How do price boosts actually work? feels like a trap
ok so basically i keep seeing these boosted odds things on the app, like "was 5/1 now 7/1" type stuff. seems great but my gut tells me theres always a catch with this kind of thing. are these actually good value or are they just luring you into bets youd never normally make? bit confused tbh
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honestly theyre a mixed bag. some are genuinely decent value, some are dressed up rubbish. the trick is knowing what the real price should be. like if a boost takes something from 5/1 to 7/1 but the actual fair odds were 9/1 then youre still getting done, just less than usual. i use Rolletto mostly and their boosts on football accas are alright but the single match ones are usually padded out longshots they want you on. just dont bet something you wouldnt have looked at anyway, thats how they get you
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yeah this is spot on. i only take boosts on stuff i was already gonna back. did one last weekend on a player to score thats was 3/1 boosted to 4/1 and it landed. but if id never even thought about that bet i wouldnt touch it. the ones that are good are usually gone fast tho, popular markets get limited quickly
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fwiw the way it works is the bookie shifts the margin a bit on a specific selection to draw attention. doesnt mean its always +ev, sometimes the boosted price is still below true value. best thing is to compare against an exchange like betfair to see what the markets actually pricing it at. if the boosted odds beat the exchange lay price minus commission then its decent
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idk i feel like if these were actually good value the bookies wouldnt offer them. theyre not in the business of giving money away are they. surely the whole point is they make MORE off boosts not less?
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nah thats not quite how it works. its a marketing cost for them basically. they take a small hit on the boosted bet to get you in the app and betting on everything else where the margins are fat. occasionally you do find genuine +ev boosts especially the new customer ones or weekend specials. matched bettors actually farm these. so its not always a con, you just gotta pick the right ones
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wait so when you say compare to the exchange, how do you actually do that quickly? do you have both apps open or is there a tool for it? sounds like a faff during a busy saturday
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yeah basically i just have the exchange open in another tab and eyeball it. theres oddschecker too which shows you all the prices side by side, thats probably easier for most people. for the value boosts you dont need to be super precise, if the boosted odds are clearly higher than everyone else its usually worth a punt
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one thing worth knowing is a lot of boosts have max stake limits, like a fiver or tenner. so even if its great value you cant really load up on it. just something to be aware of before you get excited
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got absolutely done by one of these last month. boosted price looked unreal so i stuck a tenner on, then realised after the og price was already terrible and the boost just made it slightly less terrible. classic. they word it so the boost looks massive when really youre still backing a 12/1 shot priced at 8/1. proper sneaky
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that does happen but to be fair its on us to check the value innit. i actually do well out of boosts, mainly the acca ones where they add a few % on. had a 50 quid return off a boosted footy treble two weeks ago that wouldve been like 38 normally. you just gotta ignore the flashy single match longshots and look for the boring ones
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can confirm what the top comment said. only ever take boosts on selections i already fancied and it works out fine over time. the price specials on the weekend football are usually the better ones in my experience. just treat the rest as marketing noise and ignore it
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