• Quickness: there is an endless number of sure bet gamblers all over the world who are waiting for surebets. If you are not quick enough, the odds will decrease again if there are high stakes on particular events.

• Expenditure of time: you always have to be aware if there is a new sure bet chance on the Internet. That means that you have to check odds as often as possible and that means that you need a lot of time in order to be successful.

• Limits: all bookies have limits concerning the stakes they accept. If you have already placed your first bet at bookie X for example on player A and now you need to place the other bet on player B at bookie Y, you will lose some money if you can’t place your required amount at bookie Y because the limit is too low. In this case you have to place the remaining wager at another bookie with the next best odd for this particular event.

• Small winning margin: In order to make real big money with sure bets you need a lot of initial capital. An average surebet has a winning margin of 1%-2% and you won’t become rich if your wager is € 100.

Payout =

1
——————————————————- = < 1 (100%)
1 / home odds + 1 / draw odds + 1 / away odds

The payout percentage differs among the bookies but is in general between 80% and 95%. But if you search for best odds for an individual outcome among several bookmakers then we might find a sure bet or a payout > 1 (100%).

Example: England to win vs. Germany

Home odds: @2,50

Draw odds: @3,50

Away odds: @3,40

Payout =

1
———————————- = 1,0206 > 1
1 / 2,50 + 1 / 3,50 + 1 /3,40

As you can see from the formula you will have a guaranteed profit of 2,06% no matter the outcome of an event if you would have covered each outcome. This means that for every 100 EUR staked you would got back 102,60 EUR – regardless the outcome. You need to calculate the stake ratio:

40,82 EUR on the home win(102,06 EUR / @2,50)

29,16 EUR on the draw (102,06 EUR / @3,50)

30,02 EUR on the away win(102,06 EUR / @3,40)

It is evident that you would be in profit no matter how the game ends. You have staked (40,82 + 29,16 + 30,02 = 100 EUR) and the payout was 102,60 EUR thus securing a profit of 2,06%. Your guaranteed profit with sure bets is usually between 0,1% and 15% and rarely even higher.

Sounds great? It is but before you resign your job you should consider following: you must have several accounts with many bookmakers to take advantage over best odds. Not every bookmaker is reliable and some operate with low betting limits. Because guaranteed profit is small you must deposit and bet higher amounts and this can result in various expenses that may take away your edge.

In general, in betting companies, where “the house always wins” – the companies always leave at least 10% profit, no matter how and on what you bet . In many countries bets are considered legal and the more companies and Internet websites there are that compete with each other, the bigger our chance to make a profit.
I hope you understand that no betting website gives you the option to bet on the three possible game outcomes (win for the home team / draw / win for the away team) and make a profit.
Because every betting company wants to present the best odds in order to attract the gamblers, we get situations where we can bet on the same game in three different websites and no matter what the result is, we can always win. This is called Surebets!

A total of 50,000 tickets for Euro 2012 remain unsold for matches in Ukraine, UEFA has confirmed.

“In Poland, we are basically sold out. In Ukraine, we still have around 50,000 tickets,” Pedro Correia, head of UEFA’s ticket operations, said.

“It’s no secret that demand was far higher in Poland than in Ukraine.”

In the context of the total number of tickets on sale, it has to be said that 50,000 is not a huge amount.

“Concerning Ukraine, actually the results are good, because we’re talking about almost 1.4 million tickets for Euro 2012, and what we have left for the tournament is 50,000,” said Correia.

“There are different reasons that tickets became available, because in the last sales phase, which is ending now, the national associations did not take all their allocations,” he explained.

“For sure, it has to do with different reasons, probably the economic situation in Europe, the cost of travelling, the cost of accommodation,” he added.

The biggest no-show, surprisingly, has come from England, whose supporters traditionally travel in huge numbers. For their opening match against France in the eastern city of Donetsk, England shifted only 3,500 of the 7,000 tickets they were offered. Although, anyone who has seen the England team play live in the past year or so, will be amazed that they were able to sell that many.