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What is a Unit in Sports Betting - Unit Betting Guidewhat is a unit in sports betting featureMatty ChucksMatty Chucks|MattyChucksX LogoPublished 08 Mar 2022, 14:46| Updated at 07 Mar 2025, 17:51

How to Judge Betting Records

If you're new to betting, knowing exactly what to look for when finding a professional bettor to tail can be a bit confusing.

While a bettor with a 50-40 record may - on paper - look better than one with a 40-40 record but looking solely at these records can be misleading. At the end of the day, a better betting record does not equate to more money won, as weird as that sounds.

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Using Units to Measure Success

The more important aspect to look at when betting is units won.

In order to accurately measure units won, you must employ a flat-betting approach which basically means that you bet the same amount of money on every bet - every time you bet. If you usually wager $10 per bet, one unit for you would be $10.

This approach is not only the best for seeing how good of a bettor you are, it’s also the safest - not allowing you to fall into the hole of chasing your losses.

How Units Work

Say one unit to you is $10 and you bet one unit on team A to win their game @ -110. If team A wins - Congrats -  you will have won $9.00, or 0.9 units. Your unit record is now +0.9.

The next day you place another $10 bet on Team A to win @ -110 and Team A ends up losing. You just lost 1 whole unit, now your unit record is -0.1.

On the third day you wager one unit ($10) on Team A to win @ +220 and Team A wins. You just won 2.2 units ($22) and your unit record is now +2.1.

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Conclusion

Always make sure to check units!

An overall betting record of 50-30 could be winning less money than one of 40-40 depending on the average odds of the bets.

And when you're tracking your own bets, always try to stick to your set units.

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