i always found this in the newspaper..its about when there is a football match, then they would say..."the odds are 13-2(man utd vs fulham)...can anybody what it means??
how to understand it?
2006-08-18 19:10:45 · 3 answers · asked by ronaldo 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
In sports betting the bookmakers decide what the chances are for sombody to win or something to happen. If I want to place my money on the hot favourite then they will say. The odds are 2/1 (two to one) meaning for every pound/dollar/euro I am willing to bet I will get 2 in return if my favourite wins. If, however-no offense meant here- I bet on Scunthorpe Utd.winning the FA cup, I may get odds of 500 to one. If I bet 1 pound and they win, I get 500 pounds. If I bet on Kiribati winning the World Cup-again, no offense meant, I'd maybe get, 5000/1, meaning for every pound I place, I'd get 5000 in that unlikely event.
In your example for every 2 pounds/dollars/euros placed the betting person would get 13 in return. If he places 2, he will get 26. If he places 100, he'll get 1300.
Does that explain it?
2006-08-18 20:21:30 · answer #1 · answered by Cristian Mocanu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the chances of fulham F C beating man utd F C are very slim. it's true.
2006-08-19 02:37:27 · answer #2 · answered by Agentj100 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you put £2 on as a bet for man.u to win you will get £13 and your £2 backif they won
2006-08-20 18:53:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋