Week 22

Right then... Week 22

A nice week, scattered with a major mistake, inline with the diary name more of that in a second. This went well:

All started very nicely indeed finished up victor chandler's last £25 free bet and made around £18. Then managed to pull out a profit on the casino chips on the game "red dog". I'm becoming quite the little casino player, even read the rules on this one. Managed to withdraw £26 from the £25 free casino bonus after meeting the WR. Was tempted to carry on as this game can see you win £8-10 very quickly. But stuck to my ways and £26 is very nice.

Then came the mistake of the week. A qualifier on with BetUK - a £50 qualifier at that... I'm not sure if it is a pro's place ot check odds but I use odds.bestbetting.com from time to time to find nice horse odds. The way in which I work often means checking 5-10 different races for matching odds, a bit laborious to be honest but often results in good odds or "micro arbs". Back on topic - I found a pretty nice match on a race in 30mins at 4.5 v 4.8 and quickly bet and layed only £25ish. (I've played the waiting game with odds on horses a few times and more or less done ok from it by not being too greedy and getting in at a couple of clicks lower.) Anyway what I didn't realise was that I'd bet on a race that was delayed! I thought I had 30mins to go, then suddenly the odds started rising very quickly, I then looked across and saw that the race was "in play" - oh sh!t, and this race was a short race, managed to lay an extra £2 before it was all over. Of course, the horse I was backing lost. Net result = minus £21. Moral of story check the actual time before you bet (sounds obvious now I know...)

I got £17 back from bet UK on the free SNR...

£2.50 from free bingo scratchcards...

Super_dash the top bloke that he is sent over a very gratefully received £12.50 for a RAF - many thanks

I also made a whole 44p from arbs - 3 bets staking £180 overall (one of the bets I forgot about commission and lost 33p) still all practice and good fun!


Week 22
Week Total: £63
Grand Total: £1,649

Next week Ascot.... Next week away with work

Week 21

Well what can I say about Week 21 except awesome!

All started out with £40 cashback which put me off to a nice start. Then something quite incredible happened at Take A Break Bingo. I had £2.90 cash and £1.35 bonus. This had been built up from playing free scratchcards. Has TAB have now changed terms that you no longer get 10p a day cash, but put it into the bonus pot I decided to try and bust out (min withdraw £10). So I played 4 50p scratchcards and won £25! I quickly withdrew all my winnings, and decided to stick all £1.35 on the bingo. Went off to make a coffee and nearly fell off my chair when I returned and my balance was £132! - Very sweet!

This prompted me to take casino bounus' a bit more seriously. I have since read-up a little on casino bonuses and decided to give it a go. I had mixed fortune but overall I have done very well over it this week. I made a few stoopid mistakes that cost me and hurt bad, and if I have one piece of advise it is read Andy's forum signature and keep this in your mind all the time. Circus and Betfair Casino, taught me this lesson. Was ticking along nicely, got bored messed around with different bet sizes and was bust within 8 minutes.

A few sports book offers still ticking over bringing in a good steady stream of mooolah. I have certainly noticed that as my float grows I can worry less about going for higher odds and (often) better returns or closer matches. I'm also happy to tie up cash for a bit longer for a better return on arbs and such like.

Week 21: £441
Grand Total: £1,586

Littlewoods Casino £80
Stan James Chips £5
Victor Chandler £37
Take a Break £165
32 Red £111
Cashback £40
Bet24 Groovy bonus £10
Circus Casino -£50
Victor Chandler £20
Betfair Casino -£50
BetChronicle £45
StanJames Mobile £8
William Hill Casino £3
William Hill Vegas £5
Betclick £13