@michael-higginbottom said in Lay Betting.:
Trying to get my head around the lay betting, I thought I understood it but can you please help me to understand. You back higher than you lay, so I put £10 on a golfer backed at 40.00 and layed him at £10 at 10.00 & he came joint second so I got £10 back? I just can’t see the point in laying if you just get your money back?
Good pick by the way! Shame you didn't make it pay. I'll explain it here:
So you backed a player to win because he came second you did not win that bet. However, as you layed the £10 stake back at much lower odds you got your money back as that lay bet won.
When you lay at shorter odds than you back you must lay a bigger stake than you used for the back bet to make money.
So in the example above you should have layed £40 at 10.0, in this case you would have made £30 profit no matter what happened.