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Star Sports – Argentina v France Offer

It’s Argentina v France in the World Cup 2022 Final on Sunday, and you don’t want to miss this Star Sports offer! Place a pre-match ‘Correct Score’ bet on Argentina v France and get 50% of your stake back as a free bet up to £25.00 if it loses. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives you a profit of £9.78 and here’s how…

Key terms

  • Available to both new and existing customers.
  • Applies to your first bet on the ‘Correct Score’ market for Argentina v France.
  • Applies to bets placed between 00:00 and 15:00 (kick-off) on Sunday 18th December 2022.
  • Cashed out bets will not qualify.
  • If your bet loses, you’ll receive a free bet equal to 50% of your stake up to £25.00.

Qualifying bet

If your bet loses, 50% of your stake will be refunded as a free bet up to £25.00, so you can treat this as a ‘Money back if bet loses‘ offer.

To be eligible for the maximum £25.00 free bet, you’ll need to stake £50.00. It’s best to place your bet at long odds to maximise profit.

At the time of writing, ‘France 2-0‘ is available at back odds of 15.00 (14/1). The lay odds are 18.00.

Either exchange works for this offer

Betfair and Smarkets are both great options for this offer. If you’ve not used one of them, now is a great time to give them a try.

  • Bet £10, Get £50 in free bets
  • 0% commission for 60 days.
  • Extend for 30 days via MBB at any time.

You can work out your lay stake using the ‘Money Back if Bet Loses‘ setting on my Matched Betting Calculator. You can enter £20.00 as your ‘Cashback’ figure as this is the amount you can expect to convert your £25.00 free bet into, should your bet lose.

Select bet type

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 you that your lay stake should be £40.60.

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Place £50.00 on ‘France 2-0’ (Correct Score) @ 15.00 = Potential profit of £700.00

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Lay £40.60 on ‘0-2 (France)’ (Correct Score) @ 18.00 = Potential liability of £690.20

Outcomes

Let’s look at your profit/loss for the possible outcomes.

OutcomeStar SportsBetfairFree BetProfit/Loss
France win 2-0+ £700.00– £690.20£9.80 profit
Any other outcome– £50.00+ £39.78+ £20.00£9.78 profit

So, no matter the outcome, you’ll make a minimum profit of £9.78 on this Star Sports offer!

If you’re unsure how to convert a £25.00 free bet into £20.00 cash (80%), please see my ‘Free Bets Guide‘ for a walkthrough.

* The match was drawn 2-2 after 90 minutes, resulting in a £9.78 profit on this Star Sports offer. *

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