Bet 365 offers to finance Wembley ticket

Quoted from Maringer

One thing all this 'no lose' betting has reinforced for me is that it's pretty much impossible to make money from gambling when the special offers aren't in operation.

You never see a poor bookie.  

You get professional gamblers who do it as their full-time job and do make profits.  Aside from the stakes they play with, what separates these from the mere mortal punters is patience.  They can happily sit there with money burning in their pocket waiting and waiting for that one bet that comes in.  They're then happy to take rubbish odds knowing the sheer size of their stake will yield a decent return.

The average punter wants to bet regularly but is also put off by odds such as 2/5.  A truly professional gambler wouldn't have even touched a game such as the Champions League semi-final.  Much more likely to have identified a banker in the Icelandic 6th division.

The professionals are absolutely dwarfed by the number of regular punters, both in numbers and the value to the gambling economy.  

Even then, they don't always succeed.

Remember 'Statto' from Fantasy Football League back in the 1990s?

I remember he was somebody who reportedly always made money as a professional gambler because he did his research and had his finger on the pulse. Unsurprisingly, he was declared bankrupt a number of years ago due to gambling debts.

Quoted from diehardmariner

You never see a poor bookie.

You get professional gamblers who do it as their full-time job and do make profits.  Aside from the stakes they play with, what separates these from the mere mortal punters is patience.  They can happily sit there with money burning in their pocket waiting and waiting for that one bet that comes in.  They're then happy to take rubbish odds knowing the sheer size of their stake will yield a decent return.

The average punter wants to bet regularly but is also put off by odds such as 2/5.  A truly professional gambler wouldn't have even touched a game such as the Champions League semi-final.  Much more likely to have identified a banker in the Icelandic 6th division.

The professionals are absolutely dwarfed by the number of regular punters, both in numbers and the value to the gambling economy.  

Whilst I've made a few quid from the recent 365 offers (when to some extent it was free money) I still think the old adage of gambling being a mug's game can't be disputed

Arguably two sides to the same coin with bookies and punters.....  on the one side say Ladbrokes and on the other Brokelads!  

If you're going to bet I think generally it's easier to go away from really big events like the Champs Lge as the bookies are sometimes not as on the ball with the odds. For example the FGS odds for Sunday include the following:

LJL - 11/2
Olly - 15/2
Hamish Watson - 10/1

You don't have to have watched every Town game to see that Olly is the value there.

Personally I like betting on the golf. If you can find somebody who has a career win, is in decent form over the past month and has played well on the course being used before then they'll usually go well. Difficult to pick winners but get plenty of places.

Anything like first goal scorer is something a professional gambler wouldn't touch.  Too many variables involved.  

It's not unrealistic to think that any of the other twenty outfield players could score as earlier as the first minute - soon as that goal has gone in the bet is over.  Only takes one anomaly to throw that one out.

Something like a final score can take a couple of set-backs and still get the desired outcome.

The only real guarantee is that nothing is guaranteed.

Regards Statto - him declaring himself bankrupt based on gambling debts was no surprise to anyone who listened to his tips on BBC Racing.  

Yeah bookies love scorecasts and accumulators too.

These 365 free offers are fantastic though. I assume there'll be at least one more this season (the CL final, possible the FA Cup final too).

There's a good product called Bonus Bagging, which goes through all bookies (with the assistance of Betfair) and explains how to turn the introductory offers into free cash. Discipline = free money!