Return to matched betting

I spent about a year doing matched betting in 2016 and have enjoyed some time off taking a break as work got too busy and my brain was getting fried. I earned about £8k and have been thoroughly enjoying spending it over the last 10 months!

I’ve just got back into it and thought I’d start to contribute again as this forum seems to be slowing down and less people getting involved.

I thought I’d share a couple of thoughts on my return for the sake of it….

1. S-Markets is bloody awful. I used it all the time but the interface is crap and liquidity poor. I’ve just post money because there was none there when Betfair had loads. Sod the fees! New people – if youre e/w arbing, forget SMarkets!

2. I find that some betting can be all consuming. I tend to mainly do e/w arbing and I spend so much time looking at the markets develop. I sometimes question how my time I spend on it. I enjoy it, but sometimes I lose hours staring at a screen.

3. A quick thought. I know for most people it’s a hobby as well as a source of income, but remember to have a life folks. Some people on here seem to be wasting there Saturday nights betting for the sake of a couple of quid.

4. Matchie is funny. Keep on here fella. I can’t work out if you’re a bullshitter or not but how much you wind some people up is highly amusing.

Here’s so another few £’000 in my pocket (hopefully….)

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November 13, 2017 at 1:17 pm

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unowhatimeanharry
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3 November 13, 2017 at 1:38 pm

It’s dead. The offers on the blog here say more than what needs to be said. Hi5 is back, of course with a massive decline, less booms as well. That and EW arbing which is controversial. Too bad I have 3 sets of accounts, nothing just nothing worth doing.

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FoG_BLoG 47 November 13, 2017 at 2:11 pm

Welcome back Beaser! Looking forward to your tips. Agree about staring at markets forming.

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beaser 6 November 13, 2017 at 2:51 pm

I don’t think it’s dead unowhatimeanharry. I think it’s far harder than it used to be. I started at the end of the good times. 2nd place refunds from WH and LB etc – happier times! There are a few offers worth pursuing if you have be time. For me E/W arbing is where it’s at.

Cheers FOG. I’ll leave the good tips to the experts on here, but I’ll do my best!)

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Chris 19 November 13, 2017 at 2:56 pm

Welcome back Beaser, good to see you.

Things have indeed changed a lot since 2016 (and 2015), lets be grateful we were here through the golden age. Gone are the £25 free bets for second places or Buy 3 Get 1 Free £25 free bets and as already mentioned the High 5 (and Four Means More) offers are far less profitable.

However, having said that, I am making more money per month than I was in 2016 on ew arbing and the William Hill bet boost is on average giving me about £30 two-three times a week (always underlay). After about 10 consecutive days failing to hit on High 5, I’ve also got close to £200 in free bets since Thursday.

I’m not bothering with Saturdays anymore especially on the horses, it’s just a complete minefield and trying to hit anything ends up as a risk taking exercise that rarely pays off. Not worth the time either and I’m not even sure what offers are around on a Saturday night, if its something silly that might result in a £5 profit then yeah I agree, better things to be done.

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beaser 6 November 13, 2017 at 3:15 pm

Patience is the key with e/w arbing. I always underlay so most days hit nothing. When I do though it’s worth at least £100.

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Enigma 28 November 13, 2017 at 3:16 pm

Lost the major bookies? Its gonna be harder to make easy money. But there are still lots of opportunities.

I ‘”lost” Bet 365 in April before the Grand National offer. Since then, I have made about triple from them based on their price promise, enhanced odds, 4/1 offer and extra places. And they dont seem to restrict stakes any further than what I have currently. If you’re not killing B365 on ITV racing days then you absolutely should be.

EW arbing is profitable but can be time consuming. Only two things ill say:

1. Be disciplined about selecting races. Only target clear EW value races, then absolutely rinse them. If a race looks promising except there’s too many runners, or only 8, or its Irish (liquidity)… just leave it. There will be many, many more bad EW races and this is the best way to increase the hourly rate.

2. Look after accounts. I normally have about 10 different bookies loaded up for a bad EW race. And if it’s a truly bad EW race, there will be value even at 1/5 odds. When there is, I do £20 EW max at each bookie, but place several bets across bookies. And never bet on 3 or more horses at the same bookies per race. The exception is gubbed accounts which you just max out every time.

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unowhatimeanharry
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3 November 13, 2017 at 3:52 pm

How do you make 30 quid with the boost Chris, I struggle to make more than 8 quid

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Chris 19 November 13, 2017 at 4:13 pm

Underlaying the full £200 and pulling the trigger at the right time. Tend to target favourites that are between Evs and 2/1 then watch the lay market. Have to be quick to beat Hills changing the price. I’ve been caught out a couple of times either by a price cut or a slight drift in the lay but I’ve never lost money.

Todays was easy for example, the 1.30 race, I boosted the fav to 1.57 as the lay was ticking down then eventually layed at 1.42. The horse won (just) so that was £28.

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