Good luck with your trial JEB. Don't worry about losing a lot of cash, as I think it would be very hard to lose a lot to be honest. If you take a current event as an example :
English Premiership, Aston Villa v Middlesborough :
Odds at William Hill :
2.2 - AV
3.1 - Draw
2.87 - Mid
If you plug these into the calculator (find it on the Sterling PDI website) your loss would be 11% (so £110 on a £1000 total bet). Bearing in mind that WillHill won't be as competitive as some of the smallers bookies, and you obviously won't ever put all your bets on at the same bookies, you could probably bring this down to 5% or less by shopping around a little when odds change suddenly (sometimes the advice gives you alternative bookies too), so the chances are you'll not loose too much. With one of the ones I tried, betandwin withdrew their odds completely, and I switched to thegreek to end up with a 1% loss. Not good, but it all averages out over time and the net result will be positive. On the flip side one of the other ones I tried was available for well over an hour and I placed 2 bets at each bookie ! My first was to get to know the limits of each, and the second to make some better cash. It's really just building up the confidence and getting to know how each site works etc, which is why the free trial is handy.
I'm starting to sound like a sales man, but I'm just letting you what I've found out in my trial period. My biggest problem is being able to guarantee I can get to the sites quick enough, as my job can get pretty hectic at times !! That's the only thing really stopping me from signing up immediately.
Good luck anyway, and if you have any questions, let me know and I'll ty and help.
A couple of things to watch out for :
- Some sites need additional proof of ID before you can charge up the account, so don't assume you'll be able to bet immediately with all of them (good for security, but a pain if you're wanting a quick bet)
- Some sites put quite low limits on what you can bet per event, so look out for this as it can catch you out if you've already bid on 2 outcomes to find you can't put the corresponding one on at the last bookies !
- Some bookies charge hefty credit card premiums, so better to have some ready cash in a current account that you can send over when required (or look into neteller etc.)
- Check the email details before betting if you can, as it sometimes contains additional info not on the SMS message.
Hope that all helps, and good luck. Let me nkow how you get on!
