Unibet Ryder Cup Offer – £20.00 Risk-Free Bet

It’s time for a Unibet Ryder Cup offer!  Place a £20.00 bet on the outright winner of the Ryder Cup 2014 and receive a £20.00 risk-free live bet on the opening day.  Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £13.45 and here’s how…

Qualifying Bet:

We must opt-in to this offer prior to placing our qualifying bet.  We need to bet £20.00 on the outright winner market (this does not include the ‘to lift the trophy’ market).  Having looked at the odds on offer, I’ve opted to place my qualifying bet on Europe to win.

unibet

Place £20.00 on Europe @ 1.65 = Potential profit of £13.00

betfair

Lay £20.00 on Europe @ 1.70 = Potential liability of £14.00

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

Europe win +£13.00 – £14.00 = £1.00 loss
Europe don’t win -£20.00 + £19.00 = £1.00 loss

So regardless of the result we will lose £1.00 in order to qualify for our £20.00 risk-free bet.

Risk-Free Bet:

We will receive our risk-free bet in our account by Friday 26th September 2014 at 12:00pm and we must accept this before placing our risk-free bet on the Ryder Cup.  We need our risk-free bet to lose so that we are given the refund of £20.00 and so it makes sense that we place our bet on an outcome with fairly long odds.  Having looked at the odds on offer, I’ve decided to place mine on Henrik Stenson finishing as the top overall points scorer.

unibet

Place £20.00 on Stenson @ 19.00 = Potential profit of £360.00

betfair

Lay £17.31 on Stenson @ 22.00 = Potential liability of £363.51

Let’s have a look at our overall profit/loss…

Stenson top scores +£360.00 – £363.51 – £1.00 (qualifying loss) = £4.51 loss
Stenson doesn’t top score -£20.00 + £16.45 – £1.00 (qualifying loss) + £18.00 (extract 90% of £20.00 refund) = £13.45 profit

So as you can see, if Stenson top scores at silly odds, then I’ve lost £4.51 on this offer.  However, if Stenson doesn’t top score, then I will make a profit of around £13.45!

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Matt Kirman - Matched Betting Blogger

Matt KirmanMatched Betting Blogger

Since 2014, I’ve blogged over £85,000 worth of profit, and made it my mission to make matched betting accessible to everyone.