Interwetten

The experiment must continue, but now I'm having to join the sites I have previously identified and passed over, due to them having betting through clauses. I chose Interwetten as they appear quite often in Sure Bets listings. I deposited my £60 and after a 5 minute delay for 'manual processing' it showed in my account along with a £30 bonus. There's also a 3% charge for card deposits, so that's £1.80 down already.

Now, the stake AND bonus needs to be wagered 5 times before it can be withdrawn. Ideally, I want to lose this as quickly as possible, like PartyBets, but football being football (West Ham were evens to win but still lost), and not having much funds in the Betdaq account, I selected relatively low odds by choosing Osasuna to beat Deportivo La Coruna tomorrow (Wednesday). The odds were 2.3 on the bookmaker site and 2.4 on the exchange, so not too bad, and a calculated loss of £4.76. If I can keep the loss below £5 for each of the bet throughs, I should still make a profit.

Update (Wednesday, 24 September): Couldn't have gone better - my Interwetten account is nullified after the first bet with Osasuna failing to beat 10 man Deportivo (0 : 0). I lose my £60 + £1.80, but win £85.23 (£86.97 - £1.74 commission) with Betdaq, a profit of £23.43. The overall profit now stands at £207.04.