How to use the Dutching Calculators
This guide will tell you what the Bonus Money Dutching calculator is capable of.
It will take you through everything you need to know to get set up for using the dutching calculator.
It will teach you what each area of the dutching calculator means and how to personalise your calculator to fit your needs.
If you master the art of using the dutching calculator you will become a more profitable matched bettor.
The dutching calculator from Bonus Money pulls in current odds from bookmakers and Betfair and displays which outcome to bet on so that you can effectively place many bets on the same game. Enabling you to qualify for many potential bonuses.What does the dutching calculator do?
Before you begin using the calculators visit your settings page and select which bookmakers you currently have accounts and that you are able to receive promotions from. This setting affects what you see in both the offer calendar and the dutching calculators. You can select these manually on each individual calculator but this method is much quicker. The image above shows someone who has deselected Palmerbet and Pointsbet in the settings. To select or deselect simply click on the logo. Click Save once you are done.Getting set up
Like the offer calendar, the dutching calculators are only available to Bonus Money Pro members. To access any of the dutching calculators first click through to the offer calendar and then click on any of the individual events. There are currently dutching calculators for all AFL, NRL, EPL, Big Bash, NBA and NFL games that have at least one match odds offer.Accessing the dutching calculators
Underneath the offers, you can see the dutching calculator itself. Within the dutching calculator, there is the following. If you rollover the $ next to the bookies logo you can find out the EV and the trigger for the promotion as well as any extra info relating to how much to stake on the offer if a calculation is required. As the dutching calculators are used by matched bettors of all different experience and bankrolls we never have a suggested stake of over $100. This suggested stake amount can be adjusted manually. Reasons to change the suggested stake After you have adjusted your suggested stake click “Recalculate Optimal Stakes” to get the new suggested way of playing all the offers for the cheapest qualifying loss. If the box the bookies odds are in is orange, it means that we haven’t been able to pull the odds for that bookmaker. The odds will display as 1.00 and the stake will be set to 0 for all outcomes. In this scenario you will need to visit the bookmakers page and find the odds, enter them into the correct outcome on the calculator then click “Recalculate Optimal Stakes”. If the box the bookies odds are in is green, it means that they are the best odds that are available on that outcome. If the background colour of the stake and odds section is blue it is highlighting that there is a suggested back bet on this outcome at the stakes and odds If the profit and loss background is red it means there is a qualifying loss. This isn’t a bad thing and in most cases you will incur a qualifying loss while attempting to qualify for more bonuses. Trust in the EV that is what you can expect to make on average from playing the promotions. If the profit and loss background is green it means there is a qualifying profit. This will usually only happen if you have enhanced odds for outcomes and you have factored them in to the calculation. You can change the odds manually on the calculator. Reasons to change the odds manually After you have adjusted your odds click “Recalculate Optimal Stakes” to get the new suggested way of playing all the offers for the cheapest qualifying loss. You can select which bookies appear in the calculator by changing your account settings. You can also deselect bookies from appearing in individual calculators by clicking on the bookie logo. To get the bookie to reappear you will need to go in to options and select “Show all bookies” instead of “show only active”. Then click the faded bookie logo to get it to reappear in the calculations. Reasons to deselect a bookie After you have adjusted your selected bookies click “Recalculate Optimal Stakes” to get the new suggested way of playing all the offers for the cheapest qualifying loss You can download the bets you have placed to put into your back/lay playsheet. This helps with record keeping and seeing your overall profit/loss where you have bonuses and the total EV taken The promotions are generally giving us a very good margin over the bookmakers. You aren’t going to profit on every event but if you keep playing enough games and promotions then over time you will end up making very close to the expected value. Using the Bonus Money dutching calculator will ensure you are always getting the lowest qualifying cost possible which will generally be around 3-4%. Anything under 6% is acceptable.Using the dutching calculator in basic mode
Bonus info on the calculator
Suggested stakes
Understanding the different colours on the calculator
Changing the odds manually
Selecting/deselecting a bookie
Download as playsheet
An acceptable qualifying loss
Here is a short step by step guide to placing the betsPlacing the bets
If no bonuses trigger then there would be a loss of $15.65 Bet365 – If Geelong lead by 24 points then lose then there would be an extra profit of $168 Betting.club – If Geelong score 85 points or more but lose then there would be a $50 bonus bet Crownbet – if Geelong win then there would be an extra $17.75 profit Sportsbet – If Geelong lead by 20 points then lose then there would be an extra profit of $168 TAB – If Hawthorn score 80 points or more but lose then there would be a $50 bonus bet UBet – If Hawthorn lose by 15 points or less then there would be an extra profit of $50 fig a fig bWorked example
Potential outcomes
Advanced mode can be selected from the options menu. If you select advanced mode all future dutching calculators that you open will also be in advanced mode unless you change it back to the basic mode. The advanced calculator shows the following extra information You can lock an outcome to ensure that when the optimal stakes are recalculated that you are on that outcome and your selected bookie. If you wish to change it back simply select ‘no outcome’ and it will calculate the cheapest qualifying loss. Reasons to lock outcome After you have locked outcomes click “Recalculate Optimal Stakes” to get the new suggested way of playing all the offers with the outcomes you have locked and then for the cheapest qualifying loss with the remaining bets There is also an option to select SNR next to a bookmaker. This is useful if you wish to add a bonus bet in with other dutched bets. It takes it to account the Stake Non Returned odds from the bookmaker when using a bonus. It also updates the profit and loss to account for the fact that when using a bonus there is no additional stake. So you should see the profit and loss background turn green. To maximise returns on bonus bets you still want to ensure you are selecting an outcome that is gaining you a Reasons to use SNR odds After you clicked use SNR odds click “Recalculate Optimal Stakes” to get the new suggested way of playing all the offers with SNR odds factored in for that bookie and for the cheapest qualifying loss with the remaining bets You can add additional rows to the calculator and enter odds and stakes. Reasons to add a row Having this ticked will mean that the suggested back amounts in Betfair will update automatically to create an equal profit. Reasons to untick auto update BetfairUsing the Bonus Money dutching calculator in advanced mode
Additional features in advanced mode
Extra outlay and return information
Lock outcome
SNR odds
Add row
Betfair AU (Auto Update)
The calculators load the cheapest way to combine all of the suggested stakes. There are some offers such as ‘lead at any time and if you draw get a bonus’ in soccer that only make sense to play on a team and not a draw. If the calculator preloads on a draw it is important to select advanced mode and then lock in one of the teams to ensure your bet can gain you a potential bonus.An important tip when using the calculators
If you are wondering why it is better using a dutching calculator than following a matched betting diary or a daily play please read this guide