12.30.06
Posted in Gambling at 00:52 by dalore
I’ve got a bet that you can’t lose on!
betinternet.com are currently offering a FREE £10 Bet on the Champions League Outright Market. Place your bet as normal and if it loses betinternet.com will give you your £10 back
So basically you make a bet on who is going to win the Champions League and if your team loses, you get your £10 back, if it wins, that’s even better. It’s a no risk bet. You don’t even have to know anything about football (but it can’t hurt), just pick a team. Hurry though, as it expires in the new year.
I choose Arsenal at odds of 15.0, which means I will get £150 back if Arsenal wins (£140 of which is profit). In the unlikely event of Arsenal losing (as if), I get my £10 deposit back.
Go the Gunners!
Also, if its your first time on betinternet.com don’t forget to collect the £25 free bet first using the matched betting techinques. So to collect both, you need to first deposit £60, then make a matched bet with odds equal to or greater then 2.0. Then you should make the Champions League bet and then collect your free bet when it is ready.
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12.28.06
Posted in Gambling at 22:03 by dalore
I hope some of you took advantage of the £50 free bet offer from Ladbrokes I mentioned earlier. I sure did, and here is how I did it.
First up, I deposited £50 to Ladbrokes to qualify for the offer. I made the qualifying bet on this:
Leeds vs Hull
Match betting
Draw @ 3.25
Stake: £50
Then I went over to Betfair and matched as close as I can a lay using the matched betting calculator:
Leeds v Hull
Match Odds
The Draw @ 3.4
Lay Amt: £48.51
Needed to deposit at least: £116.42
I lost the £116.42 I deposited at Betfair, but won £112.50 at Ladbrokes, which almosts cancels each other out. Which is why this is called a matched bet.
Next up is to collect the £50 free bet token without any risk. So to do this, I looked for and found a matched bet that had high odds and used the matched betting calculator again. Being sure I ticked the stake not returned option.
At the Ladbrokes side, I made this bet using my £50 free bet token:
Wigan vs Chelsea
Correct score
Chelsea 1 - 0 @ 7.00
Stake: £50 Free Bet Token
And matched it with a lay at Betfair:
Wigan v Chelsea
Correct Score
0 - 1 @ 6.8
Lay Amt: £44.44
Needed to deposit at least: £257.75
If you notice closely this is a mini arb (not taking into account Betfair commission), meaning the lay odds are less the back odds. Also it is nice and high which is good for collecting free bets which don’t have the stake returned (being the most common).
With that round, I won £44.44 (minus £2.22 which is the 5% commission) at the exchange, but lost the free bet at the bookie. So now we have to withdraw our money and see how we’ve ended up.
At Ladbrokes, I had £162.50 to withdraw. This consists of my initial £50 and my initial win of £112.50.
At Betfair I had £299.97 to withdraw (well actually I had more cause actual deposits had to be rounded up to a whole number, but for mathematical purposes, I’ll use the true bare minimum values needed to deposit, it won’t change the profit total). The Betfair values were made up of my second deposit of £257.75, plus the win of £44.44, minus the commission of £2.22.
So the total amount to withdraw adds up to £462.47. The total amount deposited consists of the intitial £50 into Ladbrokes, plus the 2 deposits into Betfair of £116.42 and £257.75 for a total of £424.17.
This means the profit is:
Withdrawed - Deposited
£462.47 - £424.17
£38.30
This was all risk free (not counting human error, which always exists). This wasn’t bad for about 10 or so minutes of browsing a website and submitting a few web forms, much better then filling in boring surveys online.
This concludes another round of matched betting, stay tuned for more matched betting opportunities.
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12.23.06
Posted in Gambling at 03:07 by dalore
Christmas will soon be upon us and we have a feast of sporting action to get your teeth in to! Premiership action, the King George VI Chase and the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship are the pick of the bunch to keep you entertained over the festive period.
Ladbrokes is offering a £50 Free Bet on Saturday to new customers.
Simply place a bet of £10 or more on Ladbrokes.com on Saturday and Ladbrokes will match it with a free bet up to £50!
I’m going to have a bet and let you know how I turn out. Good luck with yours.
What sport is on this festive period you ask?
The Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship
With the first round matches drawing to a close this evening at the Circus Tavern, we have already witnessed several upsets including the departure of local hero Wayne Mardle following his 3-2 defeat to Alan Caves.
Boxing Day Extravanganza!
The King George VI Chase takes place at Kempton on Boxing Day with Kauto Star the 8/13 favourite to take the plaudits. The race is the highlight of a fantastic card, which also includes the Christmas Hurdle and the Feltham Novices Chase.
Football Highlights
The festive period serves up several Premiership treats including Wigan v Chelsea and Fulham v West Ham on Saturday as well as a full program of fixtures both North and South of the border on Boxing Day.
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