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

Wow, £305 on a free scratchcard is amazing!

Why do I always win fuck all Oh well, I'll plough on in the hope my day will come...

Definitely don't have anything like £500 in the exchange, so will swerve Betway for the time being. Will need to spend £300 in a couple of weeks (getting my eyebrows micro bladed) which is going to leave me with small change. Will be a challenge to build it back up!

What does micro blading involve? It sounds painful. I lov a nicely shaped brow but I'm too much of a wimp to try anything other than tweezing (and I'm shit at remembering to do that) as I know I'll the very rare person who ends up with hideous brows or summat.

I had my brows waxed once and it hurt like fuck. Didn't know about it hurting more when you're on you're period though so maybe it wouldn't have been so bad if I'd gone a other time.

I bought myself a new iPad, I didn't really need one but wanted one as mine is a 1st gen mini and while it's running perfectly, I can't install new apps as latest iOS isn't supported, saw a good deal at beginning of week, decided to think on it and was telling dh that I was thinking of using my profits when he pointed out I didnt need to, looked at him confused and then he pointed out I could use the money I've not spent on cigarettes. Totally forgot about that money Think because it wasn't my motivation for quitting I hadn't factored the financial benefits.

£300 Fuck me, I thought £30 was good going!

I have no eyebrows Spartacus. Not a single hair! Microblading is a form of eyebrow tattooing that simulates hair strokes instead of a block tattoo. I can't wait because I hate drawing my brows on. When you have no hairs to act as a guide, it's so difficult to get them remotely even.

So, hopefully a good use of my proceeds!

Well done on the scratchcard win Mrs! I always win precisely nothing on any slots/scratchcards/non sports betting thing I try.

I can withdraw my whole Betfair balance, leaving it as float though.

I was very lucky! I won £100 then the bonus was x3 and whilst playing the wagering £3, won another £5. I never win anything.

Currently out with DH enjoying a glass of wine and have left my mum at home babysitting playing all my casino freebies that I haven't used. Back to the football tomorrow... still to do Acca's so I'm 3.5 weeks in and so far £570 profit with a fair few mistakes along the way.

I was a little dubious when I started but I'm going to stick with it and prove DH wrong! Working out what to play after the football finishes though

heyroly betfair wouldn't let me have the scratchcard at first either. Was worried I might have been gubbed by them but did get it after accessing it via a different page. Not that I won anything on it!

Thinking of moving on to accumulators soon. Probably the lock in method since it's guaranteed profit.

I've not done all the new account sign ups yet mostly because the rollover one I just did in betway took a while to get my money from the bookies and they all seem to be quite laborious. I like to just be doing one offer at a time and that one took me over a week trying to find low odds with good matches. 13 bets and still waiting for the last one to play tomorrow hope it loses at betway otherwise I've still got more wagering to do

Don't seem to be getting any reloads and the daily calendar on oddsmonkey is full of casino stuff that I really don't want to do. One I just saw was deposit £50 and get 20 free spins. That sounds bonkers to me! I've been winning hardly anything on the free spins given so far without having to pay in myself. So can't see how me paying in is going to make me any luckier.

Can someone please explain with free spins what it means when it says for example 5 x rollover requirement before withdrawing winnings? Does that mean I have to bet the same amount again x 5 with my own money before I can withdraw any winnings?

Yes it means that you need to spend what you win on the free spins x5 before it's transferred to your cash balance rather than your bonus balance.

Urgh. Was just placing a bet at the bookies and another at the exchange. Would have made me 50p. Pressed the button to place the bet at the bookies but hadn't realised there was another one to 'Confirm bet'. Odds dropped in the meantime. Not sure whether to place it anyway as have already laid it at the exchange. I hate it when that happens.

How do you find the free scratch card on betfare please?

You need to click on the arcade tab and then click on promotions.

Thanks for the William Hill tip about the free bets. I've also found a £1.67 free bet in my WH account? No idea where that came from.

I did the scatchcard too. Won a grand total of £1

Thank you Louise.

So I then just check all the different casino, games, etc promotions? I didn't know about those!

I've just found a free £5 bet in my Paddy Power account. Not sure where that came from but has anyone else had a random one?

Yes Shiny just keep checking every couple of days to see what different things pop up - Friday/the weekend seems to be a popular time for that sort of thing to crop up.

If you're on oddsmonkey I'm finding that the "existing customer offers" offers you found section and official offers are quite good to keep an eye on as all this sort of thing gets posted on there.

Well done on the Betfair scratch card wins - I won a grand total of nothing and managed to lose £6 on the casino trying a bonus offer! Cracking start to the morning eh

Just done the next lot of 10 free spins on betfair and got £1.25.

I forgot the 10 free spins on Betfair were over three consecutive days. I didn't go back!

Go back now!

I had a free 5 spins (or 10, can't remember!) when I logged into coral today. Won 1.40. It all adds up!

Those of you who had the free bet through William Hill when you placed a bet by the 21st, did you get the free one credited straight away? I did it yesterday afternoon but no free bet.

Thanks Louise, so I just keep spending until either a) I reach the wagering requirement and the winnings are automatically transferred into my account balance instead of sitting in my bonus balance or b) I reach zero on the slots and then stop or it will then begin to use my own money from my account balance?

No sierra I haven't had it yet either - I'm pretty sure it said the £10 free bet would come through to spend on any sport in the following 4 days after the weekend, so will probably come through on Monday.

Yes that's correct neegan, I tend to just stop when it gets to the point where I'd use my money.