This £5.00 Free Bet - Huh?

Perhaps you made a mistake using it. When placing the bet you need to indicate if you want to use the free bet or not, otherwise it'll remain a standard bet out of your account.

Aspro, it says on the screen 'Free Bet' so I pressed this button and placed the bet. Something not quite right about this. I mean I've been on Betfair for 15 years!! Having said that, this is the first time I've used the 'free bet' optio.

I've had 3 or 4 over this past month or two. You register and in the top right hand corner of your exchange screen (on a PC that is) there should be showing 'Exchange Bonus' with £5.00 next to it. When you come to place a bet (on the exchange only I believe) you put in the amount you want to bet and underneath there should be an option to use the bonus. That's how mine works but if you're using a mobile then I have no clue as I never use them.

Anyway, I've put the bet on. So I shall wait until the Man City match is over tomorrow and see what profit I get - assuming Man City win!!

You would think they would. Good luck.

it might be minimum odds or something. i don't get the promos but with other bookies it often has to be odds of 1/2 or higher

Is it showing you still have a free bet?


I don't get em either, but that
would seem worth a check.

The fiver free bet is not included in the return as stake so your free bet would return 80p before commission given the current 1.16 odds. Just in case you weren't aware of that of course.

buys a bar of chocolate i suppose

Will get back to you guys tomorrow afternoon after the match. If Man City will, I shall check my 'profit and loss' account.!! Thanks for your comments!!

yes, of course we will want to know what you are going to spend the 76p on (assume it's 5% commission, to still get the promos)

I've done that many times (OP) I'm sure they deliberately make it a little complicated just to catch us idiots..   It's a free fiver and you have to use it or lose it (no brainer).. on sportsbook there's a tab that has to be checked, use free bet.

Bad mistake using free bet on short prices.

Man City is 1.16 if won you would have got 80p.

If you back at 2 your free bet is worth £2.50.

Back at 100 and your free bet is worth £4.95 as long as the 100 is the correct price(ie it's 110 to lay.

aspro is spot on you need to move the circle to use the free bet rather than it coming out of your account balnce

Anyone who can't work out how to use a free bet shouldn't be gambling online imo.

tbf laying they dont make it easy for sure

layingisthewayforward
Anyone who can't work out how to use a free bet shouldn't be gambling online imo.

to be fair--it was much easier when it was "have a £10 bet and we'll refund your £10 win or lose"

Comedy gold

Why would you put a free 5 quid bet on heavy odds on when you don't get the stake back. I had one myself earlier, you have to click your email to opt in/access it

I put mine on Brentford at 5s as a tiny insurance bet

Mine on Palace @ 14.5 (along with some of my own).

COYP.

mine went on brentford too

Free bet saved by var

Clear and obvious, lol

just realised we never will find out what the 76p was going to be used for

why haven't i got one of these

It was just never meant to be 'everyone's a winner', it's a very sad ending really.

This thread shames us all.

Villa
Man U
Brighton

was my £5 bonus... £50 profit

I know, I hate after timing..