Scorecast Calculator: Returns & Fair Odds

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First goalscorer odds

Correct score odds (or match result for a wincast)

Odds offered for the scorecast / wincast

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A scorecast is a related double: if your player scores first, the scorelines where his team wins get likelier. That's why it pays less than multiplying the two prices. Most bookmakers settle a no-goalscorer or non-runner on the correct score part alone.

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A scorecast calculator for the bet on the first goalscorer and the exact score together. Your striker at 7/2 to score first and 2-0 at 8/1. As a double, that’s 4.5 × 9.0 = 40.5, or 79/2. The scorecast price on the coupon is more like 28/1. The CasinoCalcs calculator shows the return on what you’re offered, and how much shorter it is than the double: about 28% here. It’s free, and it handles wincasts too.

How a scorecast works

You pick a player to score the first goal and a correct score. If he does and it ends that way, you’re paid at the scorecast odds. Get either part wrong and the bet loses. Own goals don’t count as the first goal for your player.

A £5 scorecast at 28/1 returns £145. The same £5 as a straight double at 79/2 would return £202.50, if a bookmaker let you do it. They won’t, and the reason is fair enough.

Why the price is cut

The two parts aren’t independent. Say your team’s centre-forward scores first. Now his team is a goal up, and the chance of 2-0 or 2-1 jumps. So the real chance of “he scores first AND it’s 2-0” is bigger than 1/4.5 × 1/9. A fair scorecast price has to be shorter than the double.

The question is how much shorter. If a bookmaker’s scorecast is 40% under the double on a big favourite’s striker, that’s mostly margin. If it’s 15% under, it’s close to the honest correction. You can’t see the exact correlation from the coupon, but comparing the same pick at two places tells you who’s taking the bigger slice.

Wincast

Switch the bet type to wincast and put the match result odds in the second box. Same idea, lower odds, a lot more ways to win: your man first and his team to win by any score. Wincasts are correlated even more strongly, because a team that scores first wins about two thirds of the time.

A rough guide for scorecasts: the most common winning scores are 1-0, 2-0 and 2-1. The correct score calculator gives you the chance of each from expected goals. If you’d rather keep the parts separate, settle a double in the bet calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a scorecast bet?

A bet on the first goalscorer and the exact final score together, at one price. Both parts have to be right.

Why does a scorecast pay less than the double?

Because the two parts are linked. If your striker scores first, his team winning by a couple becomes more likely, so the combined chance is higher than the two prices multiplied.

What is a wincast?

First goalscorer plus the match result, rather than the exact score.

What happens if my player doesn't play?

Most bookmakers settle it as a single on the correct score (or result for a wincast). Check the rules where you bet.