Mansion Risk Free Betting?

[Ragingg]

Just got this email from mansion.com

Get up to GBP 100 Cash-back from MANSION Sportsbook. Place an Asian Handicap bet on Tottenham Hotspur for their match on Saturday 19 August. If your bet is not a winner, MANSION will refund your losses, up to GBP 100 (or currency equivalent) within 48 hours.

Is there a catch? I'm definitely new to sports betting.

[Nick-Zack]

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Just got this email from mansion.com

Get up to GBP 100 Cash-back from MANSION Sportsbook. Place an Asian Handicap bet on Tottenham Hotspur for their match on Saturday 19 August. If your bet is not a winner, MANSION will refund your losses, up to GBP 100 (or currency equivalent) within 48 hours.

Is there a catch? I'm definitely new to sports betting.

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I got the email also but can't figure out what an Asian Handicap is or even where to find Tottenham on their site.

[Ragingg]

There's a tutorial about the Asian handicap (the name is awfully racist in my opinion =D). I guess basically it's a way to balance the odds out (a spread). So for example, if the Marlins play the Detroit Tigers, and the Tigers are the favorite, they'll assign the handicap of 3 runs. Then, if the final score is 1-3 (Tigers win), they add the 3 runs to the Marlins and it becomes 4-3 (Marlins win). Something like that...

[_TKO_]

A possible catch might be that you must bet more than 100GBP?

[catamite]

No catch. Mansion just signed a shirt sponsorship deal with English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur worth £34m. They're bankrolled bigtime, by Putera Sampoerna among others, so will be competing with the big boys, Betfair, Bet365, etc.

As for the game itself, Bolton v Tottenham, I think pre-season form belongs to Tottenham and they're worth the punt at -0.5. I'd be reluctant to put them down at -1 but it is a free bet after all. Place your bets early so you can catch them before the lines move.

You can read more in my upcoming European football column next week.

[Yads]

I've done one of these promos before and they refunded my bet within a couple of days. It's a great promotion.

[Homer]

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Just got this email from mansion.com

Get up to GBP 100 Cash-back from MANSION Sportsbook. Place an Asian Handicap bet on Tottenham Hotspur for their match on Saturday 19 August. If your bet is not a winner, MANSION will refund your losses, up to GBP 100 (or currency equivalent) within 48 hours.

Is there a catch? I'm definitely new to sports betting.

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I got the email also but can't figure out what an Asian Handicap is or even where to find Tottenham on their site.

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It's under Sportsbook -> Soccer -> English Premiership (I think)

Bet on the line without a draw option. Right now it's -119.

[chigger]

Is there really no catch?

I have no money in Mansion at the moment, so if I deposit will I have some crappy bonus and WR before I could cash out?

[playersare]

100GBP is nothing to Putera. he's just buying himself a nice worldwide cheering section.

[BlissY]

When they say "currency equivalent" does that mean 100 in another currency, or the actual value of 100 GBP in that currency?