Sportingbet Offer – San Marino v England

England continue their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign tonight and Sportingbet are running a great offer, not to be missed. Simply place any bet on the San Marino v England match at odds of 2.00 (evens) or greater, and if a goal is scored in the first 15 mins, Sportingbet will give us a free bet for the England v Switzerland match on Tuesday 8th September 2015. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £16.88 and here’s how…

Qualifying Bet:

If you’re unsure about how to place qualifying bets, check out my Qualifying Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how they should be done.

The terms of the offer state that our qualifying bets must be at minimum odds of 2.00 or above and to receive the free bet refund, a goal must be scored between 00:01 and 14:59 minutes.

I like to place my exchange lay bets with Smarkets as they have great liquidity in the run up to matches, the site is really easy to use and they only charge 2% commission in comparison to the 5% charged by other betting exchanges. We can calculate our lay stakes using the matched betting calculator.

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Place £25.00 on Over 5.5 Goals @ 2.00 = Potential profit of £25.00

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Lay £22.32 on Over 5.5 Goals @ 2.26 = Potential liability of £28.12

Let’s have a look at our potential profit/loss for the possible outcomes…

Under 5.5 Goals and goal scored in first 15 mins -£25.00 + £21.88 + £20.00 (80% extracted from £25.00 free bet) = £16.88 profit
Under 5.5 Goals and no goal scored in first 15 mins -£25.00 + £21.88 = £3.12 loss
Over 5.5 Goals and goal scored in first 15 mins +£25.00 – £28.12 + £20.00 (80% extracted from £25.00 free bet) = £16.88 profit
Over 5.5 Goals and no goal scored in first 15 mins +£25.00 – £28.12 = £3.12 loss

So if a goal is scored in the first 15 minutes of the match, we will make a nice profit of £16.88!  If a goal isn’t scored in the first 15 minutes of the match, we will make a small loss of £3.12. Risking £3.12 for a potential profit of £16.88 gives us effective odds of 6.41. The fact that England are expected to win big, makes this a profitable offer in the long run.

Free Bet:

Free bets will be credited on Monday 7th September 2015 for use on the England v Switzerland game taking place on Tuesday 8th September 2015. Free bets can only be used on desktop or laptop.

If you’re not sure how to extract 80% of the £25.00 free bet, please see my Free Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how it should be done.

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Matt KirmanMatched Betting Blogger

Since 2014, I’ve blogged over £70,000 worth of profit, and made it my mission to make matched betting accessible to everyone.