In sports betting, the odds you take are possibly the most important factor in any wager you place.<\/p>\n
For those who take their punting seriously, the odds you take ultimately determine whether you are accessing value bets on a consistent basis \u2013 the key to long-term success.<\/p>\n
For recreational punters, the odds are still important because it is these \u2013 multiplied by your stake \u2013 that will ultimately determine how much money you can make on any winning bets you might place.<\/p>\n
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One of the perks of using a betting app is that your returns are calculated for you \u2013 simply add your selections to your betslip, enter your stake in the box provided and you will see a figure labelled \u2018potential returns\u2019 or something similar.<\/p>\n
To calculate your net profit, simply subtract your stake from the potential return \u2013 e.g. putting \u00a310 on Liverpool at 11\/10 would see a net profit of \u00a311 (\u00a321 return minus \u00a310 stake).<\/p>\n
Of course, if you wanted to work out your potential winnings without resorting to an app or online calculator, you\u2019ll need to get your maths head on.<\/p>\n
For single bets, the calculation is much easier than it is for each way punts or multiples. Our tip is to temporarily switch from fractional odds to decimal, as it makes doing the math much more straightforward.<\/p>\n
Now all we need to do is multiply the decimal representing our odds with our stake size. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n
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Calculating your payout for each way bets is somewhat more complicated.<\/p>\n
First things first, we must remember that we are essentially placing two equal bets in one \u2013 on the win part and the place part. So, if we staked \u00a310, then \u00a35 would be on the win and \u00a35 on our horse\/team\/player to finish in the places.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s consider two examples; in the first our horse wins, and in the second it finishes second in the places. We\u2019re staking \u00a310 each way (\u00a35 on the win, \u00a35 on the place) at odds of 10\/1. The place terms are 1\/5.<\/p>\n
Bet 1<\/strong> – our horse wins<\/p>\n We calculate the win part as before –> 5 * 10.00 = 50.00, plus our \u00a35 stake back equals \u00a355.<\/p>\n To calculate our each way payout, we must work out our place return \u2013 in this case, it\u2019s odds divided by the place terms, so 10.00 \/ 5 which equals 2.00. We then multiply our stake by our place odds, thus 5 * 2.00 = 10.00, plus \u00a35 stake returned equals \u00a315.<\/p>\n Now we bring the two elements together: we win (\u00a355) and place (\u00a315) for a total return of \u00a370, which is a positive return of \u00a360 minus our stake.<\/p>\n Bet 2<\/strong> – our horse places<\/p>\n It\u2019s much easier to calculate the maths now given that we know the place returns already, i.e. we\u2019ll get \u00a315 back.<\/p>\n But we lose our \u00a35 win stake, so our overall return is \u00a310 (\u00a315 on the place minus \u00a35 win stake).<\/p>\n With our place stake removed, this bet leaves us \u00a35 ahead of where we started.<\/p>\n So, we place a four-fold featuring these teams:<\/p>\n And so we grab our trusty calculator or phone and simply tap in 1.80 * 2.00 * 2.40 *2.75, which equals 23.76.<\/p>\n If we placed a \u00a310 bet on this four-fold, our potential return would be \u00a3237.60, which with our \u00a310 stake removed would leave our bookie account \u00a3227.60 stronger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In sports betting, the odds you take are possibly the most important factor in any wager you place. For those who take their punting seriously, the odds you take ultimately determine whether you are accessing value bets on a consistent basis \u2013 the key to long-term success. For recreational punters, the odds are still important […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1468","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1474,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1468\/revisions\/1474"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How to Calculate Returns on an Accumulator<\/h2>\n
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To calculate our potential accumulator payout, we will convert our fractional odds to decimals, and then simply multiply them together \u2013 as implied by the term \u2018accumulative odds\u2019.<\/p>\n\n