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Want to know what does stake mean in betting? In short, stake is the amount of money you place on the outcome of a specific event, usually sports-related. This page will really dive into its definition, with examples and a deeper examination into placing a stake as a whole.<\/p>\n
Betting is all about risk and prediction. If you want to win money, you need to risk money. The amount of money you risk is your stake.<\/p>\n
Let’s say you are predicting that Arsenal are going to win the EPL this season. You hunt around the leading stake sports betting sites<\/a> and you find that the best odds you can get are 7\/1 (in fractional, which would be 8.00 in decimal and +700 in American). Those odds are quite long (the longer the odds, the less likely the outcome) compared to the favourites Manchester City who are priced at 4\/9.<\/p>\n As the odds<\/a> are high, you will probably want to keep the amount you want to risk (your ‘stake’) low in line with your betting bankroll. Therefore, if your daily bankroll is \u00a310, a \u00a31 stake seems quite reasonable. If your daily bankroll is \u00a3100, then you might consider risking more.<\/p>\n If you bet wins, then you winnings are determined by the odds. To determine your winnings, just multiply your stake by the odds, which for a \u00a31 bet would be (1 x 7) \/ 1 = \u00a37. Don’t forget that if your bet wins your stake is returned, so your overall returns would be \u00a38.<\/p>\n Also don’t forget that if your prefer to use decimal odds, the calculation includes\u00a0<\/strong>your returns. Therefore an Arsenal title win at decimal odds of 8.00 would return<\/strong> \u00a31 x 8.00 = \u00a38.<\/p>\n How does a stake in sports betting work? As we have already determined, your stake is the amount of money you are willing to risk on the outcome of a specific sporting event. Not only can you bet on the result of a football match<\/a>, you can also bet on whether both teams will score, or whether a specific player will score a goal at any time during the match.<\/p>\n In tennis you can bet on a tournament winner, the winner of a specific match or the number of games in a match-up between two players. In golf<\/a>, the tournament winner or the number of strokes a competitor will take to complete a specific hole. In basketball, the number of three-pointers. In eSports the number of maps before one side emerges victorious.<\/p>\n In short, if it involve competitors and can be measured numerically and specifically, you can bet on it. The amount you risk on your wager is your stake.<\/p>\n We don’t recommend it at all, but you may have heard of ‘the martingale’. This is a betting system where you double your stake every time you lose, and then return to your original stake when you win. This system can be used for betting (although again, we strongly advise you not to) but it’s more used for games of chance with 50:50 probabilities such as red\/black on roulette.<\/p>\n The martingale eventually fails due to losing streaks, as eventually the stake that’s needed to be placed to keep the streak going hits the betting limit, which is the highest stake the table accepts.<\/p>\n Betting sites are the same – you cannot simply place as high a stake as you want. All sites will have stake ceilings, and they differ for different sports<\/a>, markets and even events. You can of course, if you really want to, bet as high an amount as you like be spreading a single bet and stake around different sports betting sites in the UK.<\/p>\n If you prefer tiny stakes then you’ll meet the same problem, as betting sites have minimal betting limits too. If you hunt around you will eventually find a site with very low limits. For example for some events BoyleSports<\/a> and Ladbrokes will accept bets as low as a penny.<\/p>\n As you might imagine, thousands of punters across the centuries have crunched the numbers and devised specific ways to return a consistent profit from betting wagers. One piece of advice that is common across successful punters is to maintain a unit stake. This means you keep your stake the same no matter what you are betting on, and is also known as flat betting. So, the answer to the question what is a unit stake in betting is the size of your bet on a single wager.<\/p>\n Considering your stake as a ‘unit’ as opposed to money is also helpful when it comes to responsible gambling<\/a>. Money is tied in with emotion, which is why so many people consider the prospect of winning a huge amount of the stuff a thing of wild dreams. By thinking of your stake not as pounds, dollars or euros but of units, you take some of the emotion out of betting. Intense emotions lead to poor decision-making, so while it is okay to still experience the ‘thrill’ of winning, getting too emotional can lead to a stake sports betting downfall.<\/p>\n An alternative meaning to unit stake in UK betting is when the term is used as the basic stake for system bets. System bets are bets where different multiple bets are combined to create a specific type of bet where a small number of selections are covered in (virtually) every way possible. The same stake (the ‘unit stake’) is used for every part of the bet.<\/p>\n For example, a Yankee<\/a> covers four selections. It could be four horses to win their races, or four football teams to win their games, or even a mix and match of different outcomes and events from different sports. A Yankee though consists of eleven bets – six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold. System bets do not usually contain singles (although some do).<\/p>\n Instead of placing eleven separate bets, you can place a single Yankee bet. This will automatically place all eleven separate bets for you. Your ‘unit stake’ is the amount you are placing on all the bets, and for a system bet is has to be the same for all of them. A \u00a31 Yankee has a unit stake of \u00a31, but a total stake of \u00a311 as it is eleven bets, as previously described.<\/p>\n The table below outlines nearly all the most popular system bets and the individual wagers that create them. To get your total stake, simply multiple your unit stake by the number of bets your chosen system bet consists of.<\/p>\n Naturally calculating all your potential winnings from system bets can become very complicated, especially with many-fold system bets such as the Super Heinz or the Goliath. Happily, we can provide you with a number of incredibly useful bet calculators that you can use to calculate winnings or at least potential winnings from system bets, no matter how many legs your system bet contains. You can use our tools as a betting stake calculator to determine the size of your bet.<\/p>\n What is the total stake meaning in betting? As we have explained before your unit stake is your wager per individual bet, and your total bet is the unit stake multiplied by the number of individual bets. So, for a Lucky 63 bet with a unit stake of \u00a30.50, your total stake is \u00a331.50, which is 63 50p bets!<\/p>\n\n
Using Stake – How it Works in Sports Betting<\/h2>\n
Stake Limits – Betting Limitations<\/h2>\n
Using a Unit – What Does Unit Stake Mean in Betting?<\/h2>\n
Unit Stake in System Bets<\/h3>\n
A System Bet Can Bring Higher Returns than Straight Betting<\/h3>\n
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\n Name<\/strong><\/td>\n Selections<\/strong><\/td>\n Bets<\/strong><\/td>\n Singles<\/strong><\/td>\n Doubles<\/strong><\/td>\n Trebles<\/strong><\/td>\n 4folds<\/strong><\/td>\n 5folds<\/strong><\/td>\n 6folds<\/strong><\/td>\n 7folds<\/strong><\/td>\n 8f0lds<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Trixie<\/a><\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Patent<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 7<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 3<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Yankee<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n 11<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n 6<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Lucky 15<\/a><\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n 15<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n 6<\/td>\n 4<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Canadian<\/a><\/td>\n 5<\/td>\n 26<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n 5<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Lucky 31<\/td>\n 5<\/td>\n 26<\/td>\n 5<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n 10<\/td>\n 5<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Heinz<\/a><\/td>\n 6<\/td>\n 57<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n 15<\/td>\n 20<\/td>\n 15<\/td>\n 6<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Lucky 63<\/td>\n 6<\/td>\n 63<\/td>\n 6<\/td>\n 15<\/td>\n 20<\/td>\n 15<\/td>\n 6<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Super Heinz<\/a><\/td>\n 7<\/td>\n 120<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n 21<\/td>\n 35<\/td>\n 35<\/td>\n 21<\/td>\n 7<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Goliath<\/td>\n 8<\/td>\n 247<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n 28<\/td>\n 56<\/td>\n 70<\/td>\n 56<\/td>\n 28<\/td>\n 8<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Total Stake – Using it in Betting<\/h2>\n
Total Stake – Each Way Betting<\/h3>\n