Betting has been evolving over the years and bookmakers are always on the lookout to try and find new products and features that would enhance the betting industry and give punters a world class betting experience. Useful betting features which have been introduced in the betting industry include cash-out, live streaming, bet builder among other features, but this article seeks to sheds more light on the bet builder feature, explaining how this feature can enhance your betting experience, but first let us define what this ‘bet builder’ feature is all about.

What is Bet Builder?

Bet Builder is a betting feature that allows you to build your own soccer bet on a number of soccer markets within the same match and then get a price instantly. There is a wide range of betting markets and, as soon as you have added them to your bet, the odds are then automatically calculated. For example, in a match between Real Madrid versus Barcelona, you can choose First Goalscorer, Over 2.5 and NG to create one single bet with the price for the combined selections. It is important to note that the bets created using this feature can also be included in multiples consisting of other Bet Builder bets or a combination of Bet Builder and non-Bet Builder selections but please note that this varies from bookmaker to bookmaker. The good thing about this feature is that you can customise bets based on what you actually believe will happen, rather than the pre-listed options available on site.

Some of the markets used in the Bet Builder feature include:

Match Result (Full Time or Half Time)
Both Teams to Score
Number of Goals Scored
Players to Score
Corners and Cards 

Betway South Africa has its own ‘Build a Bet’ feature which allows you to create your very own multiple bets for a specific game. The Betway ‘Build a Bet’ feature cannot be used on live events but it is only available on pre-match events.

Please note that you may not use the Cash-Out use feature when you use the ‘Build a Bet’ feature. A valid ‘Build a Bet’ bet must have a minimum of two selections and a maximum of 10 selections.

Unlike other ‘Bet Builders’ offered by other bookmakers where you can combine them into a multibet, ‘Build a Bet’ from Betway cannot be combined with any events and is only available as a single bet.

If it so happens that any selection within the ‘Build a Bet’ culminates in a loss, then the entire ‘Build a Bet’ will be a loss.

In order to build a bet on the Betway website, visit the official site on and log into your account. You need to click on the ‘Soccer’ icon and look for the fixture you want and select ‘More Bets’.

You then need to choose the ‘Build a Bet’ option and add up to 10 outcomes from the available markets. After you have finished, you need to click ‘Add to Betslip’. The betting process is finalised when you click on ‘Bet Now’

Sportingbet offers the exciting ‘Build a Bet’ feature which gives you total control of your bet by building your own soccer bet on a variety of soccer markets on the same match. At the moment, this feature is only available for pre-match soccer events, it remains to be seen if this feature will be used on other sports.

Please note that you may not combine your ‘Build a Bet’ in a multibet which automatically means that it is a single bet. A valid ‘Build a Bet’ bet must have a minimum of two selections and a maximum of 8 selections. A ‘Build a Bet’ will be cancelled if a pick within that ‘Build a Bet’ is cancelled, and you will receive your stake back. Please note that the maximum ‘Build a Bet’ stake is R15,000 and the maximum payout is R150,000.

 

To use the Sportingbet ‘Build a Bet’ you need to click on the ‘Build your bet’ and a Build A Bet interface will be opened. On that interface, you need to then add your selections and click on the ‘add the bet’ when you have decided on the bet.

Below is a list of the markets:
Who will win?
Who will score?
Who will get carded?
How many corners?
How many booking points?
Will both teams score?
What will the score be?
How many goals?
What else will happen?
How many team goals?
How many goals will a team win by?
How many team corners?
Which player will score first?
How many player goals
How will a player score?
Who will get carded or sent off?

Hollywoodbets is another bookmaker which offers the ‘Build a Bet’ feature but they have named it differently as they call it the ‘Same Match Bet Builder‘ but the idea is basically the same with the ‘Build a Bet’ being offered by Sportingbet and Betway. Valid ‘Same Match Betbuilder’ bets are decided in regulation time, so the result of the 90 minutes of football is the one which is considered. Please note that at the moment, this feature is only available on the Hollywoodbets Mobile Site.

Below are some of the terms and conditions for ‘Same Match Bet Builder’ 

In order to bet using the ‘Same Match Bet Builder’ ,you must log into your Hollywoodbets account and click on ‘Same Match Bet Builder’ on the main menu. You will notice that Football is your only option since this feature is only used on football, click on ”Football’ and proceed by choosing the soccer league and the match you want to bet on.

Select the markets you want to incorporate into your bet from a wide range of betting markets and click on ‘Add Selection’ to add a bet to your list. When you’re done adding bets, click the green Add To Betslip button. Go to your betslip, enter your stake and click Submit.

Below is a list of the markets:
Who will win?
Who will score?
Who will get carded?
How many corners?
How many booking points?
Will both teams score?
What will the score be?
How many goals?
What else will happen?
How many team goals? –
How many goals will a team win by? –
How many team booking points?
What else will happen to teams?
Which player will score first?
How will a player score?
Who will get carded or sent off?