Oddschecker

[Junior Senior]

Quick one... When using odds checker do most people then go to place the bet they find through the odds checker link or just open up a separate window or app to make the bet? Presuming they get a kick back from every bet placed through them.

[Omm]

Depends on the bookie for me. Some the selection gets added to the betslip (Sky, Lads, paddy) and others it just takes you to there website (365, bfred, sjames) so if I'm in a rush for the price and I know it takes me straight to the betslip I would do it. If I'm not in a rush I usually go through the app.

Why do you ask?

[horseplayer]

Not a great idea

it tells the firms you are bothered enough to find best price

I personally use it a lot and then manually select the bet with the firm.

Not sure makes a lot of difference but the auto select way does not have much upside apart from time imo

[GreekWay]

I just look for the best price and then go manually to the bookies site and place the bet.

[Junior Senior]

Just wondered. As horesy says it could alert the bookie you are a little clued up enough to check prices before punting. I did also think that its such an awesome resource that if it helped to keep it funded then great. But imagine with all new sign up deals and affiliates they will be doing alright.

I also wondered if there was an option to house money in one wallet with odds checker so i didn't have to remember 19 passwords and usernames (thin i still have access to 19 different bookmakers brag) and just bet using them? Or is that what bet butler does?

[horseplayer]

Just wondered. As horesy says it could alert the bookie you are a little clued up enough to check prices before punting. I did also think that its such an awesome resource that if it helped to keep it funded then great. But imagine with all new sign up deals and affiliates they will be doing alright.

I also wondered if there was an option to house money in one wallet with odds checker so i didn't have to remember 19 passwords and usernames (thin i still have access to 19 different bookmakers brag) and just bet using them? Or is that what bet butler does?

Be very wary of using Bet Butler infact ill go so far as to say dont.

[tikay]

Just wondered. As horesy says it could alert the bookie you are a little clued up enough to check prices before punting. I did also think that its such an awesome resource that if it helped to keep it funded then great. But imagine with all new sign up deals and affiliates they will be doing alright.

I also wondered if there was an option to house money in one wallet with odds checker so i didn't have to remember 19 passwords and usernames (thin i still have access to 19 different bookmakers brag) and just bet using them? Or is that what bet butler does?

They "are doing alright".

There is no Oddschecker "Common Wallet" though.

You should be aware that Oddschecker is part of the Sky Betting & Gaming Group of Companies, so is a sister site, & "family", to Scuy (who?) Bet, Next Door, Sky Vegas Sky Bingo, SportingLife.com etc.

[kinboshi]

Try a password manager like Dashlane to manage all your passwords across all your devices. The paid service is only $20 a year or something.

It means you can use unique and strong passwords for each site, but you don't have to remember each of them.

[Skippy]

Try a password manager like Dashlane to manage all your passwords across all your devices. The paid service is only $20 a year or something.

It means you can use unique and strong passwords for each site, but you don't have to remember each of them.

Have you gone off the Firefox password manager then?

[Junior Senior]

Try a password manager like Dashlane to manage all your passwords across all your devices. The paid service is only $20 a year or something.

It means you can use unique and strong passwords for each site, but you don't have to remember each of them.

I find its cheaper and less hassle write them down in a notebook :-)

[redarmi]

Not a great idea

it tells the firms you are bothered enough to find best price

I personally use it a lot and then manually select the bet with the firm.

Not sure makes a lot of difference but the auto select way does not have much upside apart from time imo

I don't click through from oddschecker but I really wouldn't worry too much about it affecting the profiling the firms do of you.  They choose to pay affiliates like oddschecker and they wouldn't be doing that if they weren't profitable.  It might be a very minor part of profiling but in this day and age it really isn't a massive deal and I can honestly say that in nearly 20 years working in the industry it is something that has only once or twice swayed whether I considered a punter sharp or not and then the affiliate was one that specifically catered to arbers rather than a general odds comparison site.

[McGlashan]

Surely bookies understand that in this day and age that most people use oddschecker.

I for one frequently click directly from oddschecker. This is out of both sheer laziness and dislike for navigating the bookies own websites (it's easier to admit this after redarmi has said it will have little effect on my betting accounts).

Oddschecker is also my go to site for checking the date, time and broadcasting rights of sporting events.

[kinboshi]

Try a password manager like Dashlane to manage all your passwords across all your devices. The paid service is only $20 a year or something.

It means you can use unique and strong passwords for each site, but you don't have to remember each of them.

Have you gone off the Firefox password manager then?

Nope, still use that as well.

But now I have a way to automatically fill in forms across different browsers and across different devices (mainly my phone as well as my different laptops).  Also means that if I'm on another computer I can still log in to a site using my phone to retrieve the password.  Also helps me store and retrieve passwords that can't be saved in a browser (such as bank details and FTP logins, etc.).

[kinboshi]

Try a password manager like Dashlane to manage all your passwords across all your devices. The paid service is only $20 a year or something.

It means you can use unique and strong passwords for each site, but you don't have to remember each of them.

I find its cheaper and less hassle write them down in a notebook :-)

Definitely less hassle to have them saved electronically across different devices, rather than having to enter 20-character passwords for hundreds of different sites and usernames each time I need to log in somewhere.

Also can create strong passwords on the fly, rather than you having to think of something unique that's still strong enough each time to register on a different site.

$20 a year is probably a saving in my time as well.

[Nico29]

Not a great idea

it tells the firms you are bothered enough to find best price

I personally use it a lot and then manually select the bet with the firm.

Not sure makes a lot of difference but the auto select way does not have much upside apart from time imo

I don't click through from oddschecker but I really wouldn't worry too much about it affecting the profiling the firms do of you.  They choose to pay affiliates like oddschecker and they wouldn't be doing that if they weren't profitable.  It might be a very minor part of profiling but in this day and age it really isn't a massive deal and I can honestly say that in nearly 20 years working in the industry it is something that has only once or twice swayed whether I considered a punter sharp or not and then the affiliate was one that specifically catered to arbers rather than a general odds comparison site.

Obv common sense dictates that one's oddschecker usage/footprint, should not influence your profiling much with the bookie.

However, like Horsey says they do tell the bookie that you prob aren't as much of a mug as you might hope they do if only down to getting best price.

I knew one guy who used to limit people with his firm very often purely down to this.

I try not to click through it myself but often lazily do it anyway.

Not saying people should worry too much, but if it's a very precious account it cert can't hurt to avoid it when poss imo.