If you like a bet, there are more options than ever right now in the U.K. as a punter.
The gambling industry is an extremely competitive one, and there are plenty of offers for new and existing customers across the leading firms' mobile apps and sites.
From free bet promotions to boosted odds and matched deposits — there are plenty of ways to make the most of your betting account beyond simply an occasional acca. And the emergence of free-to-play games, whether they be daily challenges or one-offs for special events, has also taken the industry by storm — with punters now able to enter games for free and win, including for cash prizes.
What are free-to-play betting games?
Free-to-play betting games are pretty much exactly what the name suggests: games that do not require any money to play, but offer real-life prizes that can stretch from anything from free bets to cash.
Whether the aim is guessing a series of correct scores for a specific tournament or competition in order to win cash prizes, or simply winning free bets by the spinning of a wheel to get a range of tokens; there are plenty of options available.
Here we round up the best of the games available to play right now in the U.K, and detail exactly what they involve and how to play.
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Best free betting games and how to play
Here's our collated list of the best free-to-play games around right now, but check back regularly as we'll update this section as new games are launched.
Super 6 (Sky Sports/ Sky Bet)
Super 6 is a simple game from Sky Sports & Sky Bet that requires you to pick a series of correct results and scores from six games each weekend. It runs each week of the Premier League or domestic/European campaign, with those who enter able to win a maximum £250k cash prize for a perfect round.
Points are awarded for each correct result, and then extra points for a correct score, while you can also compete against the Sky Sports expert pundits to be in with a chance to win lesser prizes.
How To Play Super 6
- Sign up, register or log in to a Sky Bet account
- Find Super 6 and ‘play’
- Each week of the football season, Sky select 6 matches to predict exact correct results from. Simply predict each score.
- For every correct match result (win, lose or draw), you receive 2 points
- For every correct score (the exact score), you receive 5 points
- Win £250,000 if you predict every correct score
- If there is no jackpot winner then you will win £5,000 if you amass the most points
- If you outscore Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher then your name goes into a pot to win £1,000
- Super 6 runs every weekend during the football season and also through UEFA Champions League and EFL midweeks
CLICK HERE to play Super 6
Prize Matcher (Bet365)
Prize Matcher is Bet365's simple game that allows you to win a series of rewards daily by simply revealing reward tiles and matching the symbols on them. If you match symbols, you win the prize contained on that tile — which can range from free bets, to free spins and 'golden chip' tokens.
How To Play Prize Matcher
- Sign up, register or log in to a Bet365 account
- After 5pm BST each day, reveal three tiles from the Prize Matcher board
- Match the symbols to win Free Spins, Golden Chips or Free Bets
- You can then reveal a special tile to receive an instant Free Spins prize
- Free Bets are only to be used on sports
- The game runs daily
CLICK HERE to play Prize Matcher
Beat The Drop (Paddy Power)
Beat The Drop is Paddy Power's popular free game that challenges bettors to predict the outcome of 15 sporting events with simple yes or no answers. Each time you make a 'yes' or 'no' prediction the prize pot splits - you take the cash you wagered on the winning answer through to the next question.
The game ends when you answer the 15th question and have money left over, or when you run out of money. Paddy Power claims that to date they have made over 500,000 winners!
How To Play Beat The Drop
- Sign up, register or log in to a Paddy Power account
- You begin the game with a 'prize pot' amount of money decided by Paddy Power, which can vary by each customer.
- Answer 15 questions correctly to make a prediction on a series of sporting events, giving a yes/no answer each time.
- Decide how you split your pot on each question.
- When the time runs out, the money left in the pot is yours to keep in cash.
- This is a daily game, but you have 14 days from starting the game to answering your last question.
CLICK HERE to play Beat The Drop
Search For The Phoenix (LiveScore Bet)
The brilliantly titled Search For The Phoenix is a daily game from LiveScore Bet that requires you to match hidden prize symbols in order to win prizes.
Users get six free daily picks to reveal a set of ancient relics in an attempt to win rewards such as withdrawable cash prizes or free spins on some of LiveScore Bet's online games.
How To Play Search For The Phoenix
- Go to Live Score Vegas and navigate to ‘Daily Free Game’
- Choose Search for the Phoenix from the four free games.
- Pick six squares on the gameboard to reveal hidden prize symbols.
- If you pick matching symbols then you can uncover free cash or Free Spins.
- There is up to £750 in cash that could be won.
- There are up to 50 spins that could be won to play on Search for the Phoenix or Secrets of the Phoenix Megaways.
- The game is completely free to play and available daily after you have funded your account once.
- Players may only play one selected game per week.
CLICK HERE to play Search For The Phoenix
Prize Pinball (Betfair)
Betfair's Prize Pinball is an exciting daily promotion that let's users launch a pinball for the chance to claim daily prizes. If your pinball hits, you can walk away with anything from free spins and casino bonuses to cash prizes. There's also a potential jackpot of £1,000 or more!
How To Play Prize Pinball
- Sign up, register or log in to a Betfair account
- Navigate to the Casino or promotions page
- Click ‘Take ya Shot’ to launch Prize Pinball
- The prizes available are 1 more free spin, Slingo Bonus or a Bonus Round Entry
- The free spin must be used within 2 hours, whilst the Slingo Bonus must be used within 24 hours
- The Free Spin is to be used on Prize Pinball
- The Slingo Bonus can be used on a different Betfair game
- The Bonus Round Entry will guarantee you either the jackpot or cash prizes worth from 10p to £10
- The jackpot prize is £1,000 per day
- The prize cannot be chosen or exchanged
- This is a daily game