Bet365 Football Betting Predictions: Odds & Tips

I think when I realised I just blew through £4,000 in less then 3 days is what really pushed me. I'm 20, turning 21 soon, in University, and I first started sports betting when I was 16, using BTC online. As soon as I turned 18, I had signed up straight away to Bet365. Within a few months I had spent my £800 savings. I did have my highs and lows, but I think I had it under control then, I even had a tipping service, and to be honest, it didn't feel like a problem then.
Once I started University (and for those who don't know) in England we get essentially "free" money (free being you only pay it back when you earn a certain threshhold and you pay a bit each month)
Suddenly I had £1500 to do what I wanted with, and guess what, I deposited it into sports betting.
I don't really remember what I had done back then, my memory is hazy, but I don't think it ever resulted in anything good.
When I moved to another University, I moved away, and that's when my troubles really came to light, before you see, it didn't matter if I was with £0 balance, everything was provided, but as soon as I started leaving it started to impact me.
Every start of term, I would feel "rich" sometimes winning up to 3x/4x my deposit, but just as quickly I had won, I would lose, because (to those familiar with the sports betting world, you're supposed to use a bank roll and percentage, but I alwas pretty much did either 50% or 100%)
The first few days I had successes, I would order takeaways etc, enjoy my time watching games, and pretty much it, but the other 2 months where I had 0, I had to eat one meal a day and buy just bread/milk/cheese/ham and repeat
Everytime I came back home, I was skinny
Last few months were the worst, because I blew through £9000 in 2 months.
It started in September, £1500 from the government and £3000 from my parents (to pay for University which I had kept because I took out a loan for the University too..)
Everything was going "decently" well
I had bought a trip to an EU country to visit my gf, the night before after going to town to do some shopping before I left, I had bet on a women volleyball game, and I was pretty confident.
and they lost.. in the last set, something like 13-15 (huge upset after coming back from 0-2 down.)
Anyhow, suddenly I was at a point where I blew through my gambling money, I had withdrawn to my bank £1000 to pay for everything since Booking didn't take the money for the hotel out beforehand.
Anyway, the morning before my flight, I had started betting with the aim to take my £1000 and double it.
I pulled it off, but I missed my flight.
£50 + £150 gone just like that (for the taxi+flight)
I made some excuse to my gf about the plane being cancelled, and rebooked the flight for the next day.
The night before this departure, it was much better, I had £2000 in my account, £1000 in my debit card saved to pay for the hotel and any amnesties while I was there.
I took the flight, kept myself from gambling until I landed and I said to myself, one more game then I stop for the week and enjoy my time with her.
Well, while on the bus, I found the perfect game:
https://www.sofascore.com/valencia-basket-barca-basket/TvbsVvb
Anyhow, I arrived, met her, but the game was still going, it was close and I had to keep checking my phone.
When I arrived to the hotel, it was in the last minute, and the score was tied, I got nervous, cashed out (losing about £200)
Felt pretty annoyed, gambled that evening on another game to try and "make up" and guess what, I lost.
So, I'm sure you can guess where this is going...
I deposited the £1000 that I saved to pay for the hotel to try and make everything back.
Guess what, it didn't work.
Well, queue me being in another country, with literally 20 euroes to my name and 6 days to pay my hotel.
So I called my parents and lied about some books I needed and a course, 400 sent, tried to bet with that, lost.
600 the next day
450
560
Until finally I asked for 1500 and won and stop myself.
In those few days I legit contemplated just leaving the hotel without paying, but in the end, I did pay, went back.
Then spent the next few days depressed.
Then I did the same thing,
400
700
500
every few days.
Soon, £9000 in less then a month.
All gone.
I was sad, but eventually I had forced myself to stop, it wasn't fair.
Well, the next month consisted of me eating literally ham/cheese sandwich, ramen noodle and food I found in the bin that my flatmates threw out.
Well, after what seemed like an eternity, a few days ago I finally got money again from the government, lost that, got money from my parents for university, lost that, and now I'm preparing to head back to University with 0 to my name and survive for 3 months till I come back home, and another 4 months till I get my next allowance.
But the next time, I don't want to gamble and lose it all for nothing.
I guess the sad part is, when I had a lot of money, be it £8000 or £5000, what did I ever buy? Nothing..
A few takeaways and meal deals here and there, but that was about it, the trip was my biggest expense, I sold my phone that my parents bought me, a watch that I got for my 18th birthday + more.
:(
The funny thing is, Bet365 messaged me after my £9k stint in 1 month and asked for proof of funds (they would call me every few months before this saying things like oh am I happy etc, and ofc I would lie..)
I faked some documents, played it like I was a baller with 60k to my name, and after that they wanted more evidence, tax returns etc, and eventually closed my account.
I fucked myself so much that a bookmaker closed my account just to stop me losing more.. (23k in total lost to them over 2 years.)
+ on top of that I have 2 student overdraft, one -£2000 and one -£1500 and a loan which I defaulted on £1000 to the point where i'm being rejected even for normal current accounts.
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Sorry for the long post.. don't really have many people to talk about this, and wanted to share and listen if you have any advice.

I think when I realised I just blew through £4,000 in less then 3 days is what really pushed me. I'm 20, turning 21 soon, in University, and I first started sports betting when I was 16, using BTC online. As soon as I turned 18, I had signed up straight away to Bet365. Within a few months I had spent my £800 savings. I did have my highs and lows, but I think I had it under control then, I even had a tipping service, and to be honest, it didn't feel like a problem then.
Once I started University (and for those who don't know) in England we get essentially "free" money (free being you only pay it back when you earn a certain threshhold and you pay a bit each month)
Suddenly I had £1500 to do what I wanted with, and guess what, I deposited it into sports betting.
I don't really remember what I had done back then, my memory is hazy, but I don't think it ever resulted in anything good.
When I moved to another University, I moved away, and that's when my troubles really came to light, before you see, it didn't matter if I was with £0 balance, everything was provided, but as soon as I started leaving it started to impact me.
Every start of term, I would feel "rich" sometimes winning up to 3x/4x my deposit, but just as quickly I had won, I would lose, because (to those familiar with the sports betting world, you're supposed to use a bank roll and percentage, but I alwas pretty much did either 50% or 100%)
The first few days I had successes, I would order takeaways etc, enjoy my time watching games, and pretty much it, but the other 2 months where I had 0, I had to eat one meal a day and buy just bread/milk/cheese/ham and repeat
Everytime I came back home, I was skinny
Last few months were the worst, because I blew through £9000 in 2 months.
It started in September, £1500 from the government and £3000 from my parents (to pay for University which I had kept because I took out a loan for the University too..)
Everything was going "decently" well
I had bought a trip to an EU country to visit my gf, the night before after going to town to do some shopping before I left, I had bet on a women volleyball game, and I was pretty confident.
and they lost.. in the last set, something like 13-15 (huge upset after coming back from 0-2 down.)
Anyhow, suddenly I was at a point where I blew through my gambling money, I had withdrawn to my bank £1000 to pay for everything since Booking didn't take the money for the hotel out beforehand.
Anyway, the morning before my flight, I had started betting with the aim to take my £1000 and double it.
I pulled it off, but I missed my flight.
£50 + £150 gone just like that (for the taxi+flight)
I made some excuse to my gf about the plane being cancelled, and rebooked the flight for the next day.
The night before this departure, it was much better, I had £2000 in my account, £1000 in my debit card saved to pay for the hotel and any amnesties while I was there.
I took the flight, kept myself from gambling until I landed and I said to myself, one more game then I stop for the week and enjoy my time with her.
Well, while on the bus, I found the perfect game:
https://www.sofascore.com/valencia-basket-barca-basket/TvbsVvb
Anyhow, I arrived, met her, but the game was still going, it was close and I had to keep checking my phone.
When I arrived to the hotel, it was in the last minute, and the score was tied, I got nervous, cashed out (losing about £200)
Felt pretty annoyed, gambled that evening on another game to try and "make up" and guess what, I lost.
So, I'm sure you can guess where this is going...
I deposited the £1000 that I saved to pay for the hotel to try and make everything back.
Guess what, it didn't work.
Well, queue me being in another country, with literally 20 euroes to my name and 6 days to pay my hotel.
So I called my parents and lied about some books I needed and a course, 400 sent, tried to bet with that, lost.
600 the next day
450
560
Until finally I asked for 1500 and won and stop myself.
In those few days I legit contemplated just leaving the hotel without paying, but in the end, I did pay, went back.
Then spent the next few days depressed.
Then I did the same thing,
400
700
500
every few days.
Soon, £9000 in less then a month.
All gone.
I was sad, but eventually I had forced myself to stop, it wasn't fair.
Well, the next month consisted of me eating literally ham/cheese sandwich, ramen noodle and food I found in the bin that my flatmates threw out.
Well, after what seemed like an eternity, a few days ago I finally got money again from the government, lost that, got money from my parents for university, lost that, and now I'm preparing to head back to University with 0 to my name and survive for 3 months till I come back home, and another 4 months till I get my next allowance.
But the next time, I don't want to gamble and lose it all for nothing.
I guess the sad part is, when I had a lot of money, be it £8000 or £5000, what did I ever buy? Nothing..
A few takeaways and meal deals here and there, but that was about it, the trip was my biggest expense, I sold my phone that my parents bought me, a watch that I got for my 18th birthday + more.
:(
The funny thing is, Bet365 messaged me after my £9k stint in 1 month and asked for proof of funds (they would call me every few months before this saying things like oh am I happy etc, and ofc I would lie..)
I faked some documents, played it like I was a baller with 60k to my name, and after that they wanted more evidence, tax returns etc, and eventually closed my account.
I fucked myself so much that a bookmaker closed my account just to stop me losing more.. (23k in total lost to them over 2 years.)
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Sorry for the long post.. don't really have many people to talk about this, and wanted to share and listen if you have any advice.

They have a membership of £10 a year and claim to refund you if they don't make a profit on the day you signed up. Anyone here ever used them? Do you think it's worth signing up?

This is going to be a long read, and English is not my tongue language so excuse me in case there are some grammar mistakes.
I will try to explain from my experience which methods I have used during the last two years to make money in this business. Some of them worked pretty well, some of them not that good, but still I want to share with you guys some tips specially for those who just began on Betting.
To make this clear: The strategy I used and I am still using to make money on betting is the Bonus Hunting strategy I am explaining below. The rest of this post are tips and other methods which I have tryied but *not with that good results, and of course, with risk*
BETTING TIPS
There are PLENTY of amazing posts / comments about this here, but it's always good the have a reminder. From my experience this are some of them:

• Fix STAKES and learn how to manage your bankroll before start betting. You don't need to have 10 different stakes, 2 or 3 are fine if you know how to manage them. Professional tipsters they sometimes use a flat stake and sometimes 2-3 different ones. Of course you can't put the same amount of money @10 than you put at @2.
  
• From my experience, the best odd-range is 1,8-2,2. That's mostly the range professional tipsters are using.
  
• Be carefull with multiple bets, it's okay to bet on 10 matches a small ammount of money to see if you get lucky, we all do that. But if you are betting bigger ammounts I wouldn't recommend more than 2-3 different bets.
  
• If you LOSE, you LOSE. You don't double the next bet to take back, you don't do stupid moves. You wait until the next opportunity.
  
• Whitdraw part of your benefits when they come.
  
• Get used to ASIAN LINES, specially those 0,25 / 0,75 since it's an amazing way to control the risk.
  
• Do your research before betting. You don't bet on a team to win just because they won the last three matches. Check the sidebar, check more statistics, check who is injury, check the line-ups if there are doubts about if some player will finally play. And really important, CHECK THE ODDS EVOLUTION, If Team 1 has won the last matches, playing good, appartently no injuries... and the odd has raised a lot the last hour ask yourself WHY. Before smiling because you may make more profit, think twice and do your research again because seems like someone knows something that you don't about this match. Specially if the odd has raised from @2 to @2.2 in 1 minute, because that means that someone has put a huge ammount of money there, and probably he knows more than you. Be aware of that specially on small markets (Non-important leagues). You can see the odd moves in oddsportal (check sidebar).
  
• Use a Betting house that don't limit you. I have been limited a lot of times, sometimes just after one bet, so please do yourself a favour. Pinnacle is an excelent option.
  
• There are not magic strategies to make money on betting.
  
• 115-120% ROI it's an amazing monthly mark to professional tipsters, be realistic about your profit forecast.
  
• Sign up in many betting houses. Check the odds and select the best one. Long-run makes huge difference.
  

1. BONUS HUNTING

• Strategy without risk, once you master it.

That's way so far the best betting method I have ever used. It takes time to Master but it's really simply an everybody can do it. I am sure you all have heard of that. Just in case you didn't do it yet, here's a basic guide:
Eg) Bet365 offers €100 to new Users if you deposit €100. (They also give a €50 phone-bonus with small requeriments). Of course you can not withdraw the money inmediatly. You have to move the money X times before that.
The requeriments for Bet365 in Spain are x4. So Bonus money + Deposit money x4. That makes 800 EUR. And the minimum odd is 1,5 and you CAN'T bet on Asian Lines.
What do I do now? Well, you just have to sign up in different betting houses and move the money. Or in other words, bet against yourself. You will need a Surebet software for that, you can easily find one on the Internet. In my case I use this one because it's pretty simple.
All the betting softwares work more or less the same way, they show:
-Profit: Bet between -1,5% +2,5%. AVOID betting at 45% surebets because that's a mistake from the bookies, they will change your odd after betting if you get lucky to place your bet before they notice of their mistake.
-Bookmarker: Here it will show up between which bookmarkers you have to place your bet. For example, you have now €200 in Bet365, and you just sign up on Pinnacle. Then you have to deposit money on Pinnacle and place the bet in both websites. Let's say Arsenal-Chelsea. Over 2,5 goals in Bet365 is @2 and Under 2,5 goals in Pinnacle is @2,03. No matter what happens that you will make 0,83% profit and you will have moved €200 of those €800 you have to move. Or even better than that, let's say the Final Score of the match is 1-1, so U2,5 goals. In that case you would have won your bet on Pinnacle, which means that you would have made aprox. €200 profit on Pinnacle and you would have lost €100 in Bet365 (Remember that from those €200 just €100 are yours, the rest is the bonus part). You have won €200 on Pinn, you have lost €100 on Bet. So totally you have made €100 in just one bet.
That's the best case, hunting the bonus in just one move. If the final score would have been 2-2, then you would have made your 0,83% profit and keep betting between Bet365 and other bookies until you would have moved the €800.
-Event: That's where you are going to bet. YOU NEVER BET ON SPORTS OR MARKETS BEFORE DOING RESEARCH.
Eg) Liverpool-Aston Villla
Over 3,5 cards @2
Under 3.5 cards @2
Seems like a good way to move your money. But you have to know that a red card in some BH is considered as 1 card and in some others is considered as 2 yellow cards.
Let's say there was 2 yellow cards and 1 red card: That would make 3 cards in one BH and 4 in another one. Imagine O3,5 was were the red cards count as one and U3,5 where red cards count as two. You would have lost all your money.
How do I know which ammount I have to bet on every case? Let's say you have found a nice 2,7% profit bet between two betting houses and you have a bonus in one of them. You will get the bonus and also the profit, that's a good one. This betting house offers a €100 bonus if you deposit the same amount. So now you would bet €200 in one side and X amount on the other side.
Let's say ManUtd vs Hull City:
MU Asian Handicap -0,5 @1,97 - Betting House 1 (You have the bonus here)
Hull City X2 @2,06 - Betting House 2
You would bet €200 @1,97 at BH 1 and €191,26 at BH2. Here's the link from one calculator I'm using (all work the same way).
THINGS YOU MUST KNOW:

• If you are hunting one bonus between two betting houses and you don't know which amount of money they will allow you to bet, you check the max. bet on the one that shows you the bet limits, and once you know that bet in the other BH first. or you could have troubles. If the Event is really big then you don't have to, but on small markets you must.
  
• Avoid Too-high profit surebets, Move your money between -1,5% and 3,4,5,7%.. maximum. You don't bet €200 at profit 56% because that's a bookie mistake and that's a really small market which will probably all you to bet no more than €25. If you get in there, the bookie most probably will send you a message saying that your odds has been changed. You will pay their mistake.
  
• You don't bet €200 anywhere, be carefull. If the bonus have high rolleover requirements such as move €1600 EUR, you don't move €400 in one bet. That's suspicious. Keep it simple, move €200 maximum and in normal events like Premier League Matches, La Liga, Serie A, FA Cup, UCL, EL, NBA, Main Basketball Leagues... that's ok. Remember to check always the limits before betting.
  
• Do RESEARCH BEFORE STARTING. Make a new Excel document, and write down all the betting houses you are going to hunt bonus from. Check their conditions, you are not interested on making €50 if you have to move €2000. That's a waste of your time. Also check all the payment methods, I recommend NetelleSkrill or PayPal, easier and faster. Write down all the documents you are going to need for the withdrawal. Check reviews from the betting houses, try to avoid the new ones, let them settle down first.
  

You can only hunt the bonus ONCE per person which means that If you want to continue doing this method you will have to find more people who wants to do it. That's what I have done, friends of mine gave me the documents I needed + PayPal/NetelleSkrill verified account and I do it for them. Of course I pay them around €100-€150. Which is not bad money for them considering they have to do nothing almost. Is it hard to find people? Well, I have 6 on the line right now, everybody wants money for free specially if they are students.
How much money do I need for getting started? I would say around €500. So you can sign up for a €100 Bonus depositing €200 in another house and you still have some extra-money just in case you win all your bets on the 'Bonus Betting House' and you haven't moved enough money to make the withdrawal yet. Once you start making money you can do this method for more than one person at the same time.
How much money can I make? Depends on the betting houses available in your country and the number of persons you are doing at once. UK is the best one so far (more BH, more offers) Spain is pretty good also. You have to do your own research for your country.
2. ARBITRAGE BETTING That's what you use for hunting the bonus - moving money between two betting houses without risk because you have placed bets on all the possible options -. You can do it independently. If your country has acces to betting houses where you don't get limit you can move money between them at high profit ranges.
Eg) Valencia-Sevilla.
BBTS YES @2,3 - Betting House 1
BBTS NO @1,97 - Betting House 2
There is a 6,85% profit on this Bet. Which is amazing. Now you could place a €2000 bet. For example betting €1032,72 on option 1 and €1205,69 in option two you would make €136,82 no matter what happens.
What is the problem with this method?

• You need to bet big to win big.
  
• You would get limited in most of the betting houses after that.
  
• This only works on big markets, you can't put this amounts in a Sweden 3rd Division match.
  
• If they cancel the match in one side but not in the other one and your bet wins in the side that has canceled your match... Well.. (Have to say this has never happened to me and it's really weird to happen on big matches).
  

3. TRADING I have done Betting Trading for a while, you can do it WHILE the match is being played or before that. What is the method about? It's about trying to figure out what the odds of one match are going to do before they do. Obviously you need to have strong information about the match you want to bet on.
*Eg) Based on this week. Dortmund-Real Madrid. Dortmund to win opening odd was @2,78 (15th September). The odd right before the match for the same bet was @2,23. WHY? Well, because something has happened between these time. Real Madrid couldn't win Las Palmas the 24th + some injuries + Cristian Ronaldo haven't done his best. And Dortmund won Wolfsburf 1-5 and Freiburg 3-1 in 3 days.
Now let's see somehow you could have seen that Real Madrid would have trouble in Las Palmas stadium and Dortmund would continue winning on Bundesliga.
Let's say you placed a €1000 bet on Dortmund to win @2,78 (day when the bookies offered the match). Then you waited and right before the match was started you bet €1588 on Real Madrid +0,5 @1,75.
You would have made €191,43 and the match would't have even started.*
Check it yourself here
Of course this a risky-long term example, but you can do it before and after the lines-ups. If you think some player won't play because you have strong information about that, place your bet, wait for the odd to raise up and close the bet on the other side aftertwards.
Does anyone really make money this way? Yes. Let's say you know a professional tipster with a lot of subscribers. When this guy shows the next bet a lot of people who have payed for that service will bet there, and usually big amounts of money. If you somehow know where the influential-tipster is going to bet before he posts it to his subscriptors you have your business done. Open bet, wait for the odd to go down, close bet other side.
What does people who doesn't have access to this kind of information (mostly everybody)?. They do big research, check a lot of pages, be documented as posible. If you find something really good some or later the odd will drop. But it's hard to find.
Where to do trading? Pinnacle doesn't limit, that's why most of people uses that BH. Also betfair is an excelent option for this kind of methods.
Good luck with your betting!

I'm talking small amounts maybe £100. Any questions tips here, hat about all the free sign up bet offers such as for bet365?
Should I just put £50 on a football team or do an accumulator bet?

Hello all,
I've been a member of this subreddit for a while, and have it to thank for so much of my success while betting. Those who are much, much more experienced than myself advised picks, and helped my organise my bankroll effectively.
I thought it would be good to give something back to the community, so I have compiled a short list of "top tips" for beginners to improve the likelihood of making more money.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a serious bettor, as per my flair. I do this for fun and to make a small income with money that is superfluous to my needs.
1. Understand the terminology
Understanding where your money is going is so important to know before you jump in. This sub has an expansive list of terminology for you to look at and learn. Pay particular attention to Asian Handicap betting, as most tend to get confused.
2. Choose a bookmaker
This will depend on your country of origin of course, but I will assume most here and from the UK. My personal favourite is Bet365, as they have the most markets of any bookmaker in the UK, at the expensive of a tiny bit of value. They also run the risk free inplay bets which are the best offers on the market, and if you are moving a lot of money on the account, you get a £5 free bet from them sporadically as and when they like.
Important- make the most of the sign up deals!
You will see all bookmakers offer a deal to new customers, for example place a £10 bet and get £30 in free bets to use. Even if you only open an account to make use of these bets and never touch it again, it's worthwhile.
Whichever you pick, my advice would be to stick with them for all your bets, so you can track your wins and losses more easily.
3. Don't actually start betting right away!
The temptation is there to jump straight in and follow a pick on here blindly. Don't!
Always research EVERY bet you make before hand. The best site in my opinion to use is Flashscore, which also has an iOS App for mobile users. Here you will find a plethora of information on each team, the previous results, form and stats.
4. Bankroll effectively
Never, ever bet more than you can afford to lose. This is a short road to ruin.
Dedicate money from your income to betting, for example £100 starting money per month or per year. Using that £100, and that 100 only, break down the amounts in units, which can then be staked separately.
For example, if I consider each pound as a unit, and I want to bet £10 on a game, I would be effectively using 10 units. The real effectiveness of unit measurement is when you combine it with the odds of the pick you are choosing. For example if I aim to make £10 net profit per pick no matter what I bet on, I can adjust my units effectively to maintain this.
If the odds are 1.4, I divide my goal (10) by the odds (1.4) to see how many units I need to bet (7.14).
5. Avoid certain types of betting
People often debate the usefulness of accumulators. You might have seen a big win on twitter, when a 1000/1 bet comes in and think "I can do that."
Accumulators are NOT an efficient tool for earning sustainable long term income from betting
That isn't to say don't do them at all. I often place an accumulator on the BPL each weekend to increase my enjoyment and see if I can get lucky. It's always £1 so there's not much loss.
My favoured betting technique is betting big on low odds. I often place high unit stakes on odds 1.4 or less, amounting to a small amount of profit. This of course is risky, but each person differs.
6. Don't chase losses
You are going to have big days, and you're going to have shit days. The main message here is do not make a knee jerk reaction to losing a bet. If you start throwing more than you can afford to lose in order to recoup losses, it can get seriously messy. Take a break if you are on a slide, jump on someone else's picks who is on a hot streak.
7. Share the love
My final point. If you find a great pick, fully researched, share it on this subreddit! We are all a team going against the rich bookie, the more of us winning the better! There are a lot of great tipsters on here, make use of the resources they provide and thank them if you win!
If anyone has any more tips, feel free to add them in the comments and I can edit the original post with credit to you for supplying the information.
Good luck!

Average week last week, posted last minute a photo of my tips but they were very rushed, which the results proved, only came up around even due to my hitting hard on West Coast, GWS & Saints which saved me. Confidence is key and my 8 fold multi will surely hit this week
Favourites in BOLD
All odds accurate as of 11:00am AEST (GMT+10) 21st of April, taken from Bet365

Home Team	Away Team	Spread	OveUnder
Hawthorn	Adelaide	±16.5	197.5
Sydney	West Coast	±7.5	172.5
Gold Coast	North Melbourne	±14.5	186.5
Western Bulldogs	Brisbane	±41.5	182.5
Port Adelaide	Geelong	±8.5	180.5
St Kilda	Greater Western Sydney	±10.5	188.5
Fremantle	Carlton	±39.5	176.5
Melbourne	Richmond	±2.5	177.5
Collingwood	Essendon	±18.5	177.5

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Some websites do their own independent write ups of the games and explanations for what they think will happen. Links below
Betfair, release a predictive model usually released around ~24hrs before play
BeforeYouBet
The Midfield, great in-depth analysis and free tips provided by a group of passionate followers of the game
Will post my tips in comments, good luck fellow punters

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SATURDAY 26th NOV CHANNEL 4 CARD - RACES STILL AVAILABLE:

• Newbury 13:30 Sir Peter O'Sullevan Memorial Handicap Chase (4yo+, Class 3, 2m 6f 93y)
  
• Newbury 14:05 bet365 Handicap Hurdle (4yo+, Class 2, 2m 4f 118y)
  
• Newbury 14:40 bet365 Intermediate Hurdle (Listed Limited Handicap) (Registered As The Gerry Fielden Hurdle) (4yo+, Class 1, 2m 69y) -- taken by AirIndex
  
• Newcastle 14:55 StanJames.com Fighting Fifth Hurdle (Grade 1) (4yo+, Class 1, 2m 98y) -- taken by Moneycantbuyustones
  
• Newbury 15:10 Hennessy Gold Cup Chase (Grade 3 Handicap) (4yo+, Class 1, 3m 1f 214y) -- taken by StiffyAllDay
  
• Newcastle 15:30 At The Races Rehearsal Handicap Chase (Listed) (4yo+, Class 1, 2m 7f 91y)
  
• Newbury 15:45 bet365 Handicap Chase (4yo+, Class 2, 2m 92y)
  

Please have your tips online before midday Saturday. If you want to include tips for any additional races, please feel free. Good luck and have fun!

bet365 have a £20 Billion turnover with £213.8 million profit they're the biggest sports betting company in the world.
Allow me to explain how sports betting companies like them make so much damn money, and why I believe it's an immoral system, which exploits human nature and punishes it.
How bookmaking works:
Sports betting is the act of placing bets on markets in sport such as football or horse racing, where the odds are set by bookmakers. These odds are based on the mathematical likelihood of events occurring - except that a significant portion of the probability is kept in favour of the bookies, to ensure profits regardless of outcome. For example:

Two identical football teams play in fair and unbiased playing conditions going to penalties in the event of a draw. Each team to win should have odds of 1/1 (even money) so 50% probability.

However a betting company would supply odds of 5/6 in this situation, with 5/6 being a ratio of money won: to money put on.
In this example probability likelihood is proportional to money spent vs. money put on, so as a probability it would be 5 out of 11 parts so 45% likelihood.
You can see straight away that the betting company is therefore making 10% profit for themselves in any eventuality.
That's just football, in horse racing bookmakers can make gross profit of up to 90% because the more participants in a competition the easier it is to disguise the trick of odds setting, and make it seem like probabilities of events occurring when in fact the only certainty is the old adage "the bookmaker always wins."
These markets then change based upon what punters back, the odds go in or out for each selection, but the bookmaker's slice of the pie is always maintained.
Why is this bad?
Obviously it's bad because it's addictive but we'll get on to that. It's bad on more mechanical terms because it's a very well disguised trick, and one that punters hardly ever truly understand the dangers of. The more times you play into a crooked system the less likely you are to succeed, for all your sporting know-how and for all your early successes the system will nearly always catch up with you. You see your friends facebook statuses talking about their big accumulator? Well the betting company sees their account history and it's heavily in the red.
It's also highly addictive, the punter savours the wins, and feels intoxicated with the idea that they know more about it than your averge betting Joe. They're wrong. Your average power-bettor is a clever middle aged man who thinks he knows more than the other million clever middle aged men. They can't all be right can they? No, is the answer, however those early successes that they bragged about to their friends, they chase the magic dragon trying to recapture that early glory so they can finally quit for the month 'up on the bookies' unless they're keeping count, which is very depressing business', they often feel like the last win they had somehow recouped all their losses when in fact it barely scratched the surface. Instant deposit accounts and in-play markets will do that for you. Sorry for staring to heavily generalise but I can't help it.
Why are bookmakers immoral?
They're immoral because not only do they reap the harvest of this glorified carnival trick, they also add insult to injury by carefully and unscrupulously monitoring their customers. The best customers (the heaviest losers) are given bonuses as rewards for their repeated losses, with the heaviest losers being given the biggest rewards, this often comes in literal bonuses on their accounts. The worst customers (those that somehow manage to win in such adverse conditions) are treated with extreme prejudice and when they get to a certain ratio have their accounts analysed, their details monitored and passed to other betting firms. If you somehow win in betting you're a cheat - that's how the betting companies view you, you know things they don't know, you know too much. They restrict the amount you can bet as much as they can without alarming the customer, they'll just see the 'maximum stake' for a bet lower itself dramatically only on their account. In extreme cases they have their accounts closed, however this is a last resort. In the very worst cases and I'm talking Robert De Niro from Casino levels of betting prodigy - they're contacted and offered jobs as traders to ensure the system is kept in favour of the bookies at all costs.
So not only are the odds stacked, the punters themselves are knee capped should they somehow succeed.
Tips:

• Only bet for fun, never for profit.
• Only bet what you're prepared to lose.
• Only seriously bet if you actually know specialist information about the sport you're betting on, not just that you've played Football Manager and have a hunch.
• Take your friend's wins with a gigantic pinch of salt, as they're not telling you their losses.
• Accumulators are the worst kind of bets relative to the probabilities involved. They favour the betting companies at a disproportionate rate the more bets you add to your accumulator. The returns of winning do not multiply in a way that offsets this.
• Singles are the markets betting company's like least as the trick of bookmaking is disguised the least.

The above was obviously a simplification of bookmaking theory, infused with my own opinions. My background was as a Maths graduate working in a betting call centre for two years occasionally hearing grown men have emotional break downs.
Feel free to do your own reading:

• The art of bookmaking.
  
• Another guide)
  
• Gamble aware
  

RULES:

• Sign ups posted mid-week, Tips posted day before.
  
• Please have your tips posted by race-day lunch-time.
  
• Please format your previews something similar to this.
  
• When you post your selection, please confirm if you're advising to Win, Place, E/W, Forecast, whatever, how many points to stake (this is generally done in 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 3 points, but it's up to your discretion), and what odds to take and with which betting firm or if you're taking the SP.
  

 
SATURDAY 4th NOVEMBER ITV4 CARD:

• Ascot 13:50 - (2m2f175y) Ascot Underwriting Chase (A Novices' Limited Handicap) (Class 3) (4yo+ 0-140)
  
• Wetherby 14:05 - 2m olbg.com Mares' Hurdle (Listed Race) (Class 1) (4yo+)
  
• Ascot 14:25 - Byrne Group Handicap Chase (Listed Race) (Class 1) (4yo+ 0-150)
  
• Wetherby 14:40 - (3m26y) bet365 Hurdle (Registered As The West Yorkshire Hurdle) (Grade 2) (Class 1) (4yo+)
  
• Ascot 15:00 - (1m7f152y) William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Listed Race) (Class 1) (4yo+)
  
• Wetherby 15:15 - (3m45y) bet365 Charlie Hall Chase (Grade 2) (Class 1) (5yo+)
  
• Ascot 15:35 - (2m7f180y) Sodexo Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (Class 1) (4yo+)
  

 
 
If we have more interest than the amount of races, we’ll look at other races to be previewed. And if you want to include a tip for another race not listed, please feel free.
Results so far can be viewed here.
Good luck and have fun!

RULES:

• The thread to post your previews will be live on Friday. The post-match review of the bets will be done by Sunday. The next sign-up thread will also be posted on Wednesday (if the ITV card has been confirmed by then).
  
• Please have your previews posted by lunch-time Saturday. This should give other people enough time to check the thread and check the tips.
  
• Please format your previews something similar to this.
  
• When you post your selection, please confirm if you're advising to Win, Place, E/W, Forecast, whatever, how many points to stake (this is generally done in 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 3 points, but it's up to your discretion), and what odds to take and with which betting firm or if you're taking the SP.
  

 
SATURDAY 21st JAN ITV4 CARD:

• 13:50 Ascot - OLBG.com Mares' Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Warfield) - taken by PadsTheFish
  
• 14:05 Haydock - Sky Bet Supreme Trial Rossington Main Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) - taken by smithmustscore
  
• 14:25 Ascot - Keltbray Holloway's Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3)
  
• 14:40 Haydock - Stanjames.com Champion Hurdle Trial Hurdle - taken by threeleggedspringer
  
• 15:00 Ascot - Berkshire Community Foundation Clarence House Chase (Grade 1) - taken by StiffyAllDay
  
• 15:15 Haydock - Peter Marsh Handicap Chase (Grade 2) - taken by docdaneeeka
  
• 15:35 Ascot - bet365 Handicap Chase
   
  

If we have more interest than the amount of races, we’ll look at other races to be previewed. And if you want to include a tip for another race not listed, please feel free. Results so far can be viewed here.
Good luck and have fun!

RULES:

• The thread to post your previews will be live on Friday. The post-match review of the bets will be done by Sunday. The next sign-up thread will also be posted on Wednesday (if the ITV card has been confirmed by then).
  
• Please have your previews posted by lunch-time Saturday. This should give other people enough time to check the thread and check the tips.
  
• Please format your previews something similar to this.
  
• When you post your selection, please confirm if you're advising to Win, Place, E/W, Forecast, whatever, how many points to stake (this is generally done in 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 3 points, but it's up to your discretion), and what odds to take and with which betting firm or if you're taking the SP.
  

 
SATURDAY 4th FEB ITV4 CARD:

• 13:50 Sandown - The Betfred Contenders Hurdle Race (Listed Race), 1m 7f
  
• 14:05 Musselburgh - The Edinburgh National Handicap Steeple Chase, 1m 7f - taken by smithmustscore
  
• 14:25 Sandown - The Betfred TV Scilly Isles Novices’ Steeple Chase, 2m 4f / Grade 1 - taken by docdaneeeka
  
• 14:45 Wetherby - The Totepool Towton Novices’ Steeple Chase, 3m / Grade 2 - taken by Lord_summerisle
  
• 15:00 Sandown - The Betfred Mobile Heroes Handicap Hurdle Race, 2m 7f / Grade 3 - taken by AirIndex
  
• 15:15 Musselburgh - The Scottish County Hurdle (A Handicap), 1m 7f
  
• 15:35 Sandown - The Betfred Masters Handicap Steeple Chase, 3m
  

 
If we have more interest than the amount of races, we’ll look at other races to be previewed. And if you want to include a tip for another race not listed, please feel free.
Results so far can be viewed here.
Good luck and have fun!

RULES:

• The thread to post your previews will be live on Friday. The post-match review of the bets will be done by Sunday. The next sign-up thread will also be posted on Wednesday (if the ITV card has been confirmed by then).
  
• Please have your previews posted by lunch-time Saturday. This should give other people enough time to check the thread and check the tips.
  
• Please format your previews something similar to this.
  
• When you post your selection, please confirm if you're advising to Win, Place, E/W, Forecast, whatever, how many points to stake (this is generally done in 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 3 points, but it's up to your discretion), and what odds to take and with which betting firm or if you're taking the SP.
  

 
SATURDAY 21st JAN ITV4 CARD:

• 13:50 Ascot - OLBG.com Mares' Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Warfield) - taken by PadsTheFish
  
• 14:05 Haydock - Sky Bet Supreme Trial Rossington Main Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) - taken by smithmustscore
  
• 14:25 Ascot - Keltbray Holloway's Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3)
  
• 14:40 Haydock - Stanjames.com Champion Hurdle Trial Hurdle - taken by threeleggedspringer
  
• 15:00 Ascot - Berkshire Community Foundation Clarence House Chase (Grade 1) - taken by StiffyAllDay
  
• 15:15 Haydock - Peter Marsh Handicap Chase (Grade 2) - taken by docdaneeeka
  
• 15:35 Ascot - bet365 Handicap Chase
   
  

If we have more interest than the amount of races, we’ll look at other races to be previewed. And if you want to include a tip for another race not listed, please feel free. Results so far can be viewed here.
Good luck and have fun!

I've listed the races from this Saturday's Channel 4 card below. We will allocate them based on a "first come, first serve" basis. If anyone can think of a fairer way let me know. If we get more interest than the number of televised races we will look at other races for the users to analyse. If you want to include tips for other races, please feel free.
 
RULES:

• The thread for to post your previews will be live on Fridays. The post-match review of the bets will be done Sundays. The sign-up thread will be posted on Tuesdays.
  
• Please have your previews posted by lunch-time Saturday. This should give other people enough time to check the thread and check the tips.
  
• Please format your previews something similar to this
  
• When you post your selection, please confirm if you're advising to Win, Place, E/W, Forecast, whatever, how many points to stake (this is generally done in 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 3 points, but it's up to your discretion), and what odds to take and with which betting firm or if you're taking the SP.
  

 
SATURDAY 10th DEC CHANNEL 4 CARD:

• Caspian Caviar Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (4yo+, Class 1, 2m 4f 166y) - taken by AirIndex
  
• Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (registered As The Bristol Novices' Hurdle) (4yo+, Class 1, 2m 7f 213y) - taken by docdaneeka
  
• Bet365 December Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (4yo+, Class 1, 2m 7f 214y - taken by srodgers32
  
• stanjames.com International Hurdle (Grade 2) (4yo+, Class 1, 2m 179y
  
• Bet365 Summit Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) (3yo, Class 1, 2m 128y - taken by smithmustscore
  
• OLBG Mares' Handicap Hurdle (4yo+, Class 2, 2m 4f 56y) - taken by KlassixKAOS
  
• SUNDAY- John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase (grade 1) (5yo+, 2m 4f) - taken by Moneycantbuyustones
  

 
There are only six televised races on Saturday. If we get more than six people interested, users thereafter can pick a race from Saturday (or Sunday, if anyone wants to take on the John Durkan Memorial) for them to analyse.
 
We had a good week last week. Let's see if we can keep this up! Results so far can be viewed here.
 
Good luck and have fun!

Hey beermoneyukers!
After years working in my 9-5 job as a website developer for a large corporation I decided I could not face selling my soul any longer lols and packed in my job.
Since then, I had a stint working as a freelancer whilst also making a healthy side income via matched betting. And over the past 9 months I’ve been building a website that teaches people how to do the same.
There are a lot of websites out there that teach matched betting, but most require a monthly subscription and most have long articles that can be a bit dry and hard to follow.
So instead, I built a website, Team Profit, that:
  Is completely free
  Uses animated video guides to teach people (link)
  Has infographics to accompany all video guides
  Provides step by step guides for 25+ bookmaker offer which will make you £600+ risk free (link)
I have amended the video script over 50 times to try to make it as concise and helpful as possible, hopefully they are a good watch!
Any feedback on the videos, guides, blog or anything else, please let me know, I spend every day adding new content and improving existing content.
If you are thinking of learning matched betting and making £600+ risk free, please check it out!
www.teamprofit.com
 
MEGA FAQs GUIDE TO MATCHED BETTING
 
The video guides I posted above will teach you everything about matched betting.
However, I figure no harm in me writing down everything I know about matched betting in an FAQ style layout. Hopefully this will be useful to you.
I have tried to answer every question as concise as possible / no rambling :D
I have split the FAQs into the following sections:
 
INTRODUCTION
1) What exactly is matched betting and how I do make money risk free?
2) How popular is matched betting?
3) Does it involve gambling?
4) How much money will I need to start?
5) How much time will it take me to learn matched betting?
 
OFFERS & YOUR PROFIT
1) How much money can I make matched betting from the welcome offers (new customer only)?
2) How much is a free bet worth in actual cash profit?
3) After I have finished the Welcome Offers, how much money can I make matched betting each month from Daily Offers (existing customer offers)?
4) What type of Daily Offers are available?
 
BOOKMAKERS AND BETTING EXCHANGES
1) Which bookmakers have the best welcome offers?
2) Which bookmakers have the best offers for existing customers?
3) What is mug betting?
4) What is a betting exchange?
5) How do we use a betting exchange?
 
ADDRESSING COMMON CONCERNS
1) How sustainable is matched betting?
2) Will it impact my credit rating?
3) Do the bookmakers have terms to stop customers from withdrawing?
4) Do I need to know about sports?
 
WHICH WEBSITES TEACH MATCHED BETTING - YOUR OPTIONS
1) Where can you learn matched betting?
 
ADDITIONAL FAQS
1) Depositing and withdrawing
2) Sending identification documents
Any questions that haven’t been answered please add a comment and I’ll add the FAQ and answer.
 
INTRODUCTION
 
1) What exactly is matched betting and how I do make money risk free?
There are more than 25 online bookmakers in the UK. In order to attract new customers, they each offer free bets, known as ‘Welcome Offers’.
In total they offer over £800 in free bets to new customers.
In order to receive the free bet, bookmakers require you to place your first bet. An example offer is ‘Bet £5, Get £20 free bet’.
The risk is that you could lose both the £5 bet (your own cash) and the £20 free bet.
By using a technique called matched betting, we remove this risk.
This is because we match our first £5 bet on the bookmaker with a £5 bet on a betting exchange on the opposite outcome (this is known as a ‘lay bet’).
For example, we bet £5 on Man Utd to win on the bookmaker, and £5 on Man Utd not to win on the betting exchange.
As we have now bet on all outcomes, regardless of whether Man Utd win, draw or lose, we will neither win nor lose money. However, we have received the £20 free bet!
With the £20 free bet, we can now repeat this process by betting on say Liverpool to win on the bookmaker and Liverpool not to win.
This time, because we are using a £20 free bet but our winnings are paid out in cash, we will always make a profit.
We repeat this process for 25+ bookmakers, one by one. In total we can convert the £800+ in free bets to over £600+ in actual cash profit, in very little time at all.
 
2) How popular is matched betting?
Matched betting isn’t new and has been around since at least 2005.
However, it is only since 2015 that it has really increased in popularity due to the rise of websites teaching matched betting. You can see this trend here: Google Trends Link
By looking at the various matched betting sites popularity, a reasonable estimate is at least 25,000 people in the UK are matched betters. You can see a review of sites that teach matched betting in the ‘Which websites teach matched betting?’ section below.
 
3) Does it involving gambling?
This is the most common assumption with matched betting. You’d be forgiven for thinking that it did involve gambling simply because the name ‘matched betting’ would suggest it did.
However, matched betting does not involve gambling, you will never be risking a penny.
Because we are always covering the opposite outcome occurring, there is never any risk we will lose money. Furthermore, we still receive the free bets which we will where we make our profit.
The profitability and risk free nature of matched betting has been reviewed in the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian
 
4) How much will I need to start?
You can start with as little as you want, however the lowest I would recommend starting with would be £25.
With £25, you can start your first bookmaker welcome offer and make a deposit into your first betting exchange, meaning you can start making a profit.
For more details, see this Starting with £25 guide.
The downside, with only £25 you are restricted by having to wait for withdrawals before you can move onto the next offer.
Therefore, I would say an optimal amount to have available for your cash flow would be in the region of £200 as this allows you to complete multiple welcome offers simultaneously.
 
5) How long will it take me to learn matched betting?
To learn the principles of matched betting, it will take up to 20 minutes.
To become familiar with completing your first offer, I would set aside another 30-60 minutes so you can take your time and ensure you are completing it correctly.
For example, the video guides on Team Profit last a total of 21 minutes (8 minutes for the explainers videos and 13 minutes to watch the step-by-step real time example). Although they last just 21 minutes, some users watch certain parts of the video again to become comfortable with the process.
It is very much recommended to avoid trying to learn matched betting by yourself. There are thousands of experienced matched betters who can help you. For more details on this, see the ‘Which Websites Teach Matched Betting’ section.
If you need any help anytime, please do comment in this Reddit thread and I’ll help you out.
 
OFFERS
 
1)How much money can I make matched betting from the welcome offers (new customer only)?
From the welcome offer, you can make approximately £1,000 cash profit.
There are 25+ bookmaker offers available on sports for at least £600 profit. These are relatively straightforward offers and good value in terms of time to complete. It would take around 12 hours to complete these offers, which works around £40 / hour tax free. You can complete them over any time period you like.
There are at least another 5 bookmaker offers, such as Bet365 and BetVictor, though these require more time, you could make around £100 to £200. They require more time because the bookmaker requires you to bet many more times before you can withdraw.
Plus 20+ offers across casino and bingo, though some are not risk free and typically take more time to complete, but you should be able to make at least £200 profit from these offers.
So overall, there is an easy £600 profit risk free, then up to another £400 if it’s worth your time to do them.
 
2) How much is a free bet worth in actual cash profit?
A £10 free bet is worth between £5 to £8 in actual cash profit.
The reason for the range is because the higher odds you choose for your free bet, the more actual cash profit you will make.
For example, if you bet on a football team with odds of 2.0, the £10 free bet will convert to around £5 cash profit. Whereas if you bet on a football team that is unlikely to win, with odds of say 6.0, the £10 free bet will convert to around £8 cash profit.
Note though, the higher odds you choose, the more you will need in your betting exchange account in case the bet wins. For a detailed explanation with examples, read this free bet profit article.
 
3) After I have finished the Welcome Offers, how much money can I make matched betting each month (from existing customer offers)?
Anywhere from £100 to £1,000+ per month.
Bookmakers continue to run free bet offers to retain their customers, I refer to these as Daily Offers.
Daily Offers are typically less valuable than the welcome offers but still worth completing.
For example, rather than ‘Bet £5 Get £20’ that they offer to new customers, they may instead run ‘Bet £20 Get £10’ and on a particular football match.
I would say for people with a day job, aiming for between £300 to £500 a month is realistic. In terms of time required, for every hour you spend, you should make around £30 tax free.
So to make £300 a month, expect to spend around 2-3 hours a week. I’d say to earn more than this, you will likely need to accept a lower hourly rate and do some of the low value offers too.
If you are looking to make £1,000+, I’d expect you would have to be near full time and also be fortunate to keep your enough of your bookmaker accounts open for 12+ month period (what is mugging bet FAQ below).
 
4) What type of offers are available for existing customers?
 
Easy offers:
The most common easy offer on football matches is Bet £20 Get £10 free bet. Many bookmakers run this offer, though it will usually be on a particular football match.
The most common easy offer on horse racing is usually on SkyBet, who will run simple offers such as ‘Get £25 free bet if your horse comes 2nd or 3rd’.
There are also easy casino offers, such as ‘£5 risk free’, where you spin on slots and hope to win, if you don’t they’ll refund up to £5 of losses.
These offers can make you up to £300 per month (or £500 on a good month with European football) and are easy for those with a day job.
 
Harder offers:
If you are looking to make more than £300 to £500 a month, then you will need to spend time on Saturday’s completing horse racing offers on Channel 4 racing and during the week too, though Saturday’s are the most profitable.
Plus you will need to do more advanced offers such as football accumulator refunds, each way offers, though I will leave these aside given they could have their own separate thread :p
If you’d like to understand where you can learn more about these offers, see ‘Which sites teach matched betting?’ FAQ below.
 
BOOKMAKERS AND BETTING EXCHANGE
 
1) Which bookmakers have the best welcome offers?
 
There are 3 formats of bookmakers welcome offers.
 
‘Bet £X Get £Y free bet’ - these are the most straightforward. Simply place your first bet and receive a free bet.
This format of welcome offer, ranging from Bet £5 Get £20 to Bet £50 Get £50, is available on Coral, SkyBet, BetBright, Betfred, Paddy Power, BetStars, William Hill, Stan James, Betway, Ladbrokes, TitanBet, 32Red and MarathonBet.
 
‘Refunds’ (also known as Risk Free offers) - these are similar to Bet £X Get £Y free bet. The only difference is you only receive your free bet if your first bet loses, hence I refer to these offers are refund offers.
This format of welcome offer is, ranging from £10 to £50 refunds, is available on Bwin, Dafabet, UniBet, Totesport, 188Bet, SuperLenny, Genting and 888Sport.
 
‘Multi Bets’ - these welcome offers require multiple bets to be placed before receiving your reward. It can take form of a bonus which requires to bet £X amount until you can withdraw any winnings, or the form of a cash reward once you have bet £X amount.
This format of welcome offer is available on Bet365, BetVictor and some other bookmakers, however they often require such a large amount of betting that I haven’t included them in this list.
The quickest to complete are the Bet £X Get £Y due to their simplicity, then the next best are the ‘Refunds’ offers.
The Multi Bet offers can be very valuable (e.g. Bet£365’s offer is worth over £150 profit risk free) but can also require much larger deposits in order to place the bookmaker bets and lay these bets in your Exchange.
 
For details of each bookmaker offer, see this Welcome Offer List & Guides
 
2) Which bookmakers have the best offers for existing customers?
 
Bookmakers vary in their level of generosity to existing customers. This is a little subjective, but in my opinion, this is the ranking of bookmakers for existing customers:
 
Best: Bet365
Bet365 run a £50 Risk Free offer most months (sometimes twice a month during popular football months) which is worth £35. It is very quick to complete (less than 10 minutes) so for £35 to £70, or around £500 a year, it is a great offer.
Plus they have one of the best horse racing offers, up to a £50 risk free bet if your pick a winning horse with high odds. This is a profitable offer worth around £20-£30 a week, or up to £1,000 to £1,500 a year.
 
Second Best: SkyBet
SkyBet run regular £5 to £25 free bet offers on horse racing and football, plus regular £5 risk free offers in SkyVegas.
 
Third & Fourth Best: Coral and Paddy Power
Both these sites run regular horse racing, price boosts and football offers (Bet £20 Get £10 in particular), at least £20 to to be made on every week from these two sites.
 
Good: William Hill, Ladbrokes, BetStars, Stan James, Betway, Bwin, Betfred, Totesport, 188Bet, 888, BetVictor
All these bookmakers run offer(s) each week so it’s worth ensuring you have completed the welcome offer for each of these sites so you can take advantage of their daily offers for existing customers.
 
3) What is mug betting?
If you are only ever betting when you receive an offer, the bookmaker will no longer allow your account to receive free bet offers (this is known as being ‘gubbed’).
To get around this, you should place ‘mug’ bets. ‘Mug’ bets are simply bets that a ‘mug’ punter would place. Mug bets include £1 accumulators (betting on several teams to win) and betting on favourites without an offer.
Most advice suggests that for every offer you receive, you should place 2-3 mug bets.
If you are gubbed, it does kinda suck when you receive the email, as you can no longer profit from the bookmaker’s offers.
It is also becoming increasingly common as bookmakers are noticing more suspected matched bettors, due to its increasing popularity. My advice is to make money whilst you can and take sensible precautions to try to keep your account active.
For more details, see this Mug Betting article
 
4) What is a betting exchange?
A betting exchange is a marketplace for customers to bet between each other on the outcome of particular events. This differs from a traditional bookmaker because an exchange also gives you the ability to be the bookmaker yourself and take bets from other exchange users.
Standard bookmakers generate profit by offering odds that are in their favour. Betting exchanges explained in terms of how they generate revenue is they charge a commission on any winnings a player receives.
The two market leading betting exchanges are, Betfair and Smarkets.
For more details, Betting Exchanges Comparison.
 
5) How we use betting exchanges?
When matched betting, a betting exchange is used to place our lay bets (the opposite bet to our trigger bet). So when we place the trigger bet with the bookmaker on one outcome to release the initial free bet, we must also cover the opposite outcome so that if the bookmaker bet does lose we still win on the lay bet - making it risk free!
Similarly when we are placing the free bet bet with the bookmaker we then lay off that bet using the exchange and because we’re using a free bet but being paid out in cash, this is how we turn free bets into withdrawable cash.
We only ever use betting exchanges for lay bets.
 
ADDRESSING COMMON CONCERNS
 
1) How sustainable is matched betting?
Matched betting over the past 6-9 months has become harder. Most bookmakers have realised they are thousands of matched betters taking advantage of their offers and so have either reduced the generosity of their offers or have made the daily offers more complicated.
However, there is still intense competition between the bookmakers, meaning they will always run special offers to an extent.
By spending a few hours a week, you can still make £300 to £500 a month, whereas in past year(s) this figure could have been £500 to £800.
The biggest issue matched betters face is being ‘gubbed’. As explained in the mug betting FAQ, this is when a bookmaker restricts you from receiving free bets and bonuses.
There are various theories as to how a particular bookmaker decides to to gub a customer. Reasons include taking up too many offers, winning a high % of bets, withdrawing regularly, placing bets far in advance or at irregular times.
The truth is nobody really knows precisely why people gubbed. However, you can expect to get gubbed at some point from a particular bookmaker, it may be 2 months, it may be 2 years, it is hard to know.
I really think though that everyone can make up to £1,000 from the Welcome Offers and at least £300 to £500 a month without any problems. I think the issues comes when you are making £1,000+ every month which sooner or later bookmakers will catch up that you are taking up a lot of offers.
Having said this, some people say they have been making £1,000+ every month for years, so maybe it is possible if you are using a wide variety of bookmakers and consistently placing mug bets.
 
2) Will it impact my credit rating?
Having betting activity on your bank statement does not impact your credit rating.
The only thing to be wary of when making betting deposits and withdrawals is that it can affect your application for a mortgage. So if you’re planning on applying for a mortgage in the near future then I’d recommend using a separate bank account to that which you’ll be applying for the mortgage with.
 
3) Do the bookmakers have terms to stop customers from withdrawing?
The vast majority of welcome offers do not have any withdrawal restrictions.
A handful of welcome offers do but this will be state in the terms and conditions. It is much easier though to use a matched betting website as they will clearly highlight the key terms of each offer (see ‘Which websites teach matched betting’ section below).
Casino offers will almost always have withdrawal restrictions, however for the matched betting welcome offers we are focusing on sports betting.
 
4) Do I need to know about sports?
Not at all! You do not need a sports background or have any sort of betting knowledge, many matched betters do not know anything about sport or betting before learning matched betting.
You may learn matched betting a little faster if you have sports betting experience but it really isn't important at all.
 
WHICH WEBSITE TEACH MATCHED BETTING - YOUR OPTIONS
 
There are 30+ websites that three key stages to matched betting:
Stage 1) Learning matched betting
Stage 2) Completing the Welcome Offers (for new customers)
Stage 3) Profiting in the long term from Daily Offers (for existing customers)
Below I have tried to cover the main sites that will help you with each of these stages.
 
In summary, I may be biased :p but I think the:
Stage 1) and Stage 2) best approach is to use TeamProfit.com
Stage 3) Join a paid membership site, either OddsMonkey.com, ProfitAccumulator.co.uk or ProfitMaximiser.co.uk to continue to make money from the Daily Offers.
 
FREE SITES:
 
TeamProfit.com (link)
I really believe Team Profit is the best site to learn matched betting and complete the welcome offers, but compare us to the other sites and see what you think!
Learn matched betting with animated videos (link)
25+ Welcome Offers using the step by step guides (link)
A free Facebook group to provide help to you anytime you need (link).
 
MoneySavingExpert.com (link)
The advantage of MoneySavingExpert is the sheer volume of content, covering all aspects of matched betting.
The disadvantage of MoneySavingExpert it is not well structured as it is just one forum with a long lists of posts so it takes quite a while to find relevant threads and miss key information.
 
MatchedBettingBlog.com (link)
The advantage of MatchedBettingBlog is the clear layout of the daily offers posted each day for with step by step instructions. It’s a good site to check to avoid missing the best and easier daily offers. The forum community also helps to post additional offers on top of those listed on the homepage, and also provides general advice on completing daily offers.
The disadvantage of MatchedBettingBlog is it is relatively limited in terms of teaching matched betting and does not provide a clear list of welcome offers. Also, for those looking to make £500+ every month, it doesn’t provide any software to help with the more advanced types of matched betting with daily offers, such as horse racing refunds and accumulator refunds, that the paid member sites offer.
Additional free matched betting sites include:
Matchedbettingfree.co.uk (link) (Reddit thread link)
Freebets4all.com (link)
 
PAID SITES:
 
Paid sites usually charge £15 to £25 a month.
In return, they will teach matched betting, provide list of welcome offers and provide daily offers too. Additionally, most paid sites will also provide software that helps to make you more money plus save you time.
 
OddsMonkey.com (link | non)
OddsMonkey charge £15 per month or £150 per year.
They are the most well known provider of matched betting software. Earlier this year, they added the full range of matched betting services, so now they provide all of the below:
Tutorial articles
Welcome offer step by step guides
Daily offers calendar
Software: OddsMatcher, Horse Racing Refunds, Tennis Refunds, range of calculators and spreadsheet
Forum
The advantage of OddsMonkey is the exceptional value. They have the best range of software and tools for matched betters to maximise their profits, are consistently bringing up new tools at no added cost. At only £15 per month it is one of the best options to consider.
The only disadvantage is the forum is not as busy as the next two options, ProfitAccumulator and Profit Maximiser. Though the forum is still a sufficiently active to ensure any questions have you are answered quickly.
 
Profit Accumulator (Link - Chazmer87's I don't have one | non)
Profit Accumulator charge £23 per month or £150 per year
Profit Accumulator helped to bring matched betting to the main stream with a highly active community. There are clear similarities between OddsMonkey and Profit Accumulator in terms of their high standard of software and offers.
The advantage of Profit Accumulator is their very active community. There is a great deal of advice in virtually every aspect of matched betting and the information is all well structured. Plus they have a very good offers coverage.
The only disadvantage to Profit Accumulator is the higher cost. The membership itself is £23 per month, plus their version of the Horse Racing Refunds software is £10 per month, or £115 a year. So in total you are paying £33 per month versus OddsMonkey’s £15 per month.
 
Profit Maximiser (Link | non)
Profit Maximiser is run by the original matched betting guru Mike Cruickshank.
Mike has been building software for matched betters for many years and has a very active Facebook Group.
Each piece of software is sold separately, I believe the below is accurate, each have their own £1 free trials:
Bonus Bagging £27 plus VAT - provides a list of all welcome offers and teaching (Link | non)
Profit Maximiser £97 plus VAT - provides all daily offers (Link | non)
Each Way Sniper £47 plus VAT - provides a horse racing betting system (Link)
Accumulator Generator £149 plus VAT - provides a football betting system (Link)
I believe Mike may have a couple more tools, if so I’ll edit this post if you could please comment / send me a message.
The advantage of Mike’s products is that there is no monthly recurring fee, so if you intend to do this for many months, it may work out profitable to do so. Plus from what I understand their Facebook Group finds some lucrative casino loophole offers faster than other matched betting providers.
The disadvantage of Mike’s products is that you have to buy each product separately rather than having it all within one simple account. Additionally, the total cost if you were to buy all 4 above listed products is £320 + VAT (total cost £384) whereas you could receive all these tools for £15 per month from Oddsmonkey. Having said that, Mike’s products do come with a £1 free trial, just be careful to cancel before the trial ends if you don’t want to continue.
Additional free matched betting sites include: Yes Bets link
Pure Profit link
 
ADDITIONAL
 
1) Depositing and withdrawing
To ensure you qualify for the Welcome Offer, use a bank card to deposit into your newly set up bookmaker account. Most sites will allow Paypal too though check the terms and conditions.
If you use Skrill or Neteller, typically you will not qualify for the Welcome Offer (bookmakers have this rule to prevent fraud) but you can check the terms and conditions.
Withdrawing is easy, you should receive your funds within 1-3 working days depending on the bookmaker.
 
2) Sending identification documents
Occasionally, bookmakers may require to send in identification documents (passport or drivers licence for example) and a copy of your bank card. This is to prevent fraud. This usually happens if you are not listed on the Electoral Roll or there is a difference between your home address and billing address. Simply take a photo of the documents they ask for and email them back.
 
THAT COMPLETES THE MEGA FAQ GUIDE TO MATCHED BETTING!
 
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please do post a comment thanks!
 

RULES:

• Sign ups posted Tuesday, Tips posted Thursday.
  
• Please have your tips posted by Saturday lunch-time.
  
• Please format your previews something similar to this.
  
• When you post your selection, please confirm if you're advising to Win, Place, E/W, Forecast, whatever, how many points to stake (this is generally done in 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 3 points, but it's up to your discretion), and what odds to take and with which betting firm or if you're taking the SP.
  

 
SATURDAY 8th JULY ITV CARD:

• Sandown 13:50 - Coral Charge (Group 3) (Registered As The Sprint Stakes) (Class 1) (3yo+)
  
• Haydock 14:05 - bet365 Handicap (Class 2) (3yo)
  
• Sandown 14:25 - Coral Challenge (Handicap) (Class 2) (3yo+)
  
• Haydock 14:40 - bet365 Lancashire Oaks (Group 2) (Fillies & Mares) (Class 1) (3yo+)
  
• Sandown 15:00 - Coral Distaff (Listed Race) (Fillies) (Class 1) (3yo)
  
• Haydock 15:15 - bet365 Old Newton Cup Handicap (Class 2) (4yo+)
  
• Sandown 15:35 - Coral-Eclipse (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo+) - taken by smithmustscore
  

 
 
If we have more interest than the amount of races, we’ll look at other races to be previewed. And if you want to include a tip for another race not listed, please feel free.
Results so far can be viewed here.
Good luck and have fun!

Today's free tip comes from BetGorilla, who's gotten $350 profit in the past month from $25 average stakes.
Brighton 19:20 Race winner: Stormingin @ 13/8 (Bet365)
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RULES:

• Sign ups posted Tuesday, Tips posted day before.
  
• Please have your tips posted by race-day lunch-time.
  
• Please format your previews something similar to this.
  
• When you post your selection, please confirm if you're advising to Win, Place, E/W, Forecast, whatever, how many points to stake (this is generally done in 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 3 points, but it's up to your discretion), and what odds to take and with which betting firm or if you're taking the SP.
  

 
THURSDAY 13th JULY ITV3 CARD:

• Newmarket 13:50 - 1m5f (July) Bahrain Trophy Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1) (3yo)
  
• Newmarket 14:25 - 6f (July) Arqana July Stakes (Group 2) (Colts & Geldings) (Class 1) (2yo)
  
• Newmarket 15:00 - 6f (July) bet365 Handicap (Class 2) (3yo 0-105)
  
• Newmarket 15:35 - 1m4f (July) Princess Of Wales's Arqana Racing Club Stakes (Group 2) (Class 1) (3yo+)
  

 
 
FRIDAY 14th JULY ITV3 CARD:

• Newmarket 13:50 - 7f (July) bet365 Handicap (Silver Bunbury Cup) (Class 2) (3yo+)
  
• Newmarket 14:25 - 6f (July) Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes (Sponsored By bet365) (Group 2) (Class 1) (2yo)
  
• York 14:40 - 1m4f (1m3f188y) Unibet Handicap (Class 2) (3yo+ 0-100)
  
• Newmarket 15:00 - 1m2f (July) bet365 Handicap (Class 2) (3yo 0-105)
  
• York 15:15 - 6f Unibet Summer Stakes (Group 3) (Fillies & Mares) (Class 1) (3yo+)
  
• Newmarket 15:35 - 1m (July) Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (Class 1) (3yo+)
  

 
 
SATURDAY 15th JULY ITV CARD:

• York 13:55 - 1m (7f192y) John Smith's Racing Handicap (Class 2) (3yo+ 0-105)
  
• Ascot 14:10 - 5f Totescoop6 Heritage Handicap (Class 2) (3yo+)
  
• York 14:30 - 1m6f (1m5f188y) John Smith's Silver Cup Stakes (Listed Race) (Class 1) (3yo+)
  
• Newmarket 14:50 - 1m (July) bet365 Mile Handicap (Class 2) (3yo 0-100)
  
• York 15:05 - 1m2½f (1m2f56y) 58th John Smith's Cup Handicap (Class 2) (3yo+)
  
• Newmarket 15:25 - 7f (July) bet365 Bunbury Cup Handicap (Class 2) (3yo+)
  
• Ascot 15:50 - 1m (7f213y) (Rnd) Fred Cowley MBE Memorial Summer Mile Stakes (Group 2) (Class 1) (4yo+)
  
• Newmarket 16:00 - 7f (July) bet365 Superlative Stakes (Group 2) (Class 1) (2yo)
  
• York 16:15 - 5f John Smith's City Walls Stakes (Listed Race) (Class 1) (3yo+)
  
• Newmarket 16:35 - 6f (July) Darley July Cup Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series & Global Sprint Challenge) (Class 1) (3yo+)
  

 
 
If we have more interest than the amount of races, we’ll look at other races to be previewed. And if you want to include a tip for another race not listed, please feel free.
Results so far can be viewed here.
Good luck and have fun!

RULES:

• The thread to post your previews will be live on Friday. The post-match review of the bets will be done by Sunday. The next sign-up thread will also be posted on Wednesday (if the ITV card has been confirmed by then).
  
• Please have your previews posted by lunch-time Saturday. This should give other people enough time to check the thread and check the tips.
  
• Please format your previews something similar to this.
  
• When you post your selection, please confirm if you're advising to Win, Place, E/W, Forecast, whatever, how many points to stake (this is generally done in 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 3 points, but it's up to your discretion), and what odds to take and with which betting firm or if you're taking the SP.
  

 
SATURDAY 4th FEB ITV4 CARD:

• 13:50 Sandown - The Betfred Contenders Hurdle Race (Listed Race), 1m 7f
  
• 14:05 Musselburgh - The Edinburgh National Handicap Steeple Chase, 1m 7f - taken by smithmustscore
  
• 14:25 Sandown - The Betfred TV Scilly Isles Novices’ Steeple Chase, 2m 4f / Grade 1 - taken by docdaneeeka
  
• 14:45 Wetherby - The Totepool Towton Novices’ Steeple Chase, 3m / Grade 2 - taken by Lord_summerisle
  
• 15:00 Sandown - The Betfred Mobile Heroes Handicap Hurdle Race, 2m 7f / Grade 3 - taken by AirIndex
  
• 15:15 Musselburgh - The Scottish County Hurdle (A Handicap), 1m 7f
  
• 15:35 Sandown - The Betfred Masters Handicap Steeple Chase, 3m
  

 
If we have more interest than the amount of races, we’ll look at other races to be previewed. And if you want to include a tip for another race not listed, please feel free.
Results so far can be viewed here.
Good luck and have fun!

/BetBulls
After a successful day yesterday, we go towards monday night football.
Real Madrid vs Cordoba - Heavyweights real madrid face newly promoted minnows Cordoba at Bernabeau. Except long time absentee jese rodriguez, all players are present and are fully fit. They will be looking to bounce back from the loss of spanish cup to atletico on saturday. As you can see, odds on this are totally negligible for a direct win. So we will go for an asian handicap.
Real Madrid -1.5 @1.25 bet365
Rayo Vallecano vs AT. Madrid - La liga and spanish cup champions Atletico madrid face a known local opponent Rayo. Atletico Madrid should feel confident of kicking off their league title defence with a win over Rayo Vallecano. The only problem being the absence of Arda Turan due to injury and Raul Garcia due to suspension is a matter of concern otherwise this would have been a no brainer bet.
At. Madrid to win @ 1.5 or DNB At. Madrid @1.16
Manchester City vs Liverpool - English Champions Man City face suarez-less liverpool at the etihad stadium. Liverpool have bought a lot of players from the money through suarez's trade but i think they are repeating the same mistakes spurs did in the previous season and i think Man City's squad is way more established and mature than this liverpool team. Negredo will be the only absentee. Aguero, Toure, Nasri, Silva can wreck havoc on any team.
Man city -0.5 @ 1.875 or DNB Man city if you wanna play it very safe.
BET 365 OFFER - For people asking about this
Place a pre match bet on a very safe option so that you don't loose any money like

• Over 0.5 goals
  
• Man City AH +1
  
• Man City AH +2
  

For your free inplay bet, use it on odds of atleast 2 as it is a free bet and your money will be returned if you lose. In this case i will recommend going for Man City -0.5
Tromso vs Honefoss - Norwegian league leader tromso face mid table club honefoss at their home. Tromso has been in good form and is coming after a week full of rest, so should be ready to win this game.
Tromso to win @ 1.25
Belchatow vs Piast Gliwise - Belchatow is a decent polish club which face bottom dwellers piast. If they win this game they will go joint top in the league. Piast has 2 points from 5 games and -7 gd. Things doesn't seem to change for them in this match too. Since great odds are present, we will go for a DNB.
Belchatow DNB @ 1.36
What i would go for??
Half money on this double :
Real Madrid -1.5
DNB Man City @ 1.7
Some money on this :
Real madrid -1.5
Man City -0.5 @ 2.35
You can also include any of those 3 matches with these bets.
Users of bet365 offer should follow the details explained above
Feel free to ask any questions, put your own tips, do a debate.
Good Luck with your bets!!
/BetBulls

Today's free tip comes from Football Betting Tips By Fausto, who in his first month at Tipstrr has managed a massive $660 profit from $25 stakes.
Vitoria vs Internacional Winner: Internacional @ 2.87 (Bet365)
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I've been frequenting /soccerbetting for about a year now (without making an account) and following some of the tips posted with varying levels of success. This is where I first heard about the Bet365 in-play offer and followed the general idea here to back all outcomes to guarantee a profit of about ~£30. Funnily enough, I actually somehow messed up that bet, I think by cashing one of them out and didn't make anything at all. After that I changed approach and took advantage of having such a large risk free bet (I didn't think the offer was going to happen regularly) as it's not every day you have £50 to whack on whatever you want. I mainly just bet for fun so the next time the offer came along I decided to bet on something with long odds - Bayern to win 3-2 vs Barcelona in the CL @ 21/1 with a potential return of ~£1000. Barca had won the first leg at home 3-0 so I thought there's a good chance they'll not go all out and would be happy with a draw/narrow loss. At half time Barca were up 2-1 so although the bet was still on, it didn't look that likely - in the 2nd half Barca took their foot off the gas though and Bayern equalised, making it 2-2 and when I saw the bet had a cash out value of £175 I decided to take it as I never expected to make anything from it. Unfortunately, Bayern then scored again just after I cashed out and the game finished 3-2. Lesson learnt!
Next time the free bet came around it was the CL final and this time I went for Barca to win 3-1 @ 12/1. After 80 minutes the score was 2-1 to Barca and I think they were offering a cash out value of about the same as the last time I cashed out ~£175, this time however, I held out. Time ticked on and it starting looking like Barca weren't even attacking and just holding on for the win, I watched as the cash out value plummeted to a fraction of the £50 bet. Then with the last touch of the game, Neymar scored to make it 3-1, winning me £650, by far the most I've ever won.
I tried the offer again once earlier this season, again betting on a scoreline but with no luck and missed the other offers (up until todays) due to lack of time for betting, or watching football for that matter. Luckily I saw the posts yesterday about todays offer and after reading this post by mhauen3 decided to put the free bet on 0-0 in todays United vs Chelsea match @ 7/1. I held out for 84 minutes (how the hell did that stay 0-0?!) and then took the cash out offer of ~£330 as I couldn't take the stress much longer.
I think this method of betting on a scoreline (or at least, something with high odds) is a good method to follow, not only for potential profit (either by the bet coming through or using the cash out offer to cash in while you're up) but also because it's just much more exciting.
Good luck and happy betting!
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TL;DR: Try using the risk free bet on something with long odds