Discussion

single bet calculator

OK — been using this thing for maybe four months now and it's stuck on my phone, so figured I'd write something up since a mate asked me the other day. Am based in the UK, mainly do football and horses, a fiver here and there, for context. The reason I started using it was honestly pretty stupid — I couldn't ever get my head round what an e/w payout actually was once you get five places instead of three. I used to just guess and get a shock. These days I stick my stake in before I place anything, even a straight one-selection punt. The single bet calculator tool is the bit I use most — type in the price and your stake and you get the return instantly, fractions or decimals. Same tool covers the fiddly ones — doubles and trebles returns, lucky 15s, a yankee, and that's where I'd always lose track. If you want a look, it lives at ew single and there's no login wall, which I appreciated. What genuinely changed how I bet is the more serious bits. There's an odds-to-probability thing and it makes obvious the overround, plus a kelly criterion tool — I run quarter kelly since full stakes are a quick route to a dead bankroll. The dutch tool is handy too for when I'm splitting a race. Couple of gripes. The interface feels very functional, let's say — not much frills, which honestly I don't mind but some will. On mobile it's fine but the acca grid make you pinch and zoom. And nothing on the app store, it's a website and that's it — fine by me just flagging it. Anyway. Costs nowt, no ads shoved in your face, does what it says. If anyone even now does the maths on paper, have a look — saves me plenty of "wait, that's it?" moments.