Calculate your potential returns from any bet.
A bet calculator works out what a winning bet returns before you place it. Enter your stake and the odds, and it shows two numbers: the total payout — your stake plus the winnings — and the profit, which is the winnings on their own. It is the most basic betting tool there is, and it answers one simple question: if this bet wins, how much comes back?
Odds tell you the return per unit staked, but they do not show you the actual money coming back — especially with fractional or American formats that are easy to misread. Running the numbers first means you know exactly what a win pays and what you stand to make, so you can compare bets on equal terms. Remember the figure shown is the return only if the bet wins; it says nothing about how likely that is, and a losing bet returns nothing.
Stake 100 at decimal odds of 2.50. The total payout is 100 × 2.50 = 250. Your profit is 250 − 100 = 150 — that is the winnings on top of getting your stake back. The same odds as fractional are 3/2, and as American they are +150, which all return the same 250.
Calculate your potential returns from any bet.
A bet calculator works out what a winning bet returns before you place it. Enter your stake and the odds, and it shows two numbers: the total payout — your stake plus the winnings — and the profit, which is the winnings on their own. It is the most basic betting tool there is, and it answers one simple question: if this bet wins, how much comes back?
Odds tell you the return per unit staked, but they do not show you the actual money coming back — especially with fractional or American formats that are easy to misread. Running the numbers first means you know exactly what a win pays and what you stand to make, so you can compare bets on equal terms. Remember the figure shown is the return only if the bet wins; it says nothing about how likely that is, and a losing bet returns nothing.
Stake 100 at decimal odds of 2.50. The total payout is 100 × 2.50 = 250. Your profit is 250 − 100 = 150 — that is the winnings on top of getting your stake back. The same odds as fractional are 3/2, and as American they are +150, which all return the same 250.