Matched Betting isn’t easy

Nothing in this game is easy, as the blog shows so far!

Paddy Power but a block on my account overnight, so it's lucky that Crawley failed to beat Kettering tonight, at least they aren't withholding winnings, just my free bet.  I have to verify details with a long list of utility bills, etc.  The only thing I wasn't happy about sending was a photo of the front and rear of my debit card - why on earth would they want that?  Anyway, that's still ongoing, we'll have to see how long it takes them to sort me out!

In matched betting, it's far better to keep winning on your exchange lay bets on Betfair, as when you find a bet with good odds, more often than not it's at the higher end of the odds chart and your Betfair liabilty for the lay will be huge.  If you keep winning at Betfair, then your account balance is topped up each time, so you only have to deposit into each bookmaker, rather than waiting days for a withdrawal to come through.

There's also a trade-off between getting the most profit out of each matched bet and how many days away the best market price match is.  I normally look up to three days in advance to bag my bonus.  That way you'll usually hit midweek and weekend football, amongst many other sports that are on midweek.  I try to make my first bet on something the same day as the deposit, then will bag the bonus within four days.