It's not gambling when it's free
I was never much of a liker of gambling, but it turns out it's a lot more fun when there's no risk involved, and it makes you a fair amount of cash (for a student anyway). Here's the story, some of you may have heard of the internet cashback site Quidco - it works by paying commision to users who buy products through their site (Basically an affiliate scheme, but you get the money). It's good for getting a few quid from online shopping but you can make some serious (again, student) money by taking up offers with betting sites (mostly bingo) who will give you say £30 cashback for signing up and betting £10 - A £20 profit none-the-less.

Now this strategy is good and can make you a good couple of hundred pounds, but the real luck came from 2 incredibly lucky incidents at the roulette tables - The first time I was sitting in my room at 2AM betting through my £20 of money on roulette (the usual, red one go, black the next), it got me up a bit but started to tank dramatically, with my last £4 my friend suggested I bet on a single number, of odds 36-1, I thought nothing of it and as the wheel span edged to close the window, before i realised i had won - £144 (ish), enough to keep me in booze and curry for at least a week, result! Cash my money, never go back.

To people dismay I played this again on a different site, although this time it was only a £2 bet, and won £72. Result++. My friends don't like me so much anymore...

Combined with About £50 in bingo wins I'm up about £500 with no risk, and had a hell of a time playing it - You should try it too :)
(benbread, Sat 9 May 2009, 16:23, 4 replies)

Thats almost what everyone else does ..
Except .. the rest of us play our £10 through the blackjack, by the standard well-proven formula (its a maths thing, search the net) where you lose 5% on average ... thus keeping 95% of your orginal tenner too.
(flipper is going to die in a bizarre gardenning accident, Sat 9 May 2009, 21:21, closed)

Well yeah..
But what's life without a little excitement? :P
(benbread, Sat 9 May 2009, 21:54, closed)

Quidco
Rules

Especially if you travel with work and book your own hotels

%10 of £1500 a month on hotels? thank you very much
( ogwen69 has returned from Reddit, Sat 9 May 2009, 22:06, closed)

"my friends dont like me so much any more"
fuck em i say.

if my friends were miffed because i won a bit of cash (which they could also have won, i mean, chance is chance right?) i'd tell them to fuck off and come back when they thought money wasn't going to be an issue in our friendship :)
(zenmeban thinks the weather could be better, Sun 10 May 2009, 7:26, closed)