MORE and more bookies are offering money back as a free bet if you get one selection wrong.
Usually you need to pick five teams and there are other terms and conditions so check them out.
I prefer to do singles, doubles and trebles but many like to go for bigger returns and lower stakes so this is a good way to do it.
Firms such as William Hill, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power, Betfred and McBookie offer this concession. I've listed eight of the best bookies' acca insurance offers here. Just make sure you bet with the bookie that suits you best as some limit your money back and some have minimum odds per selection.
Some bookies also do the moneyback offer such as Ladbrokes and Paddy Power. I do most of my bets online but as regulars will know I walk the dug to the bookies at least one day – about a 70-minute round trip.
My local shops are a William Hill and a Ladbrokes and of course the prices are poor compared to online. My Hills doesn't have a terminal offering better online prices and markets while the terminal in Ladbrokes shops isn't theirs and not great in my opinion for prices or markets.
Ladbrokes do a moneyback fivefold coupon (max stake £25) with a grid card and I sometimes have a go at that. Recently I've been moaning about the number of price changes – sometimes 80 per cent of the teams I've picked.
The reply from behind the counter was: “Do Saturday bets on a Wednesday if you want to avoid price cuts.” That's fair enough but sometimes I'm so busy midweek with tips and columns I don't look at the weekend card until Thursday.
Anyway enough of the waffle – I decided to test his theory and my fivefold in shop paid just under 9-1 on Wednesday and online best price was just under 11-1 at Marathonbet.
On Thursday Arbroath had been cut from 4-5 to 4-6 taking the fivefold down to 8-1.
And today when I checked again it was cut to 15-2 with Peterhead in from 1-2 to 2-5 – so it definitely pays to get on early if you can.
And of course the bet needs to be a winner!
*2.5pts Moneyback fivefold
- Aston Villa to beat Bolton
- Motherwell to beat Partick Thistle
- St Mirren to beat Brechin
- Arbroath to beat Alloa
- Peterhead to beat Berwick
- (9-1, Ladbrokes in shop – now 15-2)
*Stake back 1 wrong
In December 2020 we sadly 
Hi Mr F
Just tried on sky bet 9.54/ 1
Cheers, not as good as Marathonbet though.
Mr F now 8/1 . Will make sure I back your advised earlier next week
Yeah that’s got to be the advice – will try to put one up regularly.
Boyleports
Villa 4/11
Motherwell 11/10
St mirror 1/3
Arbroath 20/21
Peterhead 1/2
11.18
Above bet won’t qualified as boyleports minimum odds is 1/2..
Best to check terms and conditions – it’s fine with the likes of Ladbrokes and McBookie who are two bookies I mainly use.
Just done it ladbrokes online villa 4/11 arbroath 3/4 well 23/20 phead 1/2 stmirn 2/7 works out about the same as you got in shop
Arbroath now cut to 4-6 in shops so about 8-1 now.
Another thing to watch with ladbrokes only one free bet back per day