After being cooped up indoors for the best part of a week due to an affliction that made me more averse to light than a vampire at day break, it was good to get out and about down the betting offices of South Manchester again. What was even better is that the enforced break seemed to cut through the spell (of despondency) I’d been suffering with the Bookie Bashing Horse Racing Tracker.
You may recall that in my last Bet Diary missive that apart from one solid winning Lucky 15, I was finding it really tough to get a horse to place, never mind win. Since coming back though, that has all changed, and whilst there’s been no spectacular win, I’ve had a number of bets that have produced a decent enough return which when totted up has led to a 10 point profit. Not spectacular, but a good rate of return nonetheless. Happily though, I’m getting my fair share of placed horses now although outright winners remain a touch elusive.
I’m still waiting for my big win at one of the shops, though. To date, most of my returns have been sourced from the one remaining online bookmaker account I have access to. I came close, mind you. A Lucky 15 I had at one of the BetFreds I visit started with a 25/1 winner (although there was a small Rule 4 applied, I believe), and was followed by two placed finishes at 10/1 and 11/4. Had the last horse won, it would have been a four figure return, but the daft old bugger made all before folding in the final furlong to finish out of the frame completely.
As for the football, well, I can’t buy a winning coupon at the minute. If you looked at the odds, you’d have definitely expected more winners than the handful I’ve had, so a bit of negative variance striking here I think.
All told though, I’m delighted with how things are going. I’m at an all time profit high when taking all strands of betting together, so I’m certainly not complaining. Having said that, there are some things that are causing pause for thought, and being a worrier, these are things that are causing me some concern and anxiety.
I’ll go through these issues with you next week. Until then…
Golf ROI: 36.9%
Racing: 64.6%
Football Coupons: 9.05%
NFL: 98%
DD/HH: -4.1%
