Reload offers
I would recommend doing all of the sign-up offers before attempting any of these, but it is good to know what is available once you have completed them!
Reload offers are ways of betting sites (bookies) trying to entice you back to them at a date after you have signed up.
This is why will allow them to send us promotional emails, but preferably to a separate email address as this can be 10s of emails a day!
Bet and Get
The most simple type of reload offer is a ‘Bet and Get’ type offer which will often be available around large sporting events; think Cheltenham, think the Grand National, the Euros or even Wimbledon.
These work exactly like the sign-up offers, whereby you will have to bet £X on an event and will then get £X of free bets for something else. Follow the steps for sign-up offers for these and you will be onto a winner!
Weekly offers
You will also be able to partake in weekly ‘bet clubs’ as they are called with various bookies. These are where you bet £X per week and then as a reward you will get £X of free bets the following week.
The most notable ones are:
SkyBet; Bet £25 Get £5 Free Bet
Betway; Bet £25 on ACCAs Get £10 Free Bet
LiveScore Bet; Bet £20 on ACCAs Get £10 Free Bet
VirginBet; as above
PaddyPower; as above
(Please note that these change from time-to-time so may not be accurate at the time of reading)
Free Bet/Money back Ifs
These offers are slightly more of a gamble, but one that I quite enjoy!
We will use a horse race as an example. So say you see any offer where it says ‘Money Back as cash if your horse finishes 2nd, 3rd or 4th’.
Find a close match on a horse that you think will place in these positions. Place the qualifying bet and hope that it comes 2nd, 3rd or 4th. Sky Bet and William Hill often offer cash in place of free bets, so these offers are great to do!
If your horse doesn’t place (for example) you just have to take a loss on that bet, but it is part of the game!
Early Payout Offers
These are a goldmine! Unfortunately, Betway who offered the majority of these have gubbed me so I have to wave goodbye to these offers.
A great example of this is; ‘Get paid as a winner if your team score first’
Choose a team that you think will score first but lose the match. If this happened, you would then win on both Betway and Smarkets (potentially around £30/£40 profit per time). Please note these offers aren’t too regular though!
There are also early payout calculators on Outplayed* which allow you to ensure you make a profit.
Now what?
So hopefully that covers all of the reload offers available and the different types! Again, there are 100s of these out there and I would highly recommend checking them out once you have finished the sign-ups.
The next kind of offer you have is the Casino Offer…