As with every Spring Racing season, we get lots of contact from the bookmakers just before the Cheltenham Festival begins as they know as well as we do that people like betting on the Festival and the Grand National which occurs a couple of weeks time.

Cheltenham Festival 2010 begins tomorrow, and Totesport have told us of their new free bet offer, and a few other bits and pieces of information that may sway you in their direction when placing your Festival 2010 bets. Then again, it may not! The choice, is yours.

Click here to visit Totesport and register a new account.

Totesport £50 Free Bet Offer

When we got the Totesport email in the inbox “here we go” we thought, the free bet has been pulled or reduced ( a lot of bookies do this at busy periods – William Hill always used to, and SportingBet have this year too), but, while they have reduced their offer a little, they have only knocked a tenner off, pulling it down to a nice round £50 free bet.

Of course, when bookmakers say “Free Bet” what they actually mean, is something more akin to the “Buy One Get One Free” offers we see in the supermarket – in that you’ll have to “buy one” to qualify for this free bet.

This offer is a simple match bet offer – just:

1. Visit Totesport’s website and register a new account;
2. Deposit £50 and place a bet of that value;
3. You will receive a free bet of the same amount.

Make sure you comply with the totesport terms and conditions though to ensure you receive your free bet credit.

Click here to visit Totesport and register a new account.

5/1 Cheltenham Festival Free Bet Offer

Totesport have also got a good promotion running for those of us who already have accounts with the bookmaker, or those of us who are thinking of placing a few win bets in this season’s Cheltenham Festival: the 5/1 Free Bet Offer.

What this one entails is quite simple: if you back a winner at Cheltenham Festival 2010 with Totesport and its odds are more than 5-1, you’ll get a free bet of the same value PLUS your winnings! There are a lot of rules for this, but importantly, you must:

• Place the bet after 6pm the night before (so not too early!)
• Bet between £1 and £25 – no more than £25 free bet will be credited
• Bet must be a win single only

There are some more Ts&Cs, but the above are the most important (in our opinion) – check them before placing any bet if this is your major motivation  in having a bet.

Most of us are just happy to bag a Festival winner without a free bet – but this would certainly ice the cake, and would give you another free shot to increase your happiness!

Click here to visit Totesport and register a new account.

All Totesport Cheltenham Festival 2010 Promotions

Here is the full list of Totesport promotions that are running for this year’s Cheltenham Festival 2010:

• £50 free bet for new accounts
• 5/1 free bet offer, which remember came in 19 out of 26 races last year
• Non Runner No Bet
• Enhanced prices on selected horses running at Cheltenham between 12-1pm everyday
• 1/4 odds a place on every race
• Best Odds Guaranteed on all Cheltenham races

Click here to visit Totesport and register a new account.