It’s England v Croatia at Euro 2020 on Sunday and you don’t want to miss this Sky Bet free bet offer! Simply opt in and bet at least 5p on England v Croatia and Sky Bet will give us a £5.00 free bet. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a guaranteed profit of £3.79 and here’s how…
Key terms
- We must opt in on the promotion page to be eligible.
- Available to the first 445,000 qualifying customers only.
- Promotion will run from 12:00 on Monday 7th June 2021 until full-time (around 15:45) on Sunday 13th June 2021.
- Applies to pre-match and in play single bets on England v Croatia.
- Minimum stake of 5p.
Qualifying bet
If you’d like more information about qualifying bets and how they work, please see my qualifying bets guide.
The minimum stake is just 5p for this offer, but it’s worth staking at least £5.00 to blend in with regular punters.
It’s entirely up to you what you place your qualifying bet on. At the time of writing, England are available in the Full Time Result market at back odds of 1.70 (7/10). The lay odds are currently 1.76.
Smarkets works best for this offer
For this offer, Smarkets are the best option due to Sky Bet being part of the same group as Betfair.
Laying your bet at Betfair would probably be fine, but if you don’t want to risk it, Smarkets is your safest bet.
- 0% commission for 60 days
We can calculate our lay stakes using my Matched Betting Calculator…
As you can see, the calculator tells us that our lay stake should be £4.89…
Place £5.00 on England @ 1.70 = Potential profit of £3.50
Lay £4.89 on England @ 1.76 = Potential liability of £3.71
Outcomes
Let’s have a look at our potential profit/loss for the possible outcomes…
| Outcome | Sky Bet | Smarkets | Profit/Loss |
|---|---|---|---|
| England win | + £3.50 | – £3.71 | £0.21 loss |
| England lose or draw | – £5.00 | + £4.79 | £0.21 loss |
So, no matter the outcome, we’ll lose £0.21 in qualifying for our £5.00 free bet.
Free bet
Our £5.00 free bet will be credited upon placement of our qualifying bet and will be valid on any market. Free bets will not be subject to an expiry and free bet stakes are not included in any returns.
Using straightforward matched betting, we should be able to convert our free bet into 80% cash, so £4.00. If we take into account our qualifying loss of £0.21, this gives us a guaranteed profit of £3.79 on this Sky Bet offer!
* England won the match 1-0, resulting in a profit of £3.79 on this Sky Bet offer. *
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