Converting the odds

Published on 22 January, 2009 | Leave a comment from N Todorov

Converting the oddsWhen you register in a bookie you can choose to use different types of odds. Here we are going to show you those types and how to convert them. Basically there are 3 different types of odds – AMERICAN ( 250, 100, – 250, mainly used in the USA), DECIMAL ( 3.5, 2, 1.40, the one we are most used to see) and FRACTIONAL (5/2, 1/1, 2/5, mainly used in the United Kingdom). In this article we will show you how to convert american and fractional to decimal.

Let`s take the following game – Hamburger – Werder.

The DECIMAL ODDS will be like this (for 1×2):

Hamburger – 2.40

Draw – 3.30

Werder – 2.87

The AMERICAN ODDS will be like this (for 1×2):

Hamburger – +140

Draw – +230

Werder – +188

The FRACTIONAL ODDS will be like this (for 1×2):

Hamburger – 7/5

Draw – 23/10

Werder – 15/8

CONVERTING THE POSITIVE AMERICAN ODDS INTO DECIMAL: 1 + (the odd/100)

example – home win

american – +140

decimal - 1 + 140/100 = 1 + 1.4 = 2.4

example – draw

american – +230

decimal – 1 + 230/100 = 1 + 2.3 = 3.3

CONVERTING THE NEGATIVE AMERICAN ODDS INTO DECIMAL(we don`t have such in the current game, so we will take -200 just for the purposes of the example): 1 – (100/the odd)

example

american – -200

decimal – 1 – 100/(-200) = 1 – (- 0.5 ) = 1.5

CONVERTING THE FRACTIONAL INTO DECIMAL ODDS: the odd + 1

example – home win

fractional – 7/5

decimal – 7/5 + 1 = 1.4 + 1 = 2.4

example – draw

fractional – 23/10

decimal - 23/10 + 1 = 2.3 + 1 = 3.3

Here you can find a table which can transform the odds – download the table for converting the odds.

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