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Right — have been messing about with this thing for about four months now and I keep coming back, so figured I’d say something since a mate asked me a few days back. Am UK based, generally bet football and racing, a fiver here and there, so take it how you like.
What got me on it was genuinely embarrassing — I could never work out what an ew return actually came to once you get five places instead of three. Basically I’d eyeball it and get a shock. These days I punch the numbers in first, every time, even a simple single bet.
The single bet calculator tool is the bit I use most — you put in stake and odds and you get returns with no faffing, either odds format. There’s also the multiples — trebles maths, lucky 15 and lucky 63, patents and yankees, honestly that’s where most people I know lose track. Have a go yourself, it lives at [url=https://single-calculator.com/bet-calculator/kelly-criterion]kelly criterion calculator excel[/url] — free, no signup.
One thing that really made a difference were the nerdier extras. There’s an odds-to-probability converter which shows you the overround, and a kelly tool — I run quarter kelly as the full version is far too aggressive. The dutching one is handy too when I’m covering two or three runners.
Couple of gripes. The design is pretty plain — no frills, it’s clearly function over form. On mobile it works but the bigger tables make you pinch and zoom. There’s nothing on the app store, just the site — fine by me just flagging it.
Anyway. Doesn’t cost anything, barely any ads, does the job. Anyone who still does the maths on paper, try it — it’s saved me a fair few “wait, that’s it?” moments.
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