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Money Back Offer (14:25 Sandown) – Sky Bet

There’s a big day of racing at Sandown on Friday and it’s time for another Sky Bet money back offer! If our horse finishes 2nd in the 14:25 Sandown, Sky Bet will refund our stake as cash, up to a maximum of £10.00. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £9.25 and here’s how…

Key terms

  • This offer applies to our first bet on the 14:25 Sandown.
  • Qualifying bets must be placed between 10:00 on Wednesday 21st April 2021 and 14:25 (race-off) on Friday 23rd April 2021.
  • If fewer than five runners come under starters orders, Sky Bet may withdraw the offer.
  • If our horse finishes 2nd, Sky Bet will refund our stake as cash, up to £10.00.

Qualifying bet

If you’d like more information about qualifying bets and how they work, please see my qualifying bets guide.

It’s entirely up to you which horse you go for, but it would make sense to select a horse with fairly short odds in the hope of a 2nd place finish.

At the time of writing, the back and lay odds aren’t quite tight enough. Highest Ground is favourite to win the race at back odds of 2.625 (13/8). I’ll use lay odds of 2.80 to illustrate how this offer works and I’ll update the bottom of the post with a genuine selection after the race.

Smarkets works best for this offer

For this offer, Smarkets are the best option due to Sky Bet being part of the same group as Betfair.

Laying your bet at Betfair would probably be fine, but if you don’t want to risk it, Smarkets is your safest bet.

  • 0% commission for 60 days

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 £9.44…

Sky Bet logo

Place £10.00 on Highest Ground @ 2.625 = Potential profit of £16.25

Smarkets logo

Lay £9.44 on Highest Ground @ 2.80 = Potential liability of £16.99

Outcomes

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

OutcomeSky BetSmarketsCashbackProfit/Loss
Highest Ground wins+ £16.25– £16.99£0.74 loss
Highest Ground finishes 2nd– £10.00+ £9.25+ £10.00£9.25 profit
Any other outcome– £10.00+ £9.25£0.75 loss

So, we’ll make a nice profit of £9.25 if Highest Ground finishes 2nd and we stand to lose a maximum of £0.75 on any other outcome. Risking £0.75 to make a potential profit of £9.25 gives us effective odds of 13.33, which I’m sure you’ll agree, makes this a profitable offer in the long run.

If eligible, cash refunds will be credited within 24 hours of the race finishing.

* Highest Ground was available at back odds of 3.75 and lay odds of 4.00. Highest Ground finished outside the top 2, resulting in a loss of £0.77 on this Sky Bet offer. *

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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.