Euro 2020 Offer – Sky Bet

Euro 2020 gets underway on Friday and Sky Bet are getting in on the action. Simply opt in and bet £10.00+ on a player to win the Golden Boot and Sky Bet will give us a £3.00 free bet every time our player scores a goal! Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £79.40 and here’s how…

Key terms

• We must opt in on the promotion page to be eligible.
• Promotion is available from 09:00 on Friday 28th May 2021 until 20:00 on Friday 11th June 2021.
• Applies to bets placed on the Euro 2020 – Golden Boot Winner market.
• Minimum stake of £10.00.
• £3.00 free bet for every goal scored by our selected player.

Strategy

It’s entirely up to you, but my advice is to not lay this particular offer. This is because the back and lay markets are not like-for-like.

The Golden Boot is won by the player who scores the most goals during the tournament. If more than one player is tied for the lead, the award is given to the player with the most assists. If more than one player is still tied for the lead, the award is given to the player who played the least amount of minutes.

This means the Golden Boot Winner market at Sky Bet and the Top Goalscorer market at Smarkets vary slightly, meaning you could lose both bets and record a heavy loss.

Say, for example, you place your back and lay bets on Harry Kane and he ties with Romelu Lukaku for the Golden Boot. If Lukaku made more assists, he would win the Golden Boot ahead of Harry Kane. In this instance, your back bet at Sky Bet would lose and dead heat rules would apply to your lay bet at Smarkets, resulting in a sizeable loss.

If you’re comfortable not laying your qualifying bet, your selected player should hopefully score enough goals to cover a decent chunk of your qualifying stake. If you’re not comfortable though, there’s nothing wrong with leaving this offer altogether and looking for other opportunities.

UPDATE: It’s possible to lay a handful of players to win the Golden Boot at Matchbook. At the time of writing they have markets available for Romelu Lukaku, Harry Kane, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe.

Qualifying bet

It’s entirely up to you which player you go for. At the time of writing, Romelu Lukaku is available at back odds of 7.50 (13/2).

Place £10.00 on Romelu Lukaku @ 7.50 = Potential profit of £65.00

Free bets

We’ll receive a £3.00 free bet for every goal scored by our selected player. Free bets will be credited by 19:00 the following day and will not be subject to an expiry. Free bet stakes will not be included in any returns.

If Romelu Lukaku scores 6 goals in the tournament, we’ll receive £18.00 in free bets.

Using straightforward matched betting, we should be able to convert our free bets into 80% cash, so £14.40. If we take into account our potential qualifying profit of £65.00, this gives us a potential profit of £79.40 on this Sky Bet offer!

* Romelu Lukaku scored 4 goals as Cristiano Ronaldo won the Golden Boot, resulting in a loss of £0.40 on this Sky Bet offer. *