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Sky Bet Free Bet Offer – Swansea v Arsenal

We can’t get enough of these Sky Bet free bet offers!  Simply place a £25.00 bet on Swansea v Arsenal and if Arsenal don’t win, Sky Bet will refund all losing first goalscorer, last goalscorer, correct score and scorecast singles as a free bet up to £25.00!  Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential risk-free profit of £8.84 and here’s how…

Qualifying Bet:

If you’re unfamiliar with qualifying bets, please see my Qualifying Bet Strategy page for a walkthrough guide on how to place your qualifying bets.

Whenever I do these Sky Bet free bet offers, I always stick to the correct score market. I find the liquidity at the betting exchange is far better than goalscorer markets and I just feel more comfortable here.  We need to select a scoreline that sees Arsenal win the match.  This ensures that if Arsenal don’t win, we will automatically qualify for a free bet refund as our qualifying bet will have lost.  It’s entirely up to you which score you go for.  Having looked at the odds available, I’ve opted for 1-0 Arsenal.

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Place £25.00 on 1-0 Arsenal @ 8.00 = Potential profit of £175.00

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Lay £20.10 on 1-0 Arsenal @ 10.00 = Potential liability of £180.90

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

1-0 Arsenal +£175.00 – £180.90 = £5.90 loss
Not 1-0 Arsenal and Arsenal don’t win -£25.00 + £19.10 + £20.00 (extract 80% from our £25.00 free bet) = £14.10 profit
Not 1-0 Arsenal and Arsenal win -£25.00 + £19.10 = £5.90 loss

If you’re unsure how to extract 80% of our £25.00 free bet, check out my Free Bet Strategy page for a walkthrough guide on how it should be done.

So as things stand we will make £14.10 profit if Arsenal don’t win.  Unfortunately, we also stand to lose £5.90 if Arsenal do win and so we need to insure ourselves against this by backing Arsenal at the betting exchange.

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Place £5.26 on Arsenal to win @ 2.18 = Potential profit of £5.90 (£6.21 minus 5% commission)

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

1-0 Arsenal -£5.90 + £5.90 = £0.00
Not 1-0 Arsenal and Arsenal don’t win £14.10 – £5.26 = £8.84 profit
Not 1-0 Arsenal and Arsenal win -£5.90 + £5.90 = £0.00

So if Arsenal win, we will break even and there’s no harm done.  However, if Arsenal fail to win, we will make a risk-free profit of £8.84!

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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.