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Stan James FA Cup 2/1 Mobile Offer

Great offer from Stan James this week.  All you need to do is place a single bet at odds of 2/1 or greater via Mobile or Tablet on any FA Cup match involving a Premier League side, and if it goes on to win Stan James will match your stake as a Free Bet up to £25.00.  Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £5.86!  And here’s how…

It’s entirely up to you which selection you go for but I’ve gone for Leicester City to win away at Stoke City.

 

Step 1:

Place £25.00 on Leicester City @ Stan James @ 3.4 = Potential profit of £60.00.

Lay £22.97 on Leicester City @ Betfair @ 3.75 = Potential liability of £63.17.

Step 2:

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

 

Leicester City win £60.00 – £63.17 + £18.75 (Assumes a 75% return from our £25.00 free bet) = £15.58
Leicester City don’t win -£25.00 + £21.82  = -£3.18

 

So as things stand we will win £15.58 if Leicester City win the match!  Unfortunately, we also stand to lose just over £3.00 if Leicester City don’t win and so we need to insure ourselves against this by laying Leicester City at Betfair.

 

Step 3:

As £3.18 is the maximum we stand to lose, we need to work out our draw lay stake by taking commission into consideration.  £3.18 / 0.95 = £3.35.

Lay £3.35 on Leicester City @ Betfair @ 3.9 = Potential liability of £9.72.

Now let’s have a look at our overall potential profit/loss for the two outcomes…

 

Leicester City win £15.58 – £9.72 = £5.86 profit
Leicester City don’t win -£3.18 + £3.18 = £0.00

 

So, if Leicester City don’t win, we break even, but if they do win then we make £5.86 profit for very little work!

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Matt KirmanMatched Betting Blogger

Since 2014, I’ve blogged over £100,000 worth of profit, and made it my mission to make matched betting accessible to everyone.