In this post, I will give you an honest and in-depth review of the UK’s leading matched betting platform Outplayed.com.

Outplayed (formerly Profit Accumulator) is the UK’s leading matched betting service and has over 150,000 members. 

It has everything you need to profit consistently from matched betting through its tutorials, tools, and community support.

I have been using them since the 13th of September 2019, and in my opinion: 

Outplayed is well worth your money.

Make sure you read this review to the end to decide whether it’s right for you. 

What is Matched Betting?

Matched betting is a way to take advantage of the sign-up offers and promotions offered by online gambling companies and turn them into risk-free profits. 

Sounds too good to be true? 

Well, here’s how. 

How Does Matched Betting Work?

When you make a bet with someone, there are two types of bets:

One person is betting on something to happen (called a ‘back’ bet).

The other is betting that something won’t happen (called a ‘lay’ bet).

Usually, you can only place ‘back’ bets with gambling companies. They show you the odds (how likely your bet is to win) and how much they will give you if your bet wins.

But if your bet loses they take your money. 

What we matched bettors do is use a simple calculator to place both a ‘back’ and ‘lay’ bet, because one must win. 

For example, if we bet on Chelsea to beat Liverpool and they win, then our ‘back’ bet wins. If they lose or draw, our ‘lay’ bet wins. 

So, irrespective of the result, we make a profit.

Step-By-Step Guide : Making £15.15 from Coral’s Sign-Up Offer. 

This tutorial is part of my full matched betting guide. You can also watch the video tutorials for this offer if you sign up for Outplayed’s free trial.

Let me walk you through a real example, step by step. 

We will be signing up to Coral and profiting £15.15 from their sign-up offer. I’ve chosen Coral because they are the first bookmaker sign-up offer you will do if you join Outplayed’s free trial. 

Doing a matched betting offer is simple. 

Let’s walk through it together. 

Step 1: Find the Offer. 

The first thing to do is to find the offer. You can do this yourself by looking for bookmaker offers, but using a matched betting service like Outplayed makes this much easier.

The next thing to do is to have a read of the offer terms – this step is really important. These will be included in Outplayed’s step-by-step guides, but it’s a good idea to read the terms on Coral’s website.

Coral will give us £20 in free bets if we meet the following criteria: 

• We are a new customer from the UK or Ireland over the age of 18. 
• We deposit £5 (using a debit card) within 14 days of registering. 
• We bet £5 at odds over 1/2 (or 1.5). 

If you follow these terms they will give you a £20 free bet to use when your qualifying bet settles, which will expire 7 days after it has been credited. 

Step 2: Sign up for Coral & Matchbook.

The next thing we need to do is to sign up for Coral and create a betting exchange account. 

You may need proof of ID (such as a driving license or passport) and proof of address (such as a utility bill or redacted bank statement) to prove you are over 18. 

Signing up to Coral is quick and easy. All you need is some basic info such as your email, name and address. 

Once you have signed up, you will be prompted to add a debit card. Add your card and deposit £5. 

It’s a good idea to set up a new bank account as it’s easier to track your profits.

Next, go into settings → betting settings and change the odds to decimal. 

Now that we have signed up for Coral, it’s time to create an account with a betting exchange. 

You have some good options here, but I mainly use Matchbook (due to 0% commission for being an Outplayed member). 

Note: If you follow the link in Outplayed’s training video, you will be on 0% commission with Matchbook until (at least) 31st January 2025. 

The process is the same as Coral – name, address and email. 

Next, add your debit card and deposit at least £10. This will cover the lay bet liability. 

Step 3: Find & Place a Qualifying Bet. 

Now it’s time to place our qualifying bet. 

If we go back to the offer terms, to get our £20 in free bets we need to place a £5 bet at odds of 1.5 or higher. 

By going to Outplayed’s oddsmatcher tool, we can select ‘Coral Qualifying Bet’ from the filters. This will show us the closest bets that will qualify for the £20 in free bets. 

The first result in the oddsmatcher is an FA Cup game between Liverpool and Southampton. Clicking on the icon will bring up the integrated calculator for this bet. 

The calculator tells us that we need to bet £5 on Liverpool at odds of 1.5 on Coral, and place a lay bet of £4.90 on Brighton at odds of 1.53 on Matchbook. 

Our liability for this bet is £2.60. 

We need to place our back and lay bets, making sure they have been confirmed. 

Whether the back bet or lay bet wins, we will lose 10p but will receive £20 in free bets.

Step 4: Find & Place Your Free Bet. 

Once your qualifying bet has settled (i.e. the event has ended, and you know whether your back bet or lay bet has won), you should see the £20 free bet in your Coral account.

Now go back to Outplayed’s oddsmatcher and select ‘Coral Free Bet’ on the filters.

The top result – betting on the Spanish team Raya Vallecano to win against Girona, looks like a decent option for our free bet. 

Again, clicking on the icon will bring up the integrated calculator for this bet.

By placing our £20 free bet on Rayo Vallecano with Coral at odds of 5.5 and placing a lay bet of £15.25 at odds of 5.9 with Matchbook, we will make £15.25. 

Our liability is £74.72, so we need at least that amount in our Matchbook account to cover this lay bet. 

Remember you can place your free bet at lower odds if you want lower liability.

Step 5: Calculate Your Profit. 

Once your bets have settled, it’s time to work out your profit. 

This is pretty simple – you just need to take your qualifying loss from the profit you made from the free bet. 

In this case, we lost 10p from our qualifying bet and made £15.25 in profit from our free bet – so £15.25- £0.10 = £15.15. 

Yes, it’s that simple!

If you’re still confused, that’s normal. I was too at first. 

Outplayed’s video tutorials will show you how it works, and the forum community can answer any questions you have.

Depending on where your bets have won, you can either choose to withdraw the winnings back into your bank account or leave it there for reload offers. 

Step 6: Repeat. 

Now you know how to profit from matched betting, its time to get serious.

Outplayed has £950+ worth of bookmaker sign-up offers to take advantage of, as well as £300-£400 per day in reload offers.

Is Matched Betting Risk-Free?

Yes, as long as you back and lay the same thing. 

For example, if you back Manchester United to beat Liverpool but accidentally lay Manchester United against Everton, then you could lose both your back and lay bets because they are on different games. 

To fix this, you can simply cash out of your lay bet on the exchange and place the right lay bet. 

As long as you spot your mistake before the event finishes you would only lose a few pence. 

Note: The bookies sometimes void bets or reduce the winnings. However, this is very rare (and usually only in horse or greyhound racing). This has not happened to me in the thousands of bets I’ve placed, but it is something to be aware of.

Why Do I Need Outplayed?

To do matched betting properly, you need a service like Outplayed.com.

A good matched betting platform should: 

• Provide all the training, tutorials and support you need to get started. 
• Find the best offers for you (and check the website is safe to use).
• Offer all the tools and resources you need to make matched betting easy. 
• Include a supportive community forum. 
• Have comprehensive and helpful customer support available

Let’s keep these criteria in mind as we review the key features of Outplayed. 

Key Features – What’s Included?

Beginner-Friendly Training and Tutorial Videos. 

Outplayed has the best training videos of any matched betting platform. These come in a few forms:

• Beginner introductions.
• Step-by-step sign-up offer tutorials (like the one you see above). 
• Guides on how to use and get the most out of Outplayed’s tools.
• Reload offer guides for hundreds of sports and casino offers added every day (promotions that bookies give you after you have signed up).

All of the videos are well-made and easy to follow. 

Once you’ve joined, there’s also a link to engage with other members on the forum.

Dashboard & Offers Hub

Outplayed has a dedicated team that works with the community to find the best offers.

The dashboard and offers interface are well-designed and very easy to use. It shows what sign-up and reload offers are available, and each tile navigates to a tutorial or forum post to show you how to make a profit. 

Currently, there are more than 65 sportsbook sign-up offers available (worth over £950 in profit), with more added all the time. 

For diamond members, there’s also access to over 136 casino sign-up offers (worth well over £1000). 

You can also expect to see between £300 and £400 worth of reload offers per day (not including more advanced offers such as 2-up and extra places).

However, not all of these are worthwhile. 

You will also get exclusive offers sent to your email or phone from the bookies, so keep an eye out! 

Oddsmatcher

Outplayed’s oddsmatcher is worth the subscription price on its own. 

It works by aggregating all of the information across (almost) all of the different bookmakers and exchanges, meaning you can easily filter it to find real-time results on the best events to bet on.

You can also filter for the offer you are doing (like we did for the Coral sign-up offer above). 

One thing to note is that the oddsmatcher sometimes has issues retrieving real-time data. The Outplayed team are prompt to tell customers about any issues with the oddsmatcher, and they are resolved quickly.

The oddsmatcher also doesn’t show in-play events.

Perhaps the best feature of the oddsmatcher is the integrated calculator that I demonstrated earlier. It gives you all the information you need to place a matched bet. 

There are also links to exactly where to go to place your back and lay bet, and how much you need to back and lay. The ‘result’ box neatly breaks down the profit and loss for you.

Standard Calculator

If you need to place a bet manually for a specific offer (or an even that is in-play), you can use Outplayed’s standard calculator tool. 

All you need to do is manually enter the stake, back odds and lay odds. The calculator will tell you how much to lay, and your overall profit.

Advanced Calculators

Outplayed also has many other advanced calculators and tools that will be useful as you move through the different types of offers. 

There are currently about 20 different tools and calculators on there that cover everything from fixing mistakes to laying accumulators. 

For diamond members, there are also tools that help you work out the EV (estimated value) of a casino offer and much more.

Profit Tracker

As part of your subscription, you’ll also get access to an easy way to track your profit, as well as the balances you have in your bookie and exchange accounts.

0% Exchange Commission

Customers using betting exchanges usually have to pay a commission of 2-5% for each winning lay bet. 

When you become an Outplayed subscriber, you get commission-free betting on two major exchanges – Matchbook and Betdaq. This means (depending on how many bets you place) you could make hundreds per year in extra profit simply by saving on fees. 

Note: Due to Outplayed’s exclusive partnership with Matchbook, Betdaq is no longer able to contact Outplayed members directly on the forum. However, they still offer 0% to Outplayed members currently.

Community Forum

In my opinion, Outplayed’s forum is its best feature. 

There are tens of thousands of active members on there supporting each other and sharing any new offers they’ve found. 

Outplayed also has an active team of admins and moderators who are constantly monitoring the forum to help people with any questions they have.

Forum Notifications

If you join Outplayed, remember to turn on notifications for OffersTeamOP, and the price boosts thread.  That way, you’ll be notified when new offers are posted and given a link to the tutorial or forum post. 

There’s probably £250 or more in profit from the price boosts posted on the forum each month alone. You’ll learn more about price boosts once you complete your free trial. 

(Thank me later!)

Facebook Group

Outplayed’s Facebook group has over 58k followers and is a great way for beginners to ask questions about matched betting before they join.

However, the forum is much more useful once you’ve subscribed.

Progressive Web App

Outplayed has also launched a Progressive Web App that enables members to download their website as an app on Android and IOS.

This is a great feature for those who want to use their phone for matched betting.

It also means you can get mobile notifications when new offers are posted, as well as access aspects of the website whilst offline.

Great Customer Support

Outplayed has some of the best customer support I’ve experienced. 

Their UK-based team is available 7 days a week during peak times.

Here’s how you can contact them:

If your query is about an offer or mistake you’ve made, then you can make a post and tag one of Outplayed’s admins or moderators.

Those guys are great and have helped me out a lot over the years.

How Much Can You Make?

Most members make £300 – £500 per month or more consistently from matched betting (based on about an hour per day of ‘work’.) 

There is also a forum post on Outplayed that tells you what you need to do each day to make upwards of £1000 per month. 

Some members make £5,000 – £10,000 per month or more, but they are exceptional cases. 

How much you make with matched betting is down to you. I can’t make any guarantee of specific returns. All I can do is share my own experience and that of other members.

How Can I Get Started?

As all of the features above show, to do matched betting properly you need a platform like Outplayed.

So the first step is to sign up for Outplayed’s free trial.

7-Day Free Trial.

Outplayed offers a free trial where you have access to all sports sign up offers (worth £950+), as well as beginner casino offers (if you sign up for a diamond membership).  

You do have to enter your card details to access the free trial, but you can cancel any time.

If you decide Outplayed is right for you then you can stay and upgrade to their monthly or annual subscription to access all of their features.

After you’ve learned the basics, I’d recommend opening a new bank account as this will help you keep track of all the transactions.

Then, figure out how much money you want to use to get started. A friend of mine got started with as little as £50 which he used to complete the first sign-up offer. 

Remember that the more money you have in your matched betting pot, the more bets you can place and the more profit you can make.