Which site actually has the best odds these days?
ok so ive been with the same bookie for like 3 years now out of pure laziness but a mate keeps banging on about how im basically leaving money on the table by not shopping around. is the difference between sites actually that big? feels like everyone advertises best odds but obviously they cant all be telling the truth lol
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honestly your mate is right, the difference adds up more than you'd think especially on accas. i used to be loyal to one bookie too but once i started comparing i couldnt go back. these days i mostly use Rolletto for footy because their prices on the big leagues tend to be a bit better than average, but the real trick is just having 3 or 4 accounts and checking before you place anything. takes like 30 seconds with an odds comparison site and over a season it genuinely makes a difference
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can confirm. i have 5 accounts now and just put the bet wherever the price is best. last weekend i got like 12/1 on a bet that was 10/1 elsewhere, thats free money basically. once you start doing it you cant stop noticing how much the prices vary
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idk man 12/1 vs 10/1 sounds nice but how often does that actually happen? most of the time when i check theyre all within a tiny margin of each other. feels like a lot of faff for a few quid here and there tbh
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nah it adds up more than you think. yeah on a single popular match the difference is small but on accumulators those small differences compound. 4 selections each slightly better and suddenly your payout is noticeably bigger. also you get the bigger gaps on smaller markets and less popular sports where the books dont price as sharply
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the thing nobody mentions is the second you start winning consistently from shopping around they limit your account. happened to me twice. got my stakes cut to like £2 max on football. so whats the point of the best odds if they wont let you bet properly
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that does happen but it's mostly the sharp bookies that limit fast. the bigger high street names tend to be a lot more relaxed about it, i've had the same account for years putting on decent stakes and never been touched. depends who you're with really
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fwiw the exchanges usually beat the bookies on odds because you're betting against other people not the house, just remember they take commission on winnings. for horses i find betfair prices hard to beat but for footy a normal bookie is often fine
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worth knowing that no single site is best across the board. one might be sharp on horse racing and average on football, another the opposite. that's exactly why comparison tools exist. chasing one magic bookie is a bit pointless imo
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wait so when you say you check before placing, do you literally open every account and compare manually or is there a quicker way? sounds like a lot of tabs open
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nah you dont open them all, you use an odds comparison site (oddschecker is the popular one), type in the match, it shows you every bookie's price side by side and you just click through to whoever's best. takes seconds once you're used to it
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yeah i second the comparison site approach, completely changed how i bet. used to just stick with one out of habit like OP. now i barely place anything without checking first and over a few months the difference in my returns has been real. dont overthink it just start checking
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