Another boring diary

[Matchstick]

I'm lagging a bit on my updates, life and work is getting in the way!

Week 6: 28 Feb-6 Mar 2011

New signups:

Victor Chandler: Bet £25 for £50 SNR via OLBG. In progress, return deferred.

Existing member offers:

BetClic: Free slot spins, bust out after about a fifth of the way through WR. £0 return.

Stan James: Lost £2 due to the casino app hanging on me after placing my chips Got £10 in dribs and drabs into the sportsbook. Couldn't really find any good matches and it looked like I'd only get about half my money back if I matched it. So I mugged it, but all but one bet lost Return +£5.24 including a small arb from the £10 qualifier for next week's casino bonus. I think I'll put the whole £10 on in one go next week and match any winnings.

Bwin: Deposited £7 for £4 SR. Couldn't find any good matches so bust out with +£2.87. Bit of a waste of time.

Betfair: Placed a back bet to complete the £5 challenge. £0.05 loss deferred until they credit the £5.

Bet24: Placed £10 qualifier for £10 refund, poker + spins: No loss but I'm waiting for the £10 refund to be credited.

Week 6 total
Matched betting profit: +£8.11

Cumulative
TopCashback: +£35.20 tracked
TGT cashback: +£20 tracked
RAF: +£20 banked
Matched betting profit: +£276.22

[Matchstick]

Week 7: 7 Mar-13 Mar 2011

New signups:

Betfair: TopCashback deposited in my account so I can count another +£15.15 now.

Victor Chandler: Completed £25 for £50 SNR via OLBG for +£39.98 return. Need to put another £25 through for a £12.50 RAF.

Existing member offers:

Stan James: Betting the whole £10 on a single Blackjack hand paid off. Won first two hands so, +£21.10 return after matching through and tiny arb on next week's casino qualifier.

Bet24: £10 reload bonus came through. To be nice I matched it through rather than withdraw. Nothing from the free spins and I forgot to create poker handle, so I guess I forfeit that bit - I'm not sure how to play poker or what a free poker ticket worth $10+1 meant anyway. +£10.14 return.

Week 7 total
TopCashback: +£15.15 banked
Matched betting profit: +£71.22

Cumulative
TopCashback: +£15.15 banked and +£20.20 tracked
TGT cashback: +£20 tracked
RAF: +£20 banked
Matched betting profit: +£347.44
Total overall (banked/withdrawable balances): +£382.59

[Matchstick]

Week 8: 14 Mar-20 Mar 2011
Had to go away during the week for work so missed out on Cheltenham, and then screwed up the few bets I made in the evenings!

New signups:
Totesport: Bet £25 for £25 SNR. Made a right hash of this one. First I bet at below even odds so didn't qualify for the bonus (-£1.07 loss for nothing, duh!). Then I fixed that with an above evens bet for a tiny -£0.05 loss. Not sure why I didn't find the lower loss first quite apart from the odds being too low. I then took a poor SNR match where the market was limited a couple of quid below the total free bet value. Nevertheless it still worked out reasonable as I wanted to get it done and dusted after that catastrophe. Came out +£18.05. Good learning point, worth the extra quid it cost me. Glad it wasn't a big screw up.

Coral: Bet £30 for £60 SNR. I was out of float due to previous screw-up so waited for my qualifier to settle before placing the SNR. Unfortunately, my qualifier won in the meantime so I had real money stuck that I couldn't withdraw. After making a SNR bet I realised that Coral take real money before bonus money ("bottom-feeders" as Teabee called it). Return deferred until I complete this next week. Possible £5.05 from TopCashback, but it's not tracked yet so I'm dubious.

Boylesports: Bet £50 for £50 SNR for +£42.94 return +£5 TGT cashback.

Didn't have enough float to tackle the Skybet or Ladbrokes SUB during Cheltenham.

Victor Chandler: Completed £50 real money wager requirement for RAF. Screwed up a little by laying too much (only by £3 so not a major problem, more of annoyance). Quickly learnt how to fix it by backing, luckily at the same odds I'd layed. Small loss of -£0.49 deferred until I RAF arrives.

Existing member offers:
BetClic: Got a deposit £10 for £10 credit reload email. Bust out so no need to do the WR for +£9.07 return.

Betfair: £5 challenge was credited for +£4.95 return.

Stan James: Playing the whole £10 on a single Blackjack hand paid off again. Won first hand only this time so, +£10.31 after matching through. Betfair kindly waived the commission on this due to some issues they had with their site. No bother to me! -£0.10 deferred from the qualifier for next week's casino bonus.

Week 8 total
Matched betting profit: +£85.32 I'm sure many of you made much more during Cheltenham week, but I'm chuffed with that considering I was busy with work.

Cumulative
TopCashback: +£15.15 banked, +£20.20 tracked, +£5.05 anticipated.
TGT cashback: +£25 tracked
RAF: +£20 banked, +£12.50 anticipated.
Matched betting profit: +£447.91
Total overall (banked/withdrawable balances): +£483.06

[Matchstick]

Week 9: 21 Mar-27 Mar 2011
Another quiet week.

New signups:
Coral: Completed bet £30 for £60 SNR properly this time. Found a reasonable but not great matched bet (-£1.79) to get my own money out of the way to play the qualifier which netted +£41.31 overall after all my screw ups on this one. 69% return so it's not great but given I screwed I'm not that displeased.

Existing member offers:
Stan James: Played the whole £10 in one and lost this week. -£0.10 after the qualifier. +£0.06 on next week's qualifier deferred.

Week 9 total
Matched betting profit: +£41.21

Cumulative
TopCashback: +£15.15 banked and +£20.20 tracked, +£5.05 anticipated but looking doubtful.
TGT cashback: +£25 tracked
RAF: +£20 banked, +£12.50 anticipated.
Matched betting profit: +£489.12
Total overall (banked/withdrawable balances): +£524.27

[MrsDarcy]

Interesting read Matchstick, it's certainly given this newbie something to think about.

[AllGone]

Hi Matchstick, I've sent you a couple of pm's but no reply, so I thought I'd post here for a better chance to get hold of you. It's about the VC RAF I need you to confirm your moneybookers email, so I can send you your money. I'm pretty sure I've not sent this yet, or maybe I'm going crazy but either way can you send me a pm.

Cheers

Allgone