Matched Betting - Get Ready

What sports? Which market? What can go wrong?

You can choose any sport for matched betting but be aware there may be different rules at the bookies than at the Exchange - one example being Tennis. Always check the rules!

Which Markets?

Football is an easy market to choose when placing matched bets. The rules are easy to understand and also there is a lot more money available (liquidity) to 'lay' at the betting exchange.

The best football markets to choose when placing a qualifying bet are:

- Win-Draw-Win  also known as 1X2
- Under/Over 2.5 Goals
- Half Time Result
- First team to score

The reason for choosing these is that they usually contain fairly low odds and usually attract the most money making it easier to 'lay' at the betting exchange.

What Can
Go Wrong?

There are only really only two things that can go wrong.

The first is human error, for example, entering the wrong odds, not backing and laying on the same outcome or betting the wrong amount . This, however, with concentration and careful checking this can be avoided. Always double or treble check before committing your bets and particularly check your decimal place is correct.

The second is that your lay bet is not matched when you place it at Betfair. Make sure you have enough money in your Betfair account to cover your lay or Betfair will not let you lay your bet.
This can be avoided by always checking how much money is available on the market before you place your lay. If in doubt try to use big name matches where there is likely to be a lot of money being bet on that market (liquidity)

Now Here's A Quick Start Pack For Your First Matched Bet...