Matched Betting

Well what happened was they were both at 9, bookies and lay, and I layed 35.xx, bet 40. As I was laying, odds changed, only 40% was matched. I hit the wee 'x' and for some reason it layed £14.40 instead of cancelling my bet as I expected it to do. So i've walked away with £14 from a £40 bet instead of my target of at least £30 which i'm a bit disappointed about, but the first time i've messed up so I guess these things happen.

Ahh unlucky Yeah you can't cancel your bets on BF, only the remaining part, otherwise it would cancel it for the person at the other end of your money too. One technique to avoid this is to offer to lay at a little higher than the best price because betfair will give you best price anyway - but atleast if it moves while you're typing theres more chance of getting matched and it will only cut into profits by a few pence anyway (well, slightly more if its higher odds, but it shouldnt be too bad)

Anyone doing Bwin 50% £160 deposit reload?

Also, was moving on to the next stage on FTO. Can see why people here are not a fan - found me no matches yet oddsmonkey (as recommended by a kind gent on here) is showing me several examples...

Obviously this is my first time trying to work it out myself so just want to make sure im doing it right. In my PP account I have 2 free bets (£20,£5) - can I use these together? If so, on trickybet I have put in £25 and the odds are 1.4 for both bet and lay for the Man Utd/Blackburn game on the 4th. However, I don't know what to put for commission? Im using betfair and cant seem to find where it should tell you on their site?

Betfair commission will be 5%. I don't know about being able to use the free bets together, it should tell you on the betting slip when you make a selection. If I remember right PP usually insist that you select one free bet which must equal the stake but I could be wrong.

Also, sounds like you need to do a tad more reading... the free bets you have will be SNR, so betting on low odds will get you practically nothing. You need to find matches from around 6/1 upwards to get the most out of it. Try and aim for 80% return minimum. If you're not sure what I mean by using high odds instead of low odds, play around with the calculator for a SNR free bet and see what difference it makes using a match of say 7/7 as opposed to 1.4/1.4

Hey guys, I'm pretty new to betting.

Opened a Coral account earlier today, and saw the £30 free bet.

I placed £30 of MY money on AC Milan to score 3 goals or less before HT, so i won £0.15 lol.

Now i have got my £30 free bonus bet, whenever i click on the bet slip, there is no sign of this 'free bet'.

I don't want to bet £30 of my money straight away on a premiership 4 match accumulator, but would rather use the £30 free bet and keep my winnings.

Is there any way to check/make sure that my £30 bonus bet is going to be used, instead of £30 of MY money, for this 4 fold accumulator i want to place on Coral's website?

Thanks in advance

The free bet balance is shown on the bar at the bottom, if not then contact customer service and they will credit it. When placing a bet you then have the option of using your free bet balance. In future make sure to check for the best offers, Coral actually have a £50 sign up available.

It sounds like you aren't using the free bet to make guaranteed profit and rather are using it for real gambling!

anyone done the bet365 offer, the best event i can find is requires £2000 in bet fair and still makes a £10 loss

Does anyone know any odds website which show Betinternet odds?

The only one im aware of is odds monkey and that doesnt have betinternet odds.