Description
Register an account with Sportingbet, and get up to £50 in free bets, an odds boost token, 20 free spins and a £10 casino bonus.
Key terms
- The promotion features four separate ‘challenges’, as follows:
- Acca Challenge (free bet up to £10)
- In-Play Challenge (free bet up to £20)
- Football Challenge (20 free spins + 10% odds boost)
- Casino Challenge (£10 casino bonus)
- Each challenge has its own set of terms and conditions and wagering requirements.
- The challenges can be completed in any order.
- You’ll receive an extra £20 free bet if all four challenges are completed.
- Free bets will be awarded 10 minutes after meeting the qualifying criteria.
- You must accept the free bets, which can be found above the bet slip widget.
- Free bets will be valid for 3 days.
- Free bet stakes will not be returned with any winnings.
Always check the terms of an offer yourself before placing any bets. Bookmakers can amend their terms at any time, so it’s always worth double-checking.
Account setup
- Sign up for a Smarkets account if you haven’t already. You’ll need this to match your bookmaker bets.
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- Register an account with Sportingbet.
- Deposit £20 using a debit card. Depending on the outcomes of your bets for each challenge, you may need to make additional deposits to complete further challenges.
- Switch to decimal odds.
Acca Challenge
Place a £10+ accumulator bet and get a free bet worth 50% of your stake up to £10.
Qualifying bet
- Your qualifying bet must be a multiple with 3+ selections and minimum odds of 1.50 (1/2) per selection. Check the back odds at Sportingbet and the lay odds at Smarkets to find suitable selections.
- Use the ‘Qualifying Bet‘ setting on the Matched Betting Calculator to calculate your lay stake.
- Place your £20 qualifying back bet on an eligible multiple at Sportingbet.
- Place your lay bet against the same multiple at Smarkets.
Free bet
- Your £10 free bet will be credited 10 minutes after meeting the qualifying requirements.
- Check the back odds at Sportingbet and the lay odds at Smarkets to find a suitable selection.
- Use the ‘Free Bet‘ setting on the Matched Betting Calculator to calculate your lay stake.
- Place your £10 free back bet at Sportingbet (valid for 3 days).
- Place your lay bet against the same selection at Smarkets.
As a rough guide, limit your qualifying loss to around £3 and aim for £8 cash (80%) from your £10 free bet. Based on those figures, you should make a £5 profit on Sportingbet’s ‘Acca Challenge’.
In-Play Challenge
Place a £10+ in-play single bet on any sport and get a 50% ‘Back Up Bet Token’. The token gives you 50% money back as a free bet up to £20 if your next bet loses.
Qualifying bet 1
- Your qualifying bet must be placed in play. Your qualifying bet must be placed at minimum odds of 1.50 (1/2). Check the back odds at Sportingbet and the lay odds at Smarkets to find a suitable selection.
- Use the ‘Qualifying Bet‘ setting on the Matched Betting Calculator to calculate your lay stake.
- Place your £10 qualifying back bet at Sportingbet.
- Place your lay bet against the same selection at Smarkets.
Qualifying bet 2
- Your Back Up Bet Token can be used on any sport except horse racing. If your bet loses, your free bet will equal 50% of your stake, up to £20, so you’ll want to stake £40. Check the back odds at Sportingbet and the lay odds at Smarkets to find a suitable selection. Look for odds around 5.00 (4/1) and above, as high odds should give you more profit than low odds.
- Use the ‘Money Back if Bet Loses‘ setting on the Matched Betting Calculator to calculate your lay stake. You can enter £16 as your ‘Cashback‘ figure as that’s the amount you can expect to convert your £20 free bet into (80%), should your qualifying bet lose.
- Place your £40 qualifying back bet at Sportingbet.
- Place your lay bet against the same selection at Smarkets.
Free bet
- If your qualifying bet wins, you’ll make your profit at Sportingbet, and you won’t need to place any further bets. You’ll receive a £20 free bet 10 minutes after settlement if your qualifying bet loses.
- Check the back odds at Sportingbet and the lay odds at Smarkets to find a suitable selection.
- Use the ‘Free Bet‘ setting on the Matched Betting Calculator to calculate your lay stake.
- Place your £20 free back bet at Sportingbet (valid for 3 days).
- Place your lay bet against the same selection at Smarkets.
As a rough guide, limit your initial qualifying loss to around £1 and aim for a £10 profit from your subsequent backup bet. Based on those figures, you should make a £9 profit on Sportingbet’s ‘Acca Challenge’.
Football Challenge
Place a £10+ pre-match bet on any football market, and get 20 free spins on Starburst and a 10% odds boost token.
Qualifying bet
- Your qualifying bet must be placed on football at minimum odds of 1.50 (1/2). Check the back odds at Sportingbet and the lay odds at Smarkets to find a suitable selection.
- Use the ‘Qualifying Bet‘ setting on the Matched Betting Calculator to calculate your lay stake.
- Place your £10 qualifying back bet at Sportingbet.
- Place your lay bet against the same selection at Smarkets.
Free spins
- Use your 20 x £0.10 free spins on Starburst (within 3 days). Any funds won using the free spins will be credited as withdrawable cash.
Odds boost
- Use your 10% odds boost token on any sport other than horse racing (within 3 days). The maximum stake is £10.
As a rough guide, limit your qualifying loss to around £0.50 and hope to make a profit from your free spins. You may struggle to profit from the odds boost with it being small.
Casino Challenge
To qualify for the £10 casino bonus, you must wager £50+. You can do this on a high RTP (Return to Player) slot like Big Bad Wolf or A Night Out.
Cash is used before bonus funds when wagering with Sportingbet, so just before you complete the wagering requirement, withdraw most of your balance, leaving just enough in your account to complete the wagering.
Once you receive your £10 casino bonus, it’s a case of wagering it ten times (£100 of wagering). Sometimes, you’ll lose the bonus, and other times, you’ll complete the wagering and hopefully bag a profit. The bonus will be valid on selected casino games for 3 days.
You should not attempt the Casino Challenge unless you understand casino offers and how they work.
Final words
Sportingbet will reward you with an extra £20 free bet if you complete all four challenges. Due to the casino element, I’ve not included the extra free bet in the overall profit figure for this offer.
So, with a £5 profit from the ‘Acca Challenge’, a £9 profit from the ‘In-Play Challenge’ and a £0.50 loss from the ‘Football Challenge’, you should make a £13.50 profit on this Sportingbet offer.
How to lay a multiple bet
Your best option is to lay your multiple at Smarkets, as their platform allows you to build any multiple and lay it as one bet. Therefore, you can place your multiple bet at the bookmaker and then build and lay the same multiple at Smarkets.
See my ‘Laying Multiples‘ guide for a complete walkthrough.
General advice and example for ‘Money back if bet loses’ offers
Place your ‘Money back if bet loses’ bets at high odds to maximise your profits. Use the ‘Money Back if Bet Loses’ setting on the Matched Betting Calculator to calculate your lay stakes. In the ‘Cashback’ field, you should enter the amount of your cash refund or the amount you expect to convert if the bookmaker pays your refund as a free bet or bonus.
You can convert any free bets or bonuses into cash. Use the ‘Free Bet’ setting on the Matched Betting Calculator to calculate your lay stakes. It’s best to place free bets at high odds to maximise your profits.
See my Money back if bet loses guide for a complete walkthrough of this offer type.
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