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I used my £20 free bet that I qualified for after the Portugal v Turkey match on tonight’s game between Greece and Sweden. I backed a draw with the bookmaker and lay against this result on Betfair with the following possible outcomes:
| Betfair | Bookmaker | Total | |
| Draw | -£28.92 | £42 | £13.08 |
| Greece/Sweden win | £13.08 | Free bet | £13.08 |
Holland brush Italy aside in some style tonight beating them three nil with a very impressive attacking display. Whilst tonight’s game really could have gone either way before kick off, the outcomes of my betting on the game was far more predictable. That’s because I had a £50 free bet from the bookmaker that I registered with yesterday that I used to back Italy. Then to ensure that I won money either way I lay against Italy with Betfair again. This meant the possible outcomes tonight were:
| Betfair | Bookmaker | Total | |
| Italy win | -£46.53 | £80 | £33.47 |
| Draw/Holland win | £29.47 | Free bet | £29.47 |
There was no sign of my free bet from yesterday so I signed up with another bookmaker that was offering a £50 matched bet for new customers. This time I bet on the battle between Germany and Poland with £50 going on Germany to win with the bookie and the lay bet against Germany being staked with Betfair.
The possible outcomes for this match were:
| Betfair | Bookmaker | Total | |
| Germany win | -£28.08 | £28.57 | £0.49 |
| Draw/Poland win | £49.40 | -£50.00 | -£0.60 |
I used the Portugal v Turkey game today to set up a matched bet by taking advantage of an online bookmakers signup offer. I deposited £20 in my new account and bet this on the game being a draw at odds of 3.5. I then lay against the game being a draw on Betfair at odds of 3.55. So the possible outcomes were:
| Betfair | Bookmaker | Total | |
| Draw | -£51.00 | £50.00 | -£1.00 |
| Portugal/Turkey win | £19.00 | -£20.00 | -£1.00 |
Euro2008 kicked off today without England so to make the tournament more interesting I am going to see how much money I can win throughout the tournament. Decided to start off slowly with a free £3 bet from bluesq.com that I bet on the Czech Rep to beat Switzerland in the opening game. This netted me a £2.40 profit for risking none of my own money.
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