Monday, 23 April 2012

Chapter 43 - 188bet

188bet were doing a risk-free offer of £25. However, I had trouble depositing money and accidently ended up depositing £50 rather than £35.

I bet £25 that the correct score in the match between Sporting Lisbon and FC Metalist Kharkiv would be 1-2 at odds of 15 and placed a lay of £20.65 against a 3-2 score at odds of 17. Thankfully I lost this bet so received a payout of £19.64, leaving me with a loss of £5.36. Poor effort...

I then contacted 188bet about withdrawing the remaining £25 of my own money but was told that I must bet it before withdrawing it. I bet £25 that the correct score in the match between Schalke and Athletic Bilbao would be 2-2 at odds of 15, and placed a lay of £25.08 against a 2-2- result at odds of 15. However, I won this bet so received a payout of £375.00 at 188bet but paid out a liability of £351.12 at Betfair, leaving me with a small loss of £1.12.

I then received a £25 refund into my account. I bet £25 that the correct score in the match between Chesterfield and Wycombe Wanderers would be 2-2 at odds of 15 and placed a lay of £25.77 against a 2-2 score at odds of 14.5. I lost this bet so received a payout of £24.51 at Betfair.

Profit from this chapter: £24.51 - £5.36 - £1.12 = £18.03

Overall profit: £704.61 + £18.03 = £722.64

Friday, 20 April 2012

Chapter 42 - 888sport M

888sport were doing a small mobile offer where they would give you a free bet of £5 for a mobile deposit of £10.

I deposited and bet £10 that Malaga would beat Rayo Vallecano at odds of 1.73 and placed a lay of £10.30 against Malaga at odds of 1.73. I won this bet so recieved £17.27 at 888sport but paid out a liability of £7.52 at Betfair, leaving me with a small loss of £0.25.

My account was then credited with a free bet of £5. I bet £5 that the correct score in the match between Manchester United and QPR would be 2-1 at odds of 11 and placed a lay of £4.57 against a 2-1 result at odds of 11. I lost this bet so received a payout of £4.35 at Betfair.

Profit from this chapter: £4.35 - £0.25 = £4.10

Overall profit: £700.51 + £4.10 = £704.61

Sunday, 15 April 2012

Chapter 41 - Betsson

Betsson were doing an offer where I received a 50% deposit bonus of up to £25. However, the rules stated that I must rollover the deposit and the bonus 10 times - I aimed to avoid this! Tough challenge!!

For my first bet I bet £20 that the HT/FT result in the match between Tottenham and Stoke would be Stoke/Tottenham at odds of 24 and placed a lay of £18.42 against Stoke/Tottenham at odds of 30. Somewhat risky as I was overlaying. Thankfully I lost this bet so received a payout of £17.52 at Betfair, leaving me with a loss of £2.48.

My next move was to bet £20 that the HT/FT result in the match between Chelsea and Tottenham would be Tottenham/Chelsea at odds of 27 and to place a lay of £20 against Tottenham/Chelsea at odds of 28. Again, slightly risky since I was overlaying. Thankfully I lost this bet so received a payout of £19.02 at Betfair, leaving me with a small loss of £0.98.

I then bet £10 that the correct score in the match between Tottenham and Bolton would be 3-2 at odds of 35 and placed a lay of £10.95 against a 3-2 score at odds of 32. I lost this bet - and since the odds had been so good I received a payout of £10.41 from Betfair which gave me a (small) profit of £0.41. Decent!

I was now onto betting with the free money. I bet £14 that the correct score in the match between Sheffield United and Chesterfield would be 3-2 at odds of 29 and placed a lay of £13.09 against a 3-2 result at odds of 30. I lost this bet so receied a payout of £12.38 at Betfair.

My final bet was to bet £11 that the correct score in the match between Bayern Munich and Marseilles would be 3-2 at odds of 40 and to place a lay of £12.64 against a 3-2 result at odds of 34. Thankfully I lost this bet, and thanks to the brilliant odds I stumbled across I received a payout of £12.01 from an £11 bet. Good to end on a high note!

Profit from this chapter: £12.38 + £12.01 + £0.41 - £2.48 - £0.98 = £21.34

Overall profit: £679.17 + £21.34 = £700.51

Monday, 9 April 2012

Chapter 40 - Blue Square Reload Bonus

I received an email from Blue Square informing me that they had credited my account with a free £3.

I used this free £3 to bet that the correct score in the match between Burnley FC and Birmingham City FC would be 2-2 at odds of 15.0 and placed a lay of £2.55 against a 2-2 result at odds of 16.5. I lost this bet so received a payout of £2.42 at Betfair.

Profit from this chapter: £2.42

Overall profit: £676.75 + £2.42 = £679.17

Friday, 6 April 2012

Chapter 39 - Bet365 Moblie

Bet365 were doing a nice mobile bet where they would give you a free bet up to £50.

I deposited and bet £50 that there would be less than 2.5 goals in the game between Rangers and Dundee United at odds of 2.15, and placed a lay of £50.95 against there being under 2.5 goals at odds of 2.16. Thankfully I lost this bet so received a payout of £48.45 at Betfair, leaving me with a loss of £1.55.

I then used the free £50 to bet that Near The Water would win at the Fontwell races at odds of 9.0. I then placed a lay of £50.28 against Near The Water at odds of 9.0. I lost this bet so received a payout of £47.77 at Betfair.

Profit from this chapter: £47.77 - £1.55 = £46.22

Overall profit: £630.53 + £46.22 = £676.75

Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Chapter 38 - Betfred

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

I deposited and bet £50 that Wycombe would beat Exeter at odds of 3.0 and placed a lay of £49.18 against Wycombe at odds of 3.1. I won this bet so won £150 at Betfred but paid out a liability of £103.28 at Betfair, leaing me with a loss of £3.28.

My account was then credited with a free bet of £50. I bet £15.50 that Un Ami would win at the Chepstow races at odds of 9.0 and placed a lay of £14.17 against Un Ami at odds of 8.8. I lost this bet so receied a payout of £13.48 at Betfair.

With the remaining £34.50 of free balance I bet that Blackburn would beat Manchester United at odds of 8.5 and placed a lay of £28.91 against Blackburn at odds of 9.0. I lost this bet so received a payout of £27.46 at Betfair.

Profit from this chapter: £13.48 + £27.46 - £3.28 = £37.66

Overall profit: £592.87 + £37.66 = £630.53

Monday, 2 April 2012

Chapter 37 - March summary

Haven't been dedicating much time to matched betting this month. However the big bets at Bet365 and Coral really helped boost my profits.

Overall profit (January): 192.02

Overall profit (February): £201.31

Overall profit (March): £199.54

Not too shabby!

Overall profit: £592.87

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