SharpeShooters Blog, the 2nd 10K & Beyond

[SharpeShooter]

Week 34

Plenty of small world cup reloads floating around this week. Coupled with a few SUBS and a desire to do some of the Skill games bonuses which can be quite lucrative all in all I've had another good week.

Figures for week 34

Starting Balance £33636.25

Monday 07/06/10
Stan James Arb £ 4.00
William Hill Skill Games £ 28.00

Tuesday 08/06/10
Betfred Skill Games £ 45.05
Sportingbet Skill Games £ 11.45
Stan James Skill Games £ 21.87
Bwin Deposit Bonus (Email Invite) £ 70.00

Wednesday 09/06/10
888sport Free Bet £ 9.59
Centrebet SUB £ 45.68

Thursday 10/06/10
William Hill Skill Games £ 4.55
Stan James Skill Games £ 11.25

Friday 11/06/10
William Hill Skill Games £ 18.00
Boylesports Skill Games £ 10.00
Betfred Skill Games £ 20.70
Stan James Skill Games £ 6.50
Bet At Home Reload £ 64.54
Betfair Risk Free Bet (Email Invite) £ 42.60

Saturday 12/06/10
3 x Centrebet Free World Cup Bet £ 14.70
Paddy Power Refund Offer £ 22.15
2 x Betfred Free World Cup Bet (£5, £10) £ 12.08
Blue Square Free World Cup Bet £ 4.60

Sunday 13/06/10
Centrebet Free World Cup Bet £ 4.78
Blue Square Free World Cup Bet £ 4.62
Bwin Arb £ 2.00
Bet At Home Reload £ 60.00

Weekly Total £538.71
Running Total £34174.96

[Admin]

Legendary

[mandrew]

Excellent stuff as usual.

Thanks for showing us that these skill games can be done, it's something i have ignored up till now but after you mentioned it Ive started to have a look into it. Any tips? I noticed on some of them you can do blackjack and roulette is that what you tend to do?

[Deano01]

Hi Steve,
Just a follow up to Mandrew's request. Please can you give us the procedure for extracting the money from the skill games. Thanks in advance.

[SharpeShooter]

There is no way to guarantee a profit from skill games without cheating and I'm sure if you cheated you would eventually get caught. All the skill games are run by the same games network so are monitored closely by the same company. What you COULD do is play 2 accounts against each other. For this you'll need an accomplice at a different ip address.

Only player v player games count for bonus so instants such as roulette are a no no. You can play 2 player blackjack but in this format you have to beat your opponent, not the dealer. You need to know how to play and work out probabilities, so not for novices

[Mr anonymous]

Give this man a medal, hes a genius.

[jethro]

Well, iv'e looked everywhere ! and i can't see "skill games" mentioned anywhere ? What are they ? and if there's no guaranteed profit, how come you win every time ?

[SharpeShooter]

Skill games are as they suggest Skillfull, there is still an element of luck though.

Sites that offer skill games are

Betfred (Brag)
Blue Square (Skill)
Boylesports (Skill)
Paddy Power (player)
Sporting Bet (1v1)
Stan James (Skill)
William Hill (Skill)

Wager £20 within 48 hours of your 1st wager for a £20 bonus (Usually paid next day)

Ensure account is empty when bonus is paid out as wagers use your own money first. Every time you lose your bonus balance goes down, every time you win winnings are paid out to your cash balance. Money takes 5-10 minutes to appear in your main account. Once money is paid in arb out (or transfer to casino) and continue wagering. It's a slow process so i have to on the go at once and play £5 per hand.

Note the site takes a 5% commission so a £5 game pays out £4.50

[SharpeShooter]

Week 35

The Centrebet & Ladbrokes world cup offers are hit & miss but they're proving quite profitable. The Centrebet free bets for goals in particular as there was only one qualifying bet needed. Ladbrokes Ascot free bets every day with 6 eligible accounts the first 3 days (one account got gubbed half way through) made me a lot of money this week but my highlight has to be making nearly £300 from the Bet 365 offer with a rule 4 in my favour and 2 underlaid winners. I withdrew £3,110 when I'd finished and I've hated Bet 365 ever since they gubbed my first account so that put a smile on my face

Figures for week 35


Starting Balance £34174.96

Monday 14/06/10
2 x Ladbrokes Free Bets £ 9.72
Centrebet Free £5 WC Bet £ 4.81
Centrebet Free Bets For Goals Promotion £ 25.87
Bet 24 Free Bet £ 5.00
Betclic Deposit Bonus £ 10.00
Boylesports Skill Games £ 22.50
Stan James Skill Games £ 13.50
Stan James Free Chip £ 5.20

Tuesday 15/06/10
William Hill Free Bet £ 4.00
William Hill Arb £ 7.15
6 x Ladbrokes Ascot Free Bet £ 93.08
Coral Arb (+ Cashback To Come) £ 4.94

Wednesday 16/06/10
2 x Betclic Deposit Bonuses £ 20.00
Betclic Casino Bonus £ 17.63
6 x Ladbrokes Ascot Free Bet £ 53.42
Centrebet Free Bet £ 4.31
Betsson SUB £ 19.71

Thursday 17/06/10
188Bet SUB £ 23.11
3 x Blue Square Free Bet £ 14.58
Centrebet Free World Cup Bet £ 4.19
6 x Ladbrokes Ascot Free Bet £ 55.11
Expekt Games Bonus £ 4.56
Centrebet Free Bets For Goals £ 7.57
Bet At Home Reload £ 69.66

Friday 18/06/10
5 x Ladbrokes Ascot Free Bet £ 56.41
Coral Arbs + Cashback To Come £ 9.64
Stan James Arb £ 2.41
Paddy Power SUB £ 49.33
2 x Blue Square Free Bet £ 8.96
Centrebet Free Bets For Goals Free Bet £ 8.93
Ladbrokes Rooney To Score Promo £ 9.92

Saturday 19/06/10
Bet365 SUB £213.01
Betfair Arcade Sticker Promo £ 53.00
5 x Ladbrokes Ascot Free Bet (BOG) £ 93.58
Bet 24 Arb £ 13.34
Bet365 Arb (BOG) £ 77.91
Bet365 Arb (Underlaid) £ 80.95

Sunday 20/06/10 Day Off

Weekly Total £1177.01
Grand Total £35351.97

[fgtsd]

Hi SharpeShooter/everyone, I see you mention the Bet365 4/1+ offer in your last post, do you mind if I just run a few points past the forum on this offer.

I joined Bet365 just before Royal Ascot intending to use this offer to complete the wagering requirements of their £200 sign up bonus. Now on the MSE forum there is a very safe mathematically sound formula that will yield £4-£5 per race. Now I am a matched bettor and I appreciate the sound method that is used, but my leg would fall off through boredom if that was the only way.

So at Ascot I treated my first bet as a £50 SR match, throughout Ascot I found a few arbs on Bet365 so this returned between break even and a small profit of up to £5. I understand I could have under layed slightly to make a bigger profit at Bet365 but I wanted to keep it simple at this point. Mostly I picked losers so just repeated the above process.

When I picked a winner the t & c's state that you still have to bet with your own money in the next race, and if you lose they return your stake. So again I treated it as a SR matched bet, matched it out for a small loss/profit, and when the horse lost I received £50 back from Bet365.

Now I am happy to break even in the long run on my matched bets in my attempt to get a 4/1+ winner, As a matched bettor it's nice to actually cheer something home, particularly on the televised meetings. I would prefer a lot of break even bets punctuated with the odd £50 refund from Bet365, rather than a £4 profit per race.

So my question is am I over looking anything? Should I treat the free bet as SNR, if or when should I under lay e.t.c. , any advice would be appreciated.

Many thanks
Bill