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I don't think they will lose 3 games in a row so I am thinking of going for an Atletico win/draw against Villarreal, although the odds would be low. A win is priced at over evens which is good value. Of all Spanish teams in the Champions League, I realized I should have just taken Real Madrid in hindsight. 13 times CL winners against a team that is only in its second season in Europe and have the highest odds of almost 3.
Yeah great shout, Atletico @2,4 on sunday is tempting. They have taken 26/33 points away this season.

The odds went down to 1,9 on real after that red card so I found value in under 1,5 goals @3. A bit of a gamble But a win in the end.
 

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I got Atletico dnb @2 one minute before their goal. Good timing and great fecking odds :D
 

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Unibet running more verification checks on me again. They have blocked my account for 5days now, these sportsbooks are absurd. They don't say a word if your losing money.
 

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Unibet running more verification checks on me again. They have blocked my account for 5days now, these sportsbooks are absurd. They don't say a word if your losing money.
Yeah, I feel that man. They're absolute cnuts.
 

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Unibet running more verification checks on me again. They have blocked my account for 5days now, these sportsbooks are absurd. They don't say a word if your losing money.
Yep. Betfred did it to me after some big wins recently.
Ladbrokes did one too and i had to hold my passport near my face. Mad.
 

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Yep. Betfred did it to me after some big wins recently.
Ladbrokes did one too and i had to hold my passport near my face. Mad.
:lol: They asked me for the same, a selfie with my driving license next to my face, utterly bizarre.
 

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What happens when they do that ? You still get to take out your earnings right ?
 

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Real madrid looking great so far. Worth a punt @2,10
 

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Real madrid looking great so far. Worth a punt @2,10
feck sake, 1-0 down now. We thumped this lot 4-0!
I stayed out of this as I knew this was a banana game, I still took them at 0-1 down at win/draw @2.14 thinking they could come back to level the game, but they can't seem to break down Sociedad's defence. I think taking on Real Madrid on Sunday against Atletico Madrid at double chance win/draw or if you are braver, a win is a better bet as they haven't lost to Atletico Madrid in 5 years and they usually raise their level in such games.
 

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I stayed out of this as I knew this was a banana game, I still took them at 0-1 down at win/draw @2.14 thinking they could come back to level the game, but they can't seem to break down Sociedad's defence. I think taking on Real Madrid on Sunday against Atletico Madrid at double chance win/draw or if you are braver, a win is a better bet as they haven't lost to Atletico Madrid in 5 years and they usually raise their level in such games.
Good call, I usually do this when City go a goal down.
 

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I stayed out of this as I knew this was a banana game, I still took them at 0-1 down at win/draw @2.14 thinking they could come back to level the game, but they can't seem to break down Sociedad's defence. I think taking on Real Madrid on Sunday against Atletico Madrid at double chance win/draw or if you are braver, a win is a better bet as they haven't lost to Atletico Madrid in 5 years and they usually raise their level in such games.
Disappointing second half from Real. Need to hit on target to score goals. Had Real, Everton and GAIS all on dnb before game and livebet on Real.

I’ve seen Real quite much this year and that first half tonight was one of the better I’ve seen this season. Not clinical enough and poor second half.

Good shout for next weekend. I don’t know if I can bet against Atletico though. Betting on them is like printing money this season (Except for that game against Chelsea) :D DnB maybe.
 
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feck sake, 1-0 down now. We thumped this lot 4-0!
I was thinking the same. How the feck are we in the Europa league and Real on their way to CL quarters.. They are not even good this season. Frustrating AF.
 

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Have a feeling Wolves might get something out of the match against City tomorrow.
1.18 on city is ridiculous. Wolves +0,5 @4,50 maybe. Or +1 @3,50
 

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Have a feeling Wolves might get something out of the match against City tomorrow.
1.18 on city is ridiculous. Wolves +0,5 @4,50 maybe. Or +1 @3,50
1.18 would have been tidy enough on the past however many games but I know what you mean. Surely they'll slip up soon!
 

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What happens when they do that ? You still get to take out your earnings right ?
Yeah, they can't block your winnings unless you've violated terms and conditions via duplicate accounts etc. I've probably had 600 to 700 accounts limited/closed and only 1 has ever robbed my money (Skybet in my girlfriends name last year took £2k of winnings, got an IBAS case on going though) Had to jump through hoops with a lot of them asking for ridiculous stuff but pretty much every single bookie will pay bar the likes of 1xbet.

UK bookies shouldn't be asking for any form of verification after you've won any bets btw. Licensing laws changed last year so that they have to ask for verification details prior to bets being placed. Some have started asking for Source Of Wealth though, which is ridiculous. SOW is designed to protect problem gamblers who can't afford their losses and they are using it to try and avoid/delay paying out people's winnings.


Sorry for lack of bets from me the last month or two, hasn't been much good pre stakes at all really and I try to just post my most confident bets here. Today should have been the best day of the year with UEFA Youth League starting but that was cancelled sadly. Bolivia back in a week or two though so should have some nice bets over the course of their season hopefully.
 

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Yeah, they can't block your winnings unless you've violated terms and conditions via duplicate accounts etc. I've probably had 600 to 700 accounts limited/closed and only 1 has ever robbed my money (Skybet in my girlfriends name last year took £2k of winnings, got an IBAS case on going though) Had to jump through hoops with a lot of them asking for ridiculous stuff but pretty much every single bookie will pay bar the likes of 1xbet.

UK bookies shouldn't be asking for any form of verification after you've won any bets btw. Licensing laws changed last year so that they have to ask for verification details prior to bets being placed. Some have started asking for Source Of Wealth though, which is ridiculous. SOW is designed to protect problem gamblers who can't afford their losses and they are using it to try and avoid/delay paying out people's winnings.


Sorry for lack of bets from me the last month or two, hasn't been much good pre stakes at all really and I try to just post my most confident bets here. Today should have been the best day of the year with UEFA Youth League starting but that was cancelled sadly. Bolivia back in a week or two though so should have some nice bets over the course of their season hopefully.
Oh okay, i started following a paid tipster that has been giving small but 100% winning bets for a good 2 months and he's starting to be a bit worried. Seeing as there's about 5 to 10k uniques views on his messages, it's starting to reach millions of € of earnings monthly :lol: Except trying to close/limit accounts that are on winning streaks, can they legally do anything against these sort of services ?
 

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Yeah, they can't block your winnings unless you've violated terms and conditions via duplicate accounts etc. I've probably had 600 to 700 accounts limited/closed and only 1 has ever robbed my money (Skybet in my girlfriends name last year took £2k of winnings, got an IBAS case on going though) Had to jump through hoops with a lot of them asking for ridiculous stuff but pretty much every single bookie will pay bar the likes of 1xbet.

UK bookies shouldn't be asking for any form of verification after you've won any bets btw. Licensing laws changed last year so that they have to ask for verification details prior to bets being placed. Some have started asking for Source Of Wealth though, which is ridiculous. SOW is designed to protect problem gamblers who can't afford their losses and they are using it to try and avoid/delay paying out people's winnings.


Sorry for lack of bets from me the last month or two, hasn't been much good pre stakes at all really and I try to just post my most confident bets here. Today should have been the best day of the year with UEFA Youth League starting but that was cancelled sadly. Bolivia back in a week or two though so should have some nice bets over the course of their season hopefully.
Yeah marathobet made me send in my fecking payslip in order to get my £500 withdrawal processed. Absolute joke as they were happy enough for me to place multiple losing bets! Not to mention I've been using them for the best part of 5 years nad have had to verify my account on multiple occasions. Chancers
 

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Don't know what's going on. Had an email yesterday from Ladbrokes saying that I'm no longer eligible for any of their promos or bonuses in future? Cheapskates!
 

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Oh okay, i started following a paid tipster that has been giving small but 100% winning bets for a good 2 months and he's starting to be a bit worried. Seeing as there's about 5 to 10k uniques views on his messages, it's starting to reach millions of € of earnings monthly :lol: Except trying to close/limit accounts that are on winning streaks, can they legally do anything against these sort of services ?
Nah tipping services are legal, bookies can’t do anything to stop them. You’ll get limited very quickly generally for following good tipsters as the odds will almost definitely drop significantly on their tips. I’m on about people tipping win at evens etc, not the tipsters who tip XYZ to be booked etc.
Some books actually have/used to have stuff in their terms about linked syndicate betting. In theory they could void all bets linked to the tipster but pretty sure UK legislation wouldn’t allow it and you’d get paid eventually. If you were using a curacao bookie (18bet, 1xbet) then they would void if they realised it was linked bets.


Yeah marathobet made me send in my fecking payslip in order to get my £500 withdrawal processed. Absolute joke as they were happy enough for me to place multiple losing bets! Not to mention I've been using them for the best part of 5 years nad have had to verify my account on multiple occasions. Chancers

I think it will only get worse over the next couple of years. The Gov is trying to implement stronger measures for restricting the amount that people can stake so bookies will just keep using these measures massively in their favour to avoid paying out winning punters. UKGC doesn’t pull them up on it either, had a huge discussion with them last year about it and they said they were going to speak to bookmakers about it but doubt they did.
 

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0.5u on Arsenal/Burnley under 2.5 @1.87.

Hate betting unders but projected to be a decent value bet.
 

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Sky bet had a bet boost of Aubameyang to have 1+ shot on target, from 1/6 to evens. He’s scored within 5 minutes. Easiest money ever, surely?
 

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They've done evens on Salah and Bruno before

It's crazy
Mad isn't it. Makes me wonder whether they're just doing it to give people more winnings to lump on something else now they're feeling lucky.
 

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There's probably some data that shows that x percent of people reinvest the winnings and lose so they're up on the deal in the long run.
My mates head trader at Skybet, pretty much 90% of their customers are the typical bloke in pub, stick an acca on at weekend type person. Majority of customers will put the money and winning from this bet on more bets. Cheltenham first race offer is great for them too.
 

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Another dodgy under my model likes is Gladbach/Leverkusen. I bet 0.5u @2.48 on Betfair Exchange which is a really good price.
 

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Potter and Brighton are doing a great job this season in my opinion but can’t see them win tonight. Both teams coming off a loss eariler this week. Leicester lost to Arsenal and Brighton tough loss against West Brom.
Leicester also out of Europa means that focus is now on the league.

I think Leicester dnb @2.1 is good. Vardy starts.

Also Psg to win both halves @1,8
 

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Also, 0-0 in the Wolves game was the most expected result ever.
 

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Potter and Brighton are doing a great job this season in my opinion but can’t see them win tonight. Both teams coming off a loss eariler this week. Leicester lost to Arsenal and Brighton tough loss against West Brom.
Leicester also out of Europa means that focus is now on the league.

I think Leicester dnb @2.1 is good. Vardy starts.

Also Psg to win both halves @1,8
Brighton probably deserved a point but they couldn’t finish it off. That makes it double W’s
 

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All Sarajevo had to do was just not lose at home to 10-man Zrinjski for nearly £300 and Leganes just needed to score for another £200. One of those days today.
 

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I have made some good money on the Islanders this weekend. Tonight is the last in a 3 game back to back against Buffalo. Islanders is currently 2-0 and I can’t see that change tonight.

But the pick I like the most is Tampa to win against Chicago.

Islanders in reg @1,8
Tampa in reg @1,8
 

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I have made some good money on the Islanders this weekend. Tonight is the last in a 3 game back to back against Buffalo. Islanders is currently 2-0 and I can’t see that change tonight.

But the pick I like the most is Tampa to win against Chicago.

Islanders in reg @1,8 W
Tampa in reg @1,8
Islanders was a win. 3 wins 3 nights in a row shows how bad Buffalo are atm.
Tampa was 3-0 down in the first period but turned everything around in second scoring 4 goals. 3-4 to Tampa with one period to go:D

Will have a go at Boston -1,5 @2,2