Could it be that millions of punters have been making the wrong choices every week? Single betting is king in the market. And the A word or ACCA is usually something to be laughed at. A lot of punters are willing to log into their betting apps and place at least 5 bets a day, normally singles. That adds up to 35 a week and millions of people in England alone have a bet. But have we been betting the wrong way after all? Hear me out.
Single bets just feel like the right way to go because of course we are betting on a single outcome to happen and not having to rely on others to win to give us a successful bet. It's interesting to note that if we back a team to win a game in reality the chance is 33% because there can be three results. Not to digress but punters love singles because single bets win. The problem of course is that it is rare in the long term to keep those wins up and not many will achieve even a win rate of 55% over a longer course, normally even a month. Professional punters have used a bar of a 57% win rate to make sure they are making money long term. As for punters backing for grocery money a win rate of 52% has been seen to be effective. This though is when we come into value. Ever wonder why the bookie usually comes out on top in the end? Much of it has to do with odds on pricing. If you're consistently backing prices between 1.62-1.91 for example while the perception is you may win more times the fact is when you lose the house really has an edge on you. This is when betting singles can get tricky. How many of you have backed a price say of 1.83 and have won one then lost the next and rinse and repeat. You end up in a yo yo situation where you keep taking one step forward only to take one back. It can get very frustrating because of the lack of progress or minimal progress and then mistakes can filter in and your bank can be gone quicker than it took Southampton to be relegated last season. So what gives?
Singles will give you much more of an experience of winning because even the very worst tipsters out there will win at one point. But singles will also drain you of your money quicker. Quicker than what? Well quicker than backing accumulators. Accas as we will refer to them here can be very difficult to pull off and that can lead to some punters getting frustrated but at the same time they can make your budget stretch that much longer. For example if you were to back 6 or more on an acca you will only be tempted to place a small amount on this. £15 for example and if all comes off from a sixfold you could win upwards of £500 all depending on the market and price of course but that is a huge profit. Some play for accas consisting of 10 or more choices for the same amount of £15 and if that wins you could be looking at several thousand pounds profit. The downside is that if only one let's you down then the bet is ruined but the upside is how much more affordable it is in the long run and it can be viewed more as a fun way to bet. If your day comes in you could land £5,000 or more. However betting singles for 99% of punters will not yield those results but it is very easy over the course of a weekend to spend £100 or even £200 on football markets. However the rarity of accas dictates you would lose a minimal amount only on this market. So for affordability accas does seem the way to go and it doesn't always have to feel like a dream to win one. You could for example make 4 choices and mix them up. The card over under market could be one selection. The corners over under a next. Or all 4 selections could focus on the card or corner markets with each of these markets averaging out at 1.72 over 4 selections you could still win a tidy sum of £170 for a £20 stake.
Ultimately we have touched on odds on pricing which feels like a safer bet regarding football but with the acca having a few selections that pumps up the price anywhere from 5/1 to 100/1 in some cases. Singles can provide value if you do your research and see for example that a certain fixture has a certain pattern ranging from over cards over goals or over corners and if the price is over 2.00 that greatly helps. But once we step into the odds on market over the long term we have to concede that this is when the bookie really has the house edge. The edge isn't the same with accas because your stakes will be so low and the prize so great. Still accas exist because the bookies know for every David that wins every John, Jim and Harry will lose and accas are a great source of revenue for them.
Accas can get a bad rap but one has to wonder over the course of a season if they can't hold their own with someone who only backs singles? You only need 2 or 3 wins on the acca to reach four figures. But it's hard to justify to the regular punter that accas may be the way to go because for 90% of the time you will lose, you are only really searching for that 10% and most people let alone regular punters hate to have that losing feeling. But for affordability and great winnings accas should not be knocked too badly, one day, they could change your life.
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