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The Betfair Odds Key to Success

Author: Craig Young Author Ranking Blue | Posted: 23-05-2007 | Comments: 0 | Views: 15 | Rating:  (70) Article Popularity - Blue (?) Got a Question? Ask.

If you want to someday become a good online gambler you first need to understand how to use the Betfair odds for your own interest. Then you will be experiencing the thrill of online betting and if you become really good you make some good money, sums that could eventually become a nice second income that you could make use of in your personal life.

Most bettors bet to win. I'm not saying that they want to win, which is only obvious, I'm saying that betting to win is a method that is used by a lot of people. The idea is you bet on the probability that a certain event will or will not happen, and if it does you make profit. The amount you win depends on the odds of the event. Those odds are set in relation to the chances that event has of happening. That means that if the odds are low, it is quite probable that the event will happen.

The classic way of placing bets is the one that you do without the help of the internet, using a bookmaker. He will establish the odds for the events, and the choice you have as a gambler is whether to accept it or not, and then place your bet. But with Betfair things are different. The Betfair odds are not like the old ones, because here it can be you the one who sets the odds.

I'm sure you know what I 'm talking about. Many have heard about it, it's no secret. You can just bet on the possibility of one event happening or not. For instance, you can bet whether Andy Roddick will not win the Wimbledon, and this is a procedure called laying. Lay betting allows you to do the bookmaker's work, and you let other people to back that specific event (backing is the normal style betting to which you are familiar with, betting that an event will happen).

The use of decimal odds, which are better than the old fractional odds, is another Betfair advantage. Even if the company is British and fractional odds are specific to the UK, Betfair chose decimal odds, which are the standard throughout the rest of Europe.

The difference between decimal odds and fractional odds is that they include your initial stake as an integral part of your total return. Imagine you decide to place a £10 bet on an event with decimal odds 5.0. You get £50 if you win, and that includes your initial stake. But with fractional odds, this would be known as 4/1, and the amount you get is only £40 which represents the profit and £10 which is your initial stake. Sure, the profit is the same, but fact is decimal odds are preferred by a lot of bettors because they are not as complicated.

Giving bettors the possibility of playing the bookmaker is Betfair's key to success. And trust me, you play your Betfair odds right, and you might just be in for the surprise of your life.

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