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Setting Up 2 Factor Authentication On Betfair & Smarkets

Setting Up 2 Factor Authentication On Betfair & Smarkets

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Almost anyone who does Matched Betting regularly will eventually end up keeping a large cash float in their exchange accounts. This money is an obvious target for hackers, don’t let them steal your cash! But wait, Can’t they only withdraw back to my own card? All of the major bookmaker and exchange sites try to limit the appeal of hacks by only letting you withdraw deposited money back to the card/account which was originally used. The theory being that it…

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Spotting the Affiliate Scammers: Part 2 – Tipsters

Spotting the Affiliate Scammers: Part 2 – Tipsters

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Welcome to Part 2 of my guide to spotting those scams relating to matched betting out there. This week I want to focus on an area surrounding Tipsters and the tactics they use to draw you in. Incase you didn’t know, a Tipster is someone who posts a series of bets which they recommend you bet yourself. They might claim to have insider knowledge or some type of statistical model which they’ve used to identify good betting opportunities and are…

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Spotting the Affiliate Scammers: Part 1 – Guide Websites

Spotting the Affiliate Scammers: Part 1 – Guide Websites

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As I mentioned on my previous post; when I first started there were only a couple of guide websites around which offered to link you to offers and provided information to get started on matched betting for a monthly subscription fee. Since then I’ve been amazed at how many new sites have started up all offering promises of indepth information and excellent customer support. What has been surprising is the completely different levels of quality of these sites. Some look…

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Spotting the Affiliate Scammers

Spotting the Affiliate Scammers

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I’ve recently returned from a week late-honeymoon abroad with my new wife. While this had a negative impact on my Matched Betting profits it did give me time to have a think about some of the other topics I’d like to talk about on this site. Back when I started Matched Betting back in 2015 there were only a few guide websites (PA, PM, OM, etc) around from which to choose from. In the relatively short period since, there’s been…

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What is Matched Betting?

What is Matched Betting?

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MATCHED BETTING Matched betting is the practice of employing differing offers from multiple bookmakers to generate consistent profits. By accepting welcome offer packs from a range of bookmakers and/or promotional offers, you are able to place ‘free bets’. You then ‘match’ these bets on a betting exchange so as to ensure you make a nominal profit, irrespective of the actual outcome of the sporting event you are betting on. This is what is known as matched betting. The practice revolves…

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Getting Gubbed By Bookies

Getting Gubbed By Bookies

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In Matched Betting, getting “Gubbed” can refer to any limitation placed upon your account which in some way restricts you from taking part in promotions or gambling activities. Being gubbed is one of the biggest risks of Matched Betting and arguably unavoidable with some of the bookies. There are a few different types of gubbing that may happen:   Sports Promotion Restricted This is the most common form of gubbing. You will receive an email stating that you are no…

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How to block IE Snare

How to block IE Snare

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Tired of being banned for winning? Switch to Smarkets, low commission and winners welcome! What is IE Snare? IE snare is a web tool use by many of the online bookmakers for ‘reputation management’ in order to counter ‘fraud and abuse’. It tracks information about your computer and browsing habits including: Websites visited Time on websites Unique information about your computer All of this allows the bookmakers to track where you’ve been and and idea of what you’ve been doing…

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What Does Best Odds Guaranteed Mean?

What Does Best Odds Guaranteed Mean?

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While signing up for accounts or viewing promotional material for bookmakers you will frequently come across the term ‘Best Odds Guaranteed’ without it being particularly clear what it’s referring to.   Best Odds Guaranteed is an offer alot of the bookies run on all or selected horse races. What it means is that if the odds for a horse go UP in the time between you placing your bet and the race actually starting, the bookie will pay out at…

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The first rule of Fightclub…

The first rule of Fightclub…

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Like most companies these days, bookmakers are extremely keen to attract new customers while effectively turning their backs on existing customers. All of the best and easiest offers are aimed at attracting the new signups with exsiting customer offers either being pretty non-existent or much harder to obtain. I’d guess it’s the main reason why alot of people mistakenly believe that it’s impossible to continue making money after completing all the sign-up offers. Speaking from personal experience, I know this…

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