{"id":2268,"date":"2017-05-05T15:50:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T15:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beatingbetting.co.uk\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2019-10-04T14:31:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T14:31:55","slug":"record-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beatingbetting.co.uk\/income-reports\/record-month\/","title":{"rendered":"A Record Month! Here’s How I Did It…& How You Can Too"},"content":{"rendered":"

I very rarely talk to you about how much I make from my own matched betting.<\/p>\n

Whilst we here at Beating Betting<\/em> are typically happy to share everything we know with you, it’s nice to keep a couple of things private, y’know?<\/em><\/p>\n

We’re here to inform. To teach. To inspire.<\/p>\n

Today, I’ve got the opportunity to do something a little different…<\/p>\n

…and I’m grabbing the bull by its big, fat, spiky horns.<\/p>\n

I’m delighted to say that April 2017 was a record month for me.<\/p>\n

Within this post, I’m going to reveal the exact<\/em> profit figure I earned in that record month.<\/p>\n

I’m also going to show you how I went about achieving it with a single set of accounts.<\/p>\n

Hopefully you can replicate some of my success over the coming months. <\/p>\n

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Before We Get Started…<\/h3>\n

I put around 40% of my matched betting time into sports and around 60% of my time into casino in the month.<\/p>\n

These are just estimations and it’s not important that you follow this structure – do what you’re comfortable with.<\/p>\n

I am going to be honest now and answer one thing straight away:<\/p>\n

Was it a lucky month?<\/em><\/p>\n

Kinda.<\/p>\n

I’ve been doing matched betting for a long time now, and it was one of my ‘luckiest’ months yet…<\/p>\n

…but good luck can be repeated.<\/p>\n

By putting in months of hard work, placing bets even when I didn’t really want to, I truly feel this luck was earned<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I always give myself chances of hitting big wins. I’ll generally hit one a month, maybe two if I’m lucky.<\/p>\n

In April, I managed several.<\/p>\n

I’ll talk you through them in detail.<\/p>\n

Update: I beat this record month! I’ve given information about this at the end of the post.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Without further ado, let’s take a look at my profit and how I did it:<\/p>\n

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Sports Profit<\/h3>\n

I made \u00a32,520.44 profit via sports<\/strong> in April 2017.<\/p>\n

This isn’t<\/em> my best monthly sports result, but I’m still absolutely ecstatic with it.<\/p>\n

I probably put in around an hour a day in this area on average.<\/p>\n

There were many days where I didn’t place any bets at all.<\/p>\n

However, there were some days where I dedicated a lot of time into it, specifically the Grand National.<\/p>\n

We’ll talk about that race in more detail shortly.<\/p>\n

First, let’s take a look at a breakdown of my ‘big win’ bets:<\/p>\n

On the 2nd of the month, I hit a \u00a3380 profit via a Double Delight win on Chris Ashton (\u00a350 stake) in the rugby.<\/p>\n

On the 10th of the month, I made \u00a3303 via a Rule 4 in my favour on the horse racing.<\/p>\n

On the 25th of the month, I made \u00a3110 Betfair trading<\/a> the Ronnie O’Sullivan vs. Ding Junhui snooker match.<\/p>\n

…and going back to the 8th of the month, I made \u00a31,194.16 on the Grand National.<\/p>\n

This profit was generated via:<\/p>\n

A \u00a3125 refund on each-way bets via Bet365…<\/p>\n

…arbs on the place parts of my each-way bets…<\/p>\n

…and hitting 5th place for the mega boom via a bookmaker offering an ‘extra’ place on these each-way bets.<\/p>\n

Many of the arbs were generating me between \u00a35-\u00a320 per horse, meaning I could afford to take slightly larger losses on a couple of other horses in an effort to guarantee the fact that I’d hit 5th place.<\/p>\n

That allowed me to get the entire 40-strong field of horses covered!<\/p>\n

I did this using The Eachway Matcher on Oddsmonkey<\/a> – this is the tool I use for generating the bulk of my sports profits each month.<\/p>\n

\"Eachway<\/a><\/p>\n

There is also Each Way Sniper<\/a>; this has more features but is more expensive – it’s a brilliant alternative that we’d also recommend if you’re not on a budget and want some added efficiency.<\/p>\n

If you think this seems like a big task to cover the whole field – it is<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It probably took me around 5 hours on Grand National day to get the field covered.<\/p>\n

There’s no way I’d have managed to cover even half of the horses without the tools mentioned above.<\/p>\n

In total, I placed bets with 13 different bookmakers.<\/p>\n

4 of these bookmaker accounts were gubbed in the past – which makes them perfect for these scenarios!<\/p>\n

Gubbed accounts still qualify for extra places.<\/strong><\/p>\n

By using these accounts, it meant that I could get on as many horses as possible without fear of losing promotions (because I’d already lost them!).<\/p>\n

When it came to the result of the race – as I mentioned earlier – I did have some good fortune.<\/p>\n

I hit the absolute best outcome I could in the ‘extra’ 5th place – Gas Line Boy.<\/p>\n

I had \u00a330 each way on him at 80\/1, returning \u00a3907 and change profit.<\/p>\n

I unfortunately missed out on several chances I had at hitting 6th place (right horse, wrong bookie scenario) which would have been an even more incredible result.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Grand National…<\/p>\n

I made just over \u00a3400 profit via accumulators throughout the month.<\/p>\n

Since reviewing MatchedBets<\/a>, I have been really getting into accumulators again via their tool ‘Acca Backers’.\"Acca<\/a>I placed 36 no lay accumulators generated via Acca Backers, making an average profit of \u00a311.41 from an average stake of \u00a325.<\/p>\n

This performed to a level that was above EV – the Expected Value – which had estimated that I would make around half of that level of profit.<\/p>\n

I had a bad performance on ‘no lays’ back in March, so I guess this was me seeing the positive shift of EV back in my favour.<\/p>\n

My remaining profit came from smaller offers and loyalty bonuses.<\/p>\n

If I could turn back time, I wish I would have invested more time into more sports offers.<\/p>\n

I know that many people made really good money via these…and I just got a bit lazy if I’m being honest.<\/p>\n

But hey:<\/em><\/p>\n

It goes to show that I wasn’t working flat out to achieve this – far from it.<\/p>\n

This is nowhere near a ‘full-time’ commitment for me.<\/p>\n

In fact, most weeks, I hardly place a single bet during regular working hours.<\/p>\n

With a little more effort, we could all make a chunk of additional profit.<\/p>\n

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Casino Profit<\/h3>\n

I made \u00a34,140 profit via casino<\/strong> in April.<\/p>\n

You might think to yourself that I got lucky – and you’d be right, to a degree.<\/p>\n

My results were above EV, that’s for sure.<\/p>\n

However…<\/p>\n

In February, my results were absolutely awful (EV-wise) on casino.<\/p>\n

In March, results were average.<\/p>\n

In April, I think I hit the positive upswing that I’d been due since February (and perhaps longer).<\/p>\n

If you want to know how I calculate EV, I use EV Maximiser<\/a> \u2014 check that one out by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, this isn’t essential.<\/p>\n

This is because I also use Profit Maximiser<\/a> for my casino-related matched betting, and they post the EV of offers based on recommended slots and stakes.<\/p>\n

Remember, most matched betting companies<\/a> don’t accurately calculate EV – simply because they’re unable to factor in variables such as stake sizes and the variance of a particular slot.<\/p>\n

This is where Profit Maximiser stand out and it’s the very reason I am signed up with multiple companies.<\/p>\n

I attempted 51 regular casino offers in the month.<\/p>\n

I class a ‘regular casino offer’ as a deposit bonus with wagering.<\/p>\n

Some were new sign-ups, some were reload offers.<\/p>\n

The majority of these were high risk (remember, don’t attempt these if your bank does not allow<\/em>).<\/p>\n

My average buy-in was around the \u00a3150 mark.<\/p>\n

I bust out on 38 offers and completed wagering on 13. This gave me a bust rate of just below 75%.<\/p>\n

However, on the offers I didn’t bust out on, I hit some nice wins.<\/p>\n

This started on the first of the month, hitting a \u00a31,764 win on a ridiculously good offer posted on Profit Maximiser<\/a> – a 500% bonus on a \u00a340 deposit.<\/p>\n

On the 13th of the month, I made \u00a3995 via a 100% match offer up to \u00a3200:<\/p>\n

\"Withdrawal\"<\/p>\n

On the 21st of the month, I made \u00a3910.60 via a 100% match offer up to \u00a350.<\/p>\n

On the same day, I made \u00a3886.40 via a 100% up to \u00a350 offer on a different site (part of the same group).<\/p>\n

I hit many other wins too, typically \u00a3200-\u00a3600, but those above were the biggest.<\/p>\n

You’ll notice that my income in this section doesn’t really add up to the total profit listed above – it will probably appear too high.<\/p>\n

That’s because you suffer losses as a result of variance with casino offers.<\/p>\n

My biggest losing streak was just five offers, which included four \u00a3200 buy-ins and a \u00a350. This has no doubt been my best ever month for positive variance, but it still pains me to see losses.<\/p>\n

A large portion of the revenue I generated (which is in addition to the 51 regular offers I completed above) was via a simple loophole that was posted to Oddsmonkey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I attempted this loophole once per week for three weeks and made \u00a3840 in total.<\/p>\n

There were also many other smaller offers I attempted – things involving free spins, easter bonuses and whatnot.<\/p>\n

This accounted for just a small amount of income as I was not particularly lucky on these.<\/p>\n

However, I did hit a big win on free spins the morning of writing this post:<\/p>\n

\"Free<\/p>\n

…a \u00a3126 winning spin!<\/p>\n

Whilst this obviously doesn’t contribute to April’s profits, it shows that free spins are always worth doing – especially with no wagering requirements like the one above.<\/p>\n

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How to Replicate This Success<\/h3>\n

In total, I made \u00a36,660.44 profit overall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It’s important to start thinking ahead for how this can be replicated over the coming months – particularly as the football season is coming to a close.<\/p>\n

In my first year of matched betting, I made the huge mistake of taking the summer off.<\/p>\n

Not only did this mean that I missed out on a huge amount of profits…<\/p>\n

…it meant I was spending<\/em> my profits too. And far too much of them!<\/p>\n

This summer, I’ll be focusing on three main areas: tennis, horse racing and casino.<\/p>\n

I am also going to make sure I put additional effort into my football betting – particularly standard reloads and more accumulators – before the season ends.<\/p>\n

There will be other sports available to bet on over the summer too that will enable me to generate consistent earnings throughout the football off-season.<\/p>\n

As always, the main tools I’ll be using for these are:<\/p>\n