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I had to. I was getting jittery at the thought of no chat support for tonights match

Explain to me how much I have to win to be able to wager and come out with a profit:

(Copied from my email so sorry for missing bits)

additional £15 bonus, make your first deposit of £10 or more before the offer expires on
Monday 15th May 2017 and £15 bonus will be credited into your account within 24/72 hours.
Must be wagered x4 before cash withdrawals (inc cash winnings related to the Welcome Bonus). Wagering on different games contributes different amounts towards wagering requirements (Bingo - 100%; Poker - 20%; Slots - 10%; Instant and Casino games (except where mentioned below) - 5%; Roulette Splendide, 3D Roulette, Multiplayer Roulette, European Roulette, Roulette Lite and High Stakes Roulette - 2.5%. Wagers on Blackjack, Baccarat, Craps, Video Poker and on the 'Streets of Gold' Multiplayer Roulette sidebet games do not contribute).
Welcome Bonus cannot be withdrawn as cash. Full T&Cs apply here.
£45 to play is based upon a £10 deposit and is made up of the £10 deposit, £20 Welcome Bonus and £15 extra bonus.
This offer is only valid for the recipient of this email.

Innottoofussed, I've just watched the same tutorial and will underlay it too. I font understand it really but will do as they say!

Limited, how do you know you've been gubbed?

People are gubbed already by coral?! How is that even possible? I suppose it could be the oddsmonkey link. I've always gone directly. Or it could be something like your address or IP address have been registered before maybe?

Maid I've been using PayPal. Apparently skrill might out you as a matched better as it's relatively unknown in the UK. But you have to withdraw the same way you pay in, don't you?

I'm amazed that Coral are gubbing people after one bet

I thought I had been gubbed by coral, couldn't reset my password or log in. Turned out password resets were going to junk and i had a slightly different username to what I thought I had which is a bit odd. I went on live chat, he advised me to press the link for forgotten username then check my junk folder.

Sunshine I'll let you know how I get on with my underlay

People have been gubbed

How did you know, did you get an email?

What happens when you get gubbed? Do they email you?

I swear, one bet. I think I failed by- only depositing £5, using the OM link and using skrill. I created an account this morning at about 11 and got a very polite email at about half four, stating that I'm not allowed any special offers, free bets or refunds. I have no previous accounts with coral at all. DP reckons it's the OM link that's been spotted :( lesson learned, at least it was my first account! My bet is still standing as I used my money, but I will have no free bet coming my way.

I am sulking a bit.

And here is the email-
*We wish to advise you that your account has recently been reviewed by our sports trading team and as a consequence your sports account is no longer eligible to receive any bonuses, price enhancements, free bet refunds or Best Odds Guaranteed concessions, effective immediately.

This restriction has been applied in accordance with our terms and conditions.

You are welcome to continue to bet on sports and enjoy the benefits of our Casino, Poker and Bingo products.*

Maybe you could try using them for arbing at a later date? If you're gubbed already....

That's what I read in the OM forum, Sierra so I'm moving on and I'll get back on it later.

Still sulking though

I thought Oddsmonkey links were safe because they use Safe URL links. Will definitely have to avoid clicking on them, just in case.

I don't know, Roly, but my feet barely touched the floor there. I deposited my fiver at 11.19, gubbed at 17.27, I just checked the times on my emails.

I think I've read somewhere that it might still look odd to go in via a link all the time - though I think it's masked.

Caveat - I know nothing on these matters. Like Jon Snow.

I think the links from oddsmonkey are safe but it looks dodgy to land straight in at a specific page and in some cases have your selected bet pre loaded. I don't use the links at all.

You lot seem to be moving faster than me, I've no idea about arbing, underplaying etc but will stick to slow and steady.

Oh I'm not doubting you at all Limited. Actually, I think landing on a specific page instead of navigating from the homepage is probably a big red flag for a bookie. I use my phone and those direct links don't work anyway, so I'm always navigating from the homepage (and sometimes swearing because finding a specific event is so difficult sometimes!)

Don't worry Holly, I don't know what arbing or under/overlaying is for either!

Just confused myself by logging into Betfair to find that one bet that should have been settled had vanished. No won/lost or anything. Then I logged into the bookie to find the bet had been voided due to "scratch" - which apparently means that the horse was withdrawn from the race.

I can only hope that the liability has been added back to the exchange then, because I've lost track of my total in there. I've had a few big bookie wins which has really depleted the kitty.

Now I just need to check that my free bet has been reissued, or whether it's been lost.

Roly, I feel like I should win some kind of prize

No more links for me!

Same for me Roly all money was given back. It's the second one in two days that the horse hasn't run. I had a rule 4 earlier on the horses as well. I'm beginning to think I should stick to other sports.

What's rule 4?

Rule 4 is, I think, where the odds of your horse change if another horse in the same race is withdrawn (so your horse is now more likely to win because it has less competition). Messes with our balancing act at the exchange.

support.skybet.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13/~/horse-racing---rule-4-rules Rule 4 - according to sky bet

Urgh, one of my free bets had to be wagered so many times I think I've literally lost all profit. I know you love and learn, but I'm getting a bit bored of doing this, can't see how you can make very much long term. I was £240 up, paid for bank of bets membership for a year which was £100, I've made maybe another 20. Struggling to properly keep track because unless I go through every bet I've made so far, bank of bets won't be accurate. Just all annoying me at the mo.