me with a loss of £1.26.

I then placed a bet of £36 that FC Basel would beat Bayern Munich at odds of 6.5 and placed a lay of £34.67 against FC Basel at odds of 6.8. Alas, I won this bet so won £234  at Expekt - however, I paid out a liability of £201.09. This left me with an overall loss of £3.09.

However, I still had to rollover more money! I bet £200 that Leicester would beat Derby at odds of 2.15 and placed a lay of £200 against Leicester at odds of 2.2. I won this bet so won £430 at Expekt - however, I paid out a liability of £240 at Betfair, leaving me with an overall loss of £10. Not pleased.

My next bet was to bet £100 that Leeds would beat Portsmouth at odds of 2.35 - but Expekt would only match my bet to £5! I placed a lay of £5.09 against Leeds at odds of 2.36. I lost this bet so lost my £5 at Expekt, but received a payout of £4.84 at Betfair, leaving me with a loss of £0.16.

I then bet £95 that Dundee Utd would beat Hearts at odds of 3.1 and placed a lay of £96.56 against Dundee Utd at odds of 3.1. I won this bet so won £294.50 at Expekt - however I paid out a liability of £202.77 at Betfair. This left me with an overall loss of £3.27.

Profit from this chapter: £32.56 + £13.69 - £4.49 - £2.50 - £1.26 - £3.09 - £10.00 - £0.16 - £3.27 = £21.48

Very dissapointing!!

Overall profit: £393.33 + £21.48 = £414.81