Bookmakers offers and free bets from bookies
Online Bookmakers are like any other business - They have to spend money on marketing and advertising to get your business (as well as being competitive with their odds - some are better at this than others!), so quite often you’ll find that the bookies have special offers or promotions to get you to bet with them rather than one of their rivals.
Of course, one of the most popular and well known of these is the Free Bet Offer. The last time we looked, you could get over £750 of free bets from the various UK bookies, although of course this varies as bookies offers change.
The other promotions you might see are “no-lose” bets, such as refunds on losing correct score bets if a match finishes 0-0, or extra places on each-way bets. Keep an eye out on this page, or to ensure you don’t miss out on any free bet offers, make sure you subscribe to Bookies Offers updates
Free Tickets to A Premiership Match with 888Sport
September 4, 2008
While it’s just about warm enough to enjoy Premiership football action and a cold a beer you must check out this great 888sport promotion!
It’s open to new players all over the UK between August 27th and September 7th, and it’s this easy:
Simply place 3 bets totaling £30 or more with 888sport, and in addition to your £25 free bet you will also go in the draw to win one of five PAIRS of tickets to a TOP FLIGHT football match*
Winners of this competition will get to choose from one of: Anfield, Goodison Park, the City of Manchester Stadium, St James Park and Upton Park!
The matches include:
• Liverpool v Man Utd (Full Hospitality Package)
• Everton v Aston Villa
• Man City v Spurs
• Newcastle v Spurs
• West Ham v Spurs
So register with 888sport and get yourself to one more summer game just before the sun goes down and we all get into winter sports, hurry you only have until Sunday 7th September!
*Actual match tickets upon availability – First out of the draw will have preference of tickets.
- Terms and Conditions apply.
About 888sport
888sport offers markets on all sports from the UK and Internationals. As part of the 888 group of companies you know you can trust their company to provide you with great value bets. 888 have a strong presence in the sporting world, sponsoring a number of top teams, players and competitions, such as World Snooker Championships, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Sevilla Football Club and John Higgins.
For those of you who like a little more fun with your betting, 888sport do have a number of specials running, for example Big Brother, US Elections and the UK General Election too. There’s also plenty in the LIVE section, if you like betting in-running, whilst following the all the action.
In addition to the competition highlighted above, 888sport offer all new customers a free £25 bet when you place a bet of more than £25.
Blue Square pays for Ref’s mistakes
August 19, 2008
Blue Square has pledged to compensate punters that get a raw deal from refereeing decisions this Premier League season. They will refund all bets that fall foul of dodgy decisions from the man in the middle in any live TV game. Blue Square have teamed up with website The Right Result, meaning those tales of woe from dodgy penalties, fouls or offsides will be banished. The Right Result use an independent panel of experts from the Association of Football Statisticians to analyse every decision in every Barclays Premier League match.The findings are used to produce a “right result” and a table on the website shows exactly how the league would have been affected. Last season the table suggested that if the referees had got every decision correct Everton would have finished above their Merseyside rivals Liverpool and scooped a Champions League place in the process. One high profile case towards the start of the 2007/08 season saw The Right Result adjudge Chelsea’s equaliser at Anfield to have been scored from a penalty that never was, with the match eventually finishing 1-1. In that case Blue Square punters that had backed Liverpool and a 1-0 home win would have been refunded on their bets.
Alan Alger, spokesman for Blue Square, said: “The debate over TV replays has rumbled on for years, but it’s no fun when you’ve lost a bet and it’s all been down to the man in black. We’ve eliminated that random element so people can bet in confidence knowing that a mistake will not cost them money. Around 1 in 4 results in the Premier League are changed by a dodgy decision so we do expect this to cost us a fair bit of money each weekend.”
Khaled Abdullah from The Right Result said: “We are delighted to be teaming up with Blue Square and believe the decision to offer punters back their stakes for an obvious refereeing error is the right one. Respect seems to be the theme for the start of the season and while the debate on referees’ performance will continue to rage, it is good to know that punters can now enjoy something of a level playing field.”
www.thesun.co.uk/bet - Click to get £25 of Free Bets
July 28, 2008
www.thesun.co.uk/bet are currently offering new customers up to £25 of free bets - Click here to see the full terms and conditions.
As TheSunBet is powered by Ladbrokes, you only see the odds from them, so you may not get the best value odds for every market, so it’s always worth having accounts with a handful of bookies to ensure you’re getting the best possible odds - Recommended bookies include Bet365, Blue Square and 888sport.
The Full Terms and conditions of the free bet offer are available on the website, but usual terms apply (Over 18’s only, New Customers only etc), and are subject to change at any time.
Paddy Power now offer Best Price Guarantee
July 28, 2008
Paddy Power have announced that they now offer a Best Price Guarantee. To enjoy better value when you place your bets, be sure to place your bets with Paddy Power.
The Paddy Power Best Price Guarantee basically ensures that you get the best possible odds for your bets. The Guarantee is in place for both early and board prices for all horse races and even Greyhound races in the UK. When you place a bet that qualifies for the Guarantee, you will see ‘GP’ on your online betting slip.
What this means in practice:
The Best Price Guarantee will give you the best odds that was available for your selection. If for example you bet on a horse to win at 2/1 but your selection wins at 4/1, then you will be paid out at 4/1 as these are the better odds. However if you bet at 2/1 and the selection wins at 6/4, then you’ll still be paid out at 2/1 as these are the better odds.
If your bet is subject to a Rule 4, but your returns were better from the starting price, then Paddy Power will pay you at the starting price.
As we have said, this applies to all UK horse races, and also UK Greyhound Racing too.
Exclusions:
To make this simple, the only exclusions are for Ante-Post odds, tote bets or bets placed on US Racing.
Paddy Power is one of the real innovators in the bookmaker sector, constantly updating their offering to the betting community, improvements and new services are their forte. By ading the Best Price Guarantee, they have maintained this momentum, and struck a real coup amongst betting site operators, as they are the only bookmaker to offer the Best Price Guarantee.
To find out more, visit Paddy Power, and check out what else they have to offer.
Free Manchester United Shirt… Or Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal - The choice is yours
July 10, 2008
Most bookies offer some kind of “Free Bet” offer when you open a new account with them, but this is the first time I’ve seen a bookie offer an actual free gift to new punters, and it’s such a fantastic free gift that I’m sure punters will be queuing up to get their hands on it. Open a new account with centrebet, and place a £40 bet on the outright winner of the English Premiership, Scottish Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Australian A-League, Norwegian Tippeligaen or the Champions League, and centrebet will send you a free official replica football shirt of the team of your choice.
Why spend £40 on a shirt when you can bet £40, and get one for free? All you have to do to get your hands on a shirt is open a new account with centrebet, entering the promotional code “FREESHIRT” when asked. Once your account has been approved, simply place your £40 bet on the winner of one of the above markets (If you’ve looking for ideas, check out our 2008/09 Premiership Preview), and within 48 hours, you’ll be sent a voucher telling you how to claim your free official replica football shirt.
The Free Football Shirts offer is not restricted to just Premiership teams (although Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool shirts are likely to be the most popular) - So you can get a free Celtic or Rangers shirt, or Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich or even a Hull City official replica shirt. As you would expect with a free gift of this value, terms and conditions apply (New customers only, maximum one free shirt per household, offer ends 30th September, check the website for the latest and up to date terms and conditions applicable to this offer).
This really is a novel way of attracting new business from a bookmaker, and one that I think will prove to be very popular - Everyone’s used to seeing “Free £25 bet” and “Free £100 Bets” all over the place, but by offering punters something tangible, that is of real value (We all know how much replica football shirts cost!) after their first bet really puts centrebet at the forefront of all the other offers. It probably isn’t costing them any more than offering a free bet would, but it makes their introductory offer stand out from the crowd, which has to be a good thing.
It’ll be interesting to see whether other bookies will follow suit, as their own Free Bet promotions become tired and stale - will they start enticing punters in with goodies such as these Free Premiership Football shirts? What would you like to see the bookies offer new customers? Do you prefer free bets, or free gifts?
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