Queen Anne Stakes 2018 Offer – Ladbrokes

It’s Day 1 of Royal Ascot 2018 on Tuesday and you don’t want to miss this Double Winnings offer from Ladbrokes! Place a single bet on the 14:30 at Ascot and if our horse wins, Ladbrokes will double our winnings as a free bet, up to a maximum of £25.00. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £19.78 and here’s how…

The Terms:

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 on Monday 18th June 2018 and 14:30 (race-off) on Tuesday 19th June 2018, to be eligible.

To qualify, we must place a single bet on the 14:30 at Ascot. If our selection wins the race, Ladbrokes will double our winnings in free bets, up to a maximum of £25.00. Free bets due of £20.00 or more, will be be split into two equal free bets. If eligible, free bets will be credited within 24 hours of our bet being settled and will be valid for 24 hours. Free bet stakes are not included in any returns.

Qualifying Bet:

It’s entirely up to you which horse you go for. Having looked at the odds available, we could place our qualifying bet on Benbatl.

In order to work out our back stake, we need to divide £25.00 by 5.00 (back odds minus 1.00). This gives us a back stake of £5.00, which is perfect as it’s best that we stick to round numbers when placing our qualifying bet.

At the time of writing, laying our bet at Smarkets gives us the smallest qualifying loss.

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 £4.85…

Place £5.00 on Benbatl @ 6.00 = Potential profit of £25.00

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Lay £4.85 on Benbatl @ 6.20 = Potential liability of £25.22

Outcomes:

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

Benbatl wins + £25.00 – £25.22 + £20.00 (extract 80% from our £25.00 in free bets) = £19.78 profit
Benbatl doesn’t win – £5.00 + £4.75 = £0.25 loss

So, if Benbatl wins the race, we’ll make a nice profit of £19.78. However, if Benbatl doesn’t win, we’ll have made a loss of £0.25. Risking £0.25 to make a profit of £19.78 gives us effective odds of 80.12. So, given that the odds are just 6.00 for Benbatl to win, this a profitable offer in the long run.

If you’re unsure how to extract 80% cash from £25.00 in free bets, 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! *

* Benbatl didn’t win the race, resulting in a loss of £0.25 on this Ladbrokes offer. *

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Matt KirmanMatched Betting Blogger

Since 2014, I’ve blogged over £85,000 worth of profit, and made it my mission to make matched betting accessible to everyone.