What is A Bet Builder?
Football has long been one of the most popular betting sports, particularly in the UK. First exploding into the public consciousness with the advent of the Football Pools, followed by the famous “Long List” coupons, having a flutter to liven up the latest round of fixtures soon became ingrained in British sporting culture.
Of course, these days, the modern punter has far more options than selecting which games will end in a draw or perming results together on a long-list coupon. When navigating to any football game at a fully regulated betting site – such as those found at www.newbettingsites.co.uk – players will find an almost endless list of betting choices. If an event can conceivably happen during the 90 minutes of a game, then chances are you will be able to bet on it.
One of the most popular recent developments in the football betting arena has been the emergence of the Bet Builder, or “Create-a-Bet” style of wager. Rather than simply selecting from the list of betting options available on a bookmaker’s website, these bets allow a far greater degree of customisation, enabling punters to mould a bet to meet their own specifications.
The popularity of Bet Builders is almost certainly related to the levels of excitement they can add to any given game – even those involving the 2022/23 version of Port Vale! With all manner of events able to be included in a Bet Builder, including bookings, corners, total goals, goal scorers and more, these bets give players far more to cheer for than just the final result. So how does it all work?
How To Place A Bet Builder
Most commonly referred to as Bet Builders, these bets also go under the names of; Your Odds, Create A Bet, and other variations, depending upon the bookmaker. Whatever their title, they all tend to work in largely the same way, with the following being a typical example of a Bet Builder in operation.
Bet Builders – A Simple Definition
When placing a Bet Builder, you are simply required to select a number of events you think will occur during a game – usually beginning at a minimum of two, and moving up to a maximum of eight. As you add the events to your betting slip, you will be shown the total odds for your Bet Builder – the more events you add, the bigger your odds become. When you are happy with the selected events and the odds on offer, simply add your stake, place your bet, and settle down to watch the game.
Which Events Can I Select?
This will vary from bookmaker to bookmaker, with certain sites offering a truly exhaustive list of options, but in general, you can expect to find the following and more available.
- Total Goals: Select the total number of goals you think will be scored in the game as a whole, or by one of the two sides. This option will usually be expressed as over or under a specified amount, e.g. Over 2.5 Goals.
- Total Corners: How many corners will there be? This is again usually listed as over or under a certain number of corners, e.g. Under 10.5 corners.
- Total Cards: How many cards will be shown in the game?
- Player to be Carded: Select a specific player to receive a yellow or red card.
- Player to Score: Select a player to score at any time during the game.
- Player to Assist: Select a player to supply an assist during the game.
- Match Result: Home Win, Away Win, or Draw.
- Player Shots on Target: Select a player to have a specified number of shots on target during the game.
- Winning Margin: Select a team to win by a certain number of goals.
- Both Teams to Score: Will both teams score in the game? Yes or no.
- Team With Most Cards: Which team will receive the highest number of cards?
- Correct Score: Predict the final score.
- Winning Margin: How many goals will a team win by?
As an example of how all of this works, consider a match between Port Vale and Shrewsbury Town.
Whereas in the past, punters were limited to single style bets or perhaps a Scorecast, the Bet Builder enables bettors to be far more specific.
Think that Port Vale will win by exactly two goals, Ellis Harrison will score, Daniel Butterworth will provide an assist, and Shrewsbury will receive the most cards? The Bet Builder will provide you with odds on that exact scenario unfolding.