James has worked for the jockey club and has 20 years sports betting experience he utilises his skills in our tipster competitions and writes sports betting content.
When we see the match odds on our favourite team to win and think
"that looks a good price", we shouldn't really leave it at that, we
need to delve that little bit further and see if by picking
different bets we can actually get a slightly better price.
I have decided to write this blog after reading a thread on the
forum written by OLBG member Horage.
There are some games on occasions where it is possible for you to
get a slightly better price for your bet but it might mean placing
bets at 2 different bookmakers, but isn't it worth it if your
return is going to be a bigger.
Rather than stick with the same win bet, look around for bookies
offering prices on your team to win to nil and your team to win and
concede and see if dutching your stakes gets you a better return.
HOW IT WORKS
Rather than just back your team to win at your chosen bookie, have a look around to see what bookmakers are offering for your chosen team to win to nil and for them to win and concede, this is known as many different bets, including score and win, goals galore extra & match result/both teams to score.Then you need to dutch your stake accordingly so that the returns are the same for both outcomes, DO NOT just split your stake 50/50 as you want to get the maximum returns regardless of the outcome
Using an example in the World Cup we can see the following -
Switzerland v Ecuador If you fancy Switzerland to win then you can back them as a single at 6/4, placing £10 on this gets you £25 back for your stake, however if you place £6.18 on them to win to nil @ 10/3 & £3.82 on them to win and concede @ 6/1 then your returns will be £26.76, ok, so it's not life changing profits but if you knew you could get slightly better than 13/8 for a 6/4 shot would you take it?
Yes of course you would
If you fancy the draw then you would have to back the draw as dutching 0-0 & btts to score/draw doesn't make you anymore money
If you fancy Ecuador to win then again you will have to back them as an outright win bet as dutching the win to nil & btts/win will not return more money.
You cannot make more money on every single match and every single outcome but on occasions it can be done and at the end of the day, making money is what gambling is about and if you can make that small bit more for a few minutes extra then why not try.
