Frequently Asked Questions.

Getting Started

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You can start properly with as little as £25.

The issue for each bookmaker is they act as an individual business. If they were to stop offering free bets for new customers (Welcome Offers), very few customers would sign up.

So bookmakers make the calculated decision that it is best to keep offering free bet Welcome Offers so they continue to attract the gambling customers (known as mug punters), even though they will attract matched bettors at the same time.

For example, for every 1 matched bettor, there are probably 10 gambling customers, so it is worth running welcome offers.

After you complete the welcome offer, the bookmakers continue to run free bets. If you only ever bet with the bookmaker when they are running a free bet promotion, sooner or later the bookmaker will send you an email informing you that you will no longer be eligible for free bet promotions (this is known as being ‘gubbed’). You can still bet and deposit/withdraw, just you can’t get free bets anyone.

This is why, if you decide to continue matched betting after completing the welcome offers, all matched bettors are advised to do some mug betting.

The liability is the amount you stand to pay out in the betting exchange should you lose your lay bet.

However, if you have to pay out this liability, you will win an equal amount in the bookmaker from your bookmaker trigger bet winning.

This is the reason we use the Calculator, because it gives us the exact amout for our lay bet to ensure regardless of the outcome, the win/loss from our bookmaker trigger bet will equal the corresponding win/loss from the betting exchange.

So for example, if we placed a £10 trigger bet on Man Utd to win at 2.5 odds and lay odds of 2.5 also. We will place an equal £10 lay bet (or very close to £10 depending on the Calculator). This lay bet will have a £15 liability as shown in the Calculator and in the betting exchange when we enter our £10 lay bet stake.

If Man Utd win, we win £15 profit from the bookmaker bet, however we will lose £15 in the betting exchange (our liability).

If Man Utd do not win, we lose our £10 trigger bet from the bookmaker bet, however we win £10 in the betting exchange (our lay stake).

So regardless of the outcome of the match, we neither win nor lose, hence this is risk free. However, we still trigger the free bet!

On the exchange, your lay bet means you are betting against a team to win. So if the team either draws or loses, you win your lay bet.

For example, on the bookmaker you are betting on Chelsea to win, but on the exchange you are betting against Chelsea to win via your lay bet.
Therefore, if Chelsea lose or draw, you win your exchange bet, but lose your bookmaker bet.

The Starting With £25 shows how you can start with only £25 and still make £400+ from the Welcome Offers.

The reason it is not £600+ is because with the earlier Bet £X Get £Y offers you choose lower odds. This reduces your profit by around £80.

Additionally, you only take up around £50 of the Bet365 bonus, rather than the full £200 bonus, which reduces your total profit by around £110.

Note by taking this approach, you would do one Welcome Offer at a time before moving on to the next Welcome Offer.

Yes, we provide this for free, simply register to enter your email address to join Team Profit and then go to the Calculator page.
I’d estimate filling out the registration form and making your first deposit will take 5 minutes. Occasionally, the bookmaker may ask for documents, usually a copy of your passport, utility bill and your bank card. This is only required if you are not on the electoral roll or any other verification check they perform.

I recommend storing a copy on your computer and then you can easily send these documents to any bookmaker that requests it. Once you have completed the Welcome Offers, then delete the files (or keep them in a password protected folder).

Using Bookmakers

No, having bookmaker transactions on your bank statement will not effect your credit rating.
The first 20 welcome offers on Team Profit (Bet X, Get Y & Refund Offers) have no restrictions.

However, the 5 'multi bet' welcome offers require more than one bet to be placed before making a withdrawal. We're still able to make guaranteed profit from these offers and every step is explained in our guides.

No, you need to sign up to each bookmaker individually and you need to sign up to the Betfair Exchange just once.

In total, you will have 25 bookmaker accounts and at least 1 exchange account.

Using a Betting Exchange

No, you will never risk getting your PocketBet account closed for matched betting.

They're not like a traditional bookmaker and you're not taking advantage of their offers like you are with the bookies. So there's no need to worry!

On the exchange you're not betting against the bookmaker, you're instead betting against other people. So when you lay a bet, what you're actually doing is saying "hey, I offer you 2.0 on united to win" and it then means you've effectively become the bookmaker, because then if united do win you pay out at odds of 2.0.

That's why we look for odds as close to each other on the back and lay bets. Because on the back bet you're betting against the bookmaker and the lay bet you're in effect, the bookmaker yourself. So they cancel each other out and no money is won or lost if the odds are the same.