Ipswich v Blackburn Offer – 10Bet

It’s Ipswich v Blackburn in the Championship this afternoon and you don’t want to miss this Double Winnings offer from 10Bet. Simply place a £5.00+ bet on Blackburn to beat Ipswich and if they win to nil, 10Bet will double our winnings as a free bet, up to £25.00! Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £18.37 and here’s how…

Qualifying bet:

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

In order to work out our back stake, we need to divide the maximum free bet of £25.00 by 1.60 (back odds minus 1.00). This gives us a back stake of £15.63. It’s best that we stick to round numbers when placing our qualifying bet, so we should stake £15.00 instead.

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 £14.44…

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Place £15.00 on Blackburn @ 2.60 = Potential profit of £24.00

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Lay £14.44 on Blackburn @ 2.72 = Potential liability of £24.83

Outcomes:

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

Blackburn win but not to nil + £24.00 – £24.83 = £0.83 loss
Blackburn win to nil + £24.00 – £24.83 + £19.20 (80% extracted from £24.00 free bet) = £18.37 profit
Blackburn don’t win – £15.00 + £14.15 = £0.85 loss

So, if Blackburn win to nil, we’ll make a nice profit of £18.37. Any other outcome and we’ll lose a maximum of £0.85. Risking £0.85 to make a profit of £18.37, gives us effective odds of 22.61. So, given that Blackburn are odds of just 3.70 to win to nil, this is a profitable offer in the long run.

Free bets must be placed at odds between 1.80 (4/5) and 8.00 (7/1). Free bets will be valid for 7 days and free bet stakes are not included in any returns.

If you’re unsure how to extract 80% cash from any free bet, check out my Free Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how it should be done.

* The match was drawn 2-2, resulting in a loss of £0.85 on this 10Bet offer. *

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Matt Kirman - Matched Betting Blogger

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.