Right — have been messing about with this thing for something like six months now and it’s basically bookmarked at this point, so figured I’d chuck my thoughts in since someone asked me last week. I’m UK based, mainly do football and horses, nothing mad, so take it how you like.
The reason I started using it was honestly pretty stupid — I couldn’t ever get my head round what an e/w payout actually came to with 1/5 odds a place. Basically I’d guess and then be surprised. Now I punch the numbers in first, every time, even a simple single bet.
The single bet calculator is the one I’m on daily — you drop in the price and your stake and you get the return instantly, either odds format. Same tool covers the multiples — trebles maths, lucky 15 and lucky 63, a yankee, and that’s where I’d always got it wrong. Have a go yourself, it’s over at [url=https://single-calculator.com]single bet calculator free[/url] — free, no signup.
One thing that genuinely made a difference were the geekier tools. They’ve got an implied probability calculator and it makes obvious what margin’s baked in, and there’s the kelly staking tool — I run quarter kelly as the full version is far too aggressive. Dutching calculator gets used a fair bit when I’m covering two or three runners.
Not all sunshine though. The interface feels a bit basic — no frills, which honestly I don’t mind but some will. On my phone it’s fine though the bigger tables need a bit of scrolling. Also there’s nothing on the app store, it’s browser only — slight shame but worth saying.
So yeah. Free, barely any ads, does the job. If anyone still does the maths on paper, give it a go — saved me a load of dumb bets I’d have regretted.
