How I earned over £200 betting on Euro 2008

I set myself a challenge to make as much money as possible from betting on the matches at Euro 2008. Now I could simply have used my knowledge of football to try and pick winners for each game but there is no guarantee that my predictions would always be right, so inevitably I would lose some of my bets and possibly ending up losing more money than I make. Plus if it really was that easy then the bookies would soon go out of business.

There is however a method of betting called ‘Matched Betting’ which if done correctly is a low risk way of extracting money from the free bets that are offered by nearly all bookmakers to encourage you to open an account with them.
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Germany v Spain – Euro 2008 Final

16 teams begun Euro 2008 three weeks ago and now its down to just Germany and Spain to battle it out in the final. Spain have a terrible record in finals but start today’s match as favourites, but you can never rule out Germany as they have won this competition more times than any other nation.

I had a £50 free bet to use on tonight’s final which went on the game being a draw after 90 minutes. I also took advantage of another bookmakers offer betting a £10 qualifier on the game being 0-0 at half-time, with a free £10 bet going on the same outcome.

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Spain v Russia (2nd Semi Final)

Tonight saw Spain take on Russia in the 2nd Semi Final with a chance to meet Germany in the final at stake. Incidentally it’s also my birthday too! I had the final two qualifying bets to complete for my free £50 bet tonight which I plan to use on Sunday’s final. (more…)

Germany v Turkey (1st Semi Final)

An injury hit Turkey faced Germany tonight with a place in the final at stake. I need to place another five £10 bets to qualify for my final £50 free bet so I made two £10 bets on Germany to win in 90 minutes and a further £10 on it being a draw at half-time with Germany going on to win. All three bets were offset at Betfair to minimise my losses.

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Those Playmates must really love me!

With a second consecutive day without football I was planning to have a day off from gambling today. But this afternoon I received an email from Playboy Casino offering me another £10 straight into my account for simply waging at least one cent in any of their games and in their words with ‘No strings attached’.

Well it would be rude not to take advantage of their generosity so I made another deposit, gambled away 50p and then withdrew my deposit along with the £9.50 left from the money they gave me. Easy money.