Sports Arbitrage Guide Newsletter #1 – 2 April 2007

Posted by Aegist on April 2nd, 2007

Sports Arbitrage Guide Newsletter #1

2 April 2007

SureBetBookies Has Been Released!

After many months of figuring out exactly how to achieve the goals of the SureBetBookies database, then months of coding and months of changing my mind, and eventually a period of refinement, SureBetBookies is actually live and open to the public.

We aren’t completely finished yet, and it may not happen for a long time yet (we only have 40 entries in it out of more than 200 to come) but we have started with the more crucial bookmakers and we are dutifully working on collecting data on more bookies all of the time. We will also be adding a “How to use this database” page soon which will no doubt be of help, but for now you will find explanation for each field in the database just by hovering over the column title.

So get over to SureBetBookies straight away and start playing with the various searches, filters and sorting methods you can use to find the best bookmaker for your betting practice.

Not-Arbitrage Focused

One thing which I think is worth noting about the new SureBetBookies directory is that it has not been designed ‘for arbitrage’. Now don’t let that confuse you, if you are trading sports arbitrage, then the SureBetBookies database will be the best tool you have come across; end of story. But the functionality we have built into this database makes it incredibly useful to any professional or recreational gambler. It provides a host of specific details about every bookmaker which can’t be easily found anywhere else, and some of the information, like bonuses amounts, sports rules, deposit methods, user comments and bookmaker relationships are just as useful to a recreational gambler as they are to professional gamblers as they are to arbitrage traders.

What does this mean for you? It means that the few sportsbooks who really do not like arbitrage traders have no reason to suspect visitors from SureBetBookies.com are anything other than good quality traffic. We will be advertising SureBetBookies on gambling forums, on gambling information sites, we will be receiving traffic from betting portals, social networking sites and social bookmarks. SureBetBookies has been designed to meet the precise needs of the sports arbitrage trader, while still keeping with the fact that an arbitrage trader never wants to be recognized as an arbitrage trader.

So in the interest of ensuring SureBetBookies is recognized as a sportsbook database for everyone and not as a portal just for arbitrage traders, you can actually help out by using the social website buttons provided on each page to ‘Digg’, ‘Stumble’, vote for, and bookmark SureBetBookies, thus bringing it out into the wider community. This will help SureBetBookies greatly, and it will help the arb traders get lost in the general mix of gamblers, just like all arb traders want.

Other News

Neteller Update

As most will already be aware, Neteller have been in court proceedings for quite some time now with regards to its activities in the US with gambling. The proceedings are ongoing and the impact is still being felt. For a rather thorough discussion on the matter, see this 72+ page long thread at 2+2 forums on the topic. The most recent changes include reduced service to Canada and reduced service to Turkey.

There is no reason to fear the safety of your money with Neteller. I personally still use them because they are still a pivotal part of the community, but I have started moving more and more of my accounts over to Moneybookers where possible, and I recommend the same to everyone.

See the bookmakers which accept Neteller.

See the bookmakers which accept Moneybookers.

Sports Punter 25% Discount for New Accounts

As previously mentioned in the Sports Arbitrage Guide blog, SportsPunter is offering a 25% discount to all new members. SportsPunter is a great service for experienced arb traders as it finds many arbs which most alert services just don’t look for. If you are dedicated to arbing for the long term, then I highly recommend taking full advantage of this offer and simply registering for a whole year. At only $510 USD for the whole year, minus 25% equals only $382.5… That is what most other services which get far fewer arbs charge for 3 months! And you will get one of the best services in the marketplace for a whole year.

If you are trading sports arbs, you’d have to be crazy to not take advantage of that.

See the bookmakers used by SportsPunter in the SBB Directory.

ArbExpert Re-launch

After a few weeks of time offline, ArbExpert re-launched mid way through March and extended their free period until the 25th of March. In the downtime they added BetFair to their service and made moves to add BetDaq (which has subsequently been added). The biggest change they have made though is to drop their registration price to £50 per month, precisely half of the original cost.

If you missed out on the free period, then you can still take out one of the trial periods.

If you want to register with ArbExpert, then be sure to mention Sports Arbitrage Guide as where you heard about ArbExpert from!

See the bookmakers used by SportsPunter in the SBB Directory.

Nickel Vacuum Changes

I have been in communication with Adam From Nickel Vacuum also and he has advised me of a number of improvements and changes to the Nickel Vacuum program. More sports and bet types have been added, thus greatly increasing the number of arbs found by their service. A few changes have also been made to the user interface, filters and alerts on the site.

See more details on the Nickel Vacuum website.

See the bookmakers used by NickelVacuum in the SBB Directory.

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Thanks for reading our first newsletter, and I look forward to many more to come!