There’s a big day of racing at Ascot on Saturday and it’s time for another Sky Bet Special! If our horse finishes 2nd or 3rd in the 13:50 at Ascot, 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 a potential profit of £13.44 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.
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 or 3rd place finish.
At the time of writing, the lay odds aren’t quite tight enough, so I’ll use fictional odds for Space Oddity in the following example and I’ll update the bottom of the post with an actual selection after the race.
I like to place my exchange lay bets with Betfair as they have great liquidity in the run up to races and the site is really easy to use.
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 £19.42…
Place £20.00 on Space Oddity @ 5.00 = Potential profit of £80.00
Lay £19.42 on Space Oddity @ 5.20 = Potential liability of £81.56
Let’s have a look at our potential profit/loss for the possible outcomes…
| Space Oddity wins | + £80.00 – £81.56 = £1.56 loss |
| Space Oddity places 2nd or 3rd | – £20.00 + £18.44 + £15.00 (extract 75% from our £20.00 free bet) = £13.44 profit |
| Space Oddity finishes outside top 3 | – £20.00 + £18.44 = £1.56 loss |
So, we’ll make a nice profit of £13.44 if Space Oddity places 2nd or 3rd and we stand to lose £1.56 on any other outcome. Risking £1.56 to make a profit of £13.44 gives us effective odds of 9.62, which I’m sure you’ll agree, makes this a profitable offer in the long run.
If you’re unsure how to extract 75% of a £20.00 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! *
* Prior to the off, Copain De Classe offered the lowest qualifying loss at back odds of 5.50 and lay odds of 5.80. Copain De Classe finished 3rd, resulting in a profit of £13.17 on this Sky Bet offer. *
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