Best Odds Guaranteed

Best Odds Guaranteed is a great little promotion that can give you some unexpected earnings when you're betting on horse racing.

In this guide, you will learn:

  • What is Best Odds Guaranteed (BOG)?
  • How do you benefit when Matched Betting?
  • Matched betting example
  • Which bookmakers offer BOG?
  • How can you check your BOG winnings?
  • Could you just focus on BOG?
  • Benefits of backing and laying early
What Is Best Odds Guaranteed (BOG)?

Most bookies run a promotion called “Best Odds Guaranteed” on the horse racing, and it can be extremely profitable when it goes your way!

Odds for horses do not stay still - they go up and down all of the time (especially just before the start of a race).

BOG is basically a guarantee from the bookmakers that they'll pay you out at a higher price if your horse wins, and starts at a higher price than you backed it at.

How Do You Benefit When Matched Betting?

Lets say you place a bet on a horse at odds of 4.0, and the starting price of the horse is actually 6.0, your bookmaker bet will be settled at 6.0 odds instead of 4.0! However, if the starting price of your horse has dropped to say 3.25, the bookmaker will not change anything and will still pay you out at 4.0 

This can mean some extra "unexpected" profit for you when you're completing your normal horse racing offers. If you've already backed and layed a bet, you already know what your qualifying loss is. But, if you get paid out at higher odds, then you will have some extra money that you didn't expect which means profit!

Matched Betting Example

Let's say you are trying to qualifying bet for a horse racing refund:

  • a £10 bet on a horse to win at odds of 2.0
  • a £10 lay bet on the horse not to win at odds of 2.0

If the starting price for the horse goes up to 3.0, the bookie will pay you £20 profit instead of £10 because of Best Odds Guaranteed.

However, you still lose the same £10 at the exchange.

So overall, you have made a £10 net profit from placing this qualifying bet!

Which Bookmakers Offer BOG?

Lots of bookmakers offer BOG, however it is changing all of the time. Below is a table we have compiled, and checked/updated at the time stated. You should always check the bookmaker's promo page and the terms as this information could go out of date at any time.

One thing to note is that a lot of bookmakers do pay out BOG on gubbed accounts. This varies from bookmaker to bookmaker, and we unfortunately cannot create a table for this. But it's good to know!

Table Last Updated: 11th March 2024

Bookmaker Horse Racing On Site? BOG?
10Bet Yes No
12Bet No No
32Red Yes No
21.co.uk No No
888sport Yes No
Bar-One Yes Yes - UK/Irish racing. Max £10,000 per bet.
Bet365 Yes Yes - Bets placed after 08:00
Bet600 Yes Yes - Bets placed after 10:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £500 per bet.
Betfair Sportsbook Yes No
Betfred Yes Yes - Bets placed after 08:00. Not available on Super Extra Place races.
BetGoodwin Yes Yes - Bets placed after 10:00 for UK/Irish horse racing & greyhounds. Max £1,000 per bet.
BetMGM Yes Yes - Bets placed after 11:00 for UK/Irish horse racing & greyhounds. Max £10,000 per day.
BetRegal Yes No
BetUK Yes Yes - Bets placed after 11:00 for UK/Irish horse racing & greyhounds. Max £10,000 per day.
BetVictor Yes Yes - Bets placed after 09:00 for UK/Irish racing & greyhounds. Max £10,000 per day.
BetVision No No
Betway Yes Yes - Bets placed after 09:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £25,000 per day.
Betzone Yes Yes - Bets placed after 10:00 for select customers & races. Max £5,000 per day.
BinkBet Yes No
BoyleSports Yes Yes - Bets placed after 08:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £50,000 per day.
Bwin Yes Yes - Bets placed after 08:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £25,000 per day.
Casumo Yes Yes - Bets placed after 09:00
CopyBet No No
Coral Yes Yes - Bets placed after 08:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £50,000 per day.
DAZN Bet Yes No
Dragon Bet Yes Yes - Bets placed after 10:30 for UK/Irish racing. Max £250 per bet.
Fafabet Yes Yes - Bets placed after 08:30 for UK/Irish racing. Max £250 per bet.
FanTeam No No
Fitzdares Yes No
Fun88 No No
Geoff Banks Yes Yes - Max £200 per bet.
Grosvenor Yes Yes - Bets placed after 09:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £25,000 per day.
Hollywoodbets Yes Yes - UK/Irish/South African racing only.
Kwiff Yes No
Ladbrokes Yes Yes - Bets placed after 08:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £2,500 per day.
LeoVegas Yes No
LiveScore Bet Yes Yes - Bets placed after 10:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £50,000 per day.
Lottoland No No
McBookie Yes Yes - Select races. Max £5,000 per day.
Midnite No No
NE-Bet Yes No
NetBet Yes Yes - Bets placed after 09:00 for UK/Irish racing.
Paddy Power Yes Yes - Opt in required here. Bets placed after 08:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £1,000 per day.
Parimatch Yes Yes - Bets placed after 09:00 for UK/Irish racing & greyhounds. Max £25,000 per day.
Party Poker Yes Yes - Bets placed after 08:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £20,000 per day.
Pixiebet Yes No
Planet Sport Bet Yes Yes - Select races. Max £250 per bet. Max £5,000 per day.
PokerStars Yes No
QuinnBet Yes Yes - Bets placed after 10:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £150 per race.
Sky Bet Yes Yes - Must be a member of the Sky Bet Weekly Club. Bets placed after 09:00 for UK/Irish racing. Not available on Money Back As Cash races, Extra Place races, Price Boosts or any other specials.
Space Casino No No
Sportingbet Yes Yes - Bets placed after 08:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £20,000 per day.
Sporting Index Yes No
SportPesa No No
Spreadex Yes No
StakeUK No No
Star Sports Yes Yes - Bets placed after 09:00 for UK/Irish racing & greyhounds. Max £1,000 per bet.
talkSPORT Bet Yes Yes - Bets placed after 09:00 for UK/Irish racing & greyhounds. Max £25,000 per day.
The Pools Yes Yes - Bets placed after 10:00 and before 21:30 for UK/Irish racing & greyhounds. Max £500 per bet.
TLCBet No No
UK-WL No No
Unibet Yes Yes - Bets placed after 08:00 for UK/Irish racing. Not available on Money Back As Cash races & Extra Place races. Max £25,000 per day.
VBet Yes Yes - UK/Irish racing.
Vickers Yes Yes - Bets placed after 10:00 for select races. Max £1,000 per day.
Virgin Bet Yes Yes - Bets placed after 10:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £50,000 per day.
William Hill Yes Yes (Select customers only)
YeeeHaaa Yes Yes - Bets placed after 10:00 for UK/Irish racing. Max £250 per day.
Xtremewin Yes No
How Can You Check BOG Winnings?

It’s easy to find out if you have won extra money from Best Odds Guaranteed.

The bookie will normally state the extra money you have won in your settled bets. An example is shown in this screenshot from Skybet.

In the above example, my £20 back stake was placed at odds of 6.0 but the starting price odds were 9.0.

Therefore, rather than a £120 payout, I received £180 payout! If I'd already backed and layed a horse for an offer, then I would have made £60 PROFIT here in this example - money I was not expecting to make!

Some bookies have a limit on how much you get win with Best Odds Guaranteed, but these limits are usually very high and should not worry you. For an example, Betway has a limit of £5,000, and Skybet has a £50,000 limit.

Could You Just Focus On BOG?

Best Odds Guaranteed should be just a nice bonus on top of doing other horse racing refund offers,as it's hard to find a zero loss match, and even when you do you have to hope the horse's odds goes up AND it wins.

If the odds of a horse go up, qualifying you for a Best Odds Guaranteed, it normally means that the chances of that horse winning are getting lower.

Some people do target BOG offers though - if you have an account that's pretty dormant and you find a zero loss match then why wouldn't you throw some cash at it in hope that you hit a BOG?

Benefit Of Backing & Laying Earlier

Best Odds Guaranteed are hard to hit if we place our bets 5-10 minutes before a race, as the odds will probably not move by too much anymore.

However, if we placed our bets 3-4 hours before the race, it is more likely that the odds will have moved significantly by the time the races start, hopefully leading to an improved starting price.

On Saturday mornings or any other ITV Racing day, try to search for close matches for ITV Racing offers, and try to place your bets early if possible. This will increase your chances of getting Best Odds Guaranteed bonus winnings.

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