How to Compare Odds and Increase Your Winnings

Let’s say you were heading out to buy a new car, or looking to hire a contractor to renovate your kitchen. You’d never head out there and buy or hire without spending some time researching different models, features, and suppliers, right? You’d do some price comparison, probably online, to make sure you were getting the best bang for your buck. So why would you do anything different when it comes to your online sportbooks? You shouldn’t. The same principle – that of shopping around – applies as much to sports betting opportunities as it does to any purchase you’ll ever make.

In fact, comparing odds is an absolute backbone of wise and successful betting – especially betting online. Once you consider the multitude of bookies to choose from, disparities in odds can be massive, and influence returns on your bets accordingly.

It’s worth noting that on many bets the odds will be very similar or even the same.  Of course in some cases bookies will offer wildly different, especially when you’re playing a market with diverse results. For example one game available today shows odds on one site of 12-1 on a 4-1 score line. But looking at other sites you can find 60-1 for the identical outcome with a different bookie. That’s 5 times better odds, and 5 times bigger payout!

On large bets, the difference in odds doesn’t need to be huge to make it worth your while to check around. In big money bets just a difference of 1% can lead to thousands of dollars extra.

How to compare odds
Comparing odds is virtually child’s play. Most sites offering this service do not even need you to formally join. Getting your results can actually take less than 10 minutes, just jump in and follow these steps:

1. Find a website with inbuilt software for comparing odds.
2. Use the menus to navigate to the sports you’re seeking: e.g.; Football - Superbowl.
3. Select your particular market e.g. best point scorer or straight winning team.
4. Each bookmaker giving bets in this market will be generated, usually displayed with the best odds highlighted.
5. Click on the selected bookmaker, register for your account (or log on if you already have one), and you are ready to place the bet.
6. Sit back and watch the game! If you chose well, you’re (greatly increased) payout will be zapped into your account. And don’t forget to compare the odds on your next bet!

Comparing odds will help you when placing your bets at an online casino. You could possibly win some money. Rip-off sportbooks may not allow you to compare odds and will do everything to steal your money.