It’s the beautiful game. The nation loves it and the goals and glory make sports headlines week in week out. Perhaps you are a dedicated follower of your local team or the town you were born in? Maybe your other half supports a team and whilst it doesn’t really interest you, you watch it to spend time with your loved one. How can you enjoy a football match even more than you do usually? Can you make money from watching football?
Matched Betting
Matched betting is a legal, tax-free way to make some money from football.
It has been a really lucrative side hustle for me!
You can see all my previous matched betting income below. Please note that from January 2017 I have been focusing on growing my business with a provable income, with a lot less time to dedicate to matched betting:
- Month 1 earnings – £1,430
- Month 2 earnings – £1,619
- Month 3 earnings (including a Q&A) – £849
- October 2015 earnings – £1,105 (Remember that month 3 also overlaps into October 2015 as I switched to reporting it per calendar month.)
- November 2015 earnings– £915
- December 2015 earnings – £1,347
- January 2016 earnings – £777
- February 2016 earnings – £393 (on holiday for 2 weeks)
- March 2016 earnings - £701.64
- April 2016 earnings - £622.36
- May 2016 earnings - £1,019.16
- June 2016 earnings - £447.18 (away for a week)
- July 2016 earnings - £689.52
- August 2016 earnings - £491.86
- September 2016 earnings - £279.29
- October 2016 earnings - £691.85
- November 2016 earnings - £773.74
- December 2016 - £0.00 (took a break)
- January 2017 - £473.43
- February 2017 - £514.97
- March 2017 - £214.12
- April 2017 - £394.76
- May 2017 - £481.25
- June 2017 - £249.68
- July 2017 - £158.73
- August 2017 - £301.58
- September 2017 - £427.61
- October 2017 - £203.83 (away for 2 weeks)
- November 2017 - £45.84 (away for most of the month)
- December 2017 - £187.24
- January 2018 - £349.54
- February 2018 - £223.39
- March 2018 - £493.01
- April 2018 - £189.31
- May 2018 - took a break
- June 2018 - took a break
- July 2018 - £139.32
- August 2018 - £301.65
- September 2018 - £121.94 (on holiday)
- October 2018 - £328.51
- November 2018 - £459.31
- December 2018 - £258.45
- January 2019 - £148.37
- February 2019 - £199.84
- March 2019 - £579.54
- April onwards - paused for a mortgage application
Join my Matched Betting Facebook group
I am really excited to let you know that my matched betting Facebook group is open to new members again! This group has nearly 5,000 matched betting members who support each other.
It is somewhere to ask questions and even celebrate your matched betting success. We would love you to come and join in!
Sports Betting Websites
One of the ways to add excitement and interest to a football game is to put some money on it or to use the Football Index. With so many sports betting websites now available online, you have the pick of the crop as the consumer. Choose from well known companies that advertise on TV and even sponsor clubs, to names you might not have heard of. You could place a bet on the result or the game to retain your interest throughout the full 90 minutes. Maybe you have a hunch about who will score the first goal after reading an article in the paper. There are lots of betting options and you don’t have to bet a large amount of money to win a lot!
Get the Apps
Most of the major sports betting companies now have betting apps for your smart phone. Whether you’re on iPhone or Android, you should be able to download the app, log in using the details you set up when you joined their website and start betting immediately. The power is well and truly in your hands now. Bet in play whilst watching the game and you’ll be able to get an idea of who is playing well and which team is most likely to score next. You can also cash out on accumulators if you’ve put a pound on multiple results. If eight of your teams are winning but one is playing terribly, you might consider cashing out at the offered amount with 10 minutes of the game left.
Make Money From Football
These betting companies want your business, they need customers! To get you to join them over and above the next name in sports betting, they offer new customer bonuses. Deposit and bet £10 and you might get £30 in free bets, for example. Pop your first bet on a likely to happen result and you might have made cash before you even touch your free bets. Some of these companies are even on cashback websites so you can earn extra when you sign up.
Whether you support Arsenal, Manchester City or Swindon Town, by putting a few quid on the result of a game, you can feel the ups and downs of the beautiful game even more than you usually would. Be sensible with your sports gambling and stop when the fun stops. Don’t forget that there are ways and mean to opt out and ban yourself from these services should you need to. So can you make money from watching football? The answer is, yes!
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Free Monthly Matched Betting Calendar
Download your free monthly matched betting calendar to keep up to date with all the high-profile sporting events happening in 2021/2022.
Around the time of these events reload offers will be more frequent so print off this calendar and keep it to hand to boost your matched betting profits.
One Response
Love this! Now if I can only get my boyfriend to do this to make good use of his leisurely time, haha!