Being Gubbed

There's no definitive list on what makes bookmakers decide to gub you. However, if you put yourself in their shoes you can second guess the kind of things you should avoid doing.

There are some obvious patterns that matched betting can create, so cutting them out will only ever help keep your bookmaker accounts open for long, below are some glaringly obvious matched bettor patterns (in my opinion/experience):

In most cases you will receive the "email of doom", an email that sends shivers down the spine of the entire matched betting community - especially if it's from Bet365 of Skybet. The subject line of the email will be something along the lines of "Important Information Regarding Your <bookmaker> Account" and the body will look something like this:

Fear not! You can still make risk-free profit from bookmakers even if they've gubbed you..

When you're gubbed you're often still fine to place normal bets with the bookmakers. Allowing you to simply change your technique from Matched Betting to Arbing (arbitrage betting).

Arbitrage Betting

Arbitrage betting is the process of identifying markets with odds higher on the bookmaker than on an exchange (usually with the help of Outplayed's Oddsmatcher), meaning that backing and laying that bet will result in risk-free profit.

You may have seen on the Outplayed Oddsmatcher, that there is a 'rating (%)' column and what this indicates is that any bet that has a rating greater than 100 is an arbitrage opportunity. See below for example:

Here you could back and lay this bet as normal and no matter the outcome you will guarantee yourself 9.88% of the back stake as profit!

Please Note: Arbitrage betting privileges won't last for long (2 weeks of arbing usually) until your bet amounts will be limited by the bookmaker - so don't start arbing on accounts you're not already gubbed on 🙂