Asian Handicap Betting: All You Need To Know
- Written by David Bet
This guide will define and explain Asian Handicap betting, a form of fixed odds soccer betting that is incredibly popular in the Far East, and which is rapidly winning over punters in the UK and the rest of Europe as well as an alternative way to bet on football. We give you a list of bookies where you can find Asian Handicap odds.
Handicap betting is becoming an incredibly popular market, with it putting teams on a level playing field and helping enhance your odds.
Ultimately it’s an incredibly simple concept to understand, despite looking a little daunting, so don’t just scroll past the market, get on it and make a real profit with Asian handicaps.
One of its big pros is that eliminates the draw, essentially allowing you to back just two markets, making life that little easier.
It’s a hugely popular market in Asia, hence the name, and one that is becoming a real fan favourite with bookmakers all over the world.
What Is Asian Handicap Betting?
Asian Handicap betting is almost the same as any other handicap in sport. It essentially gives another team a head start.
Unlike standard handicap betting however, an Asian Handicap eliminates the draw by giving teams head starts of 0.5 goals.
This means it’s impossible to back a draw as ultimately no side can score half a goal. Not yet anyway!
Why people bet on this is because you’ll essentially see better odds on the bigger teams. So if you were to take a game between Manchester City and Cardiff for example, the odds would be stacked hugely in the former’s favour. By giving Cardiff a head start however, it’ll start to swing the odds and give punters better value on a home win.
You can back an Asian Handicap for any number really, with the higher head start given to one side seeing better value for punters, as it makes it more difficult for sides to come from a virtual deficit.
Asian Handicaps are offered predominantly in decimal form such as 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1.00 and so on, whilst some countries know them as fractions as in 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1 and so on.
Example:
Let’s take a game between Liverpool and West Ham United. The match result odds would fall heavily in the home side’s favour, looking something a little like this:
Liverpool - 2/9
Draw - 11/2
West Ham - 12/1
Here, there’s little value in betting on Liverpool, so some punters would start to consider an Asian handicap. With an Asian Handicap, you’d essentially be giving West Ham a set number of goals head start, so the odds would look a little more like this:
Liverpool (-1.5) - 4/5
West Ham (+1.5) - 11/10
Liverpool (-2.5) - 5/4
West Ham (+2.5) - 4/6
As you can see, the higher the handicap (the number in brackets), the more the odds swing into the oppositions favour, potentially allowing for a tidy profit.
Below you’ll find further examples from the Asian Handicap market, as well as the best bookmakers to bet on one.
Asian Handicap 0.00
If either team wins by any margin they (the winning team) are to be settled as the winning selection. In the event of a draw all bets are void and stakes are refunded.
Asian Handicap 0.25
Team giving a 1/4 ball start (-0.25)
Win by any score - All bets on this selection are winners
Draw - Half the stakes are refunded on this selection. The other half of the stake is classed as a loser
Lose by any score - All bets on this selection are losers
Team receiving a 1/4 ball start (+0.25)
Win by any score - All bets on this selection are winners
Draw - Half the stake is settled at the price of the chosen selection. The other half is refunded to the customer
Lose by any score - All bets on this selection are losers
Asian Handicap 0.5
Team giving a 1/2 ball start (-0.5)
Win by any score - All bets on this selection are winners
Draw - All bets on this selection are losers
Lose by any score - All bets on this selection are losers
Team receiving a 1/2 ball start (+0.5)
Win by any score - All bets on this selection are winners
Draw - All bets on this selection are winners
Lose by any score - All bets on this selection are losers
Asian Handicap 0.75
Team giving a 3/4 ball start (-0.75)
Win by 2 or more - All bets on this selection are winners
Win by exactly 1 - Half the stake is settled at the price of the chosen selection. The other half is refunded to the customer
Draw or lose by any score - All bets on this selection are losers
Team receiving a 3/4 ball start (+0.75)
Draw or win by any score - All bets on this selection are winners
Lose by exactly 1 - Half the stake is refunded to the customer. The other half is classed as a loser
Lose by 2 or more - All bets on this selection are losers
Asian Handicap 1.00
Team giving a full ball start (-1.0)
Win by 2 or more - All bets on this selection are winners
Win by exactly 1 - All bets on this selection are void and refunded to the customer
Draw or lose - All bets on this selection are losers
Team receiving a full ball start (+1.0)
Win by any score or draw - All bets on this selection are winners
Lose by exactly 1 - All bets on this selection are void and refunded to the customer
Lose by 2 or more - All bets on this selection are losers
Asian Handicap 1.25
Team giving a 1 1/4 ball start (-1.25)
Win by 2 or more - All bets on this selection are winners
Win by exactly 1 - Half the stake is refunded to the customer. The other half is classed as a loser
Draw or lose by any score - All bets on this selection are losers
Team receiving a 1 1/4 ball start (+1.25)
Win by any score or draw - All bets on this selection are winners
Lose by exactly 1 - Half the stake is settled at the price of the chosen selection. The other half is refunded to the customer
Lose by 2 or more - All bets on this selection are losers
Asian Handicap 1.5
Team giving a 1 1/2 ball start (-1.5)
Win by 2 or more - All bets on this selection are winners
Win by exactly 1, draw or lose by any score - All bets on this selection are losers
Team receiving a 1 1/2 ball start (+1.5)
Lose by exactly 1, draw or win by any score - All bets on this selection are winners
Lose by 2 or more - All bets on this selection are losers
Asian Handicap 1.75
Team giving a 1 3/4 ball start (-1.75)
Win by 3 or more - All bets on this selection are winners
Win by exactly 2 - Half the stake is settled at the price of the chosen selection. The other half is refunded to the customer
Win by 1, draw or lose by any score - All bets on this selection are winners
Team receiving a 1 3/4 ball start (+1.75)
Lose by 1, draw or win by any score - All bets on this selection are winners
Lose by exactly 2 - Half the stake is refunded to the customer. The other half is classed as a loser
Lose by 3 or more - All bets on this selection are losers
Asian Handicap 2.00
Team giving a 2 ball start (-2.0)
Win by 3 or more - All bets on this selection are winners
Win by exactly 2 - All bets are void and refunded to the customer
Win by 1, draw or lose by any score - All bets on this selection are losers
Team receiving a 2 ball start (+2.0)
Lose by 1, draw or win by any score - All bets on this selection are winners
Lose by exactly 2 - All bets are void and refunded to the customer
Lose by 3 or more - All bets on this selection are losers
Which Bookmakers Offer Asian Handicap Betting?
More and more bookmakers are offering Asian Handicap bets these days, with most major online bookies having some form of the wager.They’re proving time and again to be a good wager if you can predict it right, with plenty of us here at Bet & Skill making some great predictions.
The likes of Betfred, Bet365 and Ladbrokes all offer Asian Handicap, as well as some of the lesser known bookies who are throwing up more and more exciting markets.
You can find all our favourite bookies on our bookmakers page, where we continue to bring you news, reviews and offers on all the top outlets from right across the planet.
Asian Handicap Betting Offers
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