Bet Victor 'accept higher odds'?
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So about to make a qualifying bet with my new Bet Victor account, noticed the ‘accept higher odds’ checkbox on the betslip? Obviously in normal betting you’d check this as it would increase the profit, do we do the same in matched betting?
I’m assuming I can’t lose anything by checking it but as I will have already layed on Smarkets I want to make sure.
Thanks
+1November 2, 2016 at 12:17 pm
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Yes go for it. It makes no difference really – but sometimes the odds change while you are in the middle of making a bet if they go up then that’s a bonus.
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No harm is checking the button, but you do not want to be laying before placing the back bet!
Once you start using higher stakes and have aged accounts one day you will lay a bet only to find out that the bookie will only let you get 22p on it instead of the £100 you had expected 😉
+0Yeh I always back first, I just meant already layed as in if the odds changed after I’d done both. But yes back first.
Cheers
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If the odds change after you have placed your back bet then you will only be paid out at the odds you accepted. The only time you would be paid out at higher odds is if the market is subject to best odds guaranteed (BOG).
The button you are describing, however, is simply to allow for occasions where the odds change in the time between putting a selection in your betslip and confirming the bet.
HTH 🙂
+0Ah right ok, probably makes more sense then. I thought it was what you described BOG as.
Thanks.
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No worries.
BOG is usually only available on horse racing and only by certain bookies. It can sometimes provide an unexpected windfall when you horse wins and it’s price had drifted out after you had backed (and layed) it.
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