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Can income from Arbing/Matched-betting be counted against you for Housing-Benefit??

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  • hanvic
    hanvic Posts: 66 Forumite
    hi what is arbing and matched-betting? i don't claim benefit but if it is that financially rewarding would notmind having go.

    came to the forum to see what was going on. one of my friends failed her medical with dwp a couple of weeks ago even though she had a sick note from her gp. i saw the medical questionnaire they sent back to her, she got 6 points out of 15, and that was because i had taken her. she is in a bad way and all her benefits from ESA have been stopped including her council tax payment and interest on her mortgate. she had to claim for a crisis loan and got £42. she had £3 in her purse and two days worth of food. she has now appealed. i cannot believe this kind of thing is happening. there is now no safety net of care or so it seems.

    anyway waiting to hear what arbing and matched betting is.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Jowo wrote: »
    Ah, I note the boasting, the sense of entitlement, the optimistic interpretation of the benefit regulations, the bizarre logic, the weak arguments that verge on lecturing. It is our resident troll that pops up under different names!

    The one who can actually barely make ends meet but for the sake of their ego has convinced themselves they are an entrepreneur yet is wholly reliant on benefits to make ends meet.

    Keep on bragging, I'm sure we all envious about those living alone in a bedsit on state benefits.

    Bless...
    I know I am. Where do you get that lack of pride from??? If I had that amount of self-loathing I could just kick back instead of earning less, but all by my own shabby efforts. Oh to be shameless...
  • Jomo
    Jomo Posts: 8,253 Forumite
    Oh god, Angel with the big rear end is back!!

    Popcorn time again!!
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