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888sport – Liverpool v Arsenal Offer

It’s Liverpool v Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday, and you don’t want to miss this 888sport offer! Place a £1.00+ ‘Bet Builder’ on Liverpool v Arsenal, and if your bet loses, 888sport will refund your stake as a free bet up to £10.00. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives you a profit of £4.34 and here’s how…

Key terms

  • The promotional period for this offer is Sunday 9th April 2023.
  • Applies to ‘Bet Builder‘ bets on Liverpool v Arsenal (16:30 on Sunday 9th April 2023).
  • Applies to both pre-match and in-play bets.
  • Applies to your first bet only.
  • Minimum stake of £1.00.
  • Minimum odds of 3.00 (2/1).
  • If your bet loses, your stake will be refunded as a free bet up to £10.00 within 72 hours of settlement.
  • The free bet will be valid for 7 days.
  • The free bet stake will not be returned with any winnings.

Qualifying bet

If your bet loses, your stake will be refunded as a free bet, so you can treat this as a ‘Money Back if Bet Loses‘ offer.

You’ll need to build a bet you can lay at a betting exchange in one bet. Please see my ‘Bet Builders‘ guide for more information about them and possible selections.

At the time of writing, ‘Liverpool (Result) / Over 2.5 (Total goals)‘ is available to back at odds of 3.40 (12/5).

You can layLiverpool / over 2.5 goals‘ at Smarkets in their ‘Winner and over – 2.5‘ market at odds of 4.10.

If your qualifying bet is placed at odds of 5.00 (4/1) or greater and wins, 888sport will give you a £5.00 free bet, courtesy of their daily ‘4/1 Winner Offer’.

Either exchange works for this offer

Betfair and Smarkets are both great options for this offer. If you’ve not used one of them, now is a great time to give them a try.

  • Money back as cash up to £20
  • 0% commission for 60 days

You can work out your lay stake using the ‘Money Back if Bet Loses‘ setting on my Matched Betting Calculator. You can enter ‘£8.00‘ as your ‘Cashback’ figure as this is the amount you can expect to convert your £10.00 free bet into, should your bet lose.

Select bet type

Back Bet (Bookie)

Advanced
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Lay Bet (Betting Exchange)

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£ 0.00
Min £
Max £
Lay stake required: £ 6.34
Bookie
Exchange
Cashback
Total
If back (bookie) bet wins
£ 24.00
£ 19.65
£ 0.00
= £ 4.35
If lay (exchange) bet wins
£ 10.00
£ 6.34
£ 8.00
= £ 4.34
Total profit: £ 4.34

Optimal Underlay

Lay stake required: £ 4.51
Total exchange liability: £ 13.98

If back (bookie) bet wins: £ 10.02
If lay (exchange) bet wins: £ 2.51

Optimal Overlay

Lay stake required: £ 7.74
Total exchange liability: £ 23.99

If back (bookie) bet wins: £ 0.01
If lay (exchange) bet wins: £ 5.74

As you can see, the calculator tells you that your lay stake should be £6.34.

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Place £10.00 on ‘Liverpool / Over 2.5’ @ 3.40 = Potential profit of £24.00

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Lay £6.34 on ‘Liverpool / over 2.5 goals’ @ 4.10 = Potential liability of £19.65

Outcomes

Let’s look at your profit/loss for the possible outcomes.

Outcome888sportSmarketsFree BetProfit/Loss
Liverpool win and
over 2.5 goals
+ £24.00– £19.65£4.35 profit
Any other outcome– £10.00+ £6.34+ £8.00£4.34 profit

So, no matter the outcome, you’ll make a minimum profit of £4.34 on this 888sport offer!

If your qualifying bet loses, your free bet will be credited within 72 hours of settlement. Your free bet will be valid for 7 days, and the free bet stake will not be returned with any winnings.

If you’re unsure how to convert a free bet into 80% cash, please see my ‘Free Bets Guide‘ for a walkthrough.

* The match was drawn 2-2, resulting in a £4.34 profit on this 888sport offer. *

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Matt KirmanMatched Betting Blogger

Since 2014, I’ve blogged over £90,000 worth of profit, and made it my mission to make matched betting accessible to everyone.