When looking for the betting odds on a particular English or Welsh County Cricket team to win the championship, one is actually looking for the odds on that team ‘to win outright’.  In other words, one is looking for odds that the team in question will win the County Championship outright.  OddsJet compares County Championship outright winner odds from several of the top cricket betting sites that serve a wide range of international markets.  This allows OddsJet to display the best odds for every team to win the County Championship outright so bettors may maximize their potential returns.

County Championship Cricket Futures and Ante Post markets explained

County Cricket outright winner betting is by far the most popular County Cricket futures betting market.  Futures markets, also called Ante Post markets, are those that involve a wager that is contingent on a longer term result that usually becomes final over the course of an entire season, rather than a single match.  In general, the highest paying odds for Ante Post and futures betting markets will come before the season starts.  As the season progresses and certain teams rise in the standings and others fall, the odds will tighten and pay less for those teams in position to lift the trophy.

Examples of County Championship outright winner odds expressed in American, Decimal and Fractional formats

For American format, the odds will almost always be above even-money given how many teams will still have an opportunity to win.   When this is the case, the odds will be positive and express how much potential profit would be returned on a $100 wager.  For example, when you see odds of +1,250 on a team like Gloucestershire to win outright, you would need to stake $100 in order to potentially receive a profit of $1,250, yielding a total possible return of $1,350.

With Decimal odds format, know that the odds express the full amount that would be returned on your successful wager including the stake amount.  For this, simply multiply the Decimal odds by the stake. For example, if Hampshire is listed at 8.33 to win outright, a $100 bet would return a total of $833 including your stake, so the profit would be $733. 

For Fractional format, the odds express the amount of potential profit that will be returned on a wager.  For example, with a wager of $50 and odds of 38/3 on Kent to win outright (said thirty-eight-to-three), one could see a profit of $633.33 (38 divided by 3, multiplied by $50) plus the stake amount for a total return of $683.33.