Just looking quickly at the options for this bet and is easy to guarantee a profit with this one.

Deposit £100. Place a £50 pre-match bet on a double chance bet, Man City or Real Madrid to win. This is at 3/10 so would give a profit of £15.

Then once the game has kicked off, place an in-play bet on a draw at 5/2 which would return a profit of £25.

What ever the outcome, you win either £15 or £25.

I'm sure there are other combinations that could return more, but this looks like the safest way to ensure a return on your money.

http://extra.bet365.com/promotions/en/soccer/champions-league-in-play-bet-offer

Cheers scooby suspected they would do this again for this game

So £50 on the double chance Man C , RM .
How much on the draw in play then scooby ?

This has got to be the deal of the week! Love the deals as if used correctly can guarantee a nice profit to set me up for the weekend!

If you don't already have an account, you can get double you first deposit bonus, up to £200 when join here too!

http://extra.bet365.com/promotions/open-account-offer

Deposit £100, bet £50 pre-match on the double, then £50 in-play on the draw.

If the draw loses, you get it fully refunded as cash! Can't lose!

Plus if you haven't done this before, make sure you claim the double deposit bonus here too!

http://extra.bet365.com/promotions/open-account-offer

Ahh bum. I suspected they'd do this offer but there's zero chance i can get the money together for it - less than zero chance even. If they do the same again for the second leg then i can certainly do it then but not this one.

So ..

£50 on City pre-match at 365 for £150
£50 on Madrid pre-match at BetVictor for £125
£50 in-play for the draw for £175.

City win, £50 profit.
Madrid win or a draw, £25 profit.

That's the safest one for the best profit.

You could also do BTTS in the 1st half as "Yes" for £50 quid which returns £216.66 then £50 in-play for "No" which returns £60.

If you win, then it's a profit of £166.66 but if you lose, it's a loss of £40 quid.

Cheers scooby.
I've already used an in play offer before with bet365 but wasn't sharp enough to see this loophole though.
Nice one.

Both teams to score in the first half for me.

£50 before the game on "no" at 1.22 returns a profit of £11 if it wins.

£50 in-play on "yes" which is currently at 4 but nearly always rises so returns a profit of at least £100.


You need to do it the other way around and then you guarantee profit, see above. The in-play bet needs to be higher odds than the pre-match bet.

Fair enough. Bit of a huge leap in potential profits though, but i suppose profit is profit. I still can't do this one though which is a pain as i'd have liked to have tried the BTTS.

#edit .. nice one, just been given a £5 "loyalty bonus" from 365 to use. Have to wager it x3 though, so we'll see.

Yeah, there is a big difference between £11 and over £100. I'd rather take the chance though as the most you can win on the double chance/draw bet is £25 which is only £14 more than £11. I think £14 less profit is worth the sacrifice for potentially over £100.

Yeah, I can see the logic in that actually. If they do the same offer for the second leg then i'm certainly in for a punt.

Forgot to include you money back on the winning bet if it's a draw so it's either £15 profit or £75! That's the one I'm going for, keeping it nice and simply!

West Brom are 14/1 to win at Stan James.......you don't see many bigger 'to win' odds than that in premier League games at kick off

Still not tempted though.....

18/1 with paddy, just stuck a couple of quid on it!

They're 40/1 at 365 ..

80/1 now! lol

Did you then ? Might have been a good bet now

It's either this way or the both teams to score first half "No" pre-match, both team to score first half "Yes" in-play option. Still haven't made my mind up.

What's everyone else going for ?

Thought your calculations were a bit off with the £15 or £25, £75 sounds more like it.

I'm on the BTTS in the first half I think, odds should rise so I'd expect it to be around 4.33 when the bet goes on so potentially £116 profit.

Im toying with

Pre-match £25 on under 0.5 cards in first ten minutes - returns £27
In-play (would need to get it on quickly) over 0.5 cards - returns £162.50

Or the BTTS first half no pre-match and yes in-play.

Is the offer on all markets though or just certain ones? Dont want to do a pre-match and then the alternative isnt available in-play!

If you're going with the cards, i'd go with the full £50 on each if you can.

Over would return £325 . Under plus the in-play refund still gives you a small profit of £5.55 on the £100 investment as well.

Im keen to do the full £50 but would mean putting an extra £50 into my account as I have money tied up in some others bets so only £50 balance.
If only Id cashed out on my Spurs to win the league bet when it was worth more than it is now

As handy as cashing out can be, it's also equally as horrible if you're looking at a clear profit but you want to hang on just. a. little. longer

So bet365 have said they cant guarantee the availability of any in-play market. Hmm, decision time!

Gone with that one too!