{"id":3446,"date":"2022-07-20T16:32:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T16:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newbettingsites.co\/?page_id=3446"},"modified":"2022-08-03T17:11:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T17:11:40","slug":"should-you-request-your-own-or-build-your-own-bets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newbettingsites.co\/articles\/should-you-request-your-own-or-build-your-own-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Request Your Own Or Build Your Own Bets?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whether you logon to your betting app, follow the company on social media or just happen to catch an advert that they\u2019ve paid to have on television, the chances are high that you\u2019ll know all about Request-A-Bet or similar features. This is because bookmakers know that they are brilliant money makers for them and that punters tend to enjoy them as they think it gives them a chance to be clever. The first question that you might want to ask is whether or not you should take your bookie of choice up on their offer.<\/p>\n
The short answer is no, such is the extent to which bookmakers hike up their margin when it comes to the likes of Request-A-Bet<\/a> or Build-Your-Own Bet<\/a>. They do this because they know that the market you\u2019re requesting isn\u2019t one that is covered naturally by other bookmakers, so they don\u2019t need to compete for your business. Of course, the flip side of this is that you\u2019re asking for a market that is likely to be unique to you, so if you\u2019re really convinced that you know what is going to happen then you might think it is good value.<\/p>\n The first question that at least some people will want to know the answer to is what, exactly, Request-A-Bet and Build-Your-Own bets actually are. They are, in many ways, exactly what they sound like. You can get in touch with a bookmaker and ask them for odds on a scenario that you think is going to happen. Let us imagine, for example, that Liverpool are playing against Manchester United and you think that the Merseyside club are going to score 3+ goals against their arch rivals without reply, whilst also winning five or more corners and receiving two yellow cards.<\/p>\n Depending on the bookmaker that you use, you will be able to either get in touch with them on social media, such as Twitter, or else e-mail them and ask them for odds on all of those things happening. They will then offer you the odds that they want to, giving you the chance to place a bet on those things all coming true. If they do, you\u2019ll win your bet, if they don\u2019t then your bet will be a loser. The whole point about these types of bets is that they usually cover things that you wouldn\u2019t get as a normal accumulator offer from a bookie.<\/p>\n Build-Your-Own bets are similar, with the exception being that the bookmaker presents you with the various markets that you can combine. These are more limited, given that the only thing that you need to worry about with the Request-A-Bet feature is your own imagination and the willingness of the bookie to offer you odds. Though they\u2019re more limited, the options still offer you markets that you wouldn\u2019t be able to get if you just did a normal accumulator, so it is is something that some people may well be willing to consider.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve understood what Request-A-Bet and Build-Your-Own bet features are, the next thing that you might wish to consider is whether or not they\u2019re good value. The short answer to this is \u2018no\u2019, given the fact that the margin that bookmakers build in to such offers is incredibly high. You are probably talking about a margin in excess of 20%, which means that you\u2019re really getting no value whatsoever for your wager. There are numerous reasons why this is the case, with the most obvious being that the bookie you use knows that they don\u2019t have to compete for your business over that market.<\/p>\n That is to say, if you wanted to place a standard bet, such as Liverpool to beat Manchester United, that is something that you can get from any bookmaker and therefore they all need to compete with each other to win your business. When the bet is more specific, which Request-A-Bet and Build-Your-Own bets are by their very nature, no other bookie will be offering it as standard and therefore there is no need for the one that you\u2019ve contacted to make the odds competitive in order to win your business. As a result, the value in them is extremely poor.<\/p>\nWhat Are Request-A-Bet & Build-Your-Own Bets?<\/h2>\n
Are The Good Value?<\/h2>\n