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Ladbrokes - That's Life

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This is the Ladbrokes death! Read my blog for the tips that the bookie's really  don't  want you to know. Sky bet have already barred me along with  Paddy Power ,  Betway ,  Betfred  and  888sport . And now Ladbrokes joins the list. My stakes have been limited to 1% of the market maximum which means that I only can get £7 or £8 on most horses which makes the free bets almost impossible to use efficiently.  Ladbrokes is one of the many bookie's that offer Money back 2nd on the horses. For Ladbrokes it is the Channel 4 weekend races and the Cheltenham races. Those races were my main source of profit on Ladbrokes. So I had joined on 29th Jan and parted ways on 15th Mar. They let me win only just short of £100 in the month and a half. With Ladbrokes I opened my account in GBP because a £25 free bet is worth more than a €25 free bet. I think it worked out quite well and I have opened up all new accounts in GBP since. I have still got B...

Sky Bet #bettingworse

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Read my blog for the tips that the bookie's really don't  want you to know. Sky bet have followed Paddy Power , Betway , Betfred and 888sport and banned me from receiving any more free bets. Sky were very unhelpful in the way I that I found out. No email, not any kind of indication at all. I had to contact live chat to discover the fate of my account and to understand why I had not got a free bet. The best way to check if that you have suffered the same fate is to check the status of your Sky Bet club and click on More Info.  This is what I see now: I can't complain too much really. I profited over €840 (see full record of deposits and withdrawals below) and it added some excitement to my sports watching. My strategy was to play all of their free bet promotions - betting on short odds favourites for the qualifying bets and betting on longer shots for their free bets (like horses at 9/2 or football at 7/1 - read here  for info on the va...