Betfred have two promos on for tonight and tomorrow’s Champions League games

Betfred Scorecast Cashback

If you place a scorecast bet on the Liverpool v Chelsea or Barcelona v Man Utd Champions League games and you only get one half of your selection correct, Betfred will refund your total stake.

Betfred First Goalscorer Cashback

If you back a player to score first on the Liverpool vs Chelsea or Barcelona v Man Utd Champions League games and he fails to score the first goal in the game but scores last, Betfred will refund your stake

Click here to claim your Champions League cashback offers from Betfred

See the Betfred site for full terms and conditions of this offer

VC Bet (Victor Chandler) have a promotion on this week for the crucial Champions League semi-final first legs. Here are the details of the free betting offer:

1st Scorer 2nd Chance…
Tues 22 April 2008: Liverpool v Chelsea
Wed 23 April 2008: Barcelona v Man Utd

Place a First Goalscorer bet and if your player fails to score the first goal but scores at any other time in the match VC Bet will refund your stake as a free bet on any future match.

Maximum refund £200 per person per match. Applies to singles only, placed via telephone, internet or mobile. Free bets credited within 24 hours.

Click here to claim your VC Bet offer

Terms & conditions apply. Please read the full details on VC Bet’s website before placing your bets

None of the the experts on the BBC website managed to pick the winner , but Comply Or Die (jockey: Timmy Murphy / trainer: David Pipe) wins the Grand National (returning at 7-1 joint favourite)

40 ran, 15 finished

1 Comply Or Die (T J Murphy) 7-1 Jt Fav
2 King Johns Castle (P Carberry) 20-1
3 Snowy Morning (D J Casey) 16-1
4 Slim Pickings (B J Geraghty) 10-1
5 Bewleys Berry
6 Cloudy Lane
7 Nadover
8 Bailey Breeze
9 Chelsea Harbour
10 Mon Morne
11 Hi Cloy
12 Cornish Sett
13 Hedgehunter
14 Idle Talk
15 Mialn Deux Mille

The BBC website has collated the picks of the experts on today’s Grand National:

BBC PUNDITS

Clare Balding (BBC TV lead presenter)
1 Bewleys Berry 2 Hedgehunter 3 Simon 4 D’Argent

Jim McGrath (BBC TV lead commentator)
1 Philson Run 2 Cloudy Lane 3 Slim Pickings 4 Mr Pointment

Rishi Persad (BBC TV presenter)
1 Madison Du Berlais 2 Simon 3 Snowy Morning 4 Philson Run

Norman Williamson (Former jockey and BBC TV analyst)
1 Cloudy Lane 2 Slim Pickings 3 Chelsea Harbour 4 Bewleys Berry

Richard Pitman (Former jockey and BBC TV analyst)
1 Slim Pickings 2 Point Barrow 3 Simon 4 King Johns Castle

Cornelius Lysaght (BBC Radio 5 Live correspondent)
1 Bewleys Berry 2 Snowy Morning 3 D’Argent 4 Backbeat

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OTHER PUNDITS

Sue Montgomery (The Independent on Sunday)
1 Bewleys Berry 2 Simon 3 Hedgehunter Outsider: Idle Talk

Chris Goulding (Sunday Express)
1 Mr Pointment 2 Philson Run 3 Ungaro 4 Hedgehunter

Eddie Fremantle (The Observer)
1 D’Argent 2 Mon Mome 3 Slim Pickings 4 Ardaghey 5 Comply or Die

Pegasus (News of the World)
1 Chelsea Harbour 2 Slim Pickings 3 Comply or Die 4 Bewleys Berry

Alastair Down (Sunday Mirror)
1 Simon 2 Cloudy Lane 3 Mon Mome 4 Philson Run

Gary Nutting (Sunday Mirror)
1 Cloudy Lane 2 Black Apalachi 3 Slim Pickings 4 Hedgehunter

Ryan McElligott (Sunday Mirror)
1 Chelsea Harbour 2 Bewleys Berry 3 Slim Pickings 4 Hedgehunter.

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THE BOOKIE

David Williams (Ladbrokes)
1 Cloudy Lane 2 Comply or Die 3 Hedgehunter 4 Simon

With the race just under 90 minutes away, now is pretty much your last chance to get your bet on the 2008 Grand National from Aintree. The race starts at 16:15pm

Here’s a final summary of the free bets on offer by bookies today:

Paddy Power - bet just £10 and get free £20 bet
Extrabet - free £25 bet
Betfair - free £25 matched bet (quote FTB125)
betdirect - free £25 bet
Gamebookers - free €20 bet
Betfred - £100 in free bets
Coral - free £10 bet
PartyBets.com - free £25 bet
Bet365 - free £200 bet basket

VC Bet - stake refunded as free bet if your horse falls
Eurobet - 20% sign-up bonus
SportingBet - take them on to win £150
BetHiLo - spread betting £30 cash offer
Sporting Index - spread betting