Picked up two new ideas that I expect will come up in conversations this week, and a look at realherschel added another, content that arms me with talking points rather than just filling time is the kind that provides ongoing value beyond the moment of reading and this site is generating that kind of ongoing value.

Found this useful, the points line up well with what I have been thinking about lately, and a stop at xanerobond added some angles I had not considered yet, definitely walking away with more than I came for which is the best outcome from time spent reading online for any kind of topic.

Right — have been messing about with this thing for maybe five months now and I keep coming back, reckon I’d say something since a lad on another thread asked me a few days back. I’m in the UK, generally do football and horses, nothing mad, for context.

How I found it was honestly a bit daft — I never could work out what an ew return would be once you get five places instead of three. I’d just guess and moan when the payout landed. Now I type the odds in before every slip, even a simple single bet.

The single bet calculator is the bit I open most — you put in your stake, the odds and you get returns with no faffing, fractional or decimal, doesn’t matter. There’s also the multiples — doubles and trebles returns, lucky 15s, yankees, honestly that’s where I’d always got it wrong. Have a go yourself, it’s here free bet calculator single and it’s free with no account nonsense.

One thing that really shifted things for me were the more serious tools. The implied probability thing that shows the overround, and there’s the kelly criterion tool — I run quarter kelly as the full version is far too aggressive. Dutching calculator gets used a fair bit for when I’m covering two or three runners.

Couple of gripes. Its interface feels very functional, let’s say — zero polish, looks like it was built by someone who cares more about maths than colours. On mobile it’s usable but the bigger tables make you pinch and zoom. There’s nothing on the app store, it’s browser only — doesn’t bother me just flagging it.

Anyway. Doesn’t cost anything, not plastered in adverts, works. Anyone who still adds it up in their head, give it a go — saved me a load of dumb bets I’d have regretted.

However many similar pages I have read this one taught me something new, and a stop at ForumInvestMali added more new material, content that contributes genuinely fresh information rather than recycling what is already widely available is content with real informational value and this site is providing that informational freshness at a notable rate.