Happy New Year to you, and here’s hoping you have had a lovely break over the Christmas holiday period. Mine was quiet, which is just as I like it. I tell you what though, the alarm going off this morning and being at work – albeit from home – came as a bit of a slap around the mush, I can tell you. What happened to my Christmas period afternoon nap?!?
What does 2024 promise, and what are the aims for betting this year?
Well, my son and I have “officially” teamed up. He’s made enough from Matched Betting and some winners on the golf last year to be able to “buy in”, as it were. He doesn’t bring that much to the table in terms of cash, but he is clearly able to offer up certain advantages that I can take advantage of. One of these is simply the use of his time, as hopefully he’ll be able to relieve me of some responsibilities in terms of getting bets down and record keeping. Another of course, is an increased ability to get on certain bets, for now at least.
Like last year, I imagine almost all of my betting action will take place in shops using cash, with the remainder being played out on the Exchanges. I’ve kinda become institutionalised in that sense, now.
The aim – and you’ll be able to follow how we get on here in these pages – is to double the bank. An ROI of around the 10% mark would be nice, but 100% ROC is the target. I’ve equalised the staking for the benefit of those wanting to follow progress, so you can easily see which are the busier strategies/services. and which are bringing the most success/worst losses. I’m starting with a nominal 5,000 point bank, so by December 31st 2024 we want that to have grown to 10,000. Here goes!
I think it’s fair to say that my betting has become somewhat Bookie Bashing-centric which is simply a consequence of working to find different angles and strategies from the mass of trackers and tools on the website. An example is the World Darts Championship that is due to finish tomorrow. Over Christmas I’ve used the BB x180 Tool to identify 11 bets in either the Most 180s or Match 180s markets, being fortunate enough to have seven winners and an overall ROI of 25%. I’m sure I could have found a lot more value opportunities had I wanted to dedicate more time to it, but I didn’t. I wanted to take a quick squint at the markets and stick down some money on Smarkets if there was an opportunity.
Tomorrow I’ll break down exactly what we’ll be betting on, including details of a new strategy I’ve been trialling through December and managed to make an ROI of 60% from 87 bets, and bank growth of 41%! Not pinning all hopes that this being the normal level of performance to expect, but it’s nice to dream.
Until tomorrow, then.
