Mr J you seem to do your thing all about the place ......could you explain or give me an example of the american odds .for example they use figures such as 115 its probably basic but I dont understand ... replies from anybody else who understands are welcome,,,
Thanks

Well, I reckon it's stupid. Give me plain simple old decimal odds any day.

Anyway, this is pretty much how it goes. If theres a + before the number, then the number basically represents how much profit you'll make if you bet $100. For example, +320 means if you put $100 on, you get back $420. But when there's a - before the number, the number represents how much money you'd have to bet to make $100 profit. In the example you use of -115, that means, you'd have to bet $115 to make $100 profit. There you go. Clear as mud.


[ This Message was edited by: sportznut on 2004-10-26 07:57 ]

Thanks Sportz. got it ..cheers

Yeh that's it.

If you want to convert:

For an underdog, take the american price, divide by 100 and add 1. E.g. +200 turns into $3.00 (200 divided by 100 = 2.00, +1 = 3.00). You'll see the pattern
+200 is $3.00
+300 is $4.00
+240 is $3.40
+500 is $6.00

For favourites:
convert american to decimal, divide 100 by the american odds and add 1. E.g. say the odds are -200. 100 divided by 200 is 0.5, add 1 = 1.50. You can usually do a rough estimate just by looking at it.

The exact formulae (where P = odds)
Underdogs: P/100+1
Faves: -100/P+1

Yep I can do those in my head now thank you