When you're starting your matched betting journey, the vast majority of the time you will use the standard calculator. That said, you will come across offers where other calculators are needed. Here are the most frequently used calculators and what they're used for.
Standard Calculator
The most commonly used calculator on our site. This calculator is added to various matcher tools as well as available to use straight from the site.
Used For:
Bet and Get offers - Bet £X Get £X as a free bet. You can use this calculator for the qualifying bet, and then change the bet type to Free Bet SNR and use it for your free bet too.
Price Boosts - Bookmakers offer price boosts and when the back odds are higher than the lay odds you can use this calculator to help you to lock in a profit.
Partially Matched Bets - When your lay bet has partially matched at the exchange you can hit the part lay toggle and use this to match the rest of your lay bet at different odds.
Risk Free Equal Profit
This calculator allows you to lock in a profit regardless of if your qualifying bet wins or loses. You can see the full guide for this calculator here.
Used For:
Offers where the bookmaker offers a free bet if the qualifying bet loses.
Unwanted Lay
This calculator allows you to cancel out any lay bets you may have placed by mistake or no longer require. You can view our video guide for this calculator here.
Used For:
Cancelling a lay bet that is incorrect - If you've laid the wrong selection or laid too much this calculator can help.
Early Payout
This calculator will help you make a profit from offers where there is an early payout (2up). The guide that explains how to use this calculator can be found here.
Used For:
2up Offers - When a bookmaker offers an early payout this calculator can help us to lock in a profit.
Each Way
This calculator will help you work out your stakes for Each Way bets. Here's our guide for this calculator.
Used For:
Placing Each Way Bets - When betting EW at the bookies we need to place 2 lay bets.
Each Way Extra Places
This calculator will help you work out your stakes and potential profit from extra place races. Check out the guide for this calculator here.
Used For:
Extra Place Bet - When a bookmaker pays more places than we lay at the exchange.
Refund If Places
This calculator will help you achieve equal profits whatever the result, when taking advantage of a horse racing refund offer. Find out how to use this calculator here.
Used For:
Horse Racing Refunds - When a bookmaker is offering a free bet/cash refund if your horse finishes 2nd/3rd/4th/5th.