So, in case anyone is interested this is the conclusion to the story
To begin with I had 87 BTC - this wasn't earned from gambling. I converted them into Ethereum. I then added £12,500 of Ethereum. Again not funded from gambling.
Right now I have $121,638 in my Ethereum account.
87 BTC = $500 or each each at the time = $43,500
£12,500 added = $16,409
total profit from gambling = $61,729
numbers are obviously not 100% as I'm approximating between currencies and the price of the BTC. I've easily cleared $50k in gambling profit. Yes I could have had a bit more if I quit at the peak... probably over $30k more
But hind sight is always 20/20.... loads of people told me to quit at 5k, 10k, 15k profit etc. I didn't listen to them then, and I didn't listen when they said it again at 30k. Now they're "right".... but a broken clock is right twice a day too
Right now all my ETH have been transferred to cold storage, I can no longer access them without significant effort. Purely from a security point of view that makes sense (I have zero interest in spending or cashing them in, they are a long term investment). But I'm not gonna lie... having them removed from the "I've had 4 beers and this bet looks a decent one" is probably a good thing too
I'm not saying I won't gamble again but for the time being I'm finished with it. There is no fun in being awake at 4am chasing some south american game
I think I was pushing too hard with taking bets I shouldn't have... in part victim of my own success and thinking I could get away with varying from what was (and is) is a working system. But it was hugely time consuming (having to watch loads of live football) and I have better things I could do with that time. I have a reasonably well paying job and I am working on setting up a dog sanctuary... I don't have the interest in watching 270 minutes+ of football a day, in what is a high stress environment (try keeping your cool when working out whether to place bets worth $10k+ or not and report back if you think its easy
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Good luck to everyone else who is going to gamble. I probably won't be back on the forum very much but if anyone has the need you can pm me and I'll get an email notification. Just to pre-empt the inevitable... no I'm not going to share what my tactics were. If I want to go back to them I want them clean and fresh, not abused to the point the bookies price them in and I can't do it now.
cheers,
Lee & Allah
I am very happy to see your story, please make directbet broke, lol. I think they have earned over 50k btc from gamblers, and they usually confisticate funds, be careful!