I'm a professional gambler - ask me anything

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Have name changed for anonymity as this is something that only my DH knows.

Also meant to ask, wagering requirements always baffle me. How can I deal with them?

There are better times to play titchy.

The reason why is that all slot games are 'hired'by the casinos from the software developers. To ensure that the RTP is achieved (and these are regularly tested by whichever ever authority is responsible for gambling in the territory you are playing in) ever 24 hours there is a reset period. The software will collate all the play information, how much has been paid in over the last 24 hours. It will then calculate how much it needs to return to players to achieve the RTP, based on average deposits over the next 3 hours say.

So if it's a 90% RTP (used it for ease of maths) and it's taken 100k over 24 hours and paid out 5k over that 24 hours it now needs to return 5k. It won't obviously just pay 5k to 1 player but you stand a much higher chance of hitting a big win or a series of smaller wins if you are playing during that period.

So if you take a popular game like Immortal Romance with a high RTP, and know for a fact that the software developer resets at 2pm there is a good chance that each casino uses the software developers information and cut off times. So play from 2.05pm until 4pm and you stand a much better chance of hitting a big win.

The casinos want us to think it's random. But it's really not. It can't be while you have a RTP. Each individual spin may be random, but if you spin enough times you will play through the variances and take the RTP %. Which will always be less than you started with. Unless you are using casino money as well in the form of bonuses.

It's about using maths and knowledge to maximise profits and minimise losses. Matched betting is good. And people make decent money from it. But you will get gubbed and your income dries up.

I know a couple of people who make excellent money doing what the OP does.

I've just reactivated my William Hill account - I know what I'll be doing Monday morning

Thank you Frouby and OP for your tips (still would like to know how to calculate RTP).

How do people find out the reset time? Would you have to gamble on the same game at each hour of the day for a week and make notes of returns?

I thought gambling sites were obliged to reveal their RTP %

RTP is available FrontRowSeat. Just click on the game you want to play and Paytables and it should he there.

LuckyDiamond that would be one way to do it. Sometimes you can find the information from forums. The OP mentioned week day mornings and afternoons, I would be inclined to agree with that.

But if you are planning on trying to replicate OPs success then don't. You will probably lose your money. I have been discussing all this for 2 years. Have had a go with close supervision. Have won 1k after a few hours over 3 weeks and an initial investment of £100 which my friend guaranteed to repay if I lost. And I have a pretty good grasp of the maths involved.

But unless you have a foolproof method and a big bank you will bust out.

I’m not planning on trying it using my method. If I was to bet £10 every hour for a week that would be £1680!

I am interested though in what forums you read?

Those of you asking why ops money is take free is because you don't have to pay tax on winnings which is what the op gets. Winnings from casinos. Completely legal and tax free.

I used to match bet and made quite a lot of money from it. I tried the casinos but couldn't completely get my head round it. I didn't really research enough.

luckydiamond look through the MB forums, casinomiester, the forums from the gambling review sites, askgamblers.com.

There is no quick or right answer. This information isn't published, you have to hunt for it. Or like you say invest time and money. There is information on this thread if you read it.

Lucky diamond - join one of the MB sites - well worth the subscription. They're mainly for MB, but the casino offers community threads are pretty active and everyone very helpful - explaining what the offers are are how to make money from them unlike OP here

There's undoubtedly a lot to be made from casino - I switched from MB around six months ago and take an average of £1200 a month, just doing bits on the train to work each morning. If you have the time, patience, attitude to risk and aren't tempted to chase losses you could quite easily make three or four times that.

Sorry but this is pure bullshit. Even an admin on one of those gambling forums says there is no maths behind slots, only blackjack and roulette. This was in response to a guy who kept winning and thought he had cracked the system.

It's pure luck whether you win, you can't know how much that slot has taken in a 24 hour period so how do you predict when it's going to pay out? It's all just gambling addicts who have gone so in depth with their addiction they truly believe they're a professional because they always win.
The forums even say that casinos will eventually tap on to what you're doing and your lucky streak will soon end.

Those sites are not designed to let you win, they're designed to take your money.

As PP has even said, don't try to replicate OP because the chances are you won't win, and that's because it's based on chance and there's no guarantee that you will win. OP just has their own "method" I say that loosely because it's not a method at all, addicts just really believe they've somehow cracked the system.

Matched betting is no risk but only if you follow the rules properly.
The offers soon dry up so I'm really quite surprised that OP has managed to drag out 3 years worth of offers to perfect her "technique"

Please don't fall for this shit. You will lose money.

Well I’ve just employed a few of the OPs tips (off peak time and free spins offer) and I’ve just withdrawn £47 in pure profit. I didn’t even need to make a deposit to get the free spins. Not a huge amount I know but would take me over 6 hours in my day job to earn that!!

Yes but that's just pure luck! There is no technique you're just playing at a different time of day and yes the slots do go through a cycle of paying out but when that happens isn't something you can know.

What you did was play a free offer, one that doesn't require deposit which can pay out but not always and then there's the problem of them requiring ID should they decide to ask you for that, it can take some days for them to process it, so your money is stuck on those sites.

The OP isn't talking about not depositing and using free offers, she is depositing money and using the double up deposit with the wagering requirement. Entirely different thing and much more risk because you can lose that money.

Feelings How can enough people be winning regularly using these methods, if there is no method?

she is depositing money and using the double up deposit with the wagering requirement.

But she said she'd never do a x20 wagering....

The vast majority of people won't win - the casino will. But using free spins, matched deposits and not chasing losses (I cannot emphasise this enough) it is possible to make £££ if you know how to approach offers.

Interestingly casino and bookie profit margins are extremely tight - plenty go bust. They're not the licence to print money you'd think.

@frontrowseat what game/ site did you win that on? I fancy a go also!

Isitwinter it was mFortune - good luck.

@frontrowseat

Be prepared for them to ask you for ID. You’ll be around ten days to withdraw from them.

But persevere as they will eventually pay out.

Thanks Happypuppy - I’ve already done the ID thing - they were pretty efficient

Hi OP and the other in the know, is there a way to explain how to win a typical 30-35X bonus without giving away your secrets? Doesn't the req basically brake even if the RTP is 97%?

I tried looking this up on the casino forums as suggested here and everyone is saying it can't be done, that back in the day bonuses were far better but the rolling reqs make it impossible today. Also nothing on the reset times of games.

Someone mentioned knowing how much to bet and when, is this in the same as in BJ when you double your stake when you know that there are many big cards left? Can slots be ''counted'' in a similar way? So far I understand you need to play weekday mornings and higher RTP slots. What else is there that is obvious and not a trade secret? Can you win just following these rules or do you need to know a lot more?

Thanks.

Well good luck with your "method". It's all on the gambling forums that have been mentioned in this post that there is no maths to it.

The OP has got people signing up and gambling their money away already, and even if they didn't deposit, it's clearly triggered an interest in gambling.

I wish posts like these were banned.

I have difficulty believing someone can make £75k a year gambling without being banned from the casinos.

My brother likes a flutter on the sports betting online and received a ban after a few wins in a row, amounting to no where near £75k.

Can you win just following these rules or do you need to know a lot more?

No. You need to know a lot more. and yes it's a time limited occupation - you will be banned at some point!

(35x wagering of bonuses - use high stakes. 80% of these you'll bust out pretty quickly. It's the 20% where you hit a bit win early on that carries you through the wagering where you make your money.)

I wish posts like these were banned.

So do I - unless you know what you're doing you'll lose money. Lots of it in some cases.

I can believe that marketing can make mistakes and produce offers that can be taken advantage of. I can believe that they'd get the rollovers wrong, so this is possible.

What I can't believe is that anyone thinks there's a reset time. These games use RNG with a set return - over time, they hit that return, there's no reason for them to do that on a 24 hour cycle, it's maths, they'll hit what they're designed to hit.

What I also can't believe that you're not being cut either - you're providing ID to sign up, eventually, they're going to notice that you're always in profit, and you're a bonus chaser, and they'll cut you.

I used to hang out with people that used fruities. They were convinced they were in profit, so over the course of a week I watched and counted. Reader, they were not in profit (not even counting the pints they drank whilst using said machines). They were still convinced they were though.

Matched betting works, poker can work (or rather, any game against other real people - you can tell this by how the provider makes their profit - if it's a skim of the pot, they don't care, and you can win as much as you like) - slots are pure maths, and the only possible way is if the bonus schemes are mathematically screwed up.

the only possible way is if the bonus schemes are mathematically screwed up.

The bonus schemes aren't screwed up - statistically (and you're right that's all this is) they will return slightly more than you put in if you play them correctly. They are just enticements, in the same way as bookies offer free bets. They're counting on the enticement, the bonus, to draw you in and keep playing beyond the point at which the return is positive.