MelBet runs Match Point Legends across the entire 2026 tennis Grand Slam calendar, layering a random prize draw with electronics and bonus points on top of a separate, guaranteed free bet — both earned from the same tennis bets, but governed by two different sets of eligibility rules that are easy to mix up.
The Four Grand Slams and Their Windows
Tickets, the prize draw, and the guaranteed free bet all run on a tournament-by-tournament basis rather than continuously across the year. Each of the four Grand Slams has its own betting window, its own draw date, and its own independent free bet calculation:
| Tournament | Eligible betting window (UTC+3) | Draw date |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | 13.01.2026 12:00 – 01.02.2026 23:59 | 03.02.2026, 16:00 |
| Roland Garros | 18.05.2026 00:00 – 07.06.2026 23:59 | 09.06.2026, 16:00 |
| Wimbledon | 29.06.2026 00:00 – 12.07.2026 23:59 | 14.07.2026, 16:00 |
| US Open | 30.08.2026 00:00 – 13.09.2026 23:59 | 15.09.2026, 16:00 |
A bet placed on a match outside its tournament's specific window — even a tennis match played the same week on a different tour event — doesn't generate tickets or count toward that tournament's free bet total.
Earning Tickets: Why Bigger Single Bets Punch Above Their Weight
Every qualifying bet of at least 2 USD earns promotional tickets toward the random prize draw, but the ticket count doesn't scale evenly with stake size — it climbs faster at higher single-bet amounts:
| Stake | Tickets earned |
|---|---|
| 2 USD | 1 |
| 5 USD | 3 |
| 10 USD | 10 |
| 20 USD | 25 |
| 40 USD | 60 |
| 60 USD | 90 |
| 120 USD | 200 |
| 200 USD | 370 |
| 400 USD | 800 |
| 450 USD or more | 1,000 |
Because the scaling isn't linear, how a total stake is split matters. Five separate 2 USD bets earn 1 ticket each, for 5 tickets total on 10 USD staked. A single 10 USD bet on the other hand earns 10 tickets outright — double the ticket count for the identical total amount wagered. Consolidating stake into fewer, larger qualifying bets is measurably more efficient for ticket accumulation than spreading the same money across many small ones, all else being equal. There's no stated cap on how many bets or tickets a customer can accumulate in a single tournament, so this scaling advantage compounds with volume.
The Prize Draw: Electronics and Bonus Points
Each tournament runs its own draw, pulling winners at random exclusively from the tickets issued for bets on that specific tournament's matches — tickets earned during the Australian Open have no chance of winning a Roland Garros prize, and vice versa. Every tournament follows the same bonus-points tier structure (5,000 points to 10 winners, 2,000 to 15, 1,000 to 25, 500 to 30, 200 to 50, 100 to 100, and 50 to 200 winners), credited automatically within 24 hours of that tournament's draw. The superprizes, on the other hand, change with each tournament:
| Tournament | Superprizes (winners) |
|---|---|
| Australian Open | iPhone 17 Pro Max 256GB (5); iPad Air 13" 512GB (10); Galaxy Watch Ultra 2025 (15); PlayStation 5 Slim (20); Galaxy Buds3 Pro (25) |
| Roland Garros | Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra (5); Galaxy S25 Ultra 12/256GB (10); Xbox Series S (15); Galaxy Watch8 Classic (20); AirPods Pro 3 (25) |
| Wimbledon | Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra 512GB (5); Galaxy Flip7 12/256GB (10); Apple Watch Ultra 2 (15); Xbox Series X (20); AirPods 4 ANC (25) |
| US Open | Galaxy Fold7 12/256GB (5); iPad Pro 13" 512GB (10); PlayStation 5 Pro (15); Apple Watch Series 10 GPS 46mm (20); AirPods 4 (25) |
The Guaranteed Free Bet: A Threshold, Not a Bracket
Separately from the random draw, every customer who stakes enough on eligible bets during a tournament receives a guaranteed free bet — no luck involved. The percentage is set by which total-stake threshold is crossed during that tournament, and it's worth being precise about how this works: crossing a threshold applies that percentage to the entire qualifying stake, not just the portion above the previous threshold.
- 10 USD or more in total qualifying stake → free bet worth 3% of that total
- 25 USD or more → 5% of the total
- 50 USD or more → 10% of the total
A customer who stakes exactly 25 USD across a tournament gets a 1.25 USD free bet (5% of 25). Stake 50 USD instead, and the free bet jumps to 5 USD (10% of the full 50 USD) — not 10% only on the amount above 25. That structure rewards crossing a threshold cleanly rather than sitting just under one: a customer who stops at 49 USD is still in the 5% bracket and receives 2.45 USD, while staking just 1 USD more to reach the 50 USD threshold more than doubles that figure to 5 USD.
Where Ticket and Free Bet Eligibility Actually Differ
The two rewards are earned from the same betting activity but aren't governed by identical rules. Both exclude cancelled, sold, and refunded bets, along with anything staked using a bonus account, Advancebet funds, or a promo code. The free bet calculation, however, carries one extra exclusion that ticket-earning doesn't: handicap and totals bets don't count toward the free bet's stake total, even though those same bets still earn tickets normally. A customer betting mostly on handicap markets during a Grand Slam could accumulate a healthy ticket count for the prize draw while contributing nothing toward the guaranteed free bet threshold.
Turning the Free Bet Into Real Money
Once a tournament ends, the free bet promo code is credited automatically within 24 hours, provided the calculated amount is at least 0.3 USD — anything below that floor simply isn't issued. The maximum free bet at any single tournament is capped at 100 USD regardless of how large the qualifying stake total was.
Wagering it works differently from several of MelBet's other free bet offers: there's no stated turnover multiplier here. Instead, the entire free bet amount is used as the stake for one qualifying accumulator bet — pre-match or live, 3 or more selections, each at odds of 1.5 or higher, with handicap and totals bets excluded from counting as qualifying selections. That's a simpler mechanic than the 5x-turnover accumulator requirements seen on MelBet's cashback promotions, but it also means there's no partial credit for placing several smaller wagering bets — it's one accumulator, built to the stated specifications, and the code is valid for only 72 hours from the moment it's credited.