Backing West Ham is a test of nerve

It’s been a test of nerve and how deep are your pockets when betting on West Ham and despite three wins in the last five games, punters are losing money backing the Hammers every time in the Premier League this season.




Football matches are so difficult to predict that the ordinary supporter has little chance of beating the bookmaker but that can all change with the help of matched betting. Bookies are pushing loads of free bet promotions, money back offers and bonuses which can be used to make risk free profits. Websites like matchedbets.com provide all the offers, tools and instructions to make profits of £500+ every month, that’s enough for a season ticket and a car to drive your mates to all the away games!

It may sound too good to be true but it was all made possible with the launch of betting exchanges at the end of last century. The proliferation of online bookmakers giving away free bets to entice people to try their websites has meant shrewd punters have stopped gambling their money and concentrated on taking the risk free profits that can be extracted from betting offers.



Lots of football fans have accounts with online bookmakers yet may be surprised to learn that there are more than 60 licensed to accept UK customers and most have welcome bonuses which can be converted to risk free cash. In their eagerness to grow the business, bookies regularly offer betting promotions to entice existing customers back to the site and many of these can be used to make money after the welcome offers have been exhausted.

Matched betting will come fairly easily to any football supporters who have backed their team online with either a bookmaker or betting exchange, as the system involves betting a selection to win and to lose in order to obtain free bets for nothing or next to nothing. The application of a clever formula removes the element of gambling and ensures that an equal profit is made from the free bet regardless of the result.

Guides and specialist tools, for finding suitable bets and calculating stakes, have been developed so that anyone eligible to open a betting account can do it. Students with no previous experience of betting and young housewives on Mumsnet have taken to matched betting as easily as Andy Carroll takes to heading the ball, so there is no reason the be afraid to give it a go. A good subscription service will provide a free trial so you can try your hand at matched betting with full instructions and make some money in the process.

You can use this technique to bet on West Ham games and sit back to watch the match safe in the knowledge you’re going to win regardless of the result. It won’t remove the tension wrought from the action on the pitch but it won’t compound the agony when results don’t go as hoped.

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