⚠️ Ad blocker detected. Running an ad-blocking extension may hide offer titles and descriptions and break links to bookmakers. It is recommended that you disable it or add Matched Betting Blog to your ad blocker's allowlist.
Free The MBB Oddsmatcher is completely free while in beta. 🎉 Try it today

Virgin Bet – Money Back if Horse Loses (13:20 Leopardstown)

It’s a big day of racing at Leopardstown on Saturday, and you don’t want to miss this Virgin Bet offer! Place a bet on the 13:20 Leopardstown, and if your horse loses, Virgin Bet will refund your stake as a free bet up to £10.00. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a profit of £5.83 and here’s how…

Key terms

  • Applies to single bets on the 13:20 Leopardstown (Saturday 4th February 2023).
  • Applies to bets of up to £10.00.
  • Minimum odds of 2.00 (evens).
  • If your horse loses, your stake will be refunded as a free bet up to £10.00.
  • If eligible, your free bet will be credited within 24 hours of your qualifying bet settling.
  • The free bet will be valid on any sport for 7 days.
  • The free bet stake will not be returned with any winnings.

Qualifying bet

If your bet loses, your stake will be refunded as a free bet, so you can treat this as a ‘Money Back if Bet Loses‘ offer.

It’s best to select a horse with long odds to maximise profit.

At the time of writing, ‘Weveallbeencaught‘ is available at back odds of 5.50 (9/2) and lay odds of 6.00.

Either exchange works for this offer

Betfair and Smarkets are both great options for this offer. If you’ve not used one of them, now is a great time to give them a try.

  • Bet £10, Get £50 in free bets
  • 0% commission for 60 days.
  • Extend for 30 days via MBB at any time.

You can work out your lay stake using the ‘Money Back if Bet Loses‘ setting on my Matched Betting Calculator. You can enter ‘£8.00‘ as your ‘Cashback’ figure as this is the amount you can expect to convert your £10.00 free bet into, should your bet lose.

Select bet type

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 your lay stake should be £7.83.

Virgin Bet logo

Place £10.00 on ‘Weveallbeencaught’ @ 5.50 = Potential profit of £45.00

Smarkets logo

Lay £7.83 on ‘Weveallbeencaught’ @ 6.00 = Potential liability of £39.15

Outcomes

Let’s look at your profit/loss for the possible outcomes.

OutcomeVirgin BetSmarketsFree BetProfit/Loss
Weveallbeencaught wins+ £45.00– £39.15£5.85 profit
Another horse wins– £10.00+ £7.83+ £8.00£5.83 profit

So, no matter the outcome, you’ll make a minimum profit of £5.83 on this Virgin Bet offer!

If your qualifying bet loses, your free bet will be credited within 24 hours of settlement. Your free bet will be valid on any sport for 7 days, and the free bet stake will not be returned with any winnings.

If you’re unsure how to convert a free bet into 80% cash, please see my ‘Free Bets Guide‘ for a walkthrough.

* Good Land won the race, resulting in a £5.83 profit on this Virgin Bet offer. *

Got a question?

Ask the community on Discord, or leave me a comment below.
I usually respond within 24 hours.

Matt Kirman – Matched Betting Blogger

Since 2014, I’ve blogged over £100,000 worth of profit, and made it my mission to make matched betting accessible to everyone.