Paddy Power Offer – Horse Racing Power Plays

It’s a big weekend of horse racing and Paddy Power are offering some ridiculous power plays on selections at Cheltenham, Wetherby and Uttoxeter. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a guaranteed profit of £38.95 and here’s how…

The following power plays are available for a limited time only and have a maximum stake of £20.00…

Power Play Odds Enhancement
Boru’s Brook to win the 12:55 at Wetherby 11/10 to 3/1
Un Temps Pour Tout to win the 13:15 at Cheltenham EVENS to 4/1
Bollin Ace to win the 14:40 at Wetherby 8/11 to 3/1
Call to Order to win the 16:00 at Uttoxeter 5/6 to 5/2

We can use the matched betting calculator to calculate our lay stakes…

Back Bet (Bookie)

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Lay Bet (Betting Exchange)

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Min £
Max £
Lay stake required: £
Bookie
Exchange
Cashback
Total
If back (bookie) bet wins
£
£
£
= £
If lay (exchange) bet wins
£
£
£
= £
Total profit: £

Optimal Underlay

Lay stake required: £
Exchange liability: £

If back (bookie) bet wins: £
If lay (exchange) bet wins: £

Optimal Overlay

Lay stake required: £
Exchange liability: £

If back (bookie) bet wins: £
If lay (exchange) bet wins: £

Race Enhanced Horse Back Odds Lay Odds Profit
12:55 Wetherby Boru’s Brook 4.00 3.35 £3.54
13:15 Cheltenham Un Temps Pour Tout 5.00 2.24 £24.14
14:40 Wetherby Bollin Ace 4.00 2.86 £7.61
16:00 Uttoxeter Call To Order 3.50 2.92 £3.66

So we will make a guaranteed profit of £38.95 on these power plays.

* Un Temps Pour Tout finished 2nd in the 13:15 at Cheltenham, which meant I received a £20.00 free bet courtesy of Paddy Power’s 2nd place refund offer on all Cheltenham races. I can extract 80% of the free bet as cash, meaning an extra £16.00 profit on this offer! *

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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.