Description
Register an account with VBET and bet £10+ on any sport except horse racing and greyhounds. If your bet loses, you’ll receive a £10 free bet.
Key terms
- This promotion is valid from 10:00 on 15th April 2025, until further notice.
- This promotion applies only to your first qualifying single or multiple bet.
- Your qualifying bet can be on any sport except horse racing and greyhounds.
- Minimum stake of £10.
- If your bet loses, you’ll receive a £10 free bet within 24 hours of settlement.
- The free bet will be valid for 5 days on any sport except horse racing and greyhounds.
- The free bet stake 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 bet.
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- Register an account with VBET.
- Deposit £10 using a debit card.
- Switch to decimal odds.
Qualifying bet
- Your qualifying bet can be on any sport except horse racing and greyhounds. Check the back odds at VBET and the lay odds at Smarkets to find a suitable selection. Look for overall 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 £8 as your ‘Cashback‘ figure, as that’s the amount you can expect to convert your £10 free bet into (80%), should your qualifying bet lose.
- Place your £10 qualifying back bet at VBET.
- Place your lay bet against the same selection at Smarkets.
Free bet
- If your qualifying bet wins, you’ll make your profit at VBET, and you won’t need to place any further bets. If your qualifying bet loses, your £10 free bet will be credited within 24 hours of settlement.
- Your free bet can be placed on any sport except horse racing and greyhounds. Check the back odds at VBET 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 VBET (valid for 5 days).
- Place your lay bet against the same selection at Smarkets.
Aim for a £5 profit on this VBET offer as a rough guide.
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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