Stan James £10 mobile offer is on again

The Deal

Stan is offering another £10 free bet to anyone placing a £10 bet via their mobile phone. The bet has to be placed at odds of 2 or more.

The Result

I placed the qualifying bet on the U21 soccer for a net loss of £0.64. I did have to call up customer support when my free bet didn't show up. They credited the bet promptly and without fuss though.

I then used my new found horse betting skills to find a nice high odds match, 11 at Stan vs 10.5 at Betfair to grab £9.09 of the free bet.

A net profit of £8.45. Nice one Stan. =)

Stan James Mobile and Casino Bonus

The Deal

Stan James have come through with another free £10 SNR bet for anyone placing a £10 bet via their mobile phone.

They also sent me an email offering a £10 casino bonus if I correctly guessed the winner of the Eurovision contest. This offer was valid for anyone who'd bet £10 before the offer closed. Convenient. =)

The Result

I found a couple of easy matches and netted £8.31 from the £10 SNR bet.

I went for huge favourites, Norway, in the Eurovision and got the £10 casino bonus. Having got it I figured I should find out what the terms were. You can't withdraw the bonus, you can only gamble with it. I played some blackjack and won a few rounds. Because you play with your winnings first I pulled the cash out of stan james a few times to lock in a profit. I managed to squirell away £6.50 before going on a losing streak and zeroing the bonus balance. Pretty happy with the result, though it's probable that there is a better betting strategy than the one I went with.

So my good friend Stan has given me £14.81 this month. What a good bloke he is!

Stan James Mobile Offer

The Deal

Stan James sent me an email recently offering me a free £10 SNR bet for placing a £10 bet on my mobile phone at any time in April.

The Result

I found a good match on football with back odds of 2.25 and a lay of £10.47 at odds of 2.2 at betfair. This won at Stan James for a net loss of £0.06.

It took a day or two for the free bet to show up in my account. When it did I placed it at odds of 8 and layed for £9.03 at odds of 7.8. The lay bet won for a £8.58 return.

I'm liking Stan James, their offers are easy to do and finding a match has been easy. Net profit on this offer was  £8.52. In total Stan has made me £55.10.

Stan James Mobile

The Deal
I already nabbed a £50 free bet from Stan James earlier, but they also offer a £10 free bet for placing a bet via their mobile platform. It's all nice and simple, install the software on your phone and place a bet of £10 or more at odds of at least 2 for a free £10 SNR bet.

The Result
I deposited £10 a Stan James and then tried to log on with my N95. I couldn't log on, but a quick call to customer services sorted it out. The problem was that you can't have capital letters in your password for the mobile log in. Kind of silly, but easily fixed.

I stuck £10 on a football game with back odds of 2 at Stan James and layed at Betfair with a stake of £9.95 at odds of 2.06. The back bet won leaving me with £20 at Stan James and a loss of £10.55 at Betfair, so a net loss of £0.55.

I placed my free £10 SNR bet at odds of 7.5 and placed a lay bet at Betfair of £8.69 at 7.53. This one won at Betfair giving me £8.26 after commission.

I then transfered my £20 Stan James balance back to Moneybookers.

So I spent £0.55 to earn the free bet, which made me £8.26. A net gain of £7.71.

Stan James

The Deal
I signed up for Stan James a bit before Cheltenham when they were offering a free £50 bet after you make a qualifying bet of £50 at odds of 2 or more. This offer has now dropped to £25. The offers for the bookies seems to move around a bit and just before big events tends to see the biggest bonuses.

It took me a while to cash in as I've had my funds tied up in other bets, but I finally made a move.

The Result
I matched a £50 qualifier on a football match with odds of 3 at Stan James and 2.96 at Betfair. The bet lost at Stan James and I made £48.97 at Betfair, so the qualifier cost me £1.03.

I put the free bet on football as well, 4.75 at Stan James and 4.6 at Betfair. I lost at Stan again and made £39.90 at Bet Fair.

So profit from this deal was £38.87.

Thoughts
Both of the matched bets I did were slight arbs, in that the lay odds at Betfair were actually better than Stan James back odds. The commission at Betfair ate this up, but it helped me make the most of the deal.

The free bet was an SNR, or Stake Not Returned bet. You get the most out of these by betting at high odds to make the stake as small a percentage of the total as possible. With a limited bank roll I was happy to grab what I could. As my float builds up I should be able to take better advantage of these.