In the previous Bet Diary post I mentioned that I felt as if October has become something of a transitional month, largely necessitated by dwindling access to online accounts involving effective closures and restrictions of varying degrees. A couple of bookmakers still allow bets to be placed, although only to pennies, rendering them essentially redundant. Others on specific sports, allowing me freedom to continue betting as I choose on different sports (eg. one book won’t take a bet more than £2.50 on football or tennis, but I can still stake reasonably on horse racing and unfettered on golf). And there are still a couple of firms that are yet to impose restrictions at all.
But here’s the thing. They know, and I know, that those limitations of staking or even total account closures, are coming. What I’ve seen over the past few weeks is merely the start of the slippery slope. And so things have had to change.
That change is, as has happened before, betting much more with cash in shops. Which is fine. I enjoy it. But it does require an adjustment in terms of timing and planning how you can bet and when. I work full time. I coach cricket. I have a wife. I have two kids, although with both at Uni now the time demand from them is not what it was when they were children. The point is though, is that life is for living, and not just betting.
When I wrote on Monday that I see October as an experimental month, it isn’t a case of seeing what strategies and betting services I want to follow, but an exercise in finding out which I can follow. How can I structure my days in a way that allows me to do what I need and want to do, and in a way that still allows me to bet? That is the question that October has been all about finding an answer to.
I’ll write more on this next week, but for now, two things need mentioning, each of which has had a hugely positive impact on my bottom line this month.
The first of these is a Lucky 15 bet I had sourced from the Bookie Bashing Racing Tracker. Three winners at 12/1, 11/1 and 7/1 netted a very substantial 852 points of profit. That’s the equivalent of 56.8% growth of the 1,500 point bank…in one bet! Happy days!
And the second mention has to be – and this isn’t easy to type, trust me! – for Erling Haaland, who yet again scored first in City’s Champion’s League game and by doing so, delivered another DD/HH winner. That’s the third this month. Can’t help thinking Fred really needs to shorten his odds!
Anyway, all told, a very decent week. Here’s hoping for a follow up from this weekend’s betting.
Have a good one.
October 2025 figures (stakes normalized):
Bookie Bashing Racing Tracker (L15s): Staked 1,225pts, +1,050.11pts, ROI 85.72%, DD -0pts, Max DD -244.62pts.
BB EW Golf Doubles: Staked 231pts, -96.65pts, ROI -41.83%, DD -121pts, Max DD -121pts.
BB Darts Tool: Staked 160pts, +43.49pts, ROI 27.18%, DD: -21.78pts, Max DD: -38.05pts.
DD/HH: Staked 345pts, +427.5pts, ROI 123.91%, DD: -0pts, Max DD -35pts.
BB Football Coupons: Staked 175pts, +43.75pts, ROI 25%, DD -61.2pts, Max DD -61.2pts.
Value Bets/Enhanced Specials (Exchange): Staked 315.4pts, -112.87pts, ROI -35.78%, DD -112.28pts, Max DD -112.28pts.
Sharp Betting Football: Staked 7,211.36pts, +97.9pts, ROI 1.35%, DD -206.91pts, Max DD -248.46pts.
The Transfer Flow (Trial): Staked 680pts, +127.22pts, ROI 18.7%, DD: -0pts, Max DD -34.51pts.
Touchdown Profit: Staked 340pts, -119.42pts, ROI -35.12%, DD -119.42pts. Max DD -119.42pts
Weekly Golf Value: Staked 558pts, -163.8pts, ROI -29.35%, DD -163.8pts, Max DD -218.8pts
Total: Staked 11,240.76pts, +1,297.23pts, ROI 11.54%, DD -0pts, Max DD -427.92pts, Bank Growth 17.06%
