Denizens of this site will be aware that the Poorhouse is no stranger to enjoying free money. It seems that Coral Games want to add to the fun.

They have an offer whereby if you have a Sportsbook (i.e. betting) account with them you can transfer some money over to the gaming room (fruit machines et al.) that they'll give you a free tenner bonus if you wager £10 yourself. Why is that good? Because some of the games only have two outcomes. Bet both ways twice - once to get the bonus, once to satisfy the withdrawal rules - and out you come in under a minute with an extra £10 minus a few pennies to your name. This works fine even if you're an existing Coral customer. Kudos to the moneysavingexperts.com for yet again bringing home the bacon.

If you don't have a sportsbook account yet, you'll want to set one up. You really should use matched betting if possible to take advantage of their free bet. Presently you can temporarily get a £50 free bet here, or failing that definitely do the £20 Quidco + £10 free bet offer to get the best part of £30 out. But if you really really can't be bothered getting into sports betting you don't have to, just make an account as though you were going to sports-bet. Bear in mind you can't go back and claim these free sports bets after you've already signed up though.

Once you have an account, do this. Deposit £10 into the sportsbook. Using the Cashier option transfer it from the Sports account into the Games/Club Casino part of the site. Whilst doing this, you'll see a BONUS CODE box. You must write "CHIP" (without the quotes) into the box.

Once that's done, click the link for "Games" to enter the games section. Find a game with 2 mutually exclusive outcomes. On advice, the Poorhouse chose Inca Trail. On this game, bet £5 on the "Hi" option and £5 on the "Low" option. According to the rules of the game, one of these 2 options is going to win. Hit start and you should find one of your bets wins, one loses. So with the commission they take you'll have lost just a few pence. Only you should get £10 bonus added to your account.

You have to wager £5 again before withdrawing, so do a £2.50 Hi and £2.50 Lo bet again, losing a couple of pennies commission. Close the game now before you get a little too addicted to pressing buttons for money.

Back in the cashier section, transfer the money to your sports book account, and back into your bank account. Hey presto - you spent £10, you have something like £19.70 reward. Yay. No promises of course, but it worked fine for the Poorhouse yesterday.