I read that arbing kills accounts. Does that mean you shouldnt go for close odds

Confused by this.

I have been getting quite a few £5 reloads and since the profit is so small I have been looking for the closest odds to minimize loss.

I even found an arb which gave me a profit on the qualifier.

So if arbing kills your accounts then by the same analogy looking for the closest odds will also kill your accounts?

So you should not always pick the closest odds?

I became very interested in arbing when I found this arb on sat by accident but does it trash your accounts making it pointless? ie how long can you arb for? back in 2013 (dabbled only briefly then and started a week or two ago) people were making their full time living from arbing. Is this no longer the case?

It seems like MB/arbing is an ever evapourating drinking pool in the sahara desert. I originally thought arbing was the way to go for long term earnings before I read up on it but now it seems it is even worse for destroying your longevity in this game?

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FoG_BLoG 58 August 27, 2017 at 11:58 pm

If you take value then you will lose your account. Winners not welcome.

It will happen eventually whether your arbing or whether just taking the value from free bet promos.

Take as much as you can when you can.

Definitely go for cheap qualifiers and even small arbs on qualifying bets. It makes a big difference if you keep QL down and extraction up. Eg bet £20 get £10, possibility 1 you get a zero QL and 90% extraction, leaves you with £9 profit. Possibility 2 you take £2 QL and 80% extraction, leaves you with £6 profit.

Over a month it could be the difference in making £900 profit instead of £600. So you’re losing 300 per month by passing up the closest matching odds. Some ppl are great at this and that’s why they are pushing close to £1,000 profit per month and over when others are just making just slightly over half that.

It’s the big events where the bookies offer the best odds anyway. And these are the kind of events that mugs are all over. So you should blend in good enough. I doubt if you will stand out as an arber.

Good luck 🙂

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betman 41 August 28, 2017 at 8:07 am

The thing is the bookies are looking at you beating SP on horses. Yes a close match or arb makes it more likely, but not a cert so no point worrying about it- for the reasons fog gave. I’ve read about people not making qualifying bets as it was a small arb, which is complete tosh – I’ve done that and seen it swing the other away before getting a BOG winner. You will also read about taking early prices getting you restricted, but I’ve seen no proof on that other than it gives u a better chance of beating SP by more if u know what you’re looking for

The thing that will make u stick out is if I continually search for the big arbs on steaming horses, where you’re backing at say 20-1 and it goes off 8s. You might see 21/17 when u back it. Worth doing for freebets, but if u back and lay these constantly to hit the arb then there is a higher chance you’ll stand out quicker.

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biscuit1966 2 August 28, 2017 at 8:53 am

I’m sure Skybet gubbed me after I started arbing the USA gee gee’s b’stads! Anyway I then started arbing the USA gee gee’s using my gubbed(but not stake restricted yet) PP account (My Mrs account actually and my BF account ?).
So I’m smashing it while I can with great success some days,I’m also using other gubbed accounts for arbing the horses,got 2.63/2.44 on a French race yesterday on 888 £50 underlaid for risk free shot at £5 and it won,do it while you can!!

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happyhomer 4 August 28, 2017 at 11:08 am

Always hard to tell what different bookies are looking out for but something like 5.8/5.5 on one of the main runners in a ITV horse race shouldn’t get you noticed. Definitely steer clear of betting on obscure or foreign sports with a free bet just because there is an arb.

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betman4684 0 August 28, 2017 at 1:37 pm

Ok thanks. I won’t worry about it then.

So it is a make hay while the sun shines thing :).

And from my first post and generally what I read of the forum you lot seem alot more friendly than those miserable gits over at MSE forums :).

They are always extremely condescending over there I found which is why I was looking around for more friendly MBing communities.

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betman 41 August 28, 2017 at 5:20 pm

They seem very strict on format of posts, and the risk free side. What I’ve seen there are some smart ppl who can make decent money there, but better to discuss making £5 freebet a guaranteed £1.22 than risk anything

My logic is offers/some eway arbing, once gubbed go harder eway arbing, once restricted on the horses look out for other sports arbs and take what u can

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