With March a day away, you should be looking forward to a month packed with events to fill your online betting calendar. The Cheltenham Festival has got to be up there as the highest profile bill and the bookies offer great free bets when punters go through their online sign up to flutter on one of the races. It’s a great meeting where money is wagered at a rate of knots by the hard-core lovers of horse racing.

It’s not just the racing but the course itself, steeped in history, the people who go are passionate about horse racing and can’t wait to place their bets. In fact, and this is remarkable - ante-post betting on Cheltenham actually started after the race in question finished the year before! You don’t don’t get much more passionate about betting on the horses than that. It’s a win-win situation though as punters can get much better prices at this stage than betting nearer the race.

If you can, it’s worth trying to get to the Cheltenham Festival at some stage to sample the atmosphere and see the course. People are attracted from all over Europe which has got to be an indication of the quality of facilities offerered.

There are plenty of other sports betting opportunities such as the conclusion of the six nations rugby, FA cup soccer qualifiers, lots of golf and a big cricket oturnament with the ICC Cricket World Cup. So get your reminders going for and look for free bet offers.