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With Betway, all new and existing customers can earn £10 in free bets every week simply by opting in to the Free Bet Club.

All you have to do is stake £25 or more on multiples, spread across as many different bets as you like.

With the football season now over, the offer is available across all sport.

So, to help you get started, our writers have selected a banker, a value bet and a long shot for the upcoming weekend matches.

Banker - Adam Drury

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This multi-sport Free Bet Club has prompted much excitement, so I’m abandoning football first up.

Sri Lanka have not won any of their last three one-day games, and their lack of experience in non-subcontinental conditions should be exploited by South Africa at .

Now back to the kickball.

The last three Champions League finals have produced a first-half goal, and at , I don’t see that trend changing.

Real Madrid have scored in the first half of their last nine matches, while Juventus have done the same in 14 of their last 18.

Finally, the Netherlands should win their second straight match under new boss Dick Advocaat at .

Their opponents Ivory Coast have only won one of their last five games.

Value bet - Tom Clee

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With the Free Bet Club now free to join across all sports, it would be rude not to branch out a little this weekend.

We’ll start nice and early on Saturday morning when a handy-looking Lions side kick off their tour to New Zealand against an amalgamation of semi-professionals that was only assembled last week. 

A comfortable victory, then, should be on the cards.

And while there is plenty of value in chasing the higher handicap marks, we’ll play it safe by backing them at to overturn a deficit of 36.5 points.

We can’t possibly ignore the biggest event of the weekend in the Champions League final, though it’s difficult to confidently predict which way it will go.

Instead, I’m going to back both teams to score at .

Ten of the last 12 finals have seen both teams find the back of the net, and with so much attacking talent on the pitch, it is hard to see Juventus and Real Madrid – who scored eight goals between them during their semi-finals – continuing that trend.

We’ll round things off with the Champions Trophy on Sunday where Virat Kohli – who has traditionally struggled in English conditions and is coming off the back off a poor IPL – will feel he has something to prove.

Likely to have plenty of time at the crease batting at No. 3, his price of to top score against fierce rivals Pakistan is too good to ignore.

Long shot - Tom Bowles

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Free Bet Club’s extension into all sports enables me to dip into some French Open tennis.

Andy Murray has been struggling for a while now, and I suspect that Juan Martin Del Potro – whose ranking of 30th belies his status as one of the world’s best players – will beat him in the third round at Roland Garros.

Del Potro hasn’t played much on clay this season either, but his prolonged absences through injury have enabled him to play his best tennis despite not being in good nick.

There was little between the duo in both of their matches in 2016, which makes Del Potro – whose best finish in Paris was the semi-finals in 2009 – excellent value at .

Sticking with the tennis, I’m backing Richard Gasquet to win his all-French encounter against Gael Monfils.

Neither player came into this event in much form and, while Monfils is the more accomplished player on the red dirt, Gasquet did reach the quarter-finals here last year.

He is worth backing at the odd-against .

I’ll finish with an obscure football pick: Iran to win away at Montenegro, priced at .

The visitors have won four of their last six matches. They also know how to win in eastern Europe, having beaten nearby Macedonia last year.

That’s definitely relevant.

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