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  • 06-04-2008 12:23am
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    Spectreon666
    Registered Users Posts: 314 ✭✭


    Hi, i just started betting on paddy power but unsure how some odds work out!
    Im betting on foofball but the odds are 4-9. I want to bet 10euros. the return on the calculater says my return will be 14.44. Now does that include my 10euros? or is that extra to my 10 euros so ill be getting 24.44 back?


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    #2
    Collie D
    Registered Users Posts: 11,340 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    That's including your return. Basically divide by the second figure and multiply by the first for your profit and add your stake for your return


    eg Bet a tenner on a 5/2 shot

    10 divided by 2 is a fiver multiplied by 5 is 25 profit plus your tenner back is a€35 return


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    Healio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭Healio


    Collie D wrote: »
    eg Bet a tenner on a 5/2 shot

    10 divided by 2 is a fiver multiplied by 5 is 25 profit plus your tenner back is a€35 return

    Don't confuse the man, just tell him to get the basic factor, 5/2 is 2.5

    Then add 1 for his stake (so 3.5) ten multiply by what he has put on.

    i.e. 10 by 3.5 is €35.


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    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users Posts: 13,399 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    Healio wrote: »
    Don't confuse the man

    Lol, Collie D's answer was much more straightforward.
    Both correct though.


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