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Hmm... checked my balances this morning after using 2 x free £10 bets on matches last night and I've definitely done something wrong - have lost money...

My Betfair exchange is up, but both free £10 bets made £0 and overall, I'm £30 down on where I was yesterday

Not sure what I've done wrong though, which is irritating - and a bit scary because I might do it again! I checked everything a couple of times last night before placing the bets, and am gutted I'm down on where I was..!

Thanks so much. I was so confused when I could find the same thing on coral website.

It took me 45 mins to place a bet last night. Hopefully I'll get a bit faster soon

I think I've been gubbed by william hill. I got an email for a free bet from them and whem i went to redeem it, it said i was not eligible for this offer. Is there any way to get ungubbed? Ive placed a mug bet for £15 to try and make it look like im a genuine better.

Dotty did you definitely lay your bets correctly? I once forgot but luckily my horse won so i was up £55. Are you using any sort of spreadsheet? Im using the teamprofit one and it helps me work out where the money is.

I've confused myself now! Have had a look again at all my ins and outs and forgot I withdrew £53 yesterday, so in total I'm still up and have an increased profit.

Eugh. I've been avoiding the scary Team Profit spreadsheet and am keeping a much more simple one, but maybe I need to tackle it so I don't forget what I've done. It looks like I'm up about £70 now since starting - but it's very complicated to keep track of!!

The team profit one does all the sums for you with a running total at the top. It takes a bit of work to keep it all updated but it's free and pretty easy to use. It also includes casino/reloads etc so its future proof for when you move onto those offers.

Dotty - a good spreadsheet is a must to keep track of everything imo. I use the ultimatcher one (google it plus the guide on how to use it!) which keeps a tally of everything.

Dotty - a good spreadsheet is a must to keep track of everything imo. I use the ultimatcher one (google it plus the guide on how to use it!) which keeps a tally of everything.

...posted too soon!...and twice

rosie - no way to be ungubbed as far as I know. It might be worth going on the live chat to find out where your free bet has gone. They're usually very helpful one even the Coral man who broke the news to me I'd been gubbed and, no, I couldn't use my free bet

Ah thats annoying. William hill was one of my favourites. Hoping they've just got me on a watch list or that its some other reason i couldn't redeem the free bet. I thought id lay a mug bet anyway just in case.

Agree you need a spreadsheet! However mine is very simple (I did used to track every single bet but once the event was over that was pretty useless info so I no longer bother).

I have a running list of bookies, how much I deposit in each, how much I withdraw, and the balance. Same with my exchange accounts.

Then a list of bets I've done - the bookie and date only, which when the date has passed I use to update all balances, and a list of bets to place. So currently I'm expecting a free bet from Toals on Monday so my 'bets to do' list simply says £10 Toals 7/11. On Monday I'll place the freebie and list the same under 'bets current'. At the end of Monday I update Toals and exchange balances, and delete that one from current bets.

Bloody loving this. I’ve made £32.33 in a week on 3 welcome offers.

I’m following the £25 to £1000 plan on team profit. Did anyone stick to the plan religiously or Would it be an issue if I did more of the welcome offers as and when I have time and then I can start reload offers?

So instead of just doing 3 a week, if I did 4 or 5 and got them done quicker?

Mama - I found in the early days I was only restricted by demands of liability at the exchange - if you've got a big enough bank to cover it then just motor on through! I've been doing this since April and I've only done about a third of the welcome offers. I'm short on time so have stuck to reloads on the bookies I have (which, tbf is about 25!)

Thanks missfitton

I thought that might be it. Being limited by amount of liability. Fortunately all my money seems to be in betfair except an annoying £36 in William Hill which I can’t withdraw until they validate my proof of age.

Morning all - I thought I'd join the thread properly, since I've lurked since I started matched betting back in April.
I'm now £1360 up, and quite enjoying it. I've tackled my intial reluctance, and have been doing quite well with slots offers recently (and they're quite good fun). WH have had a spend £10 for 10 spins for the last few days and I've made £50ish from that alone. Also done quite well on the Starspins/Virgin sites with the sign ups.
Areas of fear for me are still Accas but I think I should tackle them... I'm not good with numbers and thr calculators scare me!
Had one gubbing so far, from PaddyPower, which was annoying.
I'm with Oddsmonkey, and Ive found their new Profit Tracker and absolute dream. I was finding keeping a spreadsheet updated a real bind, so I've ditched it in favour of the Profit Tracker - anyone else use it?

Moog, I literally just started on Friday but I've been using the profit tracker and Like it

Woohoo just won £2 on the 10 free spins on betfair

Sorry me again. Would betting on ice hockey be a red flag if I made sure I bet on a few matches with that bookie?

Not if you regularly bet on ice hockey no. However there won't (I don't think - never checked!) be much exchange liquidity for ice hockey so you might struggle to lay.

Sorry that was supposed to say American football. DH and I were talking about ice hockey while I was typing my last message! I think I've been over using my brain today which is probably why I wrote ice hockey!

Well I did it anyway so I will make sure to make plenty of bets on American football with this particular bookie. There was actually quite a lot of money in the exchange.

Does anyone have any advice about when and where to withdraw money? I've been leaving money won in betfair because a bigger float there lets me have more open bets elsewhere, but when you win money at a bookies, should you withdraw it?

Also, I've been betting on quite random things according to the odds matcher e.g. Some football, horse racing, tennis. Is this a red flag that I'm a matched better, and should I therefore be more consistent?

Football and horses are hugely popular so don't worry about that at all! Tennis pretty popular too.

It's when you go for league 6 of the Uzbekistan under 16s or the Peruvian women's darts team that'll your account will be looked at!

Leave a bit in bookie accounts - some offers you only get if you have a positive balance. Otherwise withdraw away if you need it.

thank you titchy

Does anyone else find that the bookies are supremely unhelpful on live chat? I placed a bet with a specific bonus based on the number of goals scored .. it wasn't showing up in my account so i tried to live chat. 45 minutes of this live chat guy dicking around later, he tried to suggest i was making it up as i couldn't name the promotion exactly even though i described it. Refused to give me the bonus. Im gubbing that bookie!

Does anyone screenshot the offers they get? Im starting to think it might be a good idea.

Was it Ladbrokes? I'm still waiting for mine, along with most folk on OM...