Match Betting Guide: Make £100 Fast — Step-by-Step Guide & Transcript

[00:00] If you've ever thought about making extra money online without risking any of your own money or selling some rubbish products, then you're going to love match betting. In this mini free masterclass, I'm going to show you exactly how to make your first £100 from match betting.

[00:14] Then later, we'll get on to common mistakes, FAQs and tips on scaling your first £100 to your first £1000. Sound good? Let's get into it. So what actually is match betting?

[00:27] Match betting works by covering all possible outcomes of a bet to create a situation where we don't lose money regardless of the real life outcome. This works by taking advantage of odds discrepancies, offers and other value offered by bookmakers.

[00:41] Now it's really important that you understand that match betting is not gambling. With gambling you're taking a risk to potentially win money. With match betting we're using basic, basic maths to remove all elements of risk and guarantee

[00:54] yourself a profit. Puttmakers are constantly giving out offers and free bets to attract new customers and it's match bettors where you can take advantage of them. Now how profitable is match betting in 2025? Well despite efforts from puttmakers to clamp down on welcome offers, match betting remains

[01:09] one of the most popular and lucrative side hustles in the UK. If you take match betting seriously you can easily make £300-£600 in your third week just from welcome offers. After that, if you use those accounts to take advantage of ongoing promotions, it's not

[01:22] uncommon for matchmakers to make £500 to £2,000 per month in profit using other techniques. The best part is you can do it all on your own terms, as little or as often as you like.

[01:34] Anyway, why should you listen to me, just a random guy on the internet? Well, a few years ago I was in your position. I imagine you're just aimlessly scrolling Instagram looking for money-making techniques online, not sure who to trust. I was in the same position

[01:47] as you, placing random actors, guesswork on weekends. And yes, it's fun in moderation, but it can quickly get out of hand. Every Saturday I would think I could beat the cookie and that's until I discovered match betting. I stumbled across match betting one day and gave it a go.

[02:02] I made my very first £200 within just a couple of days and the rest is history. Over the last five years I've made over £30,000 from sustainable match betting techniques that go way beyond the sign of office. It's fair to say that match betting has completely transformed my life and allowed me

[02:17] to live a life I never expected. Now I help others do exactly the same. I'm one of the owners of the Match Fetty Club community which has helped over 2,000 people earn tax-free side income to pay for holidays, cars or even house deposits. By the end of this free course you'll know exactly how Match

[02:34] Fetty works, how to place your first bet, how to make your first £100 and the common mistakes that most people fall into. You'll know exactly how to avoid them. Whether you're just looking for a little bit of cash on the side or whether you're wanting to turn this into a proper side income

[02:48] you're in the right place. Now hopefully you understand how profitable match betting can be but before we go any further it's important that you understand how it actually works but don't worry it's super simple. In our community we see it all the time. The number

[03:02] one reason why people fail at match betting is they fail to understand the basics. By understanding this it will make the rest a lot easier. Match betting works by covering all possible outcomes

[03:15] of an event to locking down cheap profit or at very worst breaking even. Take this for an example. So here is an example of an arbitrage bet which is a very simple type of match bet. Now the word arbitrage actually means taking advantage of different prices or in this case different odds

[03:31] and that's exactly what we are doing. So as you can see here on the left we have sky bet and on the right we have Bet365. In both bets we're betting on Portugal's shots. Now on the left we are betting on Portugal to have 16 plus shots which means 16 or more. On the right we're betting on

[03:47] Portugal to have under 15.5 shots which means 15 or less. They just call it 15.5 to avoid any confusion as to whether it includes or excludes 15. So as you can see regardless of how many shots

[03:59] Portugal have one of these bets has to win. If they have 1 to 15 shots Sky wins on the left If they have 16 or more shots Bet365 wins. In this outcome Portugal finished on 17 shots and the Sky bet won.

[04:14] As for the profit, our total outlay was the stakes combined so 44 plus 100 is £144. Now the winning bet as you can see returned £264 meaning our total profit was the difference.

[04:27] A huge £120 profit. If Bet365 had won we would have broken even and lost no money at all. It's really that simple. Anyway, back to the video. The key tools to help match bettors are betting exchanges.

[04:40] Now, here's a very brief overview on how betting exchanges work. Instead of betting against a house or a bookmaker, you can bet against another user of the platform like you or I. You can choose to bet on something that's known as

[04:53] packing or you can choose to bet against something that's called laying. Take this as an example of an exchange bet. So for the purposes of this video, the exchange I'm going to be using is markets but other exchanges are available too and don't worry i'm going to explain this as simple as

[05:08] i possibly can so after creating an account and loading up the website this is what it looks like now a couple of things to point out here if we navigate to a race here all of these down the left hand side are different horses running in this race the green boxes are for backing a bet

[05:25] like we just mentioned and the blue boxes are for laying a bet so betting on something to not happen backing works in the exact same way as a normal bet. So if we put £10 in here at odds of 2.38

[05:37] we can expect a return of £22.80 right normal. Now as I mentioned previously the principle of an exchange is you're betting against another individual like you or I rather than against a bookmaker so there are no margins. The goal goal means whatever the other person bets and wins

[05:53] you have to pay them and whatever you bet and win they have to pay you. So until the bet settles you don't know who's going to win so you both have a liability until it settles. So we can see that in action if we move over to a lawyer bet here one of the blue bets so this bet against Conjecture

[06:10] would win if any other outcome happens other than Conjecture running the race so we're betting against Conjecture to win the race Now if we type in 10 pounds here we can see we have what called a liability 13 like I just mentioned so I going to bet against somebody else and if they win I going to pay them Now the thing that confuses people the most is this word here stake When you bet on a bookie

[06:35] you type in an amount and they tell you how much you could win based on that stake. When you place a lay bet on an exchange it is the opposite. You type in the amount you want to win for £10 and they tell you what your outlay needs to be in order to win that £10.

[06:51] So here £13.60. It'll become much clearer when I show you a real match betting example in a moment. So here we have a bet on Archivist to win the race on bet 365 at odds of 6-4. An outlay of £12.50 returns £31.25.

[07:06] If the horse wins the race, this bet will win. Now down here we have Smartkit like I just showed you. To cover all potential outcomes, we need to place a bet that wins if the horse fails to win the race.

[07:18] That way, whichever position the horse finishes, one of these two bets will win. We can do that by laying the horse. Now remember, a lay bet is betting on something to not happen. Now here we've got the blue side. If we lay the horse to win at odds of 2.06, our outlay is 13.25 liabilities down here.

[07:35] If the horse fails to win the race, this bet will return 25.75. By quickly doing the maths we can see our outlay is £13.25, the liability, plus £12.50 which was our stake on Bet365, that's £25.75.

[07:51] We can also see that we're going to get back either £25.75, the return on smartkits, or £31.25, the return on Bet365. At the very least in this situation we will break even if the horse fails to win the race.

[08:04] However, if the horse goes on to win, we will profit the difference, which is £5.50. Now these opportunities are fairly common, so we can stack small repeatable wins like this £5.50. Anyway, back to the video.

[08:16] To do this properly, here are the tools you'll need. An account with a bookmaker, an account with an exchange, and a notifier of match-fetching opportunities, such as the community, but more on that later.

[08:28] These tools help calculate everything for you and identify the best offers. Now hopefully you understand the core mechanics behind match betting, placing a back bet, placing a lay bet and using the difference to unlock free bets. Now that you understand the basics, it's time to make some money.

[08:42] In this video I'm going to walk you through placing your very first match bet, even if you've never placed a bet before. The fastest way to make your first £200 is by completing three or four new customer offers

[08:56] and using those accounts to place other types of match bets. offers can be things like bet 10 get 10 or bet 10 pound get 30 pound in free bets but it's important that you know how to take advantage of them. You need to place a small qualifying bet to unlock the

[09:10] free bets and then use matched betting to turn those into a cash profit. If we repeat that a couple of times you've easily made well over 100 pounds. We're currently working on bringing walkthroughs to matched betting clubs for over 15 foot meter and online casino offers such as the

[09:24] following one. Walkthroughs showing you exactly how to turn free bets into cash, maximizing your ROI from bookmakers you might not have even ever heard of. So I'm going to walk you through how a much better should approach a new customer offer. Now nearly every bookmaker out there has some

[09:38] sort of new customer offer so you should never open a betting account without opting into the promotion first but be aware they often change up their offers from time to time and some are better than others. Now the example I'm going to go through today is Betfresh but the steps I

[09:52] explain are repeatable and they're applicable to every type of offer. So Betfresh new customer offer at the moment is £50 in free bets when you bet £10. I would always recommend reading the small print and stuff before signing up so you know exactly what you need to do. This

[10:06] one is relatively straightforward, deposit £10, place a £10 bet at odds of evens or greater and then be credited with 5 £10 free bets, 3 can be used on any sports bet and 2 to be used on accumulators. It's also worth pointing out that the accumulator must have

[10:22] 4 or more selections, easy. So I'm going to hit claim here and then go through all the personal details sections and I'll be back when we are through to the other side. Okay so I'm nearly through to the end now and it's just worth pointing out that you should check that the

[10:35] promo code has been applied here because if not you won't be entitled to the free bets. Okay so I've just deposited £10 with a debit card like we said and now it's time to find our first qualifying bet. Now a qualifying bet is a bet that you place so you can qualify for the promotion.

[10:51] So in this case we need to bet £10 at minimum odds of 2.0 in order to unlock the free bets. I'm also going to switch the odds format to decimals just so it's easier to compare in the next step. So now it's time to place our qualifying bet. I would always recommend doing this with horse

[11:06] racing as there are races all the time and lots of horses to choose from. I've chosen this horse here Percy Shelley for a couple of reasons. Firstly the race is about an hour from now so we have time to run through this but also because of the odds. I would always recommend choosing a horse with odds

[11:21] between four and seven as these will always give you the best results. Now you might be thinking if this horse loses we're down 10 pounds already but that's where matched betting comes in. We're going to use a betting exchange to ensure we take as small loss as possible in order to unlock the

[11:37] three bets. This is known as a qualifying loss so I'm going to hop over to Smarkets and put them side by side just so we can compare. On the left we've got Betfred and on the right we've got smartkits. Now the bet for a bet wins if Percy Shelley wins the race but we need to cover what

[11:52] if Percy Shelley doesn't win the race. So we're going to need to lay Percy Shelley which is the blue side here. Now you're going to want to make the return the same on both bets that way regardless of the outcome we're going to get our £45 back. So it's a little bit of trial and error and it's

[12:08] going to be around £9.10. £9.19 is close enough. So our total outlay in this situation is going to because £10 on bets right here and the liability of £35.84 down here. Remember it's the liability

[12:24] not the stake on a betting exchange that is our outlay. If you're unsure go back to the second part of this mini masterclass and re-watch the exchange video. So that's the total of £45.84

[12:36] outlay and we know we're going to get back £45 or £45. So with a bit of basic maths we can work out that we are going to lose 84 pence regardless of the outcome of the risk that is known as our qualifying loss So I going to hit play on both of these right now and I be back in one hour time when the race has

[12:55] settled. So the race has finished and as you can see our horse lost but that's fine we guaranteed ourselves only an 84 pence loss in the last bit so the good news is we have now unlocked our three bets. Now since I recorded the last section I was required to verify my identity just by uploading

[13:12] certain documents so you may or may not be required to do the same before your credit if there's no free bets sometimes they are sometimes they don't so all we're going to do now is to more or less repeat the process again so i have another horse here we're going to go with

[13:25] warna bull warren naboo something like that and once again it's in our odds range which we like and we are going to use our free bets on this so we may as well use the full 30 pounds because

[13:38] we've got 30 on sport and we've got 20 on backers which we'll come to later now as you can see this returns 90. so we're going to hop over to our best trends markets put them side by side so you can see we've got our 30 pound free bet here make sure you tick this box which returns 90 pounds then

[13:55] we're going to get the same horse here remember the blue side is lay here's one i prepared earlier we've got 21 pounds 43 in there to return 90 pounds now remember this is a little bit so this will win if the horse fails to win the race. This one will win if the horse wins the race

[14:11] so we're covering all outcomes. Remember we always want to make our returns the same so mine is 90 and we can see our outlay is our liability here 68.57. Now as these are 3 bets

[14:23] these are not our real money that's the only outlay 68.57. So I'm going to hit place on both of these and there we have it. So our 68.57 will return 90 pounds regardless of

[14:35] whether the horse wins the race or not. So doing the maths quickly and we will make a nice profit of £21.43. That leaves us with two bets to use on accumulators. We're still going to be using SmartKits but this one is slightly different. Now if you remember back

[14:50] when we were reading the terms and conditions for this offer we know it's got to be minimum four selections. So I've added four teams down the side here. I've picked Arsenal, Osasuna, Aston Villa and Getafe. The reason I've gone for that is because it's around 5.63 odds.

[15:06] Now, as you'll see in a moment, if we went for any higher odds, the liability, so our outlay on SmartKits will be much higher. This one is manageable. So we're going to stick our £20 free bet there, tick the box, put it in accumulator, because that's the type

[15:19] of bet we want to place. And as you can see, that returns £92.59. Once again, back over to our best friend SmartKits. And what you're going to want to do is you're going to want to add all four of these teams with the green boxes this time so we're going to add Arsenal

[15:34] first then add Osasuna then Aston Villa now I just want to point out if you're doing this on mobile you might be required to click add to multiple on your bet flip that way you can create an accumulator and finally the tap it down there so as you can see I've put the green side from

[15:52] four four four four on all of our four teams then because it's a multiple we're not betting on these teams individually you're going to go down here and yours might default to buy if I write it green we're going to click sell now as you know sell is the same as lay and we're placing a lay bet

[16:09] this wins here if all four of these teams win and now this wins if any of these teams lose so if it acts as a loser then our smart bet wins if it acts as a winner our free bets on betfright

[16:23] So again we're going to want to make the return the same, £92.59, £9.85 to return £92.58. So those are about as close as we can get. Now our liabilities down here is £82.73 and similar to the last example, this is not a

[16:40] true outlay, this is not real money, not ours, all the bookie's money. So our outlay is just £82.73. I'll hit play from this one and I'll play from this one too. sure double check your own self and the difference between our outlay of 82.73 and our return of 92.59

[16:58] leaves us with around just under 10 pounds profit regardless of whether the akka wins or not so before any of those races or matches finish we can work out that between a 9.86 from that and the 21.43

[17:12] from the horse earlier we just locked in 31.29 now we just play the waiting game we wait for all those debts to settle and it's either going to be in our bet thread balance or our smart bits balance then you can withdraw the cash to your bank account and enjoy the fruits of our

[17:26] labour. Now I would follow those guidelines for any welcome offer that gives you free bets, the same process of backing and laying applies every time. I'm going to complete a few more welcome offers using the exact same methodology off camera and I'll be back with a few more

[17:40] accounts. As I mentioned at the beginning of this video the fastest way to make £100 is by completing three or four welcome offers and using those accounts to place other types of matched bets. Off camera I completed a few more welcome offers including bet365 and paddypower. Bet365's

[17:56] offer was £30 in three bets and paddypower's was 153 spins. Now that I have a core base of accounts I'm going to show you how to use those for other match betting methods. The coming up example is an example of an arbitrage bet like I showed you in part two of this masterclass. So I just received

[18:12] notification from the Match Betting Club community of an arbitrage opportunity so I'll go ahead and play that now. Now I'm recording this before the start of the season hence the Champions League qualifying match but we've got Ludo Gerrard to qualify over on Bet365 and Ferrin Starros to

[18:27] qualify over on Paddy Power. This is to qualify for the next round not to win in 90 minutes so it's impossible for it to be a draw. Now this is quite a mainstream market so I'm comfortable placing a slightly higher stake than I probably usually would. £100 on Paddy Power returns £150

[18:41] and a £50 stake on Bet365 returns £162.50. Therefore, if Ludigerette qualifies for the next round, I will profit £12.50. If Gareth Darros takes the win, I will break even.

[18:54] Of course, you could manipulate the stake in order to secure a profit regardless of the outcome, but I fancy my chances on this one. The pot is now almost up to £100 with honestly hardly any work as you've seen, so we can stop the stopwatch there.

[19:06] I also go ahead and place the next match betting opportunity that I received from Match Betting Club which would hopefully tip us over the edge I hope you found this mini tutorial helpful and I be answering any of your guys questions down in the comments My number one tip is to track your results from day one It a perfect

[19:21] habit to get into. Tracking all of your bets helps you to remember which bookmakers you've used but also visualize your profits early enough. We've created this free spreadsheet which will be linked below somewhere which you can download for free or copy which is perfect to input your bets. You now have the

[19:36] blueprint to get you started but this is just the beginning. Once you've completed all the easy welcome offers there's a whole host of ongoing offers, reload bets, bet clubs and other match betting techniques that I've yet to get into. In the next

[19:48] video I'll show you exactly how to stay under the radar and protect your account so you can keep on making money in the long term. See you in the next video. My number one tip is to track your results from day one. It's a perfect habit to get

[20:00] into. Tracking all of your bets helps you to remember which bookmakers you've used but also visualize your profit building up. We've created this free spreadsheet which will be linked below somewhere which you can download for free or copy which is perfect to input your bets. You

[20:14] now have the blueprint to get you started but this is just the beginning. Once you've completed all the easy welcome offers there's a whole host of ongoing offers, reload bets, bet clubs and other match betting techniques that I've yet to get into. To continue making money in the long term

[20:31] it's important that you stay under the radar, keep your accounts healthy and avoid being gubbed. This is a mistake I made when starting out. I've discussed in the first video match betting breaks no rules and is completely legal, but bookmakers hate it because you're not supposed to win.

[20:44] Now what does the term gubbed actually mean? Essentially it's when bookmakers exclude you from promotions and apply limits to the amounts you can bet. You can still place bets but often at a much lower stake, maybe only a couple of pounds. They do this when they spot betting

[20:57] patterns that look like match betting such as only taking advantage of high value offers or always laying off betting positions but the good news is with a few simple habits we can delay or avoid this for months or even years here are a couple of my top tips to keep your account nice and healthy

[21:13] so firstly place mug bets every now and then place a bet without laying your thoughts think of this as like a tax on your winnings after all match betting profits are tax free a two pound actor or a £5 bet on maxi gloves help to disguise you as a regular punter, which goes a very long way.

[21:28] Secondly, keep your stakes sensible. You may be thinking, if I can stake £10 to make £5, then surely I can stake £1,000 to make £500. Well, in short, yes, but you'll almost certainly be gubbed afterwards. It's also a good idea to keep your stakes low just in case you make a

[21:42] mistake. That way it's not an expensive one. I go into much more detail about the count long jevelson techniques in the full course, but that's just a whistle-stop tour. Now if you do get gubbed, don't worry there's another 40 plus bookmakers out there. Even after

[21:55] grubbing some accounts will still give you high value promotions that you can take advantage of. Another thing is they may limit you from their sports book services but you can still use their casino services which will have different offers. So my number one piece of advice in this

[22:07] area would be don't limit yourself to one or two bookies. Keep on building your portfolio, open new accounts and keep on taking advantage of those ever so lucrative welcome offers. Finally to keep everything organized I

[22:19] I recommend you use a dedicated email address for match betting and also keeping a running spreadsheet of each bookmaker, how much you made from their welcome offer and which ones remain. Looking after your accounts is just as, if not more important than placing the bets themselves.

[22:32] These tips may seem small, but they can go a long way towards helping you make hundreds, if not thousands of pounds profit rather than just a quick hundred quid cash grab. If you've made it this far, firstly, thank you, but also hopefully you've made your very first bit of match betting profit.

[22:46] That's where most people get lazy and give up, but that's where Match Betting Club comes in. In this video I'm going to show you exactly how to scale. Turn your first £100 into your first £1,000 pocket.

[22:59] Match betting is all about stacking repeatable offers. We've already seen welcome offers which are the easiest, but next come bet clubs, reloads, extra place offers, in place, price boosts, 2-ups, casino offers, the list goes on.

[23:12] Each one being a different match betting method. The more methods you learn, the more offers you have to cycle through. Firstly, in your first two to three weeks, I would complete five to six welcome offers

[23:25] giving you a core base of bookmaker accounts to apply the methods which I just listed. In your first month, I would also incorporate crowdfuse and reload offers to your arsenal which have the ability to make you under £200 to £300 per month.

[23:38] In second and third months, I would learn in-play arbitrage, bet clubs and extra places offers. Now these are a little bit more complicated but they really do have the ability to make another £4,000 to £500 per month. Beyond that, I would repeat this whole cycle again.

[23:53] Open to new accounts and start from the very beginning. If you put in just a few hours per week and remain consistent, these numbers are very, very achievable. Many Match Betting Club members are feeling way more iconic.

[24:05] It's important to approach Match Betting with the right mindset. There are three mindset shifts that you need to have when starting out. Firstly, treat it like a system, not a gamble. Trust the process and trust the math.

[24:17] Do you remember all that time ago in the very first video when I told you match betting is not gambling? Well, don't treat it like it is. Secondly, be consistent. Don't try to complete every offer. There's no need, you won't be able to, and you'll probably get gugged if you do.

[24:32] Completing just two to three high-value offers per week will really add up. Third, and finally, keep learning. Most people plateau at £200-£300 per week if you stop learning new techniques. Follow the system and the blueprint that I've given you and you'll be absolutely fine.

[24:47] You've now seen an insight into the world of match betting and just how profitable it can be. So what's your next steps? Well firstly I would complete some more welcome offers. Secondly I would incorporate some more advanced match betting strategies such as boosts, bet clubs, reloads, all that good stuff I mentioned earlier in this video.

[25:04] Thirdly, I would join some sort of community or system that provides you with regular support, guidance and match betting opportunities. That's where Match Betting Club come in. We do all the hard work for you. From researching the best offers to finding the most profitable

[25:19] angles, we also provide 24x7 support for myself and the other athletes inside the channel. It's also a great community to be a part of if you're just looking for some general football, chat or banter. If you're serious about turning red into some serious cash, that's your next step.