Royal Ascot 2018 Offer – Sky Bet

Royal Ascot 2018 gets underway on Tuesday and you don’t want to miss this Sky Bet offer! Simply place a bet on the 14:30 at Royal Ascot each day and if our selection finishes 2nd or 3rd, Sky Bet will refund our stake as a free bet, up to a maximum of £20.00. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us an overall potential profit of £70.00+ and here’s how…

The Offer:

Qualifying bets for Tuesday must be placed between 14:00 on Friday 15th June 2018 and 14:30 (race-off) on Tuesday 19th June 2018, to be eligible.

This offer is available on the first race each day as follows…

Race Time Date
Queen Anne Stakes 14:30 Tuesday 19th June 2018
Queen Mary Stakes 14:30 Wednesday 20th June 2018
Norfolk Stakes 14:30 Thursday 21st June 2018
Albany Stakes * 14:30 Friday 22nd June 2018
Chesham Stakes * 14:30 Saturday 23rd June 2018

* This offer applies to 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th for the Albany Stakes on Friday 22nd June 2018 and the Chesham Stakes on Saturday 23rd June 2018.

Qualifying Bets:

Having looked at the odds available for the Queen Anne Stakes, we could place our qualifying bet on Rhododendron.

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

We can calculate our lay stakes 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 £18.69…

Sky Bet logo

Place £20.00 on Rhododendron @ 4.00 = Potential profit of £60.00

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Lay £18.69 on Rhododendron @ 4.30 = Potential liability of £61.67

Outcomes:

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

Rhododendron wins + £60.00 – £61.67 = £1.67 loss
Rhododendron finishes 2nd or 3rd – £20.00 + £18.31 + £16.00 (extract 80% from our £20.00 free bet) = £14.31 profit
Rhododendron finishes outside top 3 – £20.00 + £18.31 = £1.69 loss

So, if Rhododendron finishes 2nd or 3rd, we’ll make a nice profit of £14.31. Any other outcome and we’ll have made a maximum loss of £1.69. Risking £1.69 to make a profit of £14.31, gives us effective odds of 9.47, which I’m sure you’ll agree makes this a profitable offer in the long run.

If eligible, free bets will be credited within 24 hours of the race finishing and will be valid for 3 days. Free bet stakes are not returned with any winnings.

I’ll update the following table with suggested bets throughout the week…

Race Selection Back Odds Lay Odds Qualifying Loss Potential Profit
Queen Anne Stakes Rhododendron 4.00 4.30 £1.69 £14.31
Queen Mary Stakes Chelsea Cloisters 4.00 4.20 £1.25 £14.75
Norfolk Stakes Land Force 9.00 9.60 £1.59 £14.41
Albany Stakes Just Wonderful 3.25 3.45 £1.43 £14.57
Chesham Stakes Natalie’s Joy 2.50 2.56 £1.08 £14.92

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Matt Kirman - Matched Betting Blogger

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.