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Right — been on this thing for something like four months now and I keep coming back, so thought I’d say something since a lad on another thread asked me last week. I’m UK based, generally bet football and racing, small stakes, for context.
How I found it was actually embarrassing — I never could get my head round what an each way return actually came to with 1/5 odds a place. I used to just eyeball it and moan when the payout landed. Now I stick my stake in before every slip, even a straight one-selection punt.
Their single bet calculator is the part I use most — you put in the price and your stake and it spits out profit and total return instantly, fractions or decimals. Same tool covers the bigger stuff — doubles and trebles returns, a lucky 15, patents and yankees, which is where I always lose track. Have a go yourself, it’s here [url=https://singlebettingcalculator.uk/bet-calculator/yankee]free yankee bet calculator[/url] and there’s no login wall, which I appreciated.
One thing that genuinely made a difference was the geekier bits. There’s an probability converter that shows the overround, plus a kelly criterion calculator — I stick to fractional kelly because full kelly is far too aggressive. Dutching calculator is decent if I’m covering two or three runners.
Not all sunshine though. The design looks very functional, let’s say — zero flash, it’s clearly function over form. Phone-wise it’s fine though the acca grid make you pinch and zoom. There’s no app, just the site — slight shame but worth saying.
Right, that’s me. Costs nowt, no ads shoved in your face, does what it says. If you honestly works out returns on a calculator app, give it a go — saves me a load of arguments with the bookie.
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So — been on this thing for about five months now and it’s stuck on my phone, reckon I’d say something since someone asked me a few days back. I’m UK based, mostly bet football and racing, nothing mad, just so you know where I’m coming from.
What got me on it was honestly embarrassing — I couldn’t ever work out what an e/w payout actually came to with 1/5 odds a place. I’d just wing it and get a shock. Now punch the numbers in before every slip, even a straight one-selection punt.
The single bet calculator is the part I’m on daily — type in stake and odds and it spits out the return instantly, fractional or decimal, doesn’t matter. Same tool covers the multiples — doubles and trebles returns, lucky 15 and lucky 63, patents and yankees, honestly that’s where I always got it wrong. If you fancy a poke about, it’s here [url=https://singlebettingcalculator.uk/bet-calculator/lucky-15]ew lucky 15 bet calculator[/url] — free, no signup.
What genuinely shifted things for me were the nerdier extras. There’s an odds-to-probability thing which shows you how much the bookie’s taking, plus a kelly calculator — I stick to fractional kelly as the full version is terrifying. The dutching one gets used a fair bit when I’m spreading across selections.
It’s not perfect mind. The design is very functional, let’s say — no frills, which honestly I don’t mind but some will. On my phone it’s fine although the bigger tables make you pinch and zoom. And no proper app, it’s a website and that’s it — fine by me but you asked.
Right, that’s me. Doesn’t cost anything, barely any ads, does the job. If you even now works out returns on a calculator app, give it a go — saved me a load of dumb bets I’d have regretted.
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