Sportsbook Free Bet (almost a bonus)

[kiddj]

There was a free $10 bet on the Super Bowl coin flip offered on the Sportsbook account tied to my Paradise Poker account. It's not much, but worth taking advantage of.

Go TAILS!!!

[MakesCents]

Thanks for the heads up. I did this earlier in the season when they had a free bet on the Browns rush yds vs the steelers. I lost but it was free so I was happy

[ubercuber]

Thanks kiddj! I did the Browns free bet too, won a couple bucks risk free!!

[ImsaKidd]

Where did you see this free bonus? I dont see it anywhere on sportsbook.com....

[froggy527]

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Where did you see this free bonus? I dont see it anywhere on sportsbook.com....

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That makes two of us!

[godofgamblers]

I found the link on sportsbook but it doesn't offer it to me though I definitely played over 50 bucks on poker action.

[kiddj]

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Where did you see this free bonus? I dont see it anywhere on sportsbook.com....

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After you log in, click on the super bowl tab. It should be in the left column under a blue highlighted heading (if it's being offered to everyone).

[briton]

Below is the Terms and Conditions for this promotion.

Terms and Conditions :

One wager per player allowed
If there is a tie, all wagers shall be refunded, no winnings will be credited.
Players must play for action. If a player does not play, all wagers shall be refunded.
Wagering on both sides of this free bet offer will result in non payment of both wagers and a $5 penalty charge.
Free bets are open to all active players, who make a minimum of 5 sports wagers per week or total action of $50 in poker, casino or horses per week


The part that gets me is the last portion. Free bets are opend to "active players" who make 5 sportsbets a week, or $50 in poker or casino wagers.

Do they actually enforce this?

I just whore empire /images/graemlins/smile.gif

TX Briton

[jrz1972]

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The part that gets me is the last portion. Free bets are opend to "active players" who make 5 sportsbets a week, or $50 in poker or casino wagers.

Do they actually enforce this?

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I have the same question. I've given Paradise plenty of play over the years, but I haven't played there since December and I didn't really plan on playing off any of the reload for a few weeks.

Anybody know if this causes a problem?

[jrz1972]

Update: I spoke to a support person at the sportsbook. He/she said that they only block people who come there just to make the free bet, and that somebody like me (who has a playing history with Paradise but hasn't been there recently) is fine.

[TredWel]

Does anyone know if this counts towards the $25 Match Play bonus they're doing as well?

[OziBattler]

when I was playing the other night I got a popup saying I had qualified for some free coin toss bet but I was busy at the time and didnt pay much attention. anyway I emailed paradise support to confirm and they quickly replied to say I had met the $50 total action req. Note that you do have to transfer $10 into sportsbet to make the free bet.........go tails /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Benoit]

Yes they actually did a match play as well on my bet. So even if I lose, I bet $5 of my money and get $10 back, so +$5 50% of the time. If I win, I bet $5 of my money and get $20 back, so +$15 50% of the time. +$10 EV if I figured that right.

[jrz1972]

I'm totally new to sportsbetting, so let me see if I got this right.

I transferred $10 to the sportsbook. They gave me a $10 match so I started with a balance of $20 total.

I placed a $10 no-lose bet on "Heads" and a $10 bet on the Steelers (-4). So I've wagered my transfer *and* the bonus money.

Worst case scenario is that I lose both bets and get my $10 back from the coin-toss.

Best case scenario is that I win both bets, in which case I get $20 from the coin toss and $19.09 from the Steelers for a withdraw-able balance of $39.09, a $29.09 profit.

Is that right? It seems like an awful lot of free money with no downside risk.

[Benoit]

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I'm totally new to sportsbetting, so let me see if I got this right.

I transferred $10 to the sportsbook. They gave me a $10 match so I started with a balance of $20 total.

I placed a $10 no-lose bet on "Heads" and a $10 bet on the Steelers (-4). So I've wagered my transfer *and* the bonus money.

Worst case scenario is that I lose both bets and get my $10 back from the coin-toss.

Best case scenario is that I win both bets, in which case I get $20 from the coin toss and $19.09 from the Steelers for a withdraw-able balance of $39.09, a $29.09 profit.

Is that right? It seems like an awful lot of free money with no downside risk.

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Yeah apparently this was only for long time players of Paradise to reward them. But I could care less if it they made a mistake in offering this to me. /images/graemlins/grin.gif I like the match play since it seems to make some slightly -EV bets into +EV bets.

I normally play poker too. So assuming the odds are 1-1 for the $10 to win bet (only $5 is your money):
you lose $5 - 50% of the time, for -$2.50
you win $14.09 - 50% of the time, for +$7.05
For a +$4.55 EV

It sounds like more when you look at the best scenario, but in reality you will make $14.55 on these 2 bets in the long run.

[bills217]

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Go TAILS!!!

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Tails never fails baby. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[MadMat]

So what was it ????????

[rsigley]

do nice i won this and put the $19 whatever i won to roth scoring the first TD at +4000 and turned it into almost $800

Feb-5 6:30:16 PM
NFL STRAIGHT BET
[419] W ROETHLISBERGER(PIT)-1ST TD +4000

too good thanks

[Beavis68]

my first non horse racing sports bet ever, it is with someone else's money, and I won - WOO HOO.