One of the main aims of a bookmaker is trying to get you to join them. One of the best ways to get you to do as much is to come up with a reason as to why you might head to their website, with promotions and offers usually doing the trick. In the case of Betfred, their Beat Fred offer is an opportunity to win a share of £5,000 in the course of a week, with other prizes available for those that don’t qualify for the share of five grand. The important thing to note is that it is a free-to-play game, which is open to anyone that has a Betfred account.
How Beat Fred Works
Far from being just a clever pun on Betfred’s name, the Beat Fred game is a way for punters to win a share of £5,000. Once you have logged into your account and gone to the right part of the website, you then need to correctly answer six questions about the forthcoming footballing action. The competition was first launched during the European Championship and gave away more than £200,000 in prize money. In order to win it you have to get the right answer to six questions, which will then entitle you to a share of £5,000. How much you’ll win will depend on who else manages to correctly answer the six questions.
| Correct Predictions | Prize |
|---|---|
| 6 | £5,000 Cash |
| 5 | £3 in Free Bets |
| 4 | £1 in Free Bets |
| 3 | 5 Free Spins |
| 2 | 5 Free Spins |
| 1 | 5 Free Spins |
| 0 | 5 Free Spins |
The good news is that there isn’t just one prize available. Although the chance to win a share of £5,000 is obviously the headline-grabbing prize, you can also win other things depending on how well you get on with the questions. If you only manage to answer between zero and three questions correctly, for example, you will be rewarded with five free spins on one of the bookmaker’s slot games. If you get four correct there you will receive £1 in free bets, which becomes £3 in free bets if you get five questions correct but end up missing out by just one question. In other words, there’s a prize every time.
How to Play
In order to take part in the Bet Fred promotion, you need to make sure that your answers to the six questions are submitted before the deadline. The questions are all about matches that are taking place that week, so the deadline is usually the kick-off time of the first match included in the questions. You also need to make sure that you have answered all six questions, with one entry permitted each round. If it is a Premier League weekend that the questions are about, you will normally be able to answer them from the Wednesday before the weekend’s games are due to get underway.
As you will no doubt have grown used to with bookmakers, the questions relate to the 90 minutes of a match and any additional time added for injuries or stoppages. In other words, if the Beat Fred competition is regarding a knockout tournament like the Champions League, your answers won’t be relevant for the likes of extra-time or penalties that might be needed in order to decide the winner of a game. The answers are taken from Opta Player Stats for each match and, unsurprisingly, what Betfred says is the answer goes. That is to say, if there is a dispute then the word of the Betfred Management Team will be the final one.
How the Prizes Work
You might well be wondering how it is that any prizes available through the competition will work. If you’re lucky enough to win a share of the £5,000 then whatever you have won will be credited to your account within 24 hours of the game week ending. If you have won free bets then it can be used on any sportsbook market, with the requirement being that you use it within seven days of receiving it. You can’t withdraw it as cash and if you get any winnings then they won’t include the free bet stake money. You will be told about your prize thanks to a message in the Betfred app.
Should you get the free spins, you will be able to use them on any of the following slot games in the Betfred casino:
- Fishin’ Frenzy
- Fishin’ Frenzy Jackpot King
- Fishin’ Frenzy Megaways™
- Fishin’ Frenzy Megaways™ Jackpot King
- Fishin’ Frenzy The Big Catch
- Fishin’ Frenzy The Big Catch Jackpot King
The free spins each gave an in-game value of 10p, but you can’t withdraw them as cash or the like. The good thing is that there is no wagering requirement attached to the winnings, but you do need to use up all of the spins before any winnings can be withdrawn.
Where some of the questions are made void, the £5,000 will go to the people with the most correct answers. Should nobody win a share of the £5,000, it will roll over to the following game week, meaning that you could actually be competing for more than £5,000.
Offer Terms and Conditions
This is a free to play game, open to new and existing customers. Entries must be made within the specified promotional period which ends when the first match is scheduled to start. Prizes will be credited within 24 hours of each game week ending. Free bets and free spins will expire after 7 days. If the £5,000 prize is not won, it will rollover to the next week. Where multiple entries have six correct answers the prize will be shared. Where a question is made void, the £5,000 prize will go to those with the most correct answers. One entry and one prize per customer per round. All questions relate to 90 minutes of play with extra time and penalties excluded. Full T&Cs apply, 18+ only.