S Markets

So I have been Matched Betting since May and always used Betfair and have gotten very used to it! I think it was back August time? can’t really remember..but Matt started to use S Markets on his blog but I decided to stick it out with Betfair as I was comfortable with sticking to what I know. However, as my knowledge of matched betting has increased I now feel more comfortable opening an S Markets account alongside my Betfair as I think it will be handy to have both due to the 2% commission, and therefore laying off any popular bets such as premiership games I suspect the odds between S Markets & Betfair will be fairly similar.

Could anyone let me know how you go about the £10 bonus you get from S Markets? It says any loss will be refunded up to £10, so I therefore just have to back and lay and hope the bet wins in at the bookies? and therefore loses at S Markets?

Cheers for the help!

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RyanB
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December 31, 2015 at 1:16 am

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RyanB 14 December 31, 2015 at 3:29 pm

FOR(572.92%) AGAINST(21.91%) This was the 15:30 Lingfield literally impossible to lay on S Markets where as Betfair was fine..i can now see the issues!

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patrick
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9 December 31, 2015 at 4:17 pm

Use Smarkets as 1st choice snd Betfair as back up.

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Mark 1 December 31, 2015 at 9:34 pm

Ryan,

I’ll give you that! The 15:30 at Lingfield was a disgrace today, I lost £50 due to not being able to get a lay on Smarkets, every other race today however was fine.

I assumed there was a problem somewhere, actually with my own Internet until I saw your post. Don’t let one race put you off though. There are problems now and again but if you have betfair as a backup you’ll have the best of both worlds.

Just a disclaimer: I don’t work for Smarkets by the way!

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RyanB 14 December 31, 2015 at 9:38 pm

Yeah it was shocking wasn’t it I thought my Internet had gone down or something! You lost £50!? wow you didn’t put your back bet on first did you ouch.
To be honest im just going to always have Smarkets and Betfair open at the same time and use both, definitely agree with you!

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Ice Magic 5 January 1, 2016 at 1:07 am

I use both smarkets and betfair together. Could just use smarkets as they dont offer all the markets that betfair do. However for footy lays they are pretty good and i always use them for that. Betfair app is a nicer platform but if the odds are the same which they nearly always are then i use smarkets

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RyanB 14 January 1, 2016 at 1:19 am

Cheers for that, yeah thats exactly what im going to do ill lay for the football games as such but.most the time probably stick with betfair especially since most my funds are in there

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kjillman 1 January 1, 2016 at 9:58 am

Looks as though the name of the other exchange which is much better never get’s published!
I started with Smarkets then quickly switched to the other exchange as found it had better markets you can take sp which for me is important & cash out if you make a mistake.

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RyanB 14 January 1, 2016 at 4:30 pm

Can someone confirm to me that any game containing QPR is 0% commission or does it have to be if you lay QPR whats the deal??

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patrick
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9 January 1, 2016 at 5:56 pm

Any winning bet on a QPR game is commission free

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patrick
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9 January 1, 2016 at 5:58 pm

Lealdo has not been back to explain his betfair commission.
Its not right that people post misleading information.

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MatchBetter55 1 January 1, 2016 at 6:16 pm

I only use SMarkets – I find them brilliant. If you live in London, they also do random events, such as free food and drink at their office for customers.

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Mozzer 2 January 1, 2016 at 9:43 pm

I use Smarkets for most football and horse racing bets – liquidity is usually fine and charges lower commission. I only use Betfair if the market I want is not offered by Smarkets

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