Right — have been messing about with this thing for something like a few months now and it's basically bookmarked at this point, so figured I'd write something up since a lad on another thread asked me last week. Am in the UK, mainly stick to footie and the horses, nothing mad, so take it how you like.
The reason I started using it was honestly pretty stupid — I could never figure out what an e/w return would be when the place terms changed. Basically I'd wing it and then be surprised. Now I punch the numbers in before I place anything, even the boring singles.
The single bet calculator is the bit I use most — type in the price and your stake and it shows the return instantly, either odds format. It also handles the multiples — doubles and trebles returns, lucky 15 and lucky 63, a yankee, and that's where I always mess it up. If you want a look, it's over at [url=https://singlebettingcalculator.uk/bet-calculator/super-heinz]super heinz bet[/url] — free, no signup.
The thing that actually changed how I bet were the geekier bits. The odds-to-probability calculator and it makes obvious how much the bookie's taking, and a kelly criterion calculator — I use half kelly because full kelly is far too aggressive. The dutching one is decent if I'm covering two or three runners.
Couple of gripes. The interface is a bit basic — not much polish, looks like it was built by someone who cares more about maths than colours. On my phone it works although the lucky 63 breakdown make you pinch and zoom. Also there's no app, it's a website and that's it — slight shame just flagging it.
Anyway. Free, not plastered in adverts, works. Anyone who honestly does the maths on paper, give it a go — saved me a load of arguments with the bookie.
