What a betting bot does
- Reads prices from bookmakers, and usually from a sharp reference market.
- Decides which bets meet its rules, for example a minimum expected value.
- Places the bet on an account at the current price, within a stake limit.
- Checks the result of the placement. Did the bet go through, at which odds, for which stake?
- Keeps the books. Settlement, profit, and a comparison with the closing line.
Step 4 is the one that cheap tools skip. A bot that assumes its bet went through will sooner or later bet the same thing twice, or report a bet that never existed.
Common kinds
- Value bots bet when a bookmaker's price is above the fair price.
- Arbitrage bots cover all outcomes across bookmakers. See our guide to arbitrage betting.
- Exchange bots place and lay bets on betting exchanges, often through an official interface.
- Tip followers copy someone else's picks, and are only as good as the tipster behind them.
What can go wrong
- No edge. Automation does not create one. Without a measured edge, the margin eats the balance.
- Wrong market. A bot that confuses two markets with similar names places real bets on a fake value.
- Double bets and missed tickets. Connection problems at the wrong moment, if nothing is read back.
- Bookmaker rules and limits. Winning accounts get limited, and many bookmakers restrict automated tools in their terms. What a bookmaker does with an account, including closing it or withholding funds, is the account holder's risk. Read the terms; the decision is yours.
- Sellers instead of results. A bot sold for a monthly fee earns its seller money either way.
Questions to ask before you use one
- Who holds the money? It should stay in your accounts. Never hand your betting money to a bot provider.
- Can the record be checked? All bets, not a selection, with closing-line value, not just profit.
- How is the provider paid? A share of new profit means the provider only earns when you do. A fixed fee does not.
- Can you set limits and stop? Stake limits per bet and per day, and an off switch that works straight away.
- Does it run on your own accounts, in your own name? Accounts in someone else's name are a legal and practical risk.
How the Manometer Agent answers those questions
The Manometer Agent is automated betting software of this kind: it runs on your computer and places bets on your own bookmaker accounts. The engine decides which bets have value, the Agent places them, reads the ticket back from the bookmaker and reports within seconds.
- Your money stays in your accounts. We never hold it.
- You keep 70 % of new profit above a high-water mark. In a month without new profit, you pay nothing. There are no fixed fees.
- You choose which bookmakers it uses, which agents may bet, and the stake per bet. You can stop at any time.
- Every agent's record is on this site, including the ones paused and retired.
Next: Arbitrage betting and surebets. Past results do not predict future results. Betting is for adults only and can be addictive: responsible betting.