Anyone have any basic info on arbitrage strategies in sports wagering?
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No offense but, I hope anyone who knows how to make money arbing would be bright enough not to post their strategies on a public forum. I certainly wouldn't post any of my secrets (other than generalities like, you need to look for situations where the lines are out of whack between books).
It would be like a fisherman with a great fishing hole telling the whole town about it. It won't be long before there are no fish left for the guy who put in all the work of discovering the spot.
My only suggestion - which I used quite a bit when I was getting started years ago - is to form business relationships with people who know what they are doing. Sometimes two individuals can find a way to share this kind of information in a mutually profitable way.
But if you get bunches of people involved then everyone just ends up working against each other.
But who knows? Maybe some nut will come along and give away all his secrets. I'll keep an eye open for that.
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I clearly can figure out how arbitrage strategies work and discrepencies in lines. I am curious though, how when betjamaica is at at -102, and matchbook at +103 ona game, how much money can you wagerto make any serious money.
There must be bigger and better ways to take advantage of spreads, but I am unclear on how someone can be a pure arbitrage bettor.Comment -
the amount you can make will depend on your bankroll and what your limits are at the books where your trying to make an arb.Comment -
Well its not rocket science buddy, the strategy is you find a book that has a price that is out of line, you then either lay the price on an exchange or dutch it with a book that offers you a market in excess of 100%. Simple really, since I have started arbing I have won money beyond my wildest dreams , just yesterday I backed Spurs (thats the football team from London, not some yank nonsense) at Interwetten and I laid it at betfair , and I had a guaranteed profit of £0.27p , beat that suckers!Comment -
how much did interwetten let you have on £10?Comment -
lucky you,thats more than they let me haveComment -
guys it is a real fun making jokes from miniarbs while i read at another forum like some MODERATOR made great arb with stakes 0.14, 2.6 and 0.4 EUR
... yes he means it seriously
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Lucas, they all count dude, I did an arb today and made the equivalent of 25c , if I do 1000 of them a day thats...erm...... $hit, its....erm......well, I can get chicken nuggets anyway!!!Comment -
There is a virus in that link, its all in gobbledegook Euro cr@p, make them speak English before its to late for them!!Comment -
LOL
no it is a new EU country you moron..that is we who are making superpower from EU
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thank you jamie, my true friend
if you want to check my grammar, you can do it via PMs, while i am richer than you - pitiful arber of german low end shop - i can pay you nice money for the paper work that i hate
generous offer from you, soon whole UK will be only fabric for our sharp brains, i have never seen so many idiots as drunken Brits in Prague
Nice to see support from from you, now I am sorry my mindless friend, limousine is waiting for me, I must eat some supper in luxury restaurant, before I will pull some money from your US buddies
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LOL!
I just got back from changing my clothes cause I pissed myself reading this thread.
fukkin hilarious!!Comment -
Lucas, if I had any idea what you are trying to say I would respond my rescued by the EU from communism friend. I think you should forget sport and stick to gypsy chasingthank you jamie, my true friend
if you want to check my grammar, you can do it via PMs, while i am richer than you - pitiful arber of german low end shop - i can pay you nice money for the paper work that i hate
generous offer from you, soon whole UK will be only fabric for our sharp brains, i have never seen so many idiots as drunken Brits in Prague
Nice to see support from from you, now I am sorry my mindless friend, limousine is waiting for me, I must eat some supper in luxury restaurant, before I will pull some money from your US buddies
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Back.
Are you really masochist gypsy? My pleasure...Comment -
This does not represent a profitable opportunity.
If Matchbook is at +103 then after taking into account the 2% commission paid of winnings, you're effectively receiving a line of 98% × +103 ≈ +100.94.
If Bet Jamaica is offering the other side at -102, then this corresponds to an expected loss of -0.260% (see my arbitrage calculator).Comment -
This link may be good for a beginning:
But don't expect anyone tells you more than just general things.Comment -
Mainly guys who use multiple accounts on this forum, because they bet the max. on minor sports, and use books that do not want this type of action, and so on..This link may be good for a beginning:
But don't expect anyone tells you more than just general things.
The worst thing is prolly that they openly post stuff like "on my 6th account with xxx now, hahahaha!"
You can find the basics there probably, but that´s it.
The rest is about people that have no shame, and like to admit it.Comment -
In my opinion, the best way to use arbs is to find weak lines that have real value and then bet on the side of the arb that has the highest value. This is what I do.
I have a program that shows me baseball arbs and when I get an alert I handicap that game to see which team is out of line in terms of the value offered. Then I bet on that team.
My original intention was to bet arbs, but the spread is usually so low that you would have to bet > $10,000 on each side to make > $100. I don't like tying my bank up like that, so I use the arbs screen for information to help find good value.
Seems to work pretty well.Comment -
Mudcat- Why do you have to brag in every post? Either show the guy how to make money or shut up.No offense but, I hope anyone who knows how to make money arbing would be bright enough not to post their strategies on a public forum. I certainly wouldn't post any of my secrets (other than generalities like, you need to look for situations where the lines are out of whack between books).
You don't have to show him how to manipulate the market but the basics would suffice.Comment -
My advice,
Learn more that you could on a secondary soccer league that has certain liquidity.
Ej Sweden, Ireland, Breazil, Argentina (some are beginning now)
Then when you know which bookies open lines first, buy the offers.
Wait to the weekend to sell them.
In the begining, this method is much profitable and less risky to get into the big leaguesComment -
Thought i´d post this, to refresh you guys memories on where you come from. Quote from a mod on that forum:
Hi Mark,
I'm pretty sure this subject has been mentioned plenty of times in the forum.
Anyway you have answered yourself, if you are limited you will need to open new accs and for that you will need a new ID (friends, relatives, etc...). Most bookies will limit you sooner or later, when and how bad? is difficult to say.
And no, iam not "Yoshi"..but i guess there are more people than me who noticed this. I could find and copy more, but what for.
So stop acting as if you wouldn´t know.Comment
