If, When, Why, What…..

One from our video vault but very prevalent with so many existing user offers about now (see here)

Recently we have seen a tremendous increase in the number of conditional or “IF” offers from a range of bookmakers but can you actually make a profit from them?

Only one way to find out, with the help of a video and a very handy spreadsheet.

Come and have a look……

Download the spreadsheet, as featured in the video, here

And here’s another bit of “Old Gold” from a couple of years back but still applies today….

Let’s have a look in black and white too….

Can you make a risk free profit from these types of IF xxxx offers?

The easiest way to understand it, is to think of it just the same way as a normal matched bet, but with a very restricted market for the qualifying bet, and only one market for the free bet!

The Offer

If match A ends 0-0 Bookmaker A will refund all losing 1st/last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast singles on the match upto a certain maximum

In the case of the 0-0 refund offers, your ‘free bet’ will ‘win’ at the bookies, if the game ends 0-0. The amount it will win is equivalent to the stake you place for your qualifying bet.

The most important thing to remember is that, just like with normal matched betting, you should treat the two bets independently of each other – each part makes its own profit or loss, and don’t try and think of too many combinations of outcome.

An important point to remember here is that both events must be mutually exclusive – it must not be the case that both can happen! Otherwise, you could end up winning at the bookie, for the qualifying bet, but having to pay out on the lay on the ‘insurance’/free bet part. As you won’t be receiving anything back from the bookie for this part (as your original bet won) you would end up down in cash. 0-0 insurance is great, as long as you back any other score (a game can’t end with two scores!).

Take a onetime England offer from Paddypower, who said they would refund all losing first goalscorer bets if Wayne Rooney scored anytime in 90 mins, in a particular England match.

This could be guaranteed profitable only if the qualifying event i.e. a correct score bet – did not have any chance for Rooney to score, i.e. you could bet on 1-0 to the opposition, but not 2-1 (as Rooney could have scored England’s 1 goal).

The key is you need to find a very good qualifying bet where the back odds at the bookmaker on the selection I want are close to the lay odds at the betting exchange.

To get a rough calculation of the profit on the 0-0 refund, you need to look at the odds for 0-0 on your exchange (i.e., Betfair). Divide the maximum refund by the lay odds for 0-0 and take off your commission, typically 5% (for example, by multiplying through the answer by 0.95) to get a good approximation.

Here’s an example:

Place a bet and get it refunded if the game ends 0-0. Maximum £100 stake will be refunded.

Say the lay odds available on Betfair are 8.

Then the profit from the 0-0 insurance will be roughly £100/8 * 0.95 = £11.88

So you want a qualifier that loses less than £11.88 to make this worthwhile. You must also note that there may be wagering requirements on the bet refund or the refund may be in the form of a free bet (which may or may not be stake returned). If this is the case, you should approximate how much this will cost you and adjust accordingly!

Say your refund is given as an Stake Not Returned free bet, then you can reasonably expect to make 80% back, the true value of your refunded stake is £24 and the calculation become 24/8 * .95 = £9.50 profit

If you are satisfied that it’s worth doing then place your qualifying bet as normal – you now need to work out how much to lay on the 0-0.

To do this, enter the value refund amount, (remember this will be 100% of the amount for cashback or stake returned offers and 80% of stake not returned ones) as the Back Stake and put in ‘1′ as the Back Odds in the Bet72 Matched Betting spreadsheet. The lay odds for 0-0 and finally enter your exchange commission rate.

This will show the correct lay stake.

All the usual caveats about odds possibly changing mid way through etc do apply, so please bear this in mind and only do this if you are confident you can get your bets on at the prices you are calculating for. If you find an arb, there is no hurry to bet on the 0-0, but it’s some extra profit so why not.
 
OK here’s an example (fictional of course!):

If Match A ends 0-0 Bookmaker A will refund all losing 1st/last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast singles on the match upto £100

Just look to back anything that is mutually exclusive from a 0-0 result i.e. TeamA to win, TeamB to win, any scoreline apart from 0-0, any goalscorer or any HT/FT result other than draw/draw. Whatever gives us the best match up in back/lay odds combination

Once you’ve picked your qualifying bet, match it out for as little loss as possible – back/lay it so that you win/lose the same amount no matter what the result using the regular matched betting calculations.

After that, you then go on to lay the stake refund condition/outcome i.e. 0-0, to lock in a profit.

Example:

Back TEAM A 1-0 @ The Bookmaker at odds of 7 with £100

Lay TEAM A 1-0 @ The Exchange at odds of 7.2 with £97.90 (a £606.99 liability)

This gives a £6.99 loss whatever the outcome.

Then 0-0 @ The Exchange at odds of 10 with £10.05 (a £90.45 liability)

So possible outcomes are on the result are:

Score not 0-0 = +£9.55 (winning 0-0 lay bet less commission @ 5%) – -£6.99 (qualifying bet) = £2.56 profit.

Score is 0-0 = -£90.45 (losing 0-0 lay bet) -£6.99 (qualifying bet) + £100 (stake refund from bookie) = £2.56 profit.

So if you are happy with the potential gain for the time you will spend doing it and amount of cash required and how long it could be tied up for, then you are good to go!

Here’s another IF example from Cheltenham 2011 but still very relevant

The Offer

If Cue Card wins the Supreme Novices Hurdle, Paddy Power will refund single and the win section of each-way bets placed on others runners in the race up to £200/€200.

So we just need to BACK / LAY any other horse in the race and then LAY Cue Card to lock a profit.

Obviously we are still looking at Antepost prices here but as an example (at the time of typing) you could:

BACK Spirit Son at PP with £200 at 6.5
LAY Spirit Son at Betfair with £167.74 at 7.8 (£1140.65 liability)

and LAY Cue Card at Betfair with £58 at 3.5 (£145 liability)

Possible oucomes:

Spirit Son Wins

= +£1100 at PP – £1140.65 at BF + £55.10 (lay on CueCard at BF less 5%) = £14.45 profit

Spirit Son Loses and Cue Card Loses Too

= -£200 at PP + £159.35 at BF (lay on Spirit Son less 5%) + £55.10 (lay on CueCard at BF less 5%) = £14.45 profit

Spirit Son Loses and Cue Card Wins

= 0 at PP (lose £200, get £200 refund) + £159.35 at BF (lay on Spirit Son less 5%) – £145.00 (lay on CueCard at BF) = £14.35 profit

This is an example of splitting the profit equally over all outcomes but of couse you could weight the bets to favour one or the other a little more depending on whether you think Cue Card will win or not. So at worse it would be a risk free punt with a decent upside!

As always if you have been affected by any issues raised in this article then please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@bet72.com

Ladbrokes: Capital One Refunds

Capital One Refunds

If the Capital One League Cup Semi Final 1st Leg between Chelsea and Swansea City (19:45, 09/01/13) ends in a draw, we will refund losing First Goalscorer bets, up to £25, in the form of a free bet token.

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Ladbrokes: Goalscorer Refunds

Long Refunds

If Shane Long scores the first or last goal in the West Bromwich Albion v Fulham game (12:45, 1/1/2013), we will refund losing First Goalscorer bets, up to £100, in the form of a free bet token.

Jelavic Refunds

If Nikica Jelavic scores the first or last goal in the Newcastle v Everton game (20:00, 2/1/2013), we will refund losing First Goalscorer bets, up to £100, in the form of a free bet token.

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Ladbrokes: Goalscorer Refunds

Defoe Refunds

If Jermain Defoe scores the first or last goal in the Sunderland v Tottenham game (12:45pm, 29/12/2012), we will refund losing First Goalscorer bets, up to £100, in the form of a free bet token

Ba Refunds

If Demba Ba scores the first or last goal in the Arsenal v Newcastle game (17:30, 29/12/2012), we will refund losing First Goalscorer bets, up to £100, in the form of a free bet token

Torres Refunds

If Fernando Torres scores the first or last goal in the Everton v Chelsea game (13:30, 30/12/2012), we will refund losing First Goalscorer bets, up to £100, in the form of a free bet token.

Suarez Refunds

If Luis Suarez scores the first or last goal in the QPR v Liverpool game (16:00, 30/12/2012), we will refund losing First Goalscorer bets, up to £100, in the form of a free bet token

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Ladbrokes: Leeds v Chelsea Refunds

Pay The Penalty

If the Leeds v Chelsea match is decided by a penalty shoot out (19:45, 19/12/2012), we will refund losing First Goalscorer bets, up to £100, in the form of a free bet token

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Ladbrokes: Cisse Refunds

Cisse Refunds

If Papiss Cisse scores the first or last goal in the Fulham v Newcastle game (20:00, 10/12/2012), we will refund losing First Goalscorer bets, up to £100, in the form of a free bet token.

Offer is available to new and existing online, phone, mobile and shop customers

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Ladbrokes: Free Tenners For All

Get a free £10 bet

Place a bet of £/€10 or more on both the 1:20 Cheltenham 2:10 Doncaster and get a free £10 bet on anything

Qualifying bets must be placed after 10:00am Saturday 15th December. No bets placed after the off/in running count.

Of course the perfect companion to maximise this offer is access to Oddsmatcher Pro.

Real time live odds including all the horse racing. Just doing this one offer for risk free profit will almost cover a months access to the software. Now that is a no brainer!

Full details here: ODDSMATCHER PRO

1. Offer is available to new and existing online, phone and mobile customers.

2. To qualify for the free £/€10 bet, you must place a bet of £/€10 or more on both of the following races:

1:20 Cheltenham
2:10 Doncaster

3. In order to receive the Free Bet offer, customers must place a win single bet of £/€10 or more on the two selected races. If bets are each-way, the win part must be at least £/€10.

4. Qualifying bets must be placed after 10:00am Saturday 15th December. No bets placed after the off/in running count.

5. Free bet will be £/€10. No pro-rata free bets will be given.

6. Free Bet will credited automatically once the second qualifying bet is placed.

7. Free bet will expire at 23:59:59 on Friday 21st December.

8. You must be aged 18 years or over to bet and participate in this promotion.

9. One free bet per customer.

10. Offer only available to customers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

11. Void bets do not count towards the offer. In the event of one of the qualifying races being abandoned, the offer will either be amended or withdrawn.

12. Bets placed after an event has started will not qualify.

13. Free Bets are non-refundable. The Free Bet stake is not included in any returns.

14. Free Bets must be used in their entirety as a win single, and can be used on any sport.

15. Free Bets can be redeemed online or on our mobile channel.

16. Free Bets cannot be used to fund tote, pool or lottery bets.

17. Free Bets issued online, by phone or on our mobile channel cannot be redeemed on any other online product (Casino, Poker, Bingo, Games, Lotto).

18. Redeemed Free Bets will not count toward qualification to view streamed events.

19. Free Bets do not count towards qualifying for any other promotional offers. This offer may not be used in conjunction with any other offer.

20. A Free Bet cannot be partially redeemed. If you attempt to place a bet for a lesser total stake than the value of your Free Bet, the remaining value of the free bet will be void.

21. The stake is not returned on winning bets placed with free bet tokens.

22. Ladbrokes accepts no responsibility for system or connection problems that might affect any end user during the promotion.

23. Ladbrokes reserve the right to withdraw this promotion at any time.

24. In the event of a breach of these terms and conditions Ladbrokes reserve the right to take such action as it deems appropriate in its absolute discretion.

25. The promoter is Ladbrokes Sportsbook LP, a limited partnership registered in Gibraltar, number 44, whose registered office is 57/63 Line Wall Road, Gibraltar.

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Ladbrokes: Free Tenners For All

Get a free £10 bet

Place a bet of £/€10 or more on both the 2:10 and 3:30 at Aintree on 8th December and get a free £10 bet on anything

Qualifying bets must be placed after 10:00am Saturday 8th December. No bets placed after the off/in running count.

Of course the perfect companion to maximise this offer is access to Oddsmatcher Pro.

Real time live odds including all the horse racing. Just doing this one offer for risk free profit will almost cover a months access to the software. Now that is a no brainer!

Full details here: ODDSMATCHER PRO

Terms

1. Offer is available to new and existing online, phone and mobile customers.

2. To qualify for the free £/€10 bet, you must place a bet of £/€10 or more on both of the following races:

2:10 Aintree
3:20 Aintree

3. In order to receive the Free Bet offer, customers must place a win single bet of £/€10 or more on the two selected races. If bets are each-way, the win part must be at least £/€10.

4. Qualifying bets must be placed after 10:00am Saturday 8th December. No bets placed after the off/in running count.

5. Free bet will be £/€10. No pro-rata free bets will be given.

6. Free Bet will credited automatically once the second qualifying bet is placed.

7. Free bet will expire at 23:59:59 on Friday 14th December.

8. You must be aged 18 years or over to bet and participate in this promotion.

9. One free bet per customer.

10. Offer only available to customers in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

11. Void bets do not count towards the offer. In the event of one of the qualifying races being abandoned, the offer will either be amended or withdrawn.

12. Bets placed after an event has started will not qualify.

13. Free Bets are non-refundable. The Free Bet stake is not included in any returns.

14. Free Bets must be used in their entirety as a win single, and can be used on any sport.

15. Free Bets can be redeemed online or on our mobile channel.

16. Free Bets cannot be used to fund tote, pool or lottery bets.

17. Free Bets issued online, by phone or on our mobile channel cannot be redeemed on any other online product (Casino, Poker, Bingo, Games, Lotto).

18. Redeemed Free Bets will not count toward qualification to view streamed events.

19. Free Bets do not count towards qualifying for any other promotional offers. This offer may not be used in conjunction with any other offer.

20. A Free Bet cannot be partially redeemed. If you attempt to place a bet for a lesser total stake than the value of your Free Bet, the remaining value of the free bet will be void.

21. The stake is not returned on winning bets placed with free bet tokens.

22. Ladbrokes accepts no responsibility for system or connection problems that might affect any end user during the promotion.

23. Ladbrokes reserve the right to withdraw this promotion at any time.

24. In the event of a breach of these terms and conditions Ladbrokes reserve the right to take such action as it deems appropriate in its absolute discretion.

25. The promoter is Ladbrokes Sportsbook LP, a limited partnership registered in Gibraltar, number 44, whose registered office is 57/63 Line Wall Road, Gibraltar.

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Ladbrokes: Bradford Refunds

Bradford Refunds

If Bradford score the first goal in the Bradford v Arsenal game (19:45, 11/12/2012), we will refund losing Correct Score bets, up to £100, in the form of a free bet token

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Ladbrokes: NFL Overtime Moneyback

Overtime MoneyBack

If ANY NFL GAME played during the regular season goes to overtime, we will refund all losing touchdown scorer, half-time/full-time and winning margin bets, as a free bet upto £100.

Offer is available on all regular season games in the 2012 season to new and existing online, phone, mobile and shop customers.

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Ladbrokes: Jordi Refunds

Jordi Refunds

If Jordi Gomez scores the first or last goal in the Newcastle United v Wigan Athletic game (20:00, 03/12/2012), we will refund losing First Goalscorer bets, up to £100, in the form of a free bet token

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