What does BOG actually mean on a bet slip?
so i placed a bet on a horse at 4/1 this morning and by the time the race went off it had drifted to like 11/2. saw something about BOG when i was placing it but didnt really get it. the slip says best odds guaranteed or smth. does that mean i actually get paid out at the bigger price?? bit confused tbh
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yeah mate basically BOG = best odds guaranteed. you took 4/1 right? if the starting price ends up bigger they pay you at the SP instead, so in your case if it won youd get paid at 11/2 not the 4/1 you took. its only on horse and greyhound racing usually, not football or anything. i mostly use Rolletto for my racing bets because they do BOG on most uk and irish meetings without you having to opt in, which saves a lot of faffing about. just double check it actually applies to the race because some early prices dont qualify
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can confirm. had a horse at 7/2 last week that drifted to 5/1 and won, got paid the 5/1. proper nice little bonus when it happens. BOG is genuinely one of the few things that actually works in the punters favour so always worth checking its on
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just to add the price you take is your floor though. so if it shortens instead of drifts you still keep your 4/1, you dont get the shorter price. you only ever get the better of the two. thats the whole point of it
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worth knowing it normally kicks in from around 8am or sometimes 10am on the day of racing depending on the bookie. antepost bets and futures usually dont count. read the small print because cutoff times vary
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honestly find it a bit of a con these days. half the big firms have quietly dropped BOG or limited it to specific meetings only and they dont exactly shout about it. felt like it used to be standard everywhere and now you have to hunt for it
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fair point but its not all of them. a few still do it properly across uk and irish racing. agree the ones that scrapped it were sneaky about it tho, didnt even announce it just disappeared off the offers page
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wait so does this work on each way bets too? like both parts or just the win part
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yeah applies to both the win and place portion in most cases, the place terms get recalculated at the bigger SP. but again depends on the firm so check theirs specifically
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im a bit sceptical that it actually makes much difference long term tbh. how often does your horse actually drift AND win? feels like it gets advertised way more than it pays out in reality
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i mean its free money when it does happen, costs you nothing to have it. you take the same price you would anyway and just get topped up if it drifts. no its not gonna make you a winning punter on its own but turning it down would be daft
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fwiw the SP is set in the final few minutes based on the on course market so big drifters tend to be ones the money didnt come for. BOG just protects you against that movement. nothing magic about it, just a price guarantee
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100% this. been using BOG for years and the topped up payouts add up over a season more than you think. only ever bet racing with it on now, no reason not to
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