Ladbrokes Offer – New Zealand v France

New Zealand face France tonight in a repeat of the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final four years ago and Ladbrokes are back with another great offer. If France score first against New Zealand, Ladbrokes will refund losing First/Anytime Tryscorer bets, as a free bet up to £25.00. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £15.45 and here’s how…

Qualifying Bet:

If you’re unfamiliar with qualifying bets, please see my Qualifying Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how they should be done.

Having looked at the odds available, I’ve opted to place my qualifying bet on Nehe Milner-Skudder to score the first try.

We can calculate our lay stakes using the matched betting calculator.

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Place £25.00 on Milner-Skudder @ 9.00 = Potential profit of £200.00

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Lay £21.53 on Milner-Skudder @ 10.50 = Potential liability of £204.55

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

Milner-Skudder scores 1st try and France score first +£200.00 – £204.55 = £4.55 loss
Milner-Skudder scores 1st try and New Zealand score first +£200.00 – £204.55 = £4.55 loss
Milner-Skudder doesn’t score 1st try and France score first -£25.00 + £20.45 + £20.00 (extract 80% from our £25.00 free bet) = £15.45 profit
Milner-Skudder doesn’t score 1st try and New Zealand score first -£25.00 + £20.45 = £4.55 loss

So if Nehe Milner-Skudder doesn’t score the first try and France score the first points of the match, we will make a nice profit of £15.45! Any other outcome and we will have made a loss of £4.55. I would usually avoid doing offers that have such a large risk but risking £4.55 to make a potential profit of £15.45 gives us effective odds of 4.40. The fact that France are only 2.25 to score first, makes this a profitable offer in the long run.

If you’re unsure how to extract 80% of our £25.00 free bet, check out my Free Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how it should be done.

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Since 2014, I’ve blogged over £70,000 worth of profit, and made it my mission to make matched betting accessible to everyone.