You can make a risk free £2,000 by matched betting and using bookmakers free bets yet bookmakers encourage the practise. They advertise their free bet offers on self proclaimed matched betting websites like mine ifreebet.co.uk and work with us to produce our bet calculator software. This may seem odd but matched betting is profitable for bookmakers and you may be interested to hear why. The sustainable industry average marketing and advertising spend for each new online customer sign-up is £300. These budgets are spent in a number of different ways including traditional advertising/brand awareness such as TV, magazines, online, sports arenas, affiliate marketing and promotions such as free bet offers etc…

Bookmakers like matched betting because it encourages a large amount of people to place bets and learn how to use online bookmakers who perhaps would otherwise not know how to or be tempted to. Bookmakers know some people won’t ever place another bet after their risk free matched bet, 1/3 of all accounts with bookmakers are estimated to lie dormant after free bets have been utilized, however this is outnumbered by the number of people who will be subsequently tempted to have a flutter on events like the grand national or the FA cup final, because they have an online account and they know how easy it is to place a bet. Since matched betting first came to prominence online 5 years ago bookmakers have researched and analysed the sign-ups they receive from matched betting websites and they have proved to be very profitable. Hence why bookmakers endorse matched betting with free bet offers and see it as a very useful marketing tool.

The way bookmakers view matched bettors is very similar to the way that the bookmaking industry works in general. If all gamblers were professionals; researched their odds diligently, became experts in one or two sectors, managed their money in relation to their bankroll and conquered greed and fear bookmakers would not be in business. Fortunately for bookmakers, every gambler is not a professional and doesn’t take the time, have the patience, confidence and self control to heed these simple rules. The same can be said of the matched bettor, they are not all professional and self controlled, the first rule of profitable marched betting.

Will you be a drain on their resources or will they be a drain on yours? It’s your decision.

I am very excited to tell you of this opportunity to get one over on the bookies. I’m not talking big money, but enough to take the kids on holiday, help fund a few extra nights out or even just give a small betting bank to start trading properly.

Three years ago I lost my job working in property and started work as a van driver. In my spare time I started scouring the internet for opportunities, it was what I thought was an unlikely source, Martin Lewis, Moneysavingexpert, that I discovered matched betting. Between the end of summer and Christmas I had made just under £2,000.

In turn I decided to set up a website to tell more people about this amazing risk free way of exploiting bookmakers free bets, and in 2008 www.ifreebet.co.uk was born.

We have since developed some excellent software the bet calculator to make the process of matched betting quicker, more profitable and easier.

If you too are interested in taking some money from the bookmakers, why not read our guide , watch our video or read my diary of how I made £1,817 in my spare time in three short months.

If you already understand matched betting below are some free bets to get you started.

Gamebookers. Deposit and bet £25 get £25 free bet

Sportingbet (offer open until end of the month) deposit £50 get £50 free bet.

VCbet deposit £25 and get £25 free bet, plus a further £25 free bet available.

Betfred deposit £50 get a £50 free bet.

£150 of free bets, you should be able to max out with at least £100 no risk profit, if you stick to the rules of matched betting.

I strongly suggest you take a look at our guide right now (it’s free) and you could be on your way to that summer holiday by Christmas.

Enjoy!