Weekly free bet clubs have long been the staple of many bookmakers marketing budget, “Bet X amount get Y Free Bet – EVERY WEEK!” or words to that effect. But are they worth investing time and money into from a matched betting perspective? Can you make healthy returns?
In this post we go through the basic premise of the free bet clubs and compile a list of all the current profitable offers. If you are new here and don’t know what matched betting is then please head to my Matched Betting page which will bring you up to speed.
Are Free Bet Clubs Worth Doing?
I guess the short answer to this question is some of them are some of them aren’t. Perhaps the key thing to remember is that just because an offer is profitable, it doesn’t mean that you should do it.
Why?
Because time is money.
And if you are there spending hours and hours completing 50 x £10 bets (in the case of Blacktype) just to end up with a measly £15 profit, then you have forgotten why matched betting is the best side hustle in the UK.
Matched betting is all about maximising your hourly rate. It’s about consistently making small profits in a matter of a few short minutes. Making £5 in 3 minutes is an hourly rate of £100.
So in my humble opinion the free bet club offers worth doing are the ones that take the least time to complete. Sky, Coral and Betway are great examples of good free bet clubs. One closely matched bet a week and you’ve qualified.
Which Are the Best Free Bet Clubs?
As I’ve eluded to above any free bet clubs that can be completed in one bet are usually worth doing. Sometimes you can complete them for a profit.
To use Sky as an example, their Soccer Saturday price boosts usually let you have £25 on. So that’s £2-£4 profit from the price boost and another £5 come Monday morning, not bad!
On the other hand, I think there are plenty that worth doing despite not being just one bet qualification, such as Paddy Power’s.
This is because you can usually comfortably complete the requirements without really trying as you will be going for other offers. Just completing Paddy’s “£10 refund if…” offers will see you get that £10 free bet come Monday. Plus you may well earn two or three £10 refunds in the process meaning you could net £25 before even getting your hands on the free bet.
Finally, the free bet clubs that require you to have multiple bets with no other real offers to tie them in with are a waste of time in my opinion. You’ll rack up so many qualifying losses and lose so much time doing the bets, that they become pointless.
Nevertheless, I have compiled a list of every profitable free bet club offer (correct at the time of publication of this post) should you be mad enough to try them all.
This information was gleaned from Oddsmonkey, the matched betting service I use to find and complete all of my offers.
Free Bet Clubs by Bookmaker:
Bookmaker: 10bet
Offer: Place 5 Live Bets of £10+, with min. odds of evens (2.00) per selection, between Monday 00:00 BST and Sunday 23:59 BST. On Monday, get a £10 Free Live Bet to use on any selection, with min. odds of 4/5 (1.80), over the next 7 days
Strategy: Place 5 Live bets of at least £10 each on minimum odds of Evens (2.0) between Monday 00:00 BST and Sunday 23:59 BST. Calculate free bet as SNR. Free bet must be used in-play.
Expected Value: £5.50
Bookmaker: Betsid
Offer: Get a £5 Free Bet every week when you place £50 of bets in a week.
Strategy: Place £50 in bets each week (Mon-Sun, must be settled Sunday at 23.59 and MIN ODDS 2.0). Lay in normal mode.
You will then receive a £5 free bet on Monday. Use in SNR mode at odds 5.0+
Expected Value: £1.50
Bookmaker: Betway
Offer: Opt in and spend at least £25 on any trebles (or higher) in a week and we’ll credit you with £10 in Free Bets. Bets must be settled between Saturday 00:00 GMT and the following Friday 23:59 GMT to count towards the promotion for that particular week.
Strategy: Opt in and place £25 on trebles or higher. Bets must have minimum odds of 2/1 (3.00) to be eligible. Use the acca finder to find appropriate accas. Free bet to be calculated as SNR.
Expected Value: £5.50
Bookmaker: BlackBet
Offer: Get a £5 Free Bet every week when you place 10 or more £5 bets in a week.
Strategy: Place 10 x £5 bets each week (must be settled Monday at 00:01 am and ends the following Sunday at 23:59 and MIN ODDS 2.0). Lay in normal mode. You will then receive a £5 free bet on Monday. Use in SNR mode at odds 5.0+
Expected Value: £1.50
Bookmaker: Blacktype
Offer: Free sports books bets for customers who place £10 bets. 10 bets = £10 free bet. 20 bets= £20 free bet. 30 bets= £30 free bet. 40 bets = £40 free bet and 50 bets= £50 free bet.
Strategy: Place at least 10 x £10 bets at odds of 2.0 or greater every week to receive a free bet. Bet 50 x £10 bets to get the full £50 free bet. Calculate qualifying bets as normal and free bets as SNR.
Expected Value: £15 (for the full 50 bets)
Bookmaker: Bruce Betting
Offer: Place 10 bets of £10 or more every week and get a £10 free bet
Strategy: Place 10 x £10 bets at odds of evens (2.0) or greater, calculate as normal. £10 free bet to calculated as SNR. This free bet offer will discontinue on the first anniversary of the date you open your account. Max odds for free bet is 11.0.
Expected Value: £4
Bookmaker: Comeon
Offer: Free sports books bets for customers who place multiple bets every week. Get a bigger free bet the more you bet.
Strategy: Follow link and opt in. Place bet of £50 either as a single bet or as multiple bets (all bets must be doubles or higher) to get a £5 free bet. Place £100 on doubles to get £10 free bet. Place £250 on doubles to get £25 free bet. Calculate qualifying bets as normal. Free bets as SNR. All bets must be placed between Monday & Thursday.
Expected Value: £11.25 (for the full £250 bet based on 95% matches for qualifying)
Bookmaker: Coral
Offer: Bet £25 get a £5 free bet every week
Strategy: Opt in and place £25 worth of bets at odds of evens (2.0) or greater between Monday and Thursday to qualify for the free bet. Qualifying bets should be calculated as normal, the free bet as SNR. You can also get an additional £5 free bet to use in store if you use Coral Connect.
Expected Value: £2.75
Bookmaker: LeoVegas
Offer: Each week, when you place five In-Play bets of £10 or more via mobile, we will give you a £10 Free Bet with LeoVegas Bet Club.
Strategy: Place five or more In-Play bets of at least £10 with minimum odds of Evens (2.00) on either football, tennis, darts, rugby league or rugby union between Monday and Sunday. Qualifying bets should be calculated as normal, the free bet as SNR. You can do this twice each week.
Expected Value: £6
Bookmaker: MansionBet
Offer: Opt in each week and spend at least £20 on any five fold in a week and we’ll credit you with £10 in Free Bets.
Strategy: Opt in and place £20 on a five fold. Bets must have minimum odds of 4.00 to be eligible, each leg must be 1.2 and the acca must settle by Sunday. Use the acca finder to find appropriate accas. The Free Bet must be redeemed on an accumulator with at least 5 selections or greater at cumulative odds of 4.0 each leg must contain odds of 1.2 or greater. Use Oddmonkey’s Acca Finder and set to Lay Sequential Free Bet mode.
Expected Value: £5.00
Bookmaker: PaddyPower
Offer: Place 5 bets of £10 or more between Monday at 00.01 and Sunday at 23.59 of the same week and you will be credited with a free bet of £10 on the following Monday.
Strategy: Opt-in and place five or more bets of at least £10 with minimum odds of 1.5 between Monday and Sunday. Qualifying bets should be calculated as normal, the free bet as SNR.
Expected Value: £5.50
Bookmaker: Party Poker
Offer: Pocket a £/$/€5 free bet when you stake a minimum of £/$/€5 at least 5 times throughout the week, betting on any market of your choosing.
Strategy: You need to place at least 5 bets at min odds of 1.67, between Monday and Sunday , which must settle before 23:59 on the Sunday. Lay these in normal mode. On the following Monday (Tuesday if the Monday is a Bank Holiday) you should receive a £5 free bet, use in SNR mode within 7 days
Expected Value: £2.75
Bookmaker: Skybet
Offer: Place £25 worth of bets before Sunday 23:59 and get a £5 free bet to use every week
Strategy: Opt in and place £25 worth of bets before Sunday night and get a £5 free bet. Odds must be Evens (2.00) or greater. Qualifying bets should be calculated as normal, the free bet as SNR.
Expected Value: £2.75
Bookmaker: Unibet
Offer: Get a £10 In-Play Free Bet every week when you place five or more £10 In-Play bets on Football, Cricket and Tennis
Strategy: Opt-in and place five or more In-Play bets of at least £10 with minimum odds of Evens (2.00) between Monday and Sunday. Qualifying bets should be calculated as normal, the free bet as SNR.
Expected Value: £3
Total Weekly EV: £73.25 | Total Monthly EV: £293.00
Are Free Bet Clubs a Gubbing Trap?
Possibly.
I do feel that some of them are so long-winded and complex that you couldn’t possibly fulfil them unless you were looking to extract value from the free bets at the end of them.
Placing dozens of close matches on a regular basis is likely to land you in hot water, but the more complicated offers tend to be with bookmakers you won’t really miss, so I’ll leave that up to you whether you want to pursue them or not.
Conclusion
Overall, yes some free bet clubs are absolutely worthy of your time as they can be either completed easily or tied in with qualifying for other offers. They can bring in a relatively easy £150 – £200 a month without really trying (if you’ve still got all of your accounts).
Just make sure to read the terms and conditions carefully, so you know the time frames of when you need to place (and settle) the bets. Also remember you will almost certainly need to opt in before completing the requirements (most only need you to do this once).
Hopefully you found this article useful and if you learnt something you may find some of my earlier posts on matched betting useful:
How to do the lucrative 2up offer