General Betting
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10 Aug 19
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Been on here a long time, all for fun. Made a bit, lost a bit. Surprisingly a little bit up, overall.
Last football season I started to look at building up my bank, took it from just over £1000 to £1800.
So this season, have reduced the bank to just over £100, and will be taking it as far as I can - until I either lost the money, or lose my nerve !
Mostly football, all highly liquid markets, usually in-play betting at 1.05 or less (or laying at 30+)
Here are the first few bets :
date Start Stake odds gross win comm net win final Bet details
06 August 2019 £108.31 £108.30 1.06 £6.50 8% £5.98 £114.29 Back Portsmouth v Birmingham @1.06
08 August 2019 £114.29 £108.00 55 lay £2.00 8% £1.84 £116.13 Lay Midtjylland v Rangers @2-4
10 August 2019 £116.13 £114.80 42 lay £2.80 8% £2.58 £118.71 Lay West Ham v City @ 0-1
Yes, I know my commission rate is 8%. But I've been playing around on Beat the Drop over the last few weeks, and I reckon there's enough arbitrage in there to make some money, and 2 free plays on it each month if I make the qualifying criteria. Will see in a couple of months, and adjust if it's not happening
Lets see where this takes me ...
Last football season I started to look at building up my bank, took it from just over £1000 to £1800.
So this season, have reduced the bank to just over £100, and will be taking it as far as I can - until I either lost the money, or lose my nerve !
Mostly football, all highly liquid markets, usually in-play betting at 1.05 or less (or laying at 30+)
Here are the first few bets :
date Start Stake odds gross win comm net win final Bet details
06 August 2019 £108.31 £108.30 1.06 £6.50 8% £5.98 £114.29 Back Portsmouth v Birmingham @1.06
08 August 2019 £114.29 £108.00 55 lay £2.00 8% £1.84 £116.13 Lay Midtjylland v Rangers @2-4
10 August 2019 £116.13 £114.80 42 lay £2.80 8% £2.58 £118.71 Lay West Ham v City @ 0-1
Yes, I know my commission rate is 8%. But I've been playing around on Beat the Drop over the last few weeks, and I reckon there's enough arbitrage in there to make some money, and 2 free plays on it each month if I make the qualifying criteria. Will see in a couple of months, and adjust if it's not happening
Lets see where this takes me ...
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Well, that didn't last long before going wrong.
Laid Cluj (v Celtic) when Celtic were 3-2 up at 79 minutes. Cluj equalised a few seconds later, and scored a winner on about 97 minutes ! The bet was Lay £2 @ 50, so loss of £98. Bank now at £20.71 Is the moral never to bet on Scottish football and/or mickey mouse teams ? Quite possibly... Will put the bank back up to approx £100, and try again Such is the fun of it. Just when you think maybe you've got it cracked, it turns around and bites you Glad I just do this for fun, anyway. Good luck all |
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This amount of honesty is uncalled for.
Only post the winners....  |
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Pecker's post made me smile on a miserably wet, grey morning.
 Good luck. Bob. |
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Yes, made me laugh too. Far too many people ignore the failures. They are part of it - even if you're a professional, you'll get bad days.
For me, it's about having some fun. Even if I lose overall, if I enjoy doing it then that's OK with me. I see people and posts asking about going pro, making a living out of it. They're chasing a rainbow. It doesn't exist. Play with what you can afford to lose, and be happy if you don't lose it. That's all, really. Bank put back up - this time to £200 - and I'll probably just be playing with half of it at a time. Should probably start a new thread, but if this goes wrong a few more times I might end up cluttering up the whole forum ! |
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Why not post on the footy 300 Bets Challenge thread? You seem to be doing something similar and may get some ideas from them.
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Bet 1 (attempt 2)
Rangers v Midtjylland. Current score 3-1, lay the draw. £2 @ 70 |
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Well, that worked. Bank now £202.55
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A different bet this evening, small risk for (hopefully) reasonable gain, %-wise
Bilbao v Barcelona. Back Barca £10 @1.74, which I think are quite generous odds |
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ex bookie kind of tells all Bob
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Yup. Both Barca and Bayern lost - a real stinker - and I daresay you could have got huge odds on both those going the way they did.
Hey ho, at least I was sensible and only put 5% of the bank on it. Bank £192.55, and waiting for the next three-legged lame donkey that doesn't even like carrots ... |
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Southhampton v Liverpool. Lay Saints £4 @24 @ 0-1.
At 1-2 @ 89 minutes, it looks like it's coming good |
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After the last bet, bank of £196.23
Current bet : Lay PSG @ £3 @30, 84 minutes, when they are losing 2-1 to Rennes Looking to green out in a few minutes |
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Greened, £2 gross winnings no matter what
New bank £198.07 |
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Mopped up some factions of money in the HT market in Wolves v Utd.
Bank now £199.44 |
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Back Bristol in Derby v Bristol City @ 0-2, 10 minutes to go, 1.05 for just over £100
Late goal for Derby, but ended 1-2 Bank now £204.46 |
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Back Dinamo Zagreb @ 2-0 , £100 @ 1.02 with 14 minutes to play
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Backed Trabzonspor against AEK Athens when score 3-1 with 15 minutes to go @ 1.04. Greened out, balance now £210.36
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Lay Qarabag and green out within a few seconds. Balance will be £211.28 once it settles
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Torino v Wolves. Lay the draw £2 @ 75, 82 minutes
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You are laying at very very high odds.............and the inevitable will happen!
Backing at less ridiculous odds ....eg WOLVES to win BEFORE GAME STARTS should give you a better chance of making a profit.....IF you know your football. Very difficult to profit from football betting.......too many factors can ruin a bet! You are currently playing Russian Roulette with LAYING ..........bullet more than likely will come....but GL |
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Yes, that's certainly possible.
But ... last season I took my bank from just over £1000 to a bit over £1800, following a similar plan - I'd certainly not call it a 'strategy' or 'system', and betting in-play. |
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A couple of very small lay bets over the weekend, seemed hard to actually get on any bets, the odds moving quite quickly.
Best one was managing to lay the draw in the City:Bournemouth game when the score was 3:0 at odds of 80, greened out nicely on that one too. Bank at the start of today : £216.71 I've been looking at tennis majors markets in the last few months, experimenting with a few theories with the way the market moves, might be doing some on there this week |
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I see people and posts asking about going pro, making a living out of it. They're chasing a rainbow. It doesn't exist.
you should rephrase that. you do not KNOW anyone who makes it pay. i know at least three people who do, myself included, that makes four |
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I'm assuming you've posted in the wrong thread.
Anyway, latest bet : Back Villa tonight, 2-0 up against Crewe in the Mickey Mouse cup, @1.08 |
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Oops, forgot to say for £100. Greened out @1.01 for £6.93 gross winnings.
Bank now : £223.09 |
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Laid Burnley v Sunderland, 1-3 scoreline @ 70.
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Bank now £226.31
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Laid AIK (V Celtic) £4 @ 46, 81 minutes gone, score 1-2
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Bank after the last bet : £229.99
Back Liverpool, £200 @ 1.03, score currently 0-2 |
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taking a chance there 2-0 up..1.03
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...taking a chance there 2-0 up..1.03...
That's why it's called gambling ... |
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So, got my end-of-month 'bonuses' from the account. I don't usually do slots, etc, but had 25 free spins so used those to make some money into the account. Also had a £10 free sportsbook acca, which made a little bit more. The 2 free goes on 'beat the drop' are 15 bets / £32,000 starting point, used one (blew up on bet 3), and started the other one now. Chances of winning are probably close to zero, but that's the way it goes.
Anyway, after the bonuses, bank of £272.22 I didn't see many bets I liked on the US Open tennis, so didn't do anything there. Tonight, however, I did like Belgium's odds v Scotland - 1.42 struck me as a bit generous, considering how poor Scotland have looked recently. So backed Belgium, £100 @ 1.42. Currently 2-0 up. So that looks good |
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Bank now £310.86
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Well done
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bob - can you not post the bet when put on ....as it appears you are posting well after time. GL with bets.
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 Hopefully this will answer any doubters (assuming it uploads properly !) |
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have i read that right...8% commission
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Yes, please read the first post. All will become clear ...
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Nothing else last month, as we went to Australia visiting family for 17 days (Brisbane and then 3 days in Sydney to finish off). Jetlag is still a bit of a swine, even though got back last Sunday !
Anyway, let's see what the weekend brings ... |