How to Use a Betting Calculator

Entering odds

All our calculators work with decimal odds, the format Nigerian bookmakers show by default. A price of 1.85 means ₦1,850 back for every ₦1,000 staked, stake included.

In the odds boxes of the bet calculators you can also type:

• a fraction such as 5/2 (read as 3.50) or 11/10 (2.10);
• an American price such as +150 (2.50) or -200 (1.50).

If an odds box is empty or below 1.01, that leg is ignored until you fix it.

Stake per bet or total stake

Full-cover bets such as a Yankee are many bets in one. The calculators let you choose:

Bookmakers usually ask for the stake per bet, then show the total. If the total on your slip looks too high, check this first.

Won, lost and void

Each selection has a result box:

1. WonThe odds count in full. Leave everything on Won to see the best case.
2. LostEvery bet that contains this selection returns nothing.
3. VoidThe selection counts at odds of 1.00, the usual rule for postponed matches and void markets. A double with a void leg becomes a single.

Reading the results

The large figures are the return and the profit. Return is everything paid back, stake included. Profit is the return minus what you staked, so it can be negative. Under the figures, the bet calculators show how the slip breaks down, for example "6 doubles, 4 trebles, 1 fourfold".

Rounding

We calculate with full precision and round only what you see, to the nearest kobo. Bookmakers round in their own ways and may cap the maximum payout per bet or per day, so a final figure can differ slightly.

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