Rob1742 Posted 5 August 2015 Posted 5 August 2015 That's always been the main problem for football betting as far as I have been able to see. The margins in value terms are almost non existent. It's the most popular sport and as such the bookies don't leave much left to chance. Anyone getting a ROI of over 5% punting just football in a serious manner would be doing very, very well.In the good old days of football betting, you could bet first goal scorer in an England match and get 7/1 on Lineker. Now that was value.Cleared up many a time on that one. Soon went down to 4/1 if you were lucky.
Guest Posted 6 August 2015 Posted 6 August 2015 So, I admit, I have been a bit old school in the sense that I still go down to the bookies to put my footy bets on. This year though I want to go online (usually start the season with a tenner and see where I end up, just for a bit of added fun on a Saturday afternoon) so the question is, which of the 10 million is the best online bookies? Open accounts with them all. Take the best available prices using www.oddschecker.com which is a price comparison website. It also shows details of their sign up offers on there too. Never understood why people would just use one bookie - restrictive and not very shrewd.
Guest Posted 6 August 2015 Posted 6 August 2015 That's always been the main problem for football betting as far as I have been able to see. The margins in value terms are almost non existent. It's the most popular sport and as such the bookies don't leave much left to chance. Anyone getting a ROI of over 5% punting just football in a serious manner would be doing very, very well. Nothing to do with the bookies leaving anything to chance.. it's the strength of information out there. The prices mostly come from Asia and the lines are about as solid as it gets.. any team news travels fast and the world knows about it instantly.. the more solid the lines are the less scope for making serious money.. the margins football is bet to are pretty good when you shop around so if betting in singles only you shouldnt lose at more than 2-3% long term if you are taking best available prices. My advice to gamblers is find a niche.. If you can put yourself in a position where you understand something better than the average joe you arm yourself seriously to make profit. Minority sports or minority markets within major sports. Markets where the bookies dont have Betfair/Vegas/Asia to tell them what the correct price is.
adam1 Posted 6 August 2015 Posted 6 August 2015 My advice to the OP. 1) Use oddschecker. 2) Gradually open accounts with all the online firms and take advantage of any free bets 3) Use oddschecker to choose who to bet with after you have opened accounts 4) You will find that you get free bet promotions from some firms if you haven't used your account in a while I often do the same as the OP on a saturday, have a play with a tenner or so. You can be surprised at the price discrepancies. Especially with markets such as the golf or cycling.
GaelicFox Posted 6 August 2015 Posted 6 August 2015 So, I admit, I have been a bit old school in the sense that I still go down to the bookies to put my footy bets on. This year though I want to go online (usually start the season with a tenner and see where I end up, just for a bit of added fun on a Saturday afternoon) so the question is, which of the 10 million is the best online bookies? Bet365 or Paddy Powers Fantastic odds and the cash out facility is good Power do some fantastic promotions
adam1 Posted 11 August 2015 Posted 11 August 2015 If you want cash out facility you would be better off using the betfair exchange.
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