This week we’ve no video but a look at a better way of placing a double bet. It’s a question that I get asked a lot and a question I always answer the same. DON’T DO MULTIPLE BETS.
However there is a way of enhancing our chances of landing a double bet (the lesser of two evils when it comes to multiples!) should we choose to place such a bet.
There is a bet that is called block betting and the bookies don’t publish it because it’s not in their interests to do so. This block betting is a very old method of placing a bet that can still be struck today and although many a cashier in your local bookies won’t understand it, it is perfectly legitimate.
So how do we go about constructing such a bet.
Let’s say that we have two races of which we want to bet in. Usually you would select your two horses and place a double.
Well you’ve done it many a time before and either one has placed and the other won etc. You know the score. But what if we could cover two horses in both races.
We have our two fancies in each race but we also think that there is another horse that could outwit us.
So we now have two horses in each race. We need to perm this as you’ll see in the photo below:
By placing two horses in the same race we enhance our chances of landing the double. This of course will cost us extra but it’s not too much of an extra and we have a better chance of hitting the double.
So how does this work?
Any one from two means that we are asking the bookies to allow us to have one horse from the two selected in each race. I have shown this in the explanation below –
2.10 Wolverhampton –
Horse A
Horse B
2.40 Wolverhampton –
Horse A
Horse B
Any 1 From 2 in a double.
Staked as 2 chances in the first leg multiplied by 2 chances in the second leg. This breaks down as follows –
Horse A from the 2.10 can win and so can Horse A from the 2.40 (this is one bet)
Horse A from the 2.10 can win and so can Horse B from the 2.40 (this is one bet)
Horse B from the 2.10 can win and so can Horse A from the 2.40 (this is one bet)
Horse B from the 2.10 can win and so can Horse B from the 2.40 (this is one bet)
As you can see we are covering four outcomes in two races and this is the best way to optimise our stakes.
Have a go at finding races where you fancy two contenders and find if this way of betting will work for you.
I’ll be back next week with how we can do this with trebles and may even film a video of how I place the bets online.
Eddie Lloyd
Looks very interesting method….will give this a go…thanks
Thanks Eddie. Good name by the way 😉
Let me know how you get on.
yes i like this bet but you would be hard pressed to put it on at coral online as they will not let you put a lucky 15 on or an eachway bet in 10 horse race there is no scoop six they say they never heard of it thera is no place pot eiyher its not a very good betting site
Hi Geoff,
If I’m honest it was the only betting slip I had left in the office when I wrote this 😀
Paddy Power and a few others will allow you to place these bets. I will show this in next weeks video.
Regards,
Eddie
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i would like to know but how can u do it on the website
Hi Adrian,
I will show you next week but in the mean time if you select two horses in each race online then you should see that this bet is excepted.
Hope that helps,
Regards,
Eddie
This a crap idea. Any bookmaker would be rubbing their hands together and thinking this mug punter is making 4 bets, knowing beforehand that 3 of the doubles are certain to lose as soon as the starting gates open, and that one of the doubles MIGHT win.. A far better approach is to select one horse only in each race and bet them as an each way double.
David
Hi David,
Thank you for your comments. An each way double is a good method of betting if you can gain an edge on the place part of the bet. I would hardly call my method a crap idea however as if used carefully we are increasing our chances of hitting a return. My records confirm this 😉
I wish you all the success and having worked for a major bookmaker for many years I can assure you they don’t rub their hands together over these type of bets 😉
Regards,
Eddie Lloyd
Here is a better way that i clobber the bookies regularly with..
2 Races,1 Horse in each race.
Horse A 2/1
Horse B 3/1
1 point win horse A.
2 point win horse B = BET 1/ = SAW.
Now repeat the bet in upside down order = BET 2 = SAW.
= A B then B A. using the same stakes.
You win twice..no matter which horse loses.
Returns are excellent.