Best Bet Builder Sites

If you’re new to the concept of Bet Builders, there’s plenty you need to know about them. One of the key elements is knowing which are the best Bet Builder sites out there in terms of those featuring the best Bet Builder product. 

In addition to looking at that, we’ll also explain how Bet Builders work, how a multi-match Bet Builder is different from a regular one and which sports you can place Bet Builders on. 

Finally, we’ll look at what are some Bet Builder tips to consider when putting your Bet Builder together.  

Understanding Bet Builders: How Do They Work?

Bet Builders are a type of accumulator. An accumulator (acca/multiple) is a bet made up of two or more selections where you need all the selections in the bet to win for the accumulator to win. Like Bet Builders, accas are extremely popular at top sportsbooks, with their popularity mostly deriving from the fact you have the potential to secure huge wins from small stakes. 

That’s because the odds of the acca as a whole are the odds of each selection multiplied by each other. 

Up to a few years ago, an accumulator always had to be made up of selections from different sports markets, but the introduction of Bet Builders changed that. 

The key difference with Bet Builders is that the selections are all from the same event, generally a football match. 

So, let’s say you want to place a Bet Builder on Man City v Liverpool. 

Most of the betting markets available to bet on as singles are also available to be included in your Bet Builder. Similarly, the vast majority of the pre-match markets you can have in a Bet Builder are also available as (live betting) Bet Builder selections at sites offering in-play betting. In other words, you can place Bet Builders in-running as well as pre-match. 

You may decide to go for: 

• Man City to win - 1.8.
• Over 3.5 goals - 2.1
• Rodri to be shown a card - 3.0.
• Under 11.5 corners in the match - 1.9 

Total Odds: 21.546 

Multi-Match Bet Builders 

These have only recently been introduced at Bet Builder sites and are a sort of cross between a normal acca and a Bet Builder. 

‘Normal acca’ in that the bet is made up of selections from two or more different events and ‘Bet Builder’ in that the multi-match Bet Builder contains two or more selections from the same game. 

So, this would be an example: 

Inter Milan v Roma 

• Inter to win at 2.2.
• Over 6.5 cards in the game at 2.6

Real Madrid v Barcelona 

• Vinicius to score at 3.0.
• Over 6.5 Barcelona corners at 2.7

So, we have four selections across two games, with two Bet Builders taken from each game, coming to combined odds of 46.332. 

Remember that lots of sportsbooks have a live stream betting feature, and very often, that includes streaming of Serie A and La Liga matches, like the two just mentioned above. 

Popular Sports for Making Bet Builder Bets

The best Bet Builder sites extend their offering to other sports beyond just football, as we’re about to see. 

• Football - We’ve already looked at how a football Bet Builder needs to be made up of at least two selections from the same game, can be placed either pre-match or in live betting and that sometimes certain selections have reduced odds if they’re connected. To begin with, Bet Builders were only available for the most high-profile games, but the top Bet Builder sites offer them on almost all games these days. 
• Tennis - An example of one would be to have Carlos Alcaraz beat Grigor Dimitrov (1.7) + Dimitrov to serve the most aces (2.1) + Dimitrov to win over 10.5 games (1.6). Not all Bet Builder sites extend their offering to tennis, so you may have to look around for the ones that do. 
• Basketball - Another example of a sport that’s not always offered as a Bet Builder but sometimes is at the better Bet Builder sites, particularly when it comes to the NBA. There are generally lots of prop bets- selections involving the performance of an individual player- on NBA matches, so those are obvious ones to include in a basketball Bet Builder. An example would be: Orlando Magic to win (1.8) + Jalen Suggs to score over 13.5 points (2.1) + Paolo Banchero to have over 5.5 rebounds (1.9).

Bet Builder Strategies

Here are our top Bet Builder tips, just focusing on football Bet Builders for the moment. 

• Don’t put all your eggs in one basket with one player. Don’t involve the same player in too many selections. If they get injured or are subbed early, you’ll have blown your chances.
• Don’t follow just one narrative. Don’t pick a load of bets relying on the game panning out in a particular way. You’re better off mixing it up a bit with selections from different goals, players, corners and cards markets. 
• Don’t be too greedy. There’s often a temptation to always add one more selection just to increase the odds of the Bet Builder. A win at shorter odds is better than a near-miss at bigger odds, so don’t add extra selections just for the sake of it. 
• Use Cash Out if appropriate. If you have a Bet Builder made up of four selections and the first three have won, and you’re waiting for the fourth to come good, it’s ok to cash out for a guaranteed profit rather than falling at the last hurdle where that fourth selection ends up losing. 

Pros and Cons: Bet Builder

Let’s round things off with a look at the overall pros and cons of playing Bet Builders that could help you decide whether you want to try out this feature or it’s just not your cup of tea. 

First, Bet Builders are one of the most popular betting features out there because they allow you to secure big wins from small investments, as we know, Bet Builder is a type of accumulator bet, and all the odds multiply each other. However, given that a betting site has an in-built house margin on all selections, the more selections you have, the more of a margin the site is taking. 

Also, as is the case with all acca bets, getting one wrong will cost you the whole bet, so you’re likely to encounter lots of near misses.

Another good thing about Bet Builders is that you only need to do your research once (for that particular game) rather than research several games like you would for a regular acca. From a purely fun point of view, watching a game where you need several events to happen is more fun than when you just need a single event to occur. 

The best Bet Builder sites often give away free bets that need to be used as Bet Builders so you can place a few ‘on the house.’ On the other hand, not all Bet Builder sites allow you to cash out your bets. 

Bet Builders provide a unique and exciting way to bet on sports, especially if you don’t enjoy going through countless events that a sportsbook offers. While they may not be for everyone, they're definitely worth a try if you're looking to spice up your betting experience.