There are various ways in which gamblers, both professional and amateurs, can try to “invest” their hard-earned cash. One can follow specific leagues or sports and have a knowledgeable opinion about possible outcomes, someone else might just study the odds and probabilities of the teams playing on that particular day, or quite simply follow your gut feeling, which means kneeling down and praying for the team or player you have backed to win.

Personally, I’ve tried them all, but my favourite (and most demanding) method I have discovered is that of checking for arbs, with specific bookmakers I hold an account with, when compared with sian Handicaps in popular sites such as Pinnacle or SBObet. In these cases you need patience, a good amount of money deposited with the betting sites you use and possibly some technological help in order to assist you with searching for these arbs.

In future posts I will be explaining what I mean with “technological help”, but for the time being I will just say that with this method you can make anywhere from 5-20% net returns, therefore with a good amount of turnover, you would be beating the bookie in the long run. You will face days where results are killing you, but you must not give up as this is for the long run, which means that there will also be days where results are extremely good.

Just an example: Last week I started keeping track of my betting pattern with this method. I placed the same amount of stake for each bet for a total of 76 bets (this is slow season, therefore during the regular season the amount would be way higher), and in total I made around 8% net profit. This means, if I had placed stakes of €50, I would have made over €300 net profit in a week which did not offer too many matches to take advantage of. Does that sound enticing enough? In that case, stay tuned as I will keep you updated on how this can be achieved and on my net margin in the coming weeks.