We've gathered together as many of the sports arbitrage questions that we get frequently asked and provided answers for your convenience. If you have another question that isn't answered here, please feel free to contact us.
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Frequently Asked QuestionsWe've gathered together as many of the sports arbitrage questions that we get frequently asked and provided answers for your convenience. If you have another question that isn't answered here, please feel free to contact us. General Questions
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* * Snippets of Answers * * Question Q: How much money do I need in order to start investing in sports arbitrage? Is there a minimum? A: Technically there is no minimum investment or bankroll required to start taking advantage of sports arbitrage. But of course if you're going to pay an arb service provider to find your arbs, you'll want to make enough profit to cover your costs (a... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How much money can I make by investing in sports arbitrage betting opportunities? A: The amount of money you can make from sports arbitrage betting depends on a number of factors. These variables include the amount (or bankroll) that you have available to invest, the size of the arbs that you invest in, how much time you have to i... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How much available time do I need in order to start investing in sports arbitrage? A: Similarly to the minimum financial investment (or bankroll), in theory there is almost no minimum amount of time needed. Again, the minimum amount of available to needed depends on what you want to achieve. As with the monetary investment ... Read the complete answer. Question A: Absolutely not. Anyone* residing in a country where online sports betting is legal can become a sports arbitrage investor. The most popular method of deposit is by debit or credit ... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How much money can I invest in sports arbitrage opportunities? A: Each bookmaker will have a maximum stake and this varies for each bet depending on the odds and the size of the event. You'll be able to invest greater amounts in large, popular events than you will in smaller events where bookmakers' trading volu... Read the complete answer. Question A: A sports arbitrage opportunity is shown below: Real Life Example Arb: Premier League Darts Match (Draw No Bet) Van Gerwen » 1.727272 (BetVictor) » £603 returns £1,04... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How long do arbs usually last for? A: Arbs found by any service provider such as ourselves only have a limited lifespan once they are discovered. This is due to the fact that when a lot of money starts to be bet on an event, the bookmakers change their odds. On this basis we e... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How long does it take to place sports arbitrage bets? A: Once you know what you're doing and are used to placing the bets it should take less than 5 minutes. As a beginner you will need to get accustomed to the type of information that you will receive and where to find the relevant betting coup... Read the complete answer. Question Q: Should I place stakes like £34.53 or should I round them? A: When calculating how much to stake on each bet, arb calculators usually return figures such as £34.53 and £65.47, or £22.78 and £77.22. It is entirely up to you whether you want to place these exact figures. This would prov... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How does Arb Hunters find their arbs? Do you have special software or find them manually? A: Arb Hunters find our arbs manually. This means that actual people search bookmakers' websites and compare odds rather than having special software scan odds for us. There are pros and cons to the manual method of locating arbs. The biggest... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How many arbs does Arb Hunters provide their members with each month? A: The number of arbs that we find varies according to the sporting calendar. Obviously, when there are a greater number of sporting events taking place we will find a greater number of arbs than when fewer sports are played. At the time of wr... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How profitable are the arbs that Arb Hunters sends to its members? A: Our arbs range from very small (e.g. 0.1%) up to much larger ones (e.g. 15%) and anywhere in between. We estimate that the average size arb that we find is 2-3%. To see what size arbs we have found recently, please see our ... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How do I join Arb Hunters to receive arbitrage alerts? A: Joining Arb Hunters is easy. Simply follow these steps: Go to our arb alert services page. Choose the service you require. Click on the "Join" button. Follow ... Read the complete answer. Question Q: What services does Arb Hunters offer? A: Arb Hunters is a sports arbitrage service provider. We find arbitrage betting opportunities on sports events and we alert our members to these surebets so that they can make a guaranteed profit. Full details are available on our ... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How much does Arb Hunters charge for its sports arbitrage services? A: Arb Hunters offers a number of arbitrage betting alert services. Please see our sports arbitrage services page for our latest prices.... Read the complete answer. Question Q: What payment methods does Arb Hunters accept? A: You can pay for your arbitrage betting alerts subscription with any major credit or debit card. If you would like to pay for your membership via a different method please contact us to discuss alt... Read the complete answer. Question Q: Can I have a free trial of Arb Hunters' services before I join? A: No, Arb Hunters does not offer free trials of our arbitrage alert services. We believe that to do so would unfairly disadvantage our paying subscribers. However, the minimum subscription length is only one month and you are under n... Read the complete answer. Question Q: Can I upgrade my Arb Hunters subscription after I have joined? A: Absolutely. You can upgrade your arbitrage alerts subscription at any time and we will be happy to refund any remaining time from your existing membership package. If you have any queries regarding upgrading your level of membership please... Read the complete answer. Question Q: What time of day does Arb Hunters send arbs out? A: Our sports arbitrage opportunities are manually sourced by our team that is based in the United Kingdom. We are only human, so we need to sleep sometimes! We usually sent arbs out any time between 8AM and 10PM UK time. Sometimes we'll send... Read the complete answer. Question Q: If I use a free email address such as Hotmail or Yahoo will my arb alerts be delayed? A: Sports arbitrage traders can experience two specific problems when using free email address such as Hotmail and Yahoo. Firstly, Hotmail and other similar services are extremely popular and therefore handle vast numbers of emails each day. ... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How far in advance of a sporting event does Arb Hunters find its arbitrage opportunities? A: Many arbs will be for events that are 24-48 hours in the future. However we also find a number of longer-term arbs for events that are days or even weeks or more in the future (such as football World Cup events etc...). Some people... Read the complete answer. Question Q: Does Arb Hunters tell me how much to bet on each selection? A: When betting on a sports arbitrage opportunity your stakes must be proportioned according to the odds. The total investment isn't simply divided by the number of selections (e.g. 50% on selection A and 50% on selection B), but worked out based on ... Read the complete answer. Question Q: What happens if I forget my Arb Hunters password? A: If you forget your password you can use our "forgotten password" feature that will lookup your password and email it to you. Alternatively you can contact us and we will retrieve your password for... Read the complete answer. Question Q: Can Arb Hunters send arbitrage alerts via SMS text messages outside the United Kingdom? A: Yes, we have successfully sent arb alerts to many countries around the world via SMS text message without any reported problems. However, please note that we cannot guarantee that there will be no delays in SMS text messages reaching non-U... Read the complete answer. Question A: When we send an arb out it is automatically sent out via email, SMS and also added into our members' area. In other words, there is no delay and it is displayed immediately. (Of course the page needs to be refreshed to show changes.) Email and SMS... Read the complete answer. Question Q: Do Arb Hunters' arbitrage alerts include the date that the sporting event takes place on? A: Yes, we indicate that date that we believe bets will be settled on. As you may not want your funds tied up in long-term arbs, we include the date that we believe bets will be settled on so that you can decide whether or not to invest in ea... Read the complete answer. Question Q: Does Arb Hunters bet on their own arbitrage opportunities? A: No, we do not bet on our own arbs. If we were to bet on the arbs ourselves it would mean more money going on the selections and so the odds could change even faster, meaning that our members had less of a chance to place their bets.... Read the complete answer. Question Q: When does my Arb Hunters subscription start? A: Your Arb Hunters subscription is activated as soon as you make your payment. It is an automated process and there is no waiting period.... Read the complete answer. Question A: Yes. Our Members Area was intended as a means to let sceptics log into the website and see our latest arbs to prove that this stream of income really exists and we are finding all the arbs that we claim to be. We didn't intend that people would be... Read the complete answer. Question Q: What information do Arb Hunters' arb alerts contain? A: Our sports arbitrage alerts detail the event, the selections, the odds, the bookmakers involved (including links to their websites) and the percentage profit to be made. We also include the date on which we believe bets on the event will be settle... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How many bookmakers' accounts do I need to use for sports arbitrage betting? A: To take advantage of every arbitrage opportunity that we find you would need an account with every one of the bookmakers that we use. However, in practice a smaller number of approximately 10-15 bookma... Read the complete answer. Question Q: Should I open bookmakers' accounts before I join Arb Hunters? A: It would be useful to have opened all your accounts first. This way you're ready to place your first bet as soon as you've subscribed. See our bookmakers page for a convenient list of links to bookmake... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How long does it take to open accounts with bookmakers? A: It takes approximately 5 minutes to open an account with an online bookmaker. Therefore if you open 10-15 accounts with the bookmakers that we use most frequently it will only take approximately an hour of your time.... Read the complete answer. Question Q: Will transaction fees for currency conversion and credit cards eat up all my profits? A: They should not. To minimise charges you can keep your winnings in foreign accounts so that you don't need to deposit each time or you can only act on big arbs with foreign bookmakers. Besides that, most of our arbs involve bookmakers that... Read the complete answer. Question Q: Can residents of the USA join Arb Hunters? A: No, Arb Hunters does not accept members from the USA. Although Arb Hunters would have no problem with US residents using our service, a large number of the bookmakers that we use will not accept US clients and as such our service would be ... Read the complete answer. Question Q: Do bookmakers limit arb traders' betting accounts? A: In theory, bookmakers should not care why you place your bets, as long as they make a profit. And given the chances that half of your bets with any given bookmaker will lose, some people say that bookmakers don't care if you're an arb trader. ... Read the complete answer. Question Q: How long does it take for me to get my winnings? A: Once an even has concluded, bookmakers settle bets quite quickly, usually within a couple of hours, and pay the winnings into your online account. You must then log in and request a withdrawal. When withdrawing money to a UK bank account i... Read the complete answer. Question Q: Do bookmakers always pay winnings out? Do they ever refuse to pay out? A: As with every business, there is always the chance that a bookmaker can go bankrupt and take your money with them. However we only use bookmakers that are well-established and that we would trust with our own money. If you have a problem w... Read the complete answer. |
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