15/16th May

A real weekend of two halves…..

Ah Cup Final day. I still remember the Golden Era of Cup Final Telly. World of Sport v Grandstand, 5 or 6 hours of coverage, celebrities, quizzes, on the coaches with the players, special editions of mastermind, it’s a knock out and question of sport. It was a very special day for any fan. Now we take live footy and all the extras for granted so I was relying on the bookies to recreate the magic of the cup for me.

And needless to say we picked up a few nuggets….

£3.54 profit at Blue Square thanks to a free fiver in the Daily Star
BOGOF’s at William Hill and Ladbrokes again which converted into £5.32 and £6.13 respectively.
Also cashed out the free £20 over at Sportingbet for £15.72 overall profit
Next I gained an extra tenner from Betfair for placing 5 or more cup final bets, I just combined these with my regular activity so that was the easiest £10 I ever made!

Had planned to do one of Paddypower “Happy 10th” offers as they had a massive price on a Hat-Trick to be scored in the Final, however they offered me a max bet of 42p – cheers Paddy. However I did a quick trading scalp of the market on Betfair and gained an extra £4, so happy to include that, who needs Paddy anyway!

This took us to Sunday and the day of the run so nothing doing for me today of course as I was fit for nothing!

But I do want to have a closing amount. So I have £50 to cash out from Mrs Bet72’s free £50 at Eurosport, not yet credited so let’s say £8.70 to get the bets on and I estimate a £40 return so I will chuck another £32 into the pot to make up the final total, seems fair enough to me.

The run itself was a fantastic event. 36,000 bodies, all shapes and sizes, a very uplifting and humbling experience at the same time, seeing people running for very personal reasons each with their own story to tell. That was the high point for me (and seeing the finishing line of course). The low point was being overtaken by a banana at the 3K mark! However I pulled it together and thanks to some fantastic support from all the crowds along the way I made it home in 56:50 (mins/secs not hours/mins) which is not bad as I have only been training again for just over a month. And more importantly we raised a decent sum for Rainbow Trust.

I am certainly up for more and if we can get the same support from all the bet72ers then we could even eclipse this times total, many, many, many thanks everyone. And of course another thank you to 888Sport and their £500 in free bets, a truly wonderful gesture.

So there we have it, what a month and an outstanding total even if I say so myself and all for a wonderful cause. We will keep the donation page up for a little longer so if anyone wants to donate then feel free.

Also this blogging exercise has inspired me to do more and I will carry on and show people just what they can achieve doing existing user offers. In fact I will be doing a extra special interactive version for the WorldCup where we can help everyone make £1K risk free over the course of the tournament so really looking forward to that.

So if you want to be part of that then get signed up at the bet72 membership site, www.betseventytwo.com and we will guide you every step of the way.

So here are the final scores on the doors……drum roll please……

Today’s Profit: £76.71

Total Profit Raised for Donation: £1466.20

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