Fair
point - it was, as I understand most of the economies of the world to be, the same money going round and round and round and round. In terms of spunkage, I certainly laid out that much. Did I lose it all? No - as I say, I kept accounts - that's how I am. In the grand scheme of things, I came out with a profit of around 9k over the year. Yeah, brilliant return. Hourly rate was awful.

Even though I came out with a profit, it still does to some degree scare me but in equal measures give me a sense of pride with what I did - that I maintained the level of control that I was able to look in from the outside and say to myself "I think that it's probably time to stop now".
(A Nony Mouse, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 11:32, 2 replies)

I think you did well to recognise it and get out on top and in time, yeah.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 11:35, closed)

Betfair?
9k over a year is great if you were enjoying yourself. Sounds like you weren't though. I've got a friend who can make money on online poker and spends ages playing it, but in the end it works out less than the minum wage on average.
(Rimmer, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 11:59, closed)

Betfair was one of many
During the year I had accounts with just shy of 60 bookies.

Betfair, Betdaq and Laddies were the biggest. Betfair and Betdaq are, technically, bloody brilliant sites just because of the model that they offer (that is, you can put in a bet at a price *you* want, not necessarily what you're being offered).
Betdaq instead of Betfair because they offered me lower commission (ISTR 1.5% or something mental)
(A Nony Mouse, Wed 3 Aug 2011, 12:03, closed)