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They accepted the provisional but wanted a utility bill from the last six months and I don't have one, hopefully one comes through the post soon. I joined smarkets instead of betfair and made £12 yesterday so off to a good start

Hi Have been matched betting for three months. Nothing spectacular. I am about £1200 up. I have not completed all the welcome offers yet but got a bit side tracked by what other people are doing on OM and PA and experimented with extra places, no lay accas etc to try and speed up my progress. In stead going backwards. Think I have reached a bit of a plateau and not quite sure how to continue - slowly with £2 here and 50p there or what... Anyone else run out of steam a bit? Never seem to hit the big slot bonuses or anything.

I've run out of steam in the sense that i still haven't figured out laying EW bets and accas and don't have the time/headspace to figure them out.

Hi all, I also have some questions, I started matched betting a week ago using PA and made about £50 so far and enjoying it even if I dont fully understand it!

I don't understand what odds I should be looking for when placing my qualifying bets. The PA tutorial said it should be around 1.5- is this just so as to keep my liability low for the lay bet or is there another reason? My instinct is to look for the highest odds if the odds match?

For qualifying bets the odds should be as low as possible so the amount of loss is minimal, the calculator will show you the loss. Just make sure you check the terms of the bet, it's not always 1.5

Thanks steeple, im spending my saturday night rewatching the how to videos and getting my head round how it works!

One more thing I cant work out is how brst to keep a record of what ive spent, where, and profits etc. Ive started a spreadsheet but not sure what to record- what do other people do?

I haven't signed up for any of the packages yet, I did a free trial on profit accumulator, I've made £180 in around 10 days but feel like I'm coming to a stand still. Should I join PA or oddsmonkey or any others?

Hello, new to matchbetting and looking for some tips.

What's your thoughts on using oddsmonkey?
How often frequently do you Bet?
Any betting preferences?

I've done a few of the easier new account offers and I'm rather intimidated by some of the others that seem more complex.
I'm aiming to place one a day and have a pot of 200.00 seen a few that have profit as 2-3, are they worth it? Seen larger but requires more liability which I don't have

sleeping - I use the Ultimatcher spreadsheet (it's free to download if you google it and also google the guide that helps you get started wiht it. ). It looks complicated at first but soon becomes second nature (like most MBing stuff really!)

I'm signed up to PA and find that invaluable (I'm sure OM is just as good). I currently work FT and as a LP don't have that much time to devote to MBing to just do a couple of Bet and Get clubs each week and the odd sign up offer. Currently make a couple of hundred pounds a month. I suspect the talk of £1-£2k a month is little more than hype, but, y'know, it's a profitable little hobby - what's not to like!?

I'm with Oddsmonkey. I keep having breaks from MB but I'm currently on a bit of a roll because I've got more time at the moment.

OM have a profit tracker online now, which is really easy to use. When you place your back/lay bet you can press a button to "log" the bet. It records the odds/time/date etc. then when the event has happened you click on the "settle" button to record which side won.

I've also got my betfair account linked with OM so I can just press the "lay the bet" button (after I've done the back) to do the lay on betfair, which saves a lot of time. I signed up for the 2% commission offer with Betfair so I've pretty much stopped using smarkets for the moment.

I'm regularly doing the sky bet club and coral one. I was doing Paddy power but I think I'm gubbed - they're still sending me emails though.
Ladbrokes has a "bet boost" once a day that they boost your odds for one bet. I've used that a couple of times but it doesn't make much.

I'm also working through some of the bigger sign ups too. I've got a coupon arbitrage account and I'm trying to use either that or topcashback or quidco to sign up for new accounts. If it's not on any of those then sometimes they're on easyfundraising and it gets some money for DD's brownie pack.

OM has a "discuss the guide" for each sign up offer. Sometimes it's useful to look on there to check what other people have found who have done the offer recently.

I've recently done my first "casino" sign up at Grosvenor (through Quidco for cashback). There's a sportsbook and casino offer. I did both and it was quite profitable with the blackjack strategy. Lots of bookies have a casino as well, but I'm not sure if you can have a separate casino, bingo, sportsbook account or whether they're all the same.

Team profit also have some good guides. I'm thinking of doing their heart bingo sign up (they split the referral bonus with you so it becomes risk free).

I've done some bingo - some successful, some not so much.

I haven't done any accas or multiples yet - that's next on my list to learn.

I’ve just started up again after a few weeks off (been so busy). Started one offer that just didn’t seem worth it.

Hello all, I have just dipped my toe- after lots of researching on mse, PA and google, and reading this thread I deposited £5 with coral to get 4x free £5 bets, an £15 with Betfair to cover my liability- I have used all 4 free bets and come out with a profit of £18.90- so that seems to be a pretty good return, only dabbling at the moment as I can not afford to provide the money for a late float.

What has everyone used for their float? I have applied for a new basic bank acc to use, and hoping I will be able to deposit £100 on payday to use as a float.

I’m amazed that people are making thousands this way! I’m guessing the profit is in line with your float? So my £20 isn’t going to met me great returns?

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I need more advice please? I placed a £10 bet at bookies, got a £10 welcome bonus, bet won, exchange lost so I now have £34 in bookies. The original stake and the bonus have to be waged 3x before any money can be withdrawn. How do I do this? Do I calculate, 10 as a free bet and 24 as normal, or wage the 34 on one bet?

No you need to do all your wagering as normal qualifying bets. You've had the bonus which you placed as a free bet and annoyingly it won, so the money you have is real money, just not yet withdrawable.

Scar face, mostly once people have withdrawn their original investment, they try not to withdraw any more so they can build up their exchange balance. When I started I withdrew maybe a hundred or so from my exchange account just to top up what I was depositing in bookies, but that was it and I now have around £500 cash in both my exchange accounts with a similar amount tied up in liability, loads in my bookie accounts and I only now withdraw when I need a lump sum to pay dc's university maintenance and my car insurance

No I haven't placed my free bet yet, the qualifying one won so I now have had my free bet of £10 deposited and the £24 "winnings" so do I place 2 separate bets? £10 free and £14 as normal qualifying?

Ah right. Yes easiest to place them both on separate events, the free as SNR, then the wagering as a normal bet.

Thank you, I will work it all out eventually!

Working my way through the starting offers on profit accumulator as it was recommended by a friend...but see lots of people here use oddsmonkey. Is it better?

Hi all. I’m panicking a little bit, had success so far with I think three sites (coral, ladbrokes, William hill sign up offers) but flummoxed by betvictor. I can’t use all three £10 bets on one football match? I’ve matched on one to make a £7 odd profit. What do I do now? Is that all I can make from betvictor?

Can you use the three free bets separately? I know Oddsmonkey always recommend using multiple free bets on the same event, but I never do.

No, tried that.

Can you not find matches for the other two bets? Often on a bet slip, there is an option to 'reuse selection' - you can use this to place multiple bets on the same game.

I've done nothing this week - too busy IRL. Will get back on it next week.

I somehow managed to make £60 tonight doing a quidco casino offer, I won £54 pounds on the slots so considering I was hoping to make £15 profit it was quite a pleasant surprise and means I can move a bit quicker with the matched betting.

I’ve realised what the deal is, £10 on a sports bet, £10 on casino, £10 on an in play and £10 on Acca. Sigh!

Is in play just a match that is happening currently?

And can anybody simplify what acca is please?