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    Matched Betting Discussion Matched Betting - Anyone made any mistakes with it?

    I do a lot of in-play bets, which are recommended to do at half time when the odds stabilise. However I've been doing them for a few years now so do them when they're actually playing. This is a bit risky but usually just means a higher qualifying loss than you wanted. Once I decided to do my...
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    Appen [OT] Appen Work Opportunities

    That's disappointing to hear, I was hoping for a fair bit of work from them.
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    Appen [OT] Appen Work Opportunities

    I applied to Appen this week and have been accepted, but I thought there was an exam or something? I've been allowed onto a list of projects and told I have to qualify for one to reach the next stage of activating my account. I've applied for several anyway, hopefully one will come up.
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    Gubbed

    Betsafe have hit loads of people today, they must have been having a good clear out. I got the email too but they've only been good the past couple of months, I hadn't used them for ages before a couple of offers recently.
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    In-Play Betting

    It's the same principle but as the other two PPs say, greater price differences. Start with half times, because the odds don't jump about as much then. You have to be quicker to bet and lay, so I find the best thing to do is use a split screen on my laptop, bet/lay calculator on one side...
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    matched betting routines

    You can use some of the more prominent non-English leagues too - Scotland's Premiership, Spain's La Liga, Italy's Serie A, Germany's Bundesliga and France's Ligue 1 are all their equivalent of the English Premier League. The English Championship is usually safe too. Then there's the Champion's...
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    matched betting without horses?

    I've been going two years and rarely do the horses now. I stick to football and tend to make £200-400 per month. It depends how much you want to make, but if you're happy with that sort of figure, you won't need the horse bets. I don't really do greyhounds/boxing/tennis either, so if you...
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    New season ACCAs

    With the EV, look to see what the stake is for the acca. So if it's a £50 acca and the EV is only £1.89 then that's poor, because that's roughly how much you'd get on a lock in. If that's the EV for a £10 acca, that's not so bad. Lay alls are hard to come by, you can't do them on any old...
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    Buying items on 0% Finance

    If you have the discipline and organisation to do it without going into the heavily APRed payments afterwards, it's great. Bought my last laptop like this, I saved the money each month while the 0% was going, so just paid the lump sum as it ended. My friend took out the same deal, is still...
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    The Renting a home stigma?

    The thing with renting is, you've got to pay rent until you die/go into a nursing home/move in with the kids. With a mortgage, once it's paid off, you don't pay any more. We should be paid off a while before retirement, fortunately. Also, a mortgage is usually cheaper than rent. We have a...
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    Matched Betting Discussion [OT] Discussion about Matched Betting II {Beginners Guide in 1st Post}

    Boudicca, I was like that to start with, didn't know one end of a bet from the other but it's become second nature. Just keep checking and asking questions until you feel confident. Smarkets was a right arse again today. Glad I have enough funds to top up Betfair to get what I needed done. I...
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    Matched Betting Discussion [OT] Discussion about Matched Betting II {Beginners Guide in 1st Post}

    It feels like the first day of term! I've spent a few days musing over upcoming offers and tidying my spreadsheets, just as I would stock up my new pencil case for school, with a vague excitement. But now I actually have to sit and do the hard work again, I wish I'd made more of my free...
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    Matched Betting Discussion [OT] Discussion about Matched Betting II {Beginners Guide in 1st Post}

    One last ditch on the football, made £66 in play when Real scored before I laid! Whoo! I put a load of mugs on my main bookies today but haven't been near them all week otherwise, or PA, and it's been lovely. I do like the making of the money but I don't like being tied to my laptop so much...
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    Matched Betting Discussion [OT] Discussion about Matched Betting II {Beginners Guide in 1st Post}

    Hollyhock, can you withdraw your real money first? But you'll have to check to see if there's anything in the T&C which says withdrawing takes away the free spins, or similar. I have had a brilliant acca week, odds went in my favour and all of my lock ins doubled. My Bet on Brazil qualifier...
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    Matched Betting Discussion [OT] Discussion about Matched Betting II {Beginners Guide in 1st Post}

    I hate wagering. It's one of the reasons I do little casino offers. Even when risk free I just can't be bothered with wagering requirements. I caught a canny arb today, was trying to lay an accumulator leg and Smarkets had virtually no money in it for Roma, and the odds were well higher than...
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    Matched Betting Discussion [OT] Discussion about Matched Betting II {Beginners Guide in 1st Post}

    Has anyone noticed that the exchanges are a lot lower for the footie matches now? I do a lot of inplays on the over/under market and recently even the PL games only have about £15 in each under/over option in Smarkets. It's usually a lot higher, because I do £50 QLs on this market, ususally...
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    Long term Matched Betting

    It took a while, there was a point last autumn/winter where I kind of stalled and nearly gave up. I think it was the accas which restarted it all for me. If you're still with PA, have a look at their info for mugging, it's mostly in the Tips and Tricks section of the forum, I think. They...
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    Long term Matched Betting

    I'm gubbed from a few of the big players now and I make around £400 a month on reloads and accas. That's probably my max for now, I'd make more if I hadn't lost a couple of the good bookies but since getting into accas my monthly profits are more consistent. I don't do casino or bingo, unless...
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    Accas

    You will need to do international leagues, but the 'popular' button ensures that you only use matches in top leagues like Spain's La Liga, which is their Premier League. So it might be worth expanding some of your mug bets into those leagues. Spain, Italy, Germany and France are good ones...