There’s another big day of racing at Newmarket today and Ladbrokes are getting in on the action! Place a bet of £5.00+ on the 15:35 at Newmarket and if our selection wins by 3+ lengths, Ladbrokes will double our winnings as a free bet, up to a maximum of £100.00. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £70.26 and here’s how…
Qualifying Bet:
If you’re unsure about how to place qualifying bets, check out my Qualifying Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how they should be done.
Qualifying bets must be placed between 08:00 and 15:35 on Friday 14th July 2017, to be eligible.
To qualify, we must place a £5.00+ bet on the 15:35 at Newmarket. If our selection wins the race by 3+ lengths, Ladbrokes will double our winnings in free bets, up to a maximum of £100.00. If eligible, free bets will be credited within 24 hours of our bet being settled and will be valid for 48 hours. Free bet stakes are not included in any returns.
It’s entirely up to you which horse you go for. Having looked at the odds available, I’ve opted to place my qualifying bet on Roly Poly.
In order to work out our back stake, we need to divide £100.00 by 2.25 (back odds minus 1.00). This gives us a back stake of £44.44. It’s best that we stick to round numbers when placing our qualifying bet, so I’ll be staking £40.00 instead.
I like to place my exchange lay bets with Smarkets as they have great liquidity in the run up to races, the site is really easy to use and they only charge 2% commission in comparison to the 5% charged by other betting exchanges.
We can calculate our lay stake using my matched betting calculator…
As you can see, the calculator tells us that our lay stake should be £39.04…
Place £40.00 on Roly Poly @ 3.25 = Potential profit of £90.00
Lay £39.04 on Roly Poly @ 3.35 = Potential liability of £91.74
Let’s have a look at our potential profit/loss for the possible outcomes…
| Roly Poly wins by less than 3 lengths | + £90.00 – £91.74 = £1.74 loss |
| Roly Poly wins by 3+ lengths | + £90.00 – £91.74 + £72.00 (extract 80% from our £90.00 free bet) = £70.26 profit |
| Roly Poly doesn’t win | – £40.00 + £38.25 = £1.75 loss |
So, we’ll make a nice profit of £70.26 if Roly Poly wins the race by 3+ lengths and we stand to lose a maximum of £1.75 on any other outcome. Risking £1.75 to make a profit of £70.26 gives us effective odds of 41.15, which I’m sure you’ll agree, makes this a profitable offer in the long run.
If you’re unsure how to extract 80% of a £90.00 free bet, check out my Free Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how it should be done.
* See my Horse Racing Offers page for a full list of money back offers available today! *
* Roly Poly won the race by 1.25 lengths, meaning I made a loss of £1.74 on this Ladbrokes offer. *
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