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    been asked this a number of times, i just say i buy and sell bets on a betting exchange i either buy high or low and sell at the opposite side low or high, yes it is a form of gambling as i am gambling as to which way the odds will move, i tell them you back a horse to win or lay it to lose, i will say back a horse for £40 at 5.0 and then look to lay it at 4.8 or lower for the same money, this they understand ie 4 x £50 = £200 and 3.8 x £50 =£190 which is effectively a free bet of £10 if it wins or £0 if it lost, i then try and tell them that by laying at the current odds will "green up" ie create a no lose situation, which at the odds above say 4.8 = £2.08... the cries of its not worth it is usually the reply, to which i say what if you repeat this 1 or 2 more times its then £4 or £6, do this for all races assuming no losses... and it all adds up, likewise if i back or lay and the odds go against me i can get out for a small loss, but re-enter the market to see if i can get it back to £0.

    my brother in-lay plays the horses every day, yankees, lucky 15's placepots more often than not he has a few winners, doubles, and the occasional rare 4 timer, this is how i used to bet yankees/trixies etc, with last one being about 1 and 1/2 years ago due to having no internet, i can safely say i have made more trading than i ever did doing fun bets.

  • #2
    Keep it simple, Just say your a porn star
    If you want more luck... Take more chances!

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Cran View Post
      Keep it simple, Just say your a porn star
      this they already know

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      • #4
        Originally posted by ron View Post

        my brother in-lay plays the horses every day.

        Good one, Ron,

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Quo View Post
          Good one, Ron,
          As long as he doesn't play rugby for England, he's alright by me !

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          • #6
            People who are genuinely interested I tell them I do the same as what people do on the stock market/forex/futures market but on a sports exchange. Everyone else I just say I am a professional gambler.

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            • #7
              Why not just say: I am a money maker machine ?

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              • #8
                I have tried explaining it to a few people, the concept they have the hardest time grasping is the lay bet.
                So the easiest way is to just draw parallels with stock market.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by jimrobo View Post
                  People who are genuinely interested I tell them I do the same as what people do on the stock market/forex/futures market but on a sports exchange. Everyone else I just say I am a professional gambler.
                  Yeah same. I start with I "gamble for a living". You tend to see the reaction and decide from there if they are worth putting in some time to explain it or not.

                  Either that, or I just say I am unemployed. Really nobodies business what I do or do not do for a living...

                  Yep, not much of a people person....

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                  • #10
                    even though I'm not a full timer yet (going fulltime in about 4-6 months) I tell people it's like the stock market, I also really don't care what people think. I don't look at trading as gambling but in reality it is. so if people tell me I'm gambling I just say yeah I'm gambling like people gamble on the stock market, on wether the prices move up or down.

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                    • #11
                      I suppose I must be a full time trader as well, especially if I spend eight hours watching football today. I don't do anything else anyway. I helped make a snowman this afternoon but that is not real employment, is it ?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by nigelbleddfa View Post
                        I suppose I must be a full time trader as well, especially if I spend eight hours watching football today. I don't do anything else anyway. I helped make a snowman this afternoon but that is not real employment, is it ?
                        Full Time Trader doesnt mean you are full time winner....LOL

                        I believe i spend more time on BF markets than doing my real job so maybe i could call myself FTT too

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                        • #13
                          If you say you trade the sports people say...."oh boy, a gambling addicted!"
                          If you say you trade financials people say...."woooo, a millionaire investor"

                          So why don't you learn just the basics of the finantials and tell people you're an investor? I have a forex demo account

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                          • #14
                            Yes, Investor is the right word !!
                            It says all about what we are doing

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                            • #15
                              A friend of mine started introducing me to people as a confidence artist... so that's what I say now. It's far easier than having to explain betfair trading.

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