The cash out has a price.
When the bookmaker offers to close your bet early, it feels like a favour. It is not. This tells you the fair value of your bet right now — and how much the bookmaker keeps on every cash out you accept.
The idea
Another product, another margin.
Cash out is not a courtesy — it is a product, priced with a margin like everything else. The offer is always a little below fair value. Used occasionally it is convenient; used by habit, it is a slow, quiet leak.
The real value of a cash out
The bookmaker offers to close your bet early. See what that offer is really worth.
The odds your selection had when you placed the bet.
The odds that same result has now. Lower = you are winning.
Optional. Leave it empty if you only want the fair value.
Fair value of the cash out
100.00 €
Without the bookmaker margin
Payout if you let it ride
150.00 €
What you collect if the bet ends up winning
100.00 €
At current odds, your bet is now worth 100.00 €. That is what a cash out with no margin should offer you.