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Argentina v Croatia Offer – BoyleSports

It’s Argentina v Croatia in Group D on Thursday and you don’t want to miss this Crossbar Double Winnings offer from BoyleSports! Simply place a pre-match bet on any market for Argentina v Croatia and if either side hits the crossbar, BoyleSports will double our winnings as a free bet. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £37.55 and here’s how…

The Terms:

We must opt-in to this promotion to be eligible.

If you’re unfamiliar with qualifying bets, please see my Qualifying Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how it should be done.

If either team hits the crossbar, BoyleSports will double winnings on all pre-match markets as a free bet. The maximum stake for this offer is £20.00 and the maximum free bet is £500.00.

Just to clarify, the ball must strike the crossbar and rebound back into play. The side posts do not count for the purposes of this offer.

Qualifying Bet:

It’s entirely up to you what you place your qualifying bet on. Having looked at the odds available, we could place our qualifying bet on a Draw.

At the time of writing, laying our bet at Smarkets gives us the smallest qualifying loss.

We can calculate our lay stake using my matched betting calculator…

Back Bet (Bookie)

%

Lay Bet (Betting Exchange)

%

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: £

As you can see, the calculator tells us that our lay stake should be £19.54…

BoyleSports logo

Place £20.00 on a draw @ 3.40 = Potential profit of £48.00

Smarkets logo

Lay £19.54 on a draw @ 3.50 = Potential liability of £48.85

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

Draw and crossbar not struck + £48.00 – £48.85 = £0.85 loss
Draw and crossbar struck + £48.00 – £48.85 + £38.40 (extract 80% from £48.00 free bet) = £37.55 profit
Not a draw – £20.00 + £19.14 = £0.86 loss

So, if the match is drawn and the crossbar is struck, we’ll make a nice profit of £37.55. However, if the match isn’t drawn or the crossbar isn’t struck, we’ll have made a maximum loss of £0.86. Risking £0.86 to make a profit of £37.55 gives us effective odds of 44.66, which I’m sure you’ll agree, makes this a profitable offer in the long run.

If eligible, free bets will be credited within 24 hours and will be valid for 7 days. Free bet stakes will not be included in any returns.

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

* Croatia won the match 3-0 and the crossbar was struck, resulting in a loss of £0.86 on this BoyleSports offer. *

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Matt Kirman - Matched Betting Blogger

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.