7-25-2015

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(07-25-2015 10:57 AM)BrutalBodyShots Wrote:  Are you sure about that? With a line of 1.57 the "1" I always took as you getting back the risked money. The risked money in a bet is only lost if you lose the bet. So, if you are wagering $1000 ($500 x 2 outcomes) and either outcome hits you lose the $500 from the outcome that didn't hit but don't lose it from the other.

So if you bet $500 at 1.57, you can look at it as $500 x 1.57 = $785 but you "lose" the $500 bet, so you net $285, or you can multiply the $500 x 0.57 to see how much you win just "risking", but not losing your wager for that outcome.

Does that make sense?

Positive.

Do the math.

1-3 is 2.62.
4-6 is 3.40.
1-6 is 1.57.

Bet 100 on 1-6. Win 157, you net 57.

Instead, bet 50 on each of 1-3 and 4-6. If 1-3 wins, you win 131 (off of 50 bucks). But you still must deduct the money you lost betting on 4-6 (which totals 100 on both bets). So you net 31 (less than you would have won betting on 1-6).

Alternatively, if 4-6 gets up, you win 170 (off of 50 bucks). But you still must deduct the money you lost betting on 1-3 (which totals 100 on both bets). So you net 70 (more than you would have won betting on 1-6).

Make sense? Effectively, by splitting the bets across two individual different bets you are just halving the odds of both individual bets.