Enter your each-way stake, the odds (fractional like 10/1 or decimal like 11.0), and the place terms — see your return whether the selection wins, places, or loses.
An each-way bet is two equal bets: one on the win, one on the place. The place part pays at a fraction of the win odds.
Worked example — £5 each-way at 10/1, 1/4 place terms (place odds = 10/4 = 2.5/1):
The place part of an each-way bet is its own bet — judge it on its own merits. A useful rule: at 1/4 terms, the place part only pays more than evens when the win odds are longer than 4/1. Below that, "each-way" is mostly a way to feel less wrong. Where it shines: big-field races with extra places offers, where bookmakers pay 5–7 places — those promotions genuinely shift value toward the bettor.
If you bet each-way regularly, your real place strike rate matters more than any rule of thumb — and memory is a terrible tracker. Zort logs both parts of a scanned each-way slip so you can see whether your each-way betting actually pays.
It varies by race and bookmaker: commonly 2 places (5–7 runners), 3 places (8+ runners), 4 places (12+ runner handicaps). Extra-places promotions add more. Always check the race card.
Place-only (tote or exchange) is a single bet on placing. Each-way always carries the win part too — at exchange you can construct better place-only value when the win part is poor.
Yes — each-way works identically on any market with place terms: golf (1/5, 5–8 places typically), grand-slam tennis outrights, league winners.
Zort's AI scanner reads each-way slips — stake, odds, and terms — and tracks the real outcome of both parts across your betting history.
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