How to Compare Odds and Increase Your Winnings

Aug 4
15:33

2009

Kris Beus

Kris Beus

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This article will help you increase your winning when betting on sports online. The article covers how to compare odds when trying to find the best bet.

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If you were looking to buy a new home cinema system,How to Compare Odds and Increase Your Winnings Articles chances are you would do some research on what model to buy, and check a few price comparison sites to find the best value. You would want to get the optimum deal, so your purchase provided value for money. This very same principle should apply to every sports bet you ever make.

Odds comparison is vital for anyone interested in sports betting. With so many bookmakers out there, the differences in the odds on offer can be huge and this can profoundly affect how much you win from your wager. Why would you want to place a bet with a bookmaker offering a return of $/£ 200 when you could go to another betting company and be awarded with twice as much? Any rational bettor would agree that this question is a no-brainer.

Of course in some cases bookies will offer pretty much the same across the board but the variations in odds can be massive if you are betting on a market that has many different outcomes. For example there is a soccer match being played tonight where the odds on offer by one site on a 4-1 score line are 12-1. If you checked the market, you would find that you could in fact get 60-1 for the same outcome with another bookmaker. Even on a small wager, the return you would receive by betting with the latter would be much more.

If you are placing a relatively large bet, you do not even need to improve your odds by much to see why comparison is such a big deal. An increase of just 1% could lead to you winning hundreds, if not thousand more.

Odds comparison - how to do it

As I said before, the process of comparing odds is extremely simple, and most sites who offer this service do not even require you to have a membership. The whole process takes less than ten minutes - all you have to do is:

1. Go to a website that has software to compare odds.

2. On the drop down menu pick the sport and event you are looking to bet on. For example Basketball > NBA > Playoff Finals.

3. Choose the market within the event that you are interested in i.e. top point scorer or outright winner.

4. All the bookmakers offering bets on this market will appear on your screen with and the one offering the best odds will appear at the top or will be highlighted.

5. Click on the bookie offering the best odds, open an account (if you do not have one) and you are ready to place your bet.

6. Wait for the outcome of the match, and if you are successful your much improved return will be paid into your account!

There are a number of great sites on the market offering odds comparison services such as Easy Odds, Odds Checker, Compare Bookies, and Value checker. Have a look at them all to find the one you prefer and are most comfortable using.

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