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By:
freddiewilliams
When: 07 Mar 24 17:33
U layed Leipzig for 350?
By:
moisok
When: 07 Mar 24 18:15
0  -   0   WITH lay of the draw - gives you an option of getting out with some profit at half time if no goals.  But not if it is a big favourite like man city - the lower the lay of the draw price the better if you get to half time
By:
freddiewilliams
When: 07 Mar 24 18:17
My nan told me that one back in the 60s
By:
lump0n
When: 07 Mar 24 18:26
yes.....350
By:
sofaking
When: 07 Mar 24 19:03

Mar 7, 2024 -- 6:26PM, lump0n wrote:


yes.....350


Playing with fire.....

By:
lump0n
When: 07 Mar 24 19:06
you worry too much
By:
moisok
When: 07 Mar 24 19:17
yes it is freddie -carefully managed it can be very profitable
By:
lump0n
When: 07 Mar 24 20:00
i can hadle 300/350 lay bets
By:
sofaking
When: 07 Mar 24 21:26

Mar 7, 2024 -- 8:00PM, lump0n wrote:


i can hadle 300/350 lay bets


Have any of these enormous lays gone wrong for you?

By:
lump0n
When: 07 Mar 24 21:43
yes, last big one i lost was Wolves v Chelsea.... cost me 1100
By:
lump0n
When: 07 Mar 24 21:46
a had a few nightmare days
By:
SlippyBlue
When: 07 Mar 24 22:05
West Ham were absolutely stiched up there.
A stonewall penalty not given in extra time.
By:
Winja
When: 08 Mar 24 00:04
20k is not enough to live on.....based on an 8 hour 5 day week it is under a tenner an hour which is minimum wage......i noticed from your graph from month 9 you were around 8000 up which was averaging around £50 a day.....with the last three months giving you the boost.....i would say you should keep working and keep doing what you are doing and if you can double your profit in the next 12 months building up a working tank then chance your hand at full time......
By:
lump0n
When: 08 Mar 24 06:27
Bets on early days were much lower as bank wasn’t big enough to support large bets. Betting bigger now. I was more asking for others to share as I know my one is nowhere near quiting job for . I know we have folk on here that lay well over the 1k mark as have studied market moves on big footy games …..


I have took 7k out my bankroll so I know I’m free rolling and I’m going to boom or bust with that. Nothing ventured nothing gained. Rather try than quit with that always in my back of my mind……. It’s only cash lads
By:
Winja
When: 08 Mar 24 07:07
unless your still tucked up with mum with no overheads its not just cash its living.......you need to pay for everything in life and then whats left is profit.....it sounds like you have already made up your mind so good luck but for true full time you probably need to win around £40-50k a year so your turnover will be somewhere between £150-350k and should you reach that level of profit you will be paying the premium charge.......it is a bit more than just staying home and backing winners although that is the job description.....
By:
G Hall
When: 08 Mar 24 09:55
So would it be fair to say that you are basically betting odds on lump on.

You also need to factor in pension,health care benefits etc, that conventional employment provides.
By:
lump0n
When: 08 Mar 24 15:02
By:
Trevh
When: 08 Mar 24 16:16
"Fantastic Trevh
This is why a started this chat to hear others. Do you mind sharing (not your bets) staking plan ,target areas. Ave profit year on year."

lumpOn, I level stake. Play all sports but mostly football. Average about 700 matched bets per week. I made good money in the first few years hence hitting the super pc bracket, but nowadays I make a modest living 30-40k over a year. It's a much harder game now judging from what I am experiencing. The punters aren't here, we need new blood. Not sure what the Purple Daq is like nowadays, it was quiet when I last looked a couple of years ago, will now be even quieter I would guess.

BF Exchange could become huge if it was actually more usable, most punters look at the website and give up. I don't blame them, it's dreadful. I use Gruss software which makes navigation and placing bets simple. If the website was replaced with something so simple it would attract many more people who don't even know that API software exists. I don't think BF are interested though.
By:
stu
When: 08 Mar 24 16:48
dave135707 Mar 24 17:25

The most important points are

What is your job and if you leave it, can you return to a similar position?

Do you have six months living expenses set aside on top of your bankroll (which should be at the very minimum 50 bets)?


And what do you do when exchange betting/betting in general become so dried up by all the gambling restrictions in modern society...go back to work? Grin
By:
Winja
When: 08 Mar 24 18:31
lump-on i am not taking the p1ss but put up the monthly breakdown for 1st November 23 and 10th December 23....dont just show the good ending as it gives a false picture and when those months happen.....and they will....you need to be able to withstand and stay focussed dont forget if its full time there is nothing else coming in....
By:
Latalomne
When: 08 Mar 24 21:34
Stu's last post is a very pertinent one.  None of us really knows what the future has in store for this place, but, as Trevh points out, there's already a lack of punters on many markets (not all, admittedly), and once the government's current plans kick in, you have to think it's likely to get even thinner (with UK money at least).  Will BF be able to replace that with money from elsewhere?  Who knows.  What we do know is that liquidity breeds liquidity, and once it's gone, it's only a matter of time before the death spiral occurs.

As such, I am increasingly minded to think that you should be looking to get from it what you can, while you still can (which is ironic when you think about the premise of the whole "safer gambling" b0llocks).

(40% PC payer currently trying to branch out into more liquid markets)
By:
----you-have-to-laugh---
When: 08 Mar 24 21:51
Watch out for bet356 profits for effects of
gambling restrictions.

Surely they will be bell weather here, as they grew
without the restrictions.
By:
themightymac
When: 08 Mar 24 22:07
No gambling restrictions in America I don`t think YHTL? Or is there?

She had adverts at all the Baseball parks last year to suggest that she is planning to conquer USA.

Yanks are mental on their slot machines. Right down their streak. Mugs mean bigger profits.
By:
themightymac
When: 08 Mar 24 22:07
No gambling restrictions in America I don`t think YHTL? Or is there?

She had adverts at all the Baseball parks last year to suggest that she is planning to conquer USA.

Yanks are mental on their slot machines. Right down their streak. Mugs mean bigger profits.
By:
----you-have-to-laugh---
When: 08 Mar 24 22:14
Yeah, overseas earnings are not
affected by UK regs. I still think
there will be comment from them too,
as well as results.
By:
stu
When: 09 Mar 24 11:10
Latalomne 08 Mar 24 21:34

As such, I am increasingly minded to think that you should be looking to get from it what you can, while you still can (which is ironic when you think about the premise of the whole "safer gambling" b0llocks).

(40% PC payer currently trying to branch out into more liquid markets)


Yes, ironic indeed Lat. I don't know whether you are a 'full-timer' or not, but guessing this is pretty serious for you at least. Would you have plans for what to do if this all dried up as an income?
By:
G Hall
When: 09 Mar 24 11:19
It is all pointing towards the black market long term, unless things change. The way betfair has been going over the last 7/8 years doesn't augur well for the future.
By:
DIE LINKE
When: 09 Mar 24 19:54
Full-timers on here also make sure the DWP are kept busy, if you know what I mean.
By:
everyone's a winner
When: 09 Mar 24 20:03
Laugh
By:
G Hall
When: 11 Mar 24 14:25
Is Cheltenham usually a good week for full time punters, or do they steer clear.
By:
G Hall
When: 12 Mar 24 15:47
Day 1 Cheltenham back the best horse in the best race

Statesman
By:
lump0n
When: 12 Mar 24 23:10
Best horse in the race is not always the fav
By:
G Hall
When: 12 Mar 24 23:43
Very true but today it was.
By:
freddiewilliams
When: 13 Mar 24 20:53
Day 2 best horse in race
Pulled up at 1/5
By:
lump0n
When: 13 Mar 24 21:38
Few happy bookies with that
By:
Escapee
When: 13 Mar 24 23:13

I was told that Pinnacle were most accurately priced for footy because of the sheer volume and span of their business. Would be interesting to hear others views on this, albeit you cannot bet with them from UK. I use their prices as a guide and then take a view as to how I think the BF market will move.


I've got some half baked memory from a decade+ ago that Pinnacle is a Tony Bloom venture and that the prices are so accurate is because they effectively come from his Star Lizard (his 500+ quant operation). He's up there in the top 3 gambling brains I've ever met.

If you know Tony is backing something, back it, pretty much the only person I would ever say that about.

By:
G Hall
When: 14 Mar 24 11:34
Teahupoo today
By:
lump0n
When: 14 Mar 24 22:10
Anyone having a good week?
By:
TameTheTiger
When: 15 Mar 24 00:05
yes thanks, are you ?
By:
lump0n
When: 15 Mar 24 00:42
I’ve made good profit this week while in Florida too
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