FoG

In fairness to Paddy Power they run some excellent promotions lately. One of my favourites is the Premier League In-play free bets.  Place GBP/EUR 20 or more in single bets before kick off on selected Premier League match live on Sky Sports 1 or BT Sport and get GBP/EUR 10 in free bets to use in play on that match. I have written articles about this before but this is an interesting take on the promo. It will guarantee you a profit on most games no matter the result. It works because our real money is backing short odds while your free money is backing the long shots. The bets chosen will cover ALL outcomes, to guarantee a profit. The first thing to notice is that either the favourite has to win to nil, or the underdog has to win to nil, or both teams score, or it ends in a nil-nil draw. There are no other possibilities in a football match. In most matches you will get suitable odds on the favourite to win to nil and both teams to score, so that you can proportion €20 ...

For these tips I am taking advantage of paddypower.com 's free bet promotion. In May I won over €100 on this strategy on the Premier League matches. These profits are documented in my latest article here . Since that article PaddyPower have continued the promotion on some International friendlies and some Copa America fixtures. In June I have managed to win another clear €100. The key now is to place my real money bets on outcomes at 1/2 (this is the shortest odds allowed by the promotion). By betting on shortest odds possible and combining outcomes I am able to guarantee the minimum risk for my real money. This frees me up to be creative with the free bets - here I am always looking for 13/2 or 7/1 odds for my free bets (to see why - read here ). This way I had Paraguay at 13/2 in-play against Brazil to qualify for the Semi Final. I also had 6 plus goals backed in-play in the Argentina/Peru match at 13/2. I won about €30 on each of these. Both were free bets. The free bets...