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Fixed Odds Betting Terminals, commonly referred to as a FOBT, are big business in the UK. Each high-street bookmaker is allowed up to four of these machines in their shop and an overwhelming majority of them would have even more if the law would allow it.

You find them in all of the major bookmakers including William Hill, Paddy Power, Ladbrokes and Betfred. The image to the right is of three of these machines in Paddy Power, click on it to see an enlarged version. Figures suggest that in 2016 there are over 35,000 of these machines in the UK.

Due to the huge numbers of people playing on these machines, we regularly receive emails from people wanting to know if there are any systems that can be applied specifically to a FOBT. Some people actually take it a step further and ask if there are any known ways to cheat, rip off or scam the machines for an easy pay out. We will address all of these questions below and address a few fallacies while we’re at it.

FOBT Roulette System – Roulette on a Fixed Odds Betting Terminal is no different to any other version of roulette in terms of odds, payouts and rules, therefore, there isn’t a strategy that can be specifically applied to them for better odds than you would get either online or in a real casino. That probably isn’t what you want to hear, but it’s the truth.

Some people have the misconception that the FOBT roulette machines work in a similar way to UK fruit machines found in pubs and bars. Some fruit machines (not all of them) become more likely to drop a jackpot when a certain amount of money has been put into them which theoretically increases the player’s odds if they start playing when the machine is ready to drop the jackpot.

Let’s be very clear here; the standard roulette FOBT does not work in this way. It doesn’t matter how much money you put into it, the odds remain the same on every spin regardless of the amount of money you’ve put in the machine or how long you’ve been playing. It’s the same 2.7% house advantage at all times (assuming the game follows European rules which most do).

The only possible exception to this is a game with some kind of a jackpot such as Lucky 8 at William Hill but even then, the jackpot is small and there are additional slots on the wheel which decrease your odds in the first place. Even with these games, there’s no way of knowing when a jackpot will hit and each wager contributes such a small amount to the jackpot that it wouldn’t be profitable to play a low risk strategy and wait for the jackpot, it just isn’t possible.

All you can do is follow one of the many strategies that we’ve written about in detail (find them here) and hope that luck is on your side, just like any other game of roulette. Better yet, skip playing on the FOBT altogether and play online instead; the game play is much better and it’s far more convenient, more on that lower down.

FOBT “Cheats” and “Exploitable Loopholes”

When people message us about these machines they usually want info about some kind of cheat for a guaranteed win. Despite what some websites tell you, it should be obvious that there aren’t any practical or legal cheats and your search for one should end right now before you land yourself in trouble.

Some websites have actually published articles with tips on how to “cheat” with ridiculous ideas such as playing a jackpot game like lucky 8, loading the machine up with £100 and then ripping the Internet cable out of the back so that it thinks it’s close to dropping the jackpot when it actually isn’t.

Another nugget of information is to spin the wheel and then quickly “take the front of the machine off” to see whether or not the spin is going to win, and if it isn’t, force a reset on the machine so that it’s a free bet. It’s complete nonsense.

Even if these two concepts were possible (we can’t verify whether or not they are for obvious reasons), do you honestly think you could get away with this kind of behaviour and walk out of the shop with money in your pocket? To start with, every high street bookmaker has multiple CCTV units watching your every move at all times.

Even if the CCTV can’t see you (which it will be able to) it won’t take very long for the staff to notice you pulling out Internet cables or taking off the front of the machine and when they catch you, they will prosecute you. The whole thing is a terrible idea that isn’t practical, isn’t legal and wouldn’t be very profitable anyway. If you are going to play on a FOBT, all you can do is use conventional roulette strategies, play responsibly and hope that luck is on your side, just like any other game of roulette.

FOBT Roulette is Rigged – If you search online, you’ll find no shortage of punters complaining that the FOBT machines are rigged but that is not the case. All the machines in the UK are fully tested and regulated by the UK gambling commission and independently tested. The results are randomly generated and unpredictable which is why they ultimately can’t be beaten. If you lose on one of them, it’s not because it’s rigged, but because the house (the machine) has an advantage built into it (2.7%) that is impossible to overcome.

Playing Online = A Better Alternative

If you want to play roulette, our advice would be to skip playing on a FOBT altogether and play online instead. Not only are the online roulette games far more convenient, but the graphics and general game play are of a much higher quality as well.

All of the UK’s leading online casinos such as Royal Panda, Betfair, Paddy Power and Betfred have multiple roulette games to choose from, live dealers where you can see a real wheel and croupier, and the table limits suit both low and high stake players. You can rest assured that their games are fair and that you if you win, you will be paid on the same day with no problems.

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Most bookmakers place a limit upon the total pay-out they will provide to punters rather than on the total amount you can bet in the first place.

The limits which bookies do place upon pay-outs – and in some rare cases on stake amounts – do differ from one bookmaker to another.

Maximum Bet Amounts At Online Bookmakers:

The following table shows the maximum bet and pay-out amounts at online bookmakers:

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Note: max payout amount varies by sport, above we have listed the biggest payouts possible across all sports.

What is the maximum stake for online bookmakers?

The maximum stake for online bookmakers varies from site to site as some use a max stake and some use a max payout amount. Technically Bet365 have the highest as their max payout is £2,000,000 so you could bet £1,000,000 at evens on their site. See our table for all limits.

Why Max Pay-Out Not Max Bet?

As we mentioned above, most bookmakers limit the maximum pay-out which they will provide rather than the maximum stake amount which they will accept. There are a number of reasons for this:

• Protection against pay-outs large enough to potentially cause financial damage.
• Protection against match fixing (less popular sports often have smaller max bet and max pa-out limits).
• Prevents odds manipulation by high stake punters and other bookmakers.
• Still allows them to take large bets at smaller odds – £100 at 1000/1 much less appealing than £50,000 at even money but bets have same payout.

What Are the Biggest Ever Bets?

On occasion punters do come up with monster bets which payoff big time!

The following five are some of the best examples of past bets which rank among the largest ever, in terms of either initial stake or eventual pay-out:

1. Leicester City Win The League

At the outset of the 2015/16 Premier League season you could get the same odds on Leicester City winning the title (5000-1) as you could on Elvis being found alive.

A number of devoted Foxes fans staked their hard earned cash on their beloved side, however, and Leicester’s ultimate victory is believed to have cost UK bookmakers in the region of £25 million.

The largest individual pay-out amongst that total is believed to be £100,000 paid to a punter in Manchester who bet £20 and resisted the urge to cash out.

2. Saints Take Super Bowl XLIV

Ahead of Super Bowl XLIV pretty much every expert, analyst and fan fancied the Indianapolis Colts to beat the New Orleans Saints. Infamous Las Vegas professional gambler Billy Walters, however, had other ideas.

He backed the underdog Saints to the tune of $3.5 million and whilst exactly how much he won when they did triumph is unknown, it is likely to have been an extraordinary amount.

3. Monty’s Pass Wins the National

Blackpool born Mick Futter, an owner of numerous bingo halls in Britain and Ireland, made headlines in 2003 thanks to the exploits of his horse Monty’s Pass in the Grand National.

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Futter and the other four co-owners of the horse placed numerous bets of £5,000 and £10,000 at 33-1 and 20-1 respectively, and duly received well over £1 million when Monty’s Pass was first past the post.

4.‘Money’ Mayweather

In 2015 boxer Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather took to social media site Instagram to boast about his sports betting exploits. Over the course of four days, Mayweather had staked a total of $350,000 on a combination of NBA games and a middleweight boxing bout.

The four separate bets all paid off and ‘Money’ revelled in revealing that he had received winnings totalling $827,272.73.

5. Frankie’s Magnificent Seven

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A feat which has spawned its own online casino game, when Frankie Dettori won all seven races on the card at an Ascot meeting in 1996, he also won punter Darren Yeats some serious dough.

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A dedicated gambler from Morecambe, Yeats placed a total of £59 on Dettori’s seven mounts and once the Italian completed his 25,000-1 seven timer, he collected £550,000 from the bookies.

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