Take a horse racing game for example. You have a beautiful horse found and it seems that it is going to be a winner. Unfortunately, your horse at the finish was beaten by a nose difference. Very bales course and your investment is gone. This problem could be solved by an each-way bet on your horse to do.
It means that you actually place two bets. One that the horse wins and one that the horse comes first or second (in this example, there are also possibilities that the horse is third or even fourth maybe).
Both bets are for clarity referred to as win-bet and place-bet. The win bet is subject to the normal odds, or the ordinary odds. For the place bet a fraction of the victory bet applies. For this example, we use ¼ of the win-bet. The bookmaker will this type of record as follows.
As you can see it is just profitable to bet (if the second would be), but there are also examples that exist where it will work. Loss only limits each way on this horse This is more common if the odds are lower.
Yet it seems annoying to lose, the whole bet because your horse by a nose at the finish loses, then you lose a minimal part of your bet because you bet. Each way This way of betting actually exists in any form of racing.
Whether this is done with horses, cars, motorcycles, or dogs. Some sites even when it comes to football. It will in particular to go cups and leagues sometimes.
The system then works the same. You predict that a team wins the tournament, but in case you are afraid that they will lose the final on penalties you bet each way. Nearly all major bookmakers offer Each Way bets.