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So — been using this thing for about five months now and it’s basically bookmarked at this point, reckon I’d write something up since a lad on another thread asked me last week. I’m based in the UK, generally stick to footie and the horses, small stakes, just so you know where I’m coming from.
The reason I started using it was honestly embarrassing — I never could work out what an ew return would be when the place terms changed. Basically I’d wing it and get a shock. Now punch the numbers in before every slip, even a straight one-selection punt.
Their single bet calculator tool is the bit I open most — type in your stake, the odds and you get profit and total return straight away, fractional or decimal, doesn’t matter. Same tool covers the bigger stuff — acca and treble maths, lucky 15s, a yankee, honestly that’s where most people I know mess it up. If you fancy a poke about, it’s over at [url=https://single-calculator.com/bet-calculator/matched-betting]each way matched betting calculator[/url] and it’s free with no account nonsense.
One thing that really shifted things for me is the geekier extras. They’ve got an implied probability thing and it makes obvious the overround, and there’s the kelly staking calculator — I use half kelly because full kelly is far too aggressive. The dutching one is decent for when I’m covering two or three runners.
Couple of gripes. Its interface looks a bit basic — no frills, which honestly I don’t mind but some will. On mobile it works but the acca grid are a squeeze. Also there’s no proper app, just the site — fine by me just flagging it.
Anyway. Costs nowt, no ads shoved in your face, works. If anyone honestly does the maths on paper, have a look — saves me plenty of “wait, that’s it?” moments.
Right — have been messing about with this thing for about six months now and it’s stuck on my phone, so thought I’d write something up since a lad on another thread asked me the other day. Am in the UK, mainly do football and horses, nothing mad, for context.
What got me on it was genuinely pretty stupid — I could never figure out what an each way payout would be with 1/5 odds a place. I’d just eyeball it and then be surprised. These days I type the odds in before every slip, even a simple single bet.
The single bet calculator tool is the bit I use most — you drop in the price and your stake and it shows the return straight away, fractions or decimals. There’s also the multiples — doubles and trebles returns, lucky 15 and lucky 63, patents and yankees, which is where I’d always mess it up. Have a go yourself, it lives at [url=https://single-calculator.com/bet-calculator/matched-betting]how is matched betting calculated[/url] — free, no signup.
One thing that actually shifted things for me was the geekier tools. They’ve got an implied probability calculator and it makes obvious what margin’s baked in, and a kelly criterion calculator — I stick to fractional kelly as the full version is far too aggressive. Dutching calculator is handy too for when I’m splitting a race.
Couple of gripes. Its interface looks pretty plain — not much frills, looks like it was built by someone who cares more about maths than colours. Phone-wise it works but the acca grid are a squeeze. Also there’s nothing on the app store, it’s a website and that’s it — slight shame but worth saying.
So yeah. Costs nowt, not plastered in adverts, does the job. Anyone who still does the maths on paper, have a look — saves me plenty of dumb bets I’d have regretted.