Bet of the week » betting information http://betoftheweek.co.uk Profit from Betfair Fri, 01 May 2009 15:57:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Working out lay amount on Betfair http://betoftheweek.co.uk/working-out-lay-amount-on-betfair/ http://betoftheweek.co.uk/working-out-lay-amount-on-betfair/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:54:35 +0000 Admin http://betoftheweek.co.uk/?p=7 As I’ll be doing a lot of laying I need to find a quick way of working out what to put in the ‘backer’s stake’ box.

Its a pretty simple calculation. You take the lay price, subtract 1 and then divide your stake by this number.

So for attempt 1, bet 1, I wanted to risk £50 on Fulham. Price to lay was 6.8. Subtract 1, gives 5.8. £50 divided by 5.8 is £8.62. That’s how I go the lay stake.

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