Question about free plays

[robertg]

I used to never take bonuses, but I've changed my ways after reading some pretty good advice here at SBR. The other day, a comment was made in someones posts about "surely you can figure out how to do better than a 45%
return on free plays." Well thats bugged me and I've been doing mental gymnastics for about 10 days trying to figure out how to scalp free plays at a better rate of return. Can anyone here explain the best way to maximize return on free plays???

I appreciate it,
robert

[suicidekings]

http://forum.sbrforum.com/players-talk/250890-intro-maximizing-freeplays-sportsbooks.html?slf=67

[robertg]

Thanks for the link suicidkings. And thanks to others for the pm explanations. I really appreciate the info.

[skrtelfan]

Betting all of the combos of a parlay doesn't maximize your return. One should only do that if the free play amount is so large that they have some reason to be risk averse but that should be a rather unusual situation. Just look for parlay legs that are good bets on their own and put them into a parlay. At a book with standard "Vegas" parlay odds the 6/1 odds on a 3 teamer are typically the best, but you may find better odds on moneyline parlays.

[dimon]

what if the parlays are not alowed with free play?

2 team teasers and spread, ML no more then +130 and not larger then -150 what will be the best way to max the free play?

[skrtelfan]

The best way to max the free play in that instance is the highest EV +130 ML you see in the time period you have to use the free play, unless you can find a loophole in their rules.

BetUS (a poorly rated book in the first place) was advertising a "100% bonus" for a while and a good chunk of that was a free play with similar terms as to the ones you described. Since the free play use was limited, the bonus wasn't really too great, not to mention all of the other shenanigans that book pulls.