OK — have been messing about with this thing for something like four months now and I keep coming back, so figured I’d write something up since someone asked me a few days back. Am UK based, mostly bet football and racing, small stakes, just so you know where I’m coming from.
The reason I started using it was actually a bit daft — I couldn’t ever work out what an each way payout actually was once you get five places instead of three. Basically I’d eyeball it and then be surprised. These days I stick my stake in first, every time, even a straight one-selection punt.
The single bet calculator is the part I open most — you drop in the price and your stake and you get returns straight away, either odds format. Same tool covers the fiddly ones — acca and treble maths, a lucky 15, 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]matched betting profit calculator[/url] — free, no signup.
The thing that actually made a difference were the nerdier tools. The probability thing that shows what margin’s baked in, plus a kelly staking calculator — I use half kelly since full stakes are a quick route to a dead bankroll. The dutching one is handy too if I’m covering two or three runners.
It’s not perfect mind. The interface feels very functional, let’s say — zero flash, it’s clearly function over form. On my phone it’s usable though the lucky 63 breakdown need a bit of scrolling. There’s no proper app, it’s browser only — fine by me but you asked.
So yeah. Free, not plastered in adverts, does the job. If anyone even now does the maths on paper, try it — it’s saved me a fair few dumb bets I’d have regretted.
