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I do this for limited accounts - makes the monotony a bit interesting
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arbboy 22 Apr 12:06
like i say u have to be a bit 'savvy' nowadays and try to look as much like a mug as possible. its definitely possible to still get on decent amounts on certain arbable events. the quality of traders in the industry has never been lower so looking like a mug definitely helps to keep your accounts open. obviously trying to find arbs where the value is laying on betfair is also a help as you want to keep losing with the firms. How do you look like a mug, surely if you throw a few 20p yankees in, but mainly do largeish stake arb bets, they're not going to think you're a mug surely. Lost accounts right left and centre over the years. Onlt this morning Billys bit the dust. They did give me several years though. |
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best to concentrate on non-UK sites if you want an account life of longer than a few weeks
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Pointless trying to look like a mug they know the profile of an arber.
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michell , i think arbboy is talking about bets like £25,000 to win £5, 000 on Man U
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i did a 4k to 1k on man utd online with lads
and man utd did not win and they gubbed me. |
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jonny or anyone else , is arbboy still around on the forum ? Seems like if what he said is true his "relationships " with traders is a big factor.
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yes investor in theory it probably should not work so well but despite being limited to 1% with the majority of bookies i still make up to 2k a week just by taking value prices with the likes of stan, lads etc. a lot of my bets for saturday games will be done on the monday or tuesday so im getting early prices looking for errors, also id have 2/3 accounts with some bookies so u can still get a decent amount on
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tonight it worked perfectly. £100 on wrexham 8/5 won, max £22 on notts cty 8/1 won, altho lost on 6/4 almaar(went off 2.24) and lost on 13/10 charlton (went off 2.1).
Glad i avoided the odds on mug bets chelsea and celtic who will be backed in reguardless |
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I have met various linesmakers/owners of various Oz sites and none of them want arbers - they wouldnt be doing their job properly if they had a special relationship with someone who they knew to be sharp.
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i wouldn't want to doubt arbboy's figures. he's obviously clued-up, and spot-on about 20k a year traders that couldn't price up a tuna sandwich. 75K a day turnover seems high but if you have a steady stream of top-notch beards it's probably do-able. generally i think arbers are clueless ****s, but it takes skill to know how to arb and remain under the radar. a 1/3 jolly that looks like a mug bet at the time, but if you know it's going to go off 2/7 or even 1/4, there's skill in that.
beating the sp is the name of the game, whether you're arbing it or keeping it, it makes no difference. only problem is, if it isn't high profile you have a hard time getting rid. i could find something at 6/5 that i know fine well is going off evens, but getting a decent bet on here early doors is a waste of space, let alone with the bookies. i can go to asia, but still need to hit 5 or 6 of them. it's all in the beards. tbh i can only assume arbboy has some mighty fine ones. the kinds you could only get if you've worked in the industry and collared some of their high-rolling mugs. |
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i believe arboy
could be possible if you got high rolling mugs to have the bet for you. you would therefore require a big network. |
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say mr x wants 50k on a greyhound at 4/5
he sends all his runners out around england into bookies and they all place bets at the same time. he wil also advise what price he is willing to take. it can be done but you need to be a big player with hundreds of footsoldiers and betting sub accounts. |
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JUST BACK FROM doing a shop arb.
went to first shop where i have been banned in past. had me bet get to next shop and price cut call me paranoid but i can get prices cut quickly. if you think about this carefully people will go into a bookie to have bets that they have no intention of getting on. say mr x asks 500 at 10/1 on a horse and is a known face shop calls trader and trader offers 50@10/1 and now horse is 8/1 more then one way to skin a cat. |
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im looking for a job as a footsoldier
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Question to those who talk about using different details to open accounts. Don't your details have to match your credit/debit card details. Bookies will check your credit card details won't they?How do you get round this problem?
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Beards - wtf?
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'Sunset Cristo 04 Feb 03:52
Question to those who talk about using different details to open accounts. Don't your details have to match your credit/debit card details. Bookies will check your credit card details won't they?How do you get round this problem?' there are better ways to move money about than debit (i take it you don't mean credit) cards. |
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kimochi what is the better way to move money about?
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