Both Teams to Score Betting in Great Britain – How BTTS Works and Which Licensed Sites Offer It

Updated October 2026

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This page pulls together everything a British bettor needs to know about Both Teams to Score (BTTS) in one place: how the market is built, how bookmakers settle it, what the margin inside the price really takes out of the stake, and which UK Gambling Commission-licensed sites carry it. The angle is cost. BTTS is a simple two-outcome market on its face – yes or no, both teams score or only one does – and that simplicity hides the same overround every other football market carries. The bettor who ignores the margin pays for it every time they place a bet, and the bettor who reads the terms before staking is the one who keeps the difference.

Latest data current as of 27 October 2026, cross-checked against the Gambling Commission’s public register.

The law: what Great Britain’s betting rules actually say about markets like BTTS

BTTS is not on a list of permitted markets because no such list exists. The Gambling Act 2005, which covers England, Scotland and Wales, creates an operator-licensing regime: a bookmaker applies for a category of licence, runs its product under that licence, and tells the Gambling Commission what markets it offers. Northern Ireland sits outside the Act and runs on older law – a GB licence does not regulate a bettor in Belfast. That asymmetry is why every licensed operator’s terms and every Commission page refer to “Great Britain” rather than “the UK”.

Since the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 the rule has been plain: any operator whose remote facilities are used in Great Britain needs a Gambling Commission licence, wherever that operator is based. Sections 33 and 36 of the 2005 Act, as amended, set the offence. A Curaçao, Gibraltar or Maltese licence is not a substitute for serving British customers. The remote general betting standard (real events) licence is the category under which BTTS markets sit, alongside match result, totals, handicaps and any other football market a bookmaker chooses to add. The exchange licence – remote betting intermediary – covers back and lay on a betting exchange and is a separate category.

The Commission maintains a public register searchable by business name, trading name, domain or account number. That register is the whole test of who holds a licence. Any count of “licensed bookmakers in Britain” is only as good as the date the register was checked, and the register changes monthly. A bettor who wants to confirm a brand should search the register before staking, not after.

Financial spread betting is a different product and sits under the Financial Conduct Authority, not the Commission. The spread firms that also offer fixed-odds betting – Spreadex is the long-standing example – hold a Commission licence for the fixed-odds side and an FCA authorisation for the spread side, and the FCA’s own rule that spread losses can exceed deposits applies on the spread book.

Advertising is not licensed by the Commission. The CAP Code, enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority, sets the rules for non-broadcast marketing; the BCAP Code covers broadcast. Both Codes bind the content operators to social responsibility: no strong appeal to under-18s, no featured gambler who is or appears to be under 25 in marketing placed where a bet can be made directly. The Codes are about who may appear in an ad, not about who may place a bet.

Safer gambling: the British safety net behind a BTTS bet

The British safety net has more pieces than most bettors ever use. GAMSTOP is the national multi-operator online self-exclusion scheme and a mandatory licence condition for every online operator since 31 March 2020. Self-exclusion runs for six months, one year, five years, or five years with auto-renewal; once the minimum period is up the exclusion stays in place for a further seven years unless the bettor asks GAMSTOP to remove it. GAMSTOP covers online sites and apps. Betting shops use a separate service.

A financial vulnerability check applies at licensed remote bookmakers when a bettor’s deposits minus withdrawals cross £150 over a rolling 30-day window. The check is a public-record check (bankruptcy, county court judgments and similar) – it is not an income check and not a credit reference check. Above that threshold the bookmaker may ask where the money is coming from and may restrict the account if the answer is not satisfactory.

Deposit limits are the bettor’s own lever: every licensed site lets the customer set a gross deposit limit on a fixed time frame. The first changes to the deposit-limit regime took effect on 31 October 2025 and a second phase has been postponed to 30 September 2026; whether the second phase is in force depends on the date the bettor reads this. There is no state-set deposit ceiling – the customer chooses the limit, and a bookmaker can suggest a lower one if the pattern of play warrants it.

Identity checks happen before the first deposit, since 7 May 2019. A bettor cannot deposit, claim a free bet or place a wager without those checks going through. That cuts out anonymous play at any GB-licensed site and is the reason the registration step feels heavier than it did a decade ago. The flip side is that funds held by a licensed operator sit under a regulated insolvency regime and are reachable through approved dispute resolution if the operator refuses to pay.

Help is free and confidential. GamCare runs the National Gambling Helpline, GambleAware funds treatment and research, the NHS runs gambling clinics, and Gamblers Anonymous runs peer-support meetings. A bettor who feels the betting has stopped being a choice should reach for one of these before reaching for another bookmaker.

Predictions and strategy: why nobody can call BTTS, and how the smart money plays it anyway

Every search for “both teams to score betting tips” runs into the same wall. BTTS has two outcomes, and the second one – both teams score – is the headline outcome for which the price is set. Bookmakers post a price on “yes” and another on “no”, the prices sum to a payout share below 100%, and the difference is the margin. A tipster service promising a “BTTS acca for tonight” is selling a story, not a forecast, because the price on every leg already takes a cut.

That does not leave the bettor with nothing. Three honest approaches show up in the published material and in the way sharp bettors talk about the market.

First, team-level inputs that are easy to verify. A side that scores in 70% of home league games and concedes in 60% is a stronger BTTS candidate than one that scores in 30% and concedes in 20%, and the published form tables put both numbers in front of the bettor for free. A long injury list in defence, a forward who has scored in five of the last six, a manager who publicly commits to an attacking shape – all of it shows up in the news cycle and all of it moves the price the bookmaker posts.

Second, the line between BTTS and the totals market. A bookmaker’s over/under 2.5 goals price carries information about the same match: if over 2.5 is short, BTTS yes is usually short for the same reason. Comparing the two before staking takes the bettor past the headline number into the underlying model.

Third, the multi-leg both-teams-to-score accumulator. BTTS is a natural accumulator leg because it does not need a winner – it just needs both teams on the scoresheet. The catch is the margin compounds across legs, and a six-fold BTTS accumulator carries the bookmaker’s edge six times over. The bettor who treats a BTTS acca as a small stake for entertainment is paying the right price; the bettor who treats it as income is paying for the lesson.

What the market is not, and what every tipster site eventually admits in its small print: BTTS cannot be predicted with certainty. The two outcomes are not equally likely, but neither is locked in. A clean sheet from either goalkeeper turns the bet to “no”, and a 0-0 turns the bet to “no” regardless of how much attacking play went before it. The bettor who accepts that and stakes what they can afford to lose is the one the rest of this page is written for.

Bet types and odds: the market itself, what the prices mean, and how settlement works

BTTS is a two-outcome match market. The bettor backs “yes” if they think both teams will score at least one goal each in normal time, and “no” if they think at least one team will fail to score. The match-result market – home, draw, away – is independent of BTTS: a 2-2 draw wins BTTS yes, a 2-0 home win wins BTTS no. The two markets coexist on the same fixture.

What the price means

A BTTS price is decimal odds in the modern British format. A price of 1.90 means a £10 stake returns £19 if both teams score – the £10 stake plus £9 of profit. The same price expressed fractionally is 9/10, the British form. A price of 2.50 (3/2) means a £10 stake returns £25, the £10 stake plus £15 of profit.

The full payout on a winning single is therefore stake × odds: the stake comes back and the profit is stake × (odds − 1). The bettor’s net position on a win is stake × (odds − 1); the net position on a loss is the stake, gone. There is no third outcome in BTTS – the match either produces a goal for each side or it does not, and extra time does not count.

A bookmaker offers BTTS as a single, a leg inside an accumulator, or – increasingly – inside a same-game multi or bet builder where BTTS is combined with match result, totals, first goalscorer or player shots. Cash-out is available on singles and on multiples with most major bookmakers, subject to the bookmaker’s own rules on when cash-out is on or off.

Settlement rules that matter

Settlement is the rule a bettor reads after the bet has lost. Three Sky Bet rules illustrate what licensed operators’ terms actually state, and they are typical of the licensed set:

• Football bets settle on 90 minutes of play, including injury time; extra time and penalties do not count unless extra-time betting is specifically offered. A goal scored in the 93rd minute counts; a goal scored in the 101st minute does not.
• A match abandoned after kick-off leaves already-decided bets standing and voids all others, unless the restart is announced within 3 hours of kick-off and occurs within 3 days of abandonment. A pre-match BTTS bet on a match abandoned at 1-1 is not “decided” – it could still go either way – and is voided; a pre-match BTTS bet on a match abandoned at 0-3 is decided and stands.
• First-goalscorer bets are settled on the result after 90 minutes including injury time. Own goals do not count for first-goalscorer purposes; the scorer of the next goal that is not an own goal is the first goalscorer for settlement.

Every licensed operator publishes its own version of these rules. The published rules vary on points such as the voiding window after abandonment, the treatment of goals scored from a deflection, and whether corners and free-kicks count for player-shot markets. A bettor who reads the operator’s rules before staking the bettor saves themselves the dispute.

The bookmaker’s margin, in plain arithmetic

Every price a bookmaker posts carries a margin – the cut the bookmaker keeps of every unit staked on the market, before any individual outcome pays out. The way to see the margin is the same for every two-outcome market including BTTS.

For a two-way market with decimal odds a and b on the two outcomes, the payout share is 1 ÷ (1/a + 1/b) and the margin is 1 minus the payout share.

Take the illustrative example of BTTS posted at 1.90 on “yes” and 1.90 on “no”. The arithmetic is:

• 1/1.90 = 0.5263 on the yes side
• 1/1.90 = 0.5263 on the no side
• Sum = 1.0526
• Payout share = 1 / 1.0526 = 0.9500, or 95.00%
• Margin = 1 − 0.9500 = 0.0500, or 5.00%

That is the bookmaker’s edge on this market: for every £100 staked across both outcomes in the long run, the bookmaker keeps £5 and pays out £95. The £5 is the price the bettor pays for the service, and it is built into every price on the coupon.

A more typical BTTS margin at a major bookmaker sits in the 5% to 8% band – sharper than 1X2 (where the overround is wider because there are three outcomes) but still wider than the Asian handicap line on the same fixture. The headline price the bettor sees – “1.90 on both teams to score” – is honest about what it costs to win, and the cost is the 5% margin built into the 1.90. A bettor who sees 1.95 on the same selection has found a better price and is paying closer to 2.5% margin; a bettor who sees 1.80 is paying closer to 11% margin, and that is the price difference the published odds are trying to hide.

Margin is not the same as profit. A bookmaker with a 5% margin can still lose money on a single match, and a sharp bettor who consistently backs outcomes at a margin below the true probability will profit over many bets. Most bettors are not that sharp, and the margin is the cost of the bet.

Worked example: the cost of a BTTS bet at illustrative odds

A £10 stake on BTTS yes at decimal odds 1.90 returns £19 on a win – the £10 stake plus £9 of profit – and loses £10 on a miss. The bettor’s two outcomes are £9 ahead or £10 behind, asymmetric because the price is asymmetric, and the asymmetry plus the 5% margin over many bets is what the bookmaker’s pricing reflects.

The same stake at 1.95 on the same selection returns £19.50 on a win and loses £10 on a miss. The price difference between 1.90 and 1.95 is a quarter of a point of margin (roughly 1.3% on this market) and over a season of BTTS staking the bettor who always takes 1.95 keeps measurably more of the action.

The ten-bookmaker shortlist: which GB-licensed sites carry BTTS

Ten UK Gambling Commission-licensed bookmakers carry BTTS as a standard market on top-flight football, and each has a different shape. The table below sets them side by side on the points that matter for a BTTS bet: the licence, the holder, and the published BTTS rule. The table does not rank them – being licensed is the floor, and the ranking from here is the bettor’s own choice. The notes after the table cover what the table cannot.

Every brand in this table holds a remote general betting standard (real events) licence on the Commission’s public register, and every one is a GAMSTOP member. The same LeoVegas Gaming PLC entity that holds the BetUK licence also holds the BetMGM UK licence (account 39198 covers both brands); that is one licensee running two trading names, not two independent operators, and the bettor should treat the two brands as one company on the betting side. The same pattern shows up at other large groups and is the reason the Commission’s licence counts do not equal the Commission’s brand counts.

What the table does not say, and what the notes below cover, is what each operator adds on top of a plain BTTS bet: the welcome offer, the in-play depth, the bet builder, and the kind of customer the brand seems to be built for. Those are the differences that turn a licensed bookmaker into a choice.

BetUK

LeoVegas Gaming PLC runs BetUK on its 39198 licence, and the brand sits squarely on British football and British racing. The welcome offer credits free bets on a first settled bet, with virtual sports, esports and non-UK/IE horse racing excluded and a minimum odds rule that filters out the lowest-margin prices. The bettor who wants a clean British football book with a familiar welcome mechanic and no casino noise should look here.

Betway

Betway’s welcome offer for new UK and Ireland customers is £40 in free bet tokens (4 × £10) credited on settlement of a first bet of at least £10 at minimum odds of 2.0, with a 7-day expiry and debit card deposits only. The brand carries a deep football book, a Bet Builder on selected fixtures, and a long-running in-play product. The bettor who wants a mainstream British football experience with a free bet ladder rather than a single free bet should look here. The 7-day expiry on the free bet tokens is tight – the tokens expire a week after they land – and that is the cost of the welcome.

Midnite

Midnite’s site cites the Commission’s 101839 licence and shows in-play events, an acca builder, popular accas and price boosts with maximum-stake limits published on each boost. The welcome offer for new customers is £25 in free bets and 50 free spins credited on a first bet of £5 or more on pre-match odds of EVS (2.0) or greater within 14 days of sign-up, with a 7-day expiry on the free bets. The brand is built for the bettor who likes accas and boosted prices rather than singles, and the maximum-stake limit on each boost is a guardrail the bettor should check before staking.

DAZN Bet

DAZN Bet is the betting arm of the DAZN streaming brand and runs on DZBT Limited’s 48756 licence. The site offers Cash Out, Bet Builder, daily bet boosts and in-play betting, with the explicit rule that cash-out availability is not guaranteed and bets stand if cash-out is unavailable. The bettor who plans to cash out BTTS in-play should treat cash-out as a feature that may not be available at the moment they need it, and size the stake accordingly.

Betboro

Betboro runs on Webmedia Development N.V.’s 44181 licence and carries in-play markets and cash-out on football, racing and tennis, boosted odds on selected singles from £10 stakes, and the standard responsible-gambling toolkit (deposit limits, reality checks, self-exclusion). The minimum stake on a boosted price is part of the boost’s terms, and the bettor who likes singles rather than accumulators should look here.

DragonBet

DragonBet’s app is published by DragonBet Ltd on the 64908 licence and features Welsh football and rugby markets alongside racing and American football, in-play betting and bet builder markets. The brand is built for the bettor who wants Welsh sport at the centre of the coupon, and the football book outside Welsh football is narrower than at the mainstream brands.

Bet600

Bet600 runs on Tyche Tech Limited’s 44731 licence and pays Best Odds Guaranteed on horse racing – if the starting price is bigger than the early or show price taken, the bet is paid at the SP. The BTTS market is the standard football product. The bettor whose betting splits between horse racing with BOG and football BTTS should look here; the bettor whose betting is football-only should look elsewhere for the football depth.

Geoff Banks

Geoff Banks’ app is published by GB Sports Advisors Limited on the 54095 licence and offers live in-play prices and ante-post prices on future events. The brand is small and the BTTS market is part of a narrower book. The bettor who wants a smaller bookmaker with personal-service feel rather than a mainstream product should look here; the bettor who wants the deepest BTTS menu will not.

Sky Bet

Sky Bet’s welcome offer for new customers is £30 in free bets credited as three £10 free bet tokens after a deposit of at least £5 and a first single or each-way bet of at least 5p at odds of 1/1 or greater. Sky Bet settles football bets on 90 minutes of play unless a market says otherwise, with the 90 minutes including time added by the referee for stoppages; abandoned matches void unsettled bets per the standard 3-hour restart window; first-goalscorer bets are settled on the 90-minute result including injury time. The brand carries a deep football book, a long-running in-play product and a Sky-integrated experience. The bettor who wants a flagship British bookmaker with the most-read BTTS rules should look here. The 5p minimum stake on the qualifying bet is a quirk – the bettor can clear the qualifying bet for 5p – and the rest of the welcome is generous.

Copybet

Copybet runs on Copybet UK Limited’s 53774 licence and offers Best Odds Guaranteed all day, every day, on all UK and Irish racing, plus first past the post on horse racing even if the winner is later disqualified. The brand is built around the copy-betting concept – following other bettors’ tips – and the BTTS market is part of the standard football book. The bettor who likes following other bettors’ selections should look here; the bettor who wants to make their own calls on every selection should not.

The fundamentals: how a BTTS market is actually priced and settled

The fundamentals section is for the bettor who wants the engine behind the price, not just the price itself. BTTS is a single match market with two outcomes, and the way a bookmaker prices it is the way a bookmaker prices every two-outcome market on the coupon.

The shape of the market

Every match outcome has a probability – the chance the bettor estimates that both teams will score, the chance that at least one will not. A bookmaker turns that probability into a price by dividing the probability into 1. A 50% chance becomes 2.00, a 60% chance becomes 1.67, a 70% chance becomes 1.43. The price the bettor sees is the inverse of the probability the bookmaker estimates, plus the margin.

Because BTTS has two outcomes and both outcomes have prices, the two prices together imply a probability sum. If the two prices imply probabilities that sum to 1.05, the bookmaker’s margin is 5%. If they sum to 1.08, the margin is 8%. The bettor who wants to compare markets across bookmakers should compare implied probabilities, not prices – 1.95 implies a 51.3% chance on one side and 52.6% on the other at a competitor, and the difference is real even if both prices look similar in pounds.

How the price moves

The price a bookmaker posts at kick-off is the price the bookmaker has been willing to take all week. The price changes as money comes in – a surge of bets on BTTS yes shortens the yes price and lengthens the no price, because the bookmaker is trying to balance the book rather than carry the risk. In-play, the price moves with the goals: a goal for the home side at 1-0 lengthens BTTS yes, a goal for the away side at 0-1 shortens it.

The bettor who watches the price move should remember the margin is constant through the move. The bookmaker is not giving the bettor a better deal at the 70th minute than at kick-off; the bookmaker is adjusting the implied probability to keep the margin in place. A back bet at 1.95 in-play is the same margin as a back bet at 1.95 pre-match, and the in-play convenience does not come free.

Cash-out and bet builder

Cash-out lets the bettor close a BTTS bet before the match ends, at a price the bookmaker sets at the moment of cash-out. The cash-out price is the live price of the bet, less the bookmaker’s slice, and the slice is wider the more uncertain the live outcome. A BTTS yes bet at 1.90 pre-match, with the score at 1-1 at the 60th minute, will cash out at a price below 1.90 because the bookmaker is taking the live risk on the outcome. The bettor who cashes out early is paying for the certainty.

Bet builder lets the bettor combine BTTS with other selections from the same match – match result, totals, first goalscorer, player shots – into a single bet at multiplied odds. The bet builder’s combined odds carry a margin wider than the singles stacked together, because the bookmaker is building in the correlation between legs. The bettor who uses a bet builder is paying a margin premium for the convenience of one stake on the combined bet.

The statute: where the rule sits between the bettor and the bookmaker

The statute behind every licensed BTTS bet is the Gambling Act 2005, the LCCP that conditions every Commission licence, and the Remote Technical Standards (RTS) that every licensed remote operator must meet. The Act sets the framework; the LCCP sets the conditions; the RTS sets the technical bar.

Every licensed operator’s published BTTS rule sits inside that frame. The bookmaker can set the rule tight or loose, but the bookmaker cannot set the rule outside the licence conditions – a bookmaker that did would lose the licence. The bettor who reads the operator’s rule before staking the bet is reading the rule a regulator has signed off on.

The first-goalscorer rule at Sky Bet is a clean example: settled on the result after 90 minutes including injury time. The rule is published, the rule is on the operator’s site, and the rule is what the regulator has approved. The bettor who bets on a first goalscorer at Sky Bet is betting on the rule.

The abandonment rule at Sky Bet is the second clean example: a match abandoned after kick-off leaves already-decided bets standing and voids all others. The 3 hours and the 3 days are the operator’s choices within the licence conditions, and they are the choices the regulator has signed off on. The bettor who wants to know whether a void or a settlement applies after an abandonment reads the rule.

The advertised 90-minute rule – including time added by the referee for stoppages – is the rule every licensed bookmaker follows for football unless a market says otherwise. The 90 minutes is what the regulator expects, and the licensed bookmaker that changed it without notice would be in breach. The bettor who backs BTTS is backing the 90-minute result, and that is the rule.

Tax, payments and the offshore question

The player pays no tax on betting winnings in Great Britain. General Betting Duty is the operator’s tax on gross profits and is currently 15% on most remote betting, with a new remote rate of 25% taking effect from 1 April 2027 on remote bets that are not UK horse racing, pool betting, self-service terminal bets or in-person bets. The rate change is a fiscal fact, not a customer fact: whether operators pass duty on through odds is not established, and the bettor should not write off a price as “including tax” because no such line appears on the bet slip.

Credit cards have been banned for gambling in Great Britain since 14 April 2020, including credit-card-funded payments through an e-wallet. Debit cards and bank-based payments are not covered by that ban. A bettor who tries to fund a licensed BTTS bet with a credit card will be refused at the deposit stage.

Identity verification happens before the first deposit, since 7 May 2019. The bettor cannot deposit, claim a free bet or place a wager without those checks going through. Source-of-funds questions at higher spend are normal under the anti-money-laundering rules and the £150 rolling 30-day vulnerability check.

Offshore sites that hold a Curaçao or Maltese licence but no GB licence are not licensed to serve British customers and offer no British protections: no GAMSTOP, no Commission complaints route, no approved dispute resolution, no British consumer redress if funds are withheld, no bonus cap, no vulnerability check. Providing gambling facilities in Great Britain without the licence the Act requires is an offence under section 33 of the Gambling Act 2005. No offence aimed at a customer who merely bets on an unlicensed site has been published; the loss is the loss of protection, not the loss of liberty.

Where to stake a BTTS bet in Great Britain

A BTTS bettor in Great Britain has a straight set of options. The first filter is the Gambling Commission’s public register: any brand on the register holds a licence; any brand off the register does not. The second filter is the bettor’s own preferences: welcome offer shape, in-play depth, bet builder availability, market menu.

Ten UKGC-licensed bookmakers sit at the front of the pack for football BTTS. The choice between them is the choice between mainstream football depth (Betway, Sky Bet), a streaming-brand crossover (DAZN Bet), an acca-led book (Midnite), a Welsh-sport-led book (DragonBet), a racing-and-football hybrid (Bet600, Copybet), a singles-and-boosts book (Betboro), a personal-service book (Geoff Banks) and a clean British football book (BetUK). The licence is the floor; the shape is the choice.

The bettor who treats BTTS as a small stake on a familiar market, who reads the operator’s settlement rules before staking, and who accepts the 5% to 8% margin built into the price is the bettor the rest of this market is built for. The bettor who chases BTTS accas across six legs is paying six times the margin and calling it a system.

The overview: putting BTTS in plain words

Both Teams to Score is a two-outcome football market. The bettor backs “yes” if both teams will score at least one goal each in the 90 minutes including injury time, and “no” if at least one team will not. The match-result market – home, draw, away – is independent of BTTS, and the two coexist on the same fixture. Extra time and penalty shootouts do not count unless extra-time betting is specifically offered. A match abandoned after kick-off voids unsettled BTTS bets unless a restart is announced within the operator’s stated window; an already-decided bet on a settled scoreline stands.

Every licensed British bookmaker carries BTTS on top-flight football. The prices carry a margin in the 5% to 8% band, sharper than 1X2 because the market has only two outcomes, and the margin compounds across accumulator legs. A single BTTS bet at 1.90 on a £10 stake returns £19 on a win and loses £10 on a miss, and the cost of the bet is the margin built into the 1.90.

The legal frame is the Gambling Act 2005, the LCCP and the RTS; the regulator is the Gambling Commission; the consumer safety net is GAMSTOP, GamCare, the financial vulnerability check, and the deposit limit. The bettor who reads the operator’s BTTS rule before staking is reading the rule a regulator has signed off on, and that is the rule the bet settles under.

Frequently asked questions about Both Teams to Score betting in Great Britain

Where can I bet on both teams to score in Great Britain?

At any UK Gambling Commission-licensed online bookmaker that offers football markets. The Commission’s public register is the test of who holds a licence: search by business name, trading name, domain or account number and confirm the remote general betting standard (real events) category before staking. Every licensed site is a GAMSTOP member, every licensed site runs identity checks before the first deposit, and every licensed site offers a deposit limit. The ten-bookmaker shortlist above is a starting point; the full market is wider.

What does “to score in both halves” mean?

“To score in both halves” is a related but distinct market: the bet wins only if the selected team scores in both the first half and the second half of the 90 minutes including injury time. A team that scores in the 30th minute and the 50th minute wins. A team that scores in the 30th minute and the 89th minute wins. A team that scores only in the first half loses. The market is separate from BTTS, and the two should not be confused.

What is a both teams to score bet?

A both teams to score (BTTS) bet is a two-outcome match market on a football fixture: back “yes” if both teams will score at least one goal each in the 90 minutes including injury time, back “no” if at least one team will fail to score. The bet is independent of the match result: a 2-2 draw wins BTTS yes, a 2-0 home win wins BTTS no. Extra time and penalty shootouts do not count unless extra-time betting is specifically offered. The price carries the bookmaker’s margin – the cut the bookmaker keeps of every unit staked on the market – and the margin is visible in the difference between the two prices and the 100% probability sum.

How can it be checked that a bookmaker holds a Gambling Commission licence?

The Gambling Commission’s public register is the test. Search by business name, trading name, domain or licence account number. The licence categories that cover online football betting are remote general betting standard (real events) for fixed-odds and remote betting intermediary for exchanges. A licence number on a bookmaker’s site is a start, but the register is the confirmation, and the register changes over time as licences are issued, varied or revoked.

How is the return on a bet worked out from the stake and the odds?

The return on a winning single is stake × odds in decimal form; the profit is stake × (odds − 1); the stake is paid back on a win and lost on a miss. A £10 stake at decimal odds 1.90 returns £19 on a win (£10 stake + £9 profit) and loses £10 on a miss. For a combination bet the odds of the legs multiply into one price. Fractional odds convert to decimal as a/b → a ÷ b + 1: 9/10 becomes 1.90, 3/2 becomes 2.50, evens becomes 2.00. The return is the same in either format once converted.

What is the bookmaker’s margin and how can it be seen in the odds?

The margin is the cut the bookmaker keeps of every unit staked on the market over the long run. For a two-outcome market with decimal odds a and b on the two sides, the payout share is 1 ÷ (1/a + 1/b) and the margin is 1 minus the payout share. A BTTS market posted at 1.90 on both sides has a payout share of 95.00% and a margin of 5.00%; the same market posted at 1.95 on both sides has a payout share of about 97.44% and a margin of about 2.56%. A bettor who wants the cheapest BTTS line compares payout shares across bookmakers, not just prices.

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