BetMGM are a suspicious new firm (maybe it's just me). New Customer Offer Bet £10 get £60 back in free bets ( 4 x £10 Horse Racing Singles 2 x £10 Accas (doesn't say which sport). Might be ok if it works though I cant find the rules about getting your money out should you be fortunate.

Skybet - £5 back as cash if your horse loses in the Supreme. Be careful how you opt in. Only a Tesco but because of tax reasons the heady days of free £20 note are gone. Fair enough.

Skybet have ceased their free no expiry £6 horseracing bet if you spend £30 a week. Loved this cos I just hoarded them up over the 12 months and used them as an ante post tank. Now it is 2 x £3 free ones to be used on racing accas with a six day expiry. That's that fun over.

From @falbrav - Corals offer - place a £5 bet ante post on cheltenham this week(by Sunday 11.59pm) and get a free £5 bet to use at Cheltenham tue to fri - opt in required.

Betfair Sportsbook - Free Multiples offer every day of the Festival - I don't get them so check t&cs

26th February - A nice Tesco (every little helps) from WHills. A free £5 bet every Cheltenham Raceday from the 26th Feb. Got this wrong initially so make sure you check T&Cs. The Epic Boost thing once a week thing and NRNB also help.

Rory Delargy - 'nothing to be gained from backing early on the handicaps. Prices by and large better on the day.' Very true. Especially ew. At least 6 places available for every handicap on the day. Skybet 8 places 2022 the Coral, Pertemps and County Hurdles. Neil Channing @senseichanning has even changed his tune. 'now think it can now do no harm to wait to noon plus before committing cash to bookmakers.'

2024 - Tote - Do £100 in bets each week, get a free tenner each week for the Festival. Not for me. Wouldn't normally do £100 a month on the Tote.

2024 - WHills the first to go NRNB. Also the Epic Boost thing where a horse for any race can be backed at double the price. It's only a fiver but both concessions together worth considering.

NRNB says Paul Kealy 'This concession has its place and a few weeks in advance it can be quite useful, but the chances are if you placed a bet in the two weeks leading up to the festival you struck a bad-value one. There will of course be the occasional steamer on the day, but the closer you get to the festival the less appealing the concession is because the bookies are still betting to around 200 per cent or more so they have readily allowed for a stack of non-runners. On the day you'd have been able to get better odds and better place terms than just a few days earlier – and you'll know what the ground is. Let's try not to fall for it. '

During Festival week check place terms at https://www.oddschecker.com/ But you know that. Check your BOG terms. If there are any left.

There aren't that many left to give you BOG. W Hills went in November. Skybet only on races where they don't give extra places. Betfair Sportsbook gone. Check T&Cs. Some don't make it that easy to find out (until you think you have won a few quid). Again, if your account has been restricted, this may not apply. Click here for On Line Betting Guide. Things may be different in Festival week.

https://www.olbg.com/bookmakers/articles/best-odds-guarantee-bog

Be advised, some bookies will change place terms during each day in order to compete with others.

If doing placepots check out www.tote.co.uk. Try and do it at least one before midnight for next day's racing. Check their promotions but Tote sometimes give free bet to a tenner should it go down in the first leg. Win prices also will match SP. Free placepots being given out on their site every week. Minimum pool guarantees. Also tote + where if you're lucky enough to win, they increase your return by 10%. They have that Beat Benson Competition thing with is free, fair and fun. Trifecta/Jackpot rollovers to Uttoxeter Midland National the Saturday. And no chance of being restricted! A firm certainly getting involved in the marketplace.

I wrote on the 10th March 2021 - BET365 yet to produce anything, any freebie or concession. I'd suggest that BET365's computer tells them that we are creatures of habit. 'They will bet with us anyway, so why bother? They tend to stay the same as any Saturday.' But, bless her, Denise does pay a lot of tax. In 2022, 365 started to throw free fiver bets out on each Festival day. To 'eligible customers.' They will make a big thing of matching prices of Corals Ladbrokes etc. Yes, they're all in it together. But if nobody moves, then nobody moves.

I'm far from a big punter but even I rarely bet on exchanges until no sooner than 15 mins before the off. That's when things will be different than the internet bookies.

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