What is a Request-A-Bet?
Although not always known as a ‘Request-A-Bet’, these types of bets are proving more and more popular with punters and bookmakers by the season. They allow you to curate your own bets by adding multiple selections from different markets on the same match, often resulting in larger odds than your usual scorecast or correct score match bets. They don’t always have to be long-shots though. You can select from a huge range of markets on each match, so you can add several banker picks to your bet or get silly by adding four different goalscorers and players to get booked as well as a correct score. Whatever you believe will happen in the day’s big Premier League and Champions League matches, these requested bets allow you the full freedom to curate your own, bespoke bets – or of course you can follow the Squawka Bet experts and their bet for the day!What is the best way to bet on a Request-a-Bet?
There are a few things you may want to consider before placing this type of bet. As with any bet placed, you’ll want to consider the form, fitness and records of both teams taking place and indeed the players likely to play in the game. But you’ll also want to consider which bookmakers offer the best service for these bets as well as the best available odds once you’ve added your selections. Some firms allow you to build the bet yourself on the site whereas others ask for you to request the bet through their social media platforms. Or you can scroll through the bets already requested to see if there are some eye-catching odds already available – perhaps even on the bet you had been considering. The Squawka Bet tips on this page are posted on our social media accounts once they are live on the bookmakers’ websites. You can rest assured that with the data we have available, these selections have been picked with care and expertise ahead of each game and you can find more of our rationale for each tip on our Twitter account. With stats being our raison d’être here at Squawka Bet, and these markets increasing in popularity and availability in recent seasons, you can expect a swell of bets on some of our favourite stats-based markets. We’ll combine shots-on target tips, tackles tips, cards and corners tips and many more for our favourite bets on these fixtures.Latest Request-A-Bet Odds
Looking for the best Request-A-Bet football tips for today? We’ll bring you our favourite bets for the biggest upcoming matches right here, backed up by our Opta-driven data and chosen by our team of experts at Squawka Bet. Many of the major players within football betting offer this service now, so it’s worth checking the odds with your chosen sportsbooks to see who offer the best odds on your bet.Request-A-Bet Tips FAQ
A Request-A-Bet lets you combine several selections from different markets in the same match into one bet — for example a correct score, two goalscorers and a player to be booked. Most bookmakers now let you build these yourself on site, and the combined price is usually much bigger than a single market.
In practice they are the same idea under different names. Bet builder is the term most firms use for the on-site tool, while Request-A-Bet originally meant asking the bookmaker to price a bespoke combination, often through social media.
The price reflects the combined probability of every leg, and correlated legs are usually priced tighter than they first appear. The value comes from picking legs that genuinely fit the same match script rather than simply stacking selections for a bigger number.
Most bookmakers allow between two and around ten legs from the same match, depending on the firm and the markets involved. Adding more legs lengthens the price but sharply reduces the chance of the bet landing.
Our experts publish bet builder and Request-A-Bet selections for the biggest Premier League and Champions League fixtures, with the reasoning behind each leg so you can adapt them to your own view.