- Maths reviewed by Josh Miller
- Tested by Diana Westfield
A draw no bet calculator answers one question: what’s my team’s price if a draw just gives me my money back? Home at 2.10, draw at 3.40, and the answer is 1.48. You can also build that bet yourself: from £20, put £5.88 on the draw and £14.12 on the home win. A draw returns £20. A home win returns £29.65. The free CasinoCalcs tool does the split and tells you if the bookmaker’s own DNB price beats it.
Draw no bet odds formula
DNB odds = win odds × (draw odds − 1) ÷ draw odds Draw stake = total ÷ draw odds Win stake = total − draw stake
The draw stake is sized so that a draw pays back exactly the total, which is what makes it “no bet”. Everything else rides on your team. If they lose, both parts lose.
What is draw no bet?
Draw no bet is a football bet on one team to win, with your stake returned if the match ends level. You only lose if the other team wins. Because the draw is taken out, the price is shorter than the straight win: a home side at 2.10 in the match odds might be 1.48 draw no bet. It works the same as an Asian handicap of 0.
Theirs or yours?
Most bookmakers have a DNB market, and its price is often a whisker different from the one you’d build. Sometimes theirs is better because the draw is priced generously. Sometimes yours is, because the DNB market carries its own margin. Type their price into the last box and the calculator says which way it falls. It’s usually within 2%, but on a £50 bet that’s a pound for ten seconds’ work.
The “fair” line removes the margin from the win and lose prices. Here it’s 1.58 for the home side. Nobody pays fair, but if a price is a long way under it, you’re paying a lot for the insurance.
Draw no bet, double chance and Asian handicap
Draw no bet is identical to Asian handicap 0.0. AH +0.25 goes a step further: on a draw, half your stake comes back and the other half wins. The Asian handicap calculator settles every quarter line. If you want a draw to count as a win, that’s double chance, at a shorter price.
A rough guide: DNB suits a team you fancy that might get held. Double chance suits an underdog you think won’t lose. And if you want your own chances instead of the market’s, the correct score calculator builds them from expected goals.
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