The Best Football Betting Sites in India

Fractional odds are the most common way to display football odds in the UK, which is why they are also known as “UK odds.” If a bet offers 2/1 odds, that means that a winning wager will pay £2 in profit for every £1 you have risked. On the other hand, 1/3 odds mean you will win £1 for every £3 you bet.

Decimal odds, also known as European odds, show you the total amount you stand to be paid on a winning bet. If a team is paying 3.00 to win a match, that means a £1 bet will return £3 – your initial stake, as well as an additional £2 in profit.

Similar to decimal odds, Hong Kong odds also use decimals. However, they only show you the amount you stand to win, not the total payout. For instance, Hong Kong odds of 2.00 mean a £1 bet will earn a profit of £2 if you win – the same as 3.00 decimal odds.

Indonesian odds are similar to American odds, in that they display differently for favourites and underdogs. A positive number, such as 2.00, shows you will win £2 for every £1 you risk, the same as Hong Kong odds. However, a negative number such as -2.00 means you must bet £2 to win £1.

If you understand Indonesian odds, you should be able to grasp Malay odds as well. In this system a positive number shows how much you will win on a favourite if you bet one unit. For instance, +0.5 means you can profit £0.50 for every £1 you risk. Negative Malay odds show how much you must risk to win a full unit. For instance, -0.25 odds mean a bet of £0.25 would win £1.

Rather than bet on the outcome of a single match, the outright winner market wants you to bet on the winner of the entire competition. That means you’re betting on the team that will win the World Cup, Bundesliga, or other major tournament or league.

Odds vary depending on the strength of each side and their current standing in the competition. For instance, Brazil might start at 6.00 in decimal odds to win the World Cup. That could move to 10.00 if they lose their first match or shorten to 3.50 if they reach the semi-finals.

As the name suggests, the first goal scorer market asks you to predict which player will find the goal first in a given match. If you pick the player who scores the first goal, your bet is a winner; if any other player scores first, you lose. At many football betting sites, you can also bet on no goals being scored at all.

Naturally, prolific strikers offer lower payouts on the first goal scorer market. In a Liverpool vs. Manchester City match, Mohamed Salah might offer 3.80 on first goal scorer, while a defender like Virgil van Dijk may have 15.00 odds.

A scorecast bet is one in which you attempt to predict both the first goal scorer and the exact final score. This is similar to an accumulator in that you must correctly make both predictions in order for your bet to win.

For instance, in the above example, you might bet not only on Salah to score the first goal, but for Liverpool to win the match 2-1. While it is difficult to make that exact prediction, you might earn a payout of 20.00 if you are correct.

An accumulator combines several bets into one larger wager. In order to win your accumulator, all of the included individual bets must win. While this makes it hard to win large accumulators, these bets offer outstanding odds as a result.

For instance, you might bet on Barcelona to win at 2.80 odds, Real Madrid to win at 2.10 odds, and Bayern Munich to win at 2.50 odds. If you combine all three bets into an accumulator, your bet will now pay out at 14.70 odds – but only if all three teams win their matches.

An Asian handicap bet is similar to a spread bet in some other sports. The stronger team is given a handicap of a certain number of goals, and you must bet on the result when considering that handicap.

For instance, you may see an Asian handicap in which Germany is listed at -1.5 against Scotland at +1.5. This means that if you bet on Germany, they must not only win the match, but also win by two goals to beat the 1.5 goal handicap. On the other hand, a bet on Scotland would win if they win the match, draw, or lose by a single goal.