Right — been using this thing for maybe six months now and it's basically bookmarked at this point, so thought I'd chuck my thoughts in since a mate asked me a few days back. Am UK based, mainly do football and horses, small stakes, just so you know where I'm coming from.
What got me on it was actually a bit daft — I never could get my head round what an ew return actually was when the place terms changed. I'd just wing it and then be surprised. Now type the odds in before I place anything, even the boring singles.
Their single bet calculator tool is the one I use most — type in your stake, the odds and you get profit and total return straight away, fractional or decimal, doesn't matter. It also handles the multiples — doubles and trebles maths, lucky 15 and lucky 63, yankees, honestly that's where most people I know lose track. Have a go yourself, it lives at matched betting odds and it's free with no account nonsense.
What really shifted things for me were the more serious tools. The probability calculator and it makes obvious what margin's baked in, and a kelly tool — I stick to fractional kelly because full kelly is a quick route to a dead bankroll. Dutching calculator gets used a fair bit when I'm spreading across selections.
Not all sunshine though. The design looks pretty plain — not much frills, it's clearly function over form. On my phone it's fine though the acca grid are a squeeze. There's no app, it's a website and that's it — fine by me but you asked.
Anyway. Free, barely any ads, does the job. Anyone who honestly works out returns on a calculator app, have a look — it's saved me plenty of "wait, that's it?" moments. |