Last-gasp United goal proves costly

I have written before about how my pessimism for my beloved football has proved costly before, no more so than when Man Utd won the Champions League back in May.

I have clearly not learned any lessons from that experience, as with Sunderland holding United nil-nil after 85 minutes I thought I was on to a winner backing the game to finish a draw. With the odds on a draw rapidly dropping I followed up my first bet with a lay bet, thus locking in a £2.80 profit if the game were to finish a draw with nothing to lose if either team were to grab a last minute winner.

However greed got the better of me and I again put £10 on the result being a draw hoping to lock in a bigger profit as the odds continued to slide towards the full time whistle. But before I could make the lay bet on the draw, Vidic grabbed an injury time winner and my £10 evaporated as quickly as Sunderland’s hopes of winning a precious point at Old Trafford.

M&S Cashback

I received some more cashback from Quidco this week which included £20 from a bookmaker that I signed up for back in September and £6 from playing the National Lottery which I have already written about.

In addition I earned £2.25 cashback from M&S for a pair of shoes I bought despite the fact that I returned them to my local store as they didn’t fit.

Cashing in more free bets

Matched betting is still proving very lucrative with opening two new online betting accounts and one offer from an existing account helping me to make a £46.32 profit over the past week. This takes my total profits from gambling this year to over £500.