{"id":838,"date":"2009-06-05T06:30:30","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T06:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=838"},"modified":"2009-06-04T17:59:45","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T17:59:45","slug":"nine-years-old-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2009\/06\/05\/nine-years-old-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine years old today!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was nine years ago today that I placed my first wager on a betting exchanges. It wasn’t on Betfair funny enough, it was actually on Flutter. They were in business before Betfair but Betfair eventually ‘merged’ with flutter. Betfair arrived in time for the Oaks and turned over around \u00a31700 if my memory serves me correctly.<\/p>\n

My first wager was a \u00a35 bet on whether the FTSE index was going to close up or down on the day. I won! That was followed soon after by a bet on Interest rates. My first sports bet came on the 11th June when I was betting on a couple of differnet players to win or not win the US Open golf. I managed to lay Colin Montgomerie at 7-1, while succesfully backing him at William Hill at 13-1. I also laid Tiger Woods at 2-1 while backing hime at 3-1 elsewhere. You won’t see that nowadays! My first month was pretty slow and the number of bets I placed never reached triple figures. I could see the potential back then, but I had no idea just how far things would go. I can quite easily top six figures now each month.<\/p>\n

It’s been an interesting journey and there is still more to come. It’s been quite a journey. If you would have told me back then I would earn \u00a3300 whatever the result on the Oaks I would have said that was impossible. It just goes to show that you should use the word impossible with the greatest of care!<\/p>\n

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It was nine years ago today that I placed my first wager on a betting exchanges. It wasn’t on Betfair funny enough, it was actually on Flutter. They were in business before Betfair but Betfair eventually ‘merged’ with flutter. Betfair arrived in time for the Oaks and turned over around \u00a31700 if my memory serves […]<\/p>\n

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