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How DawBets works, what everything on the screen means, and what to do when something looks wrong. Written by the team that builds it, and checked against the code it describes.
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Bet badges explained
Must Bet, Strong, Good, Fan and Caution — what each badge means, how it is scored, and why some bets carry no badge at all.
How your free Pro trial works
Every new DawBets account starts on full Pro with no card. When the clock starts, what you get, what happens at the end, and why there is only one.
How your bets get graded and settled
Automatic settlement explained: when grading starts, how long it takes, how payouts are calculated, and how parlays settle from their legs.
How the Bet Feed works
What the Bet Feed shows, how bets are ranked, how often prices refresh, and what an empty or short feed is telling you.
Install DawBets on your phone
DawBets installs to your home screen straight from the browser on both iPhone and Android — no store, no download, same account.
Place your first +EV bet
A walkthrough from opening the Bet Feed to placing the bet at your sportsbook and tracking it so it grades itself.
Sportsbook links: what the button opens
What happens when you tap through to a sportsbook from DawBets — whether the bet is loaded into your slip, and why the button wording changes.
What is DawBets?
DawBets compares live sportsbook odds, works out what each bet is really worth, and shows you the ones priced in your favour.
Getting started
What DawBets does, how to set it up, and how to place your first +EV bet.
Betting terms glossary
Plain-English definitions of the terms DawBets puts on screen — EV, fair price, vig, devig, Kelly, CLV, push, SGP and boosts.
Install DawBets on your phone
DawBets installs to your home screen straight from the browser on both iPhone and Android — no store, no download, same account.
Place your first +EV bet
A walkthrough from opening the Bet Feed to placing the bet at your sportsbook and tracking it so it grades itself.
Reading a bet card
Every number on a bet card explained: the badge, the EV edge, the fair price, the book price and the suggested wager.
What is DawBets?
DawBets compares live sportsbook odds, works out what each bet is really worth, and shows you the ones priced in your favour.
Finding bets
The feed, badges, expected value, filters, odds comparison and Bet Check.
Bet badges explained
Must Bet, Strong, Good, Fan and Caution — what each badge means, how it is scored, and why some bets carry no badge at all.
Browsing games: filters and sorting
How the DawBets Games list is built — the upcoming window, league and My Games filters, the three sort modes, and what each game card shows.
Compare odds across sportsbooks
How the odds comparison on a DawBets game page works: every book’s price, the fair line, the green best price, alternate lines and My Books.
Expected value and fair price
Plain-English EV: what a fair price is, how we strip the vig out of a benchmark line, and what an EV percentage actually promises.
What's on the Explore tab
A tour of the Explore home screen: today's games, the edge heatmap, Hot Players, Books Showdown, and what each plan sees.
Bet Feed filters and saved presets
Every way to narrow the Bet Feed — books, leagues, markets, players, odds range and Min EV — plus saved presets and which plan unlocks each.
How Bet Check prices your bet
Paste, upload or speak a bet and DawBets prices it against the fair line — what the verdict means, how your sportsbook changes it, and parlay limits.
How the Bet Feed works
What the Bet Feed shows, how bets are ranked, how often prices refresh, and what an empty or short feed is telling you.
How we size your wager
Kelly staking in DawBets: what Risk Tolerance changes, why player props are halved, and why some cards show no stake at all.
Search and the command palette
Find games, teams, players, markets and live edges from anywhere in DawBets with the Cmd-K command palette or the Games search bar.
Send a bet slip screenshot to Bet Check
Upload, paste or share a bet-slip screenshot into Bet Check — including the phone share-sheet shortcut and what to do when a scan fails.
Sharing a bet link
How DawBets share links work: what the recipient sees, why the page stays live, referral credit, and why some shares show no EV number.
Why your feed says delayed
Free and signed-out feeds are served a snapshot we already took, on purpose — not a slow refresh. What that means and what changes on Plus.
Boosts & parlays
Profit boosts, parlays, same-game parlays and how they are priced.
Using the Boost Builder
How to build a parlay around a sportsbook profit boost: modes, filters, the odds floor, swapping legs, and reading the ticket you get back.
How boosted parlay stakes are sized
Where the suggested bet on a boost ticket comes from: fractional Kelly, your bankroll and risk setting, the player-prop cut, and rounding.
When we can’t price your parlay
Why DawBets sometimes refuses to show an EV or a same-game price, what each message means, and what actually fixes it.
Parlay vs SGP vs SGPx
The three ways to combine bets on DawBets, what each one requires, and which of them we can price for you.
Profit boosts, and what makes one +EV
What a sportsbook profit boost actually pays, how DawBets decides whether a boosted bet is worth taking, and where to enter your boost.
How we price a same-game parlay
Where a same-game ticket’s price, fair odds and EV range come from, why the edge is a range, and what the beta covers today.
Tracking and settling boosted parlays
What Track parlay saves on a boosted ticket, how a parlay settles, and what happens when a leg pushes or voids.
Tracking & results
My Bets, automatic settlement, closing line value and your stats.
Bankroll and stake sizing
Your bankroll is a sizing input, not a balance: where the wager-sizing settings live, what they change, and why they never restate your record.
Closing line value (CLV), explained
What CLV measures, the worked math, which of your bets get scored and why some don’t, and how to read the Beat close rate and record.
Editing or deleting a tracked bet
Delete a tracked bet at any time, and correct its wager while the bet is still open. What locks at settlement, and what to do on the website.
How bet tracking works
Where to track a bet, what you can change before you save it, what stays locked, and why the same bet can only be tracked once.
How your bets get graded and settled
Automatic settlement explained: when grading starts, how long it takes, how payouts are calculated, and how parlays settle from their legs.
What My Bets shows you
A tour of the My Bets page: the cumulative profit chart, the ROI and Beat close tiles, the Performance Breakdown, and every part of a bet card.
Account, plans & billing
Sign-in, the free trial, plan changes, invoices, referrals and cancelling.
App Store vs. dawbets.com billing
DawBets bills you through Apple or through the website. How to tell which one you are on, where to cancel it, and how to restore a purchase.
Upgrade, downgrade, or cancel
Change your DawBets plan or cancel it: where each control lives, what happens to your access, and why it depends on where you subscribed.
Create your DawBets account
How to sign up for DawBets, confirm your email, and start your free Pro trial — including what to do when the confirmation email never arrives.
Delete your account
How to delete a DawBets account, what happens to your data and your subscription, and what to do if you change your mind.
How your free Pro trial works
Every new DawBets account starts on full Pro with no card. When the clock starts, what you get, what happens at the end, and why there is only one.
What’s included in Free, Plus, and Pro
A plain-English breakdown of the three DawBets plans — what each one shows you, what stays locked, and how the app decides which one you are on.
Promo codes and special offers
How DawBets discount offers work, who can claim one, and what to do when checkout says the offer has ended or is already claimed.
Refer a friend, earn free months
How the DawBets referral program works — what your friend gets, what you earn, when it pays out, and why a month sometimes stays banked.
Reset your password
How to request a DawBets password reset link, set a new password, and fix a reset link that has expired or refuses to open.
Sign in with Google, X, Apple, or email
The ways to sign in to DawBets on the web and on iPhone, which providers work where, and what to do when sign-in is refused.
Your profile and settings
Everything on the DawBets Settings screen, what your profile stores, and which controls need a paid plan.
Notifications & alerts
Bet alerts, settlement notifications and the emails we send.
Emails DawBets sends you
Every email DawBets sends — welcome, trial reminders, receipts, payment problems, cancellation, win-back — what triggers each and when it lands.
How bet alerts are chosen
What triggers a high-EV bet alert, why you get one at a time, how your filters and threshold work, and why alerts fire on movers.
iOSHow DawBets notifies you
The three ways DawBets reaches you — push notifications on iPhone, email, and in-app banners — and what each one is used for.
Quiet hours and daily alert limits
Stop overnight buzzing without losing your results: what quiet hours discard, what they hold until morning, and how the daily alert cap counts.
iOSSettlement notifications
How DawBets tells you a tracked bet won, lost or was refunded — individual alerts, roundups, quiet-hours holds, and when nothing is sent.
iOSTurn on notifications on iPhone
Allow notifications, switch on bet alerts and settlements, set quiet hours, and send a test push to prove delivery is working.
iOSUnsubscribe from DawBets emails
Stop DawBets marketing email with the unsubscribe link, and see which receipts and account notices keep arriving because they are not marketing.
The iOS app
Installing, signing in, widgets, Live Activities and App Store purchases.
The Daily Slate on your Lock Screen
The live card that tracks the day’s bets on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island — when it appears, what it shows, and how to turn it off.
iOSDawBets on iPhone
How to put DawBets on your iPhone home screen today, what the native app adds, and why it is all one account and one subscription.
iOSiPhone app troubleshooting
Fixes for what goes wrong most on iOS — locked numbers, quiet widgets, missing notifications, links that open Safari and stale cards.
iOSWidgets, Control Center and Siri
The four DawBets widgets, the iOS 18 Control Center button, the Siri phrases, and why a widget can look empty or out of date.
iOSSigning in on iPhone
Sign in with Apple, Google or email, why the app needs an account, and how to fix confirmation and password-reset links.
iOSSubscriptions in the iPhone app
Buying, restoring, changing and cancelling a DawBets plan through the App Store — and how it works alongside a web subscription.
iOSSportsbooks & integrations
Sportsbook links, book and state coverage, and the DawBets connector for Claude.
Claude connector limits and errors
What every DawBets connector error message means — rate limits, daily caps, age and access prompts — and what to do about each one.
Connect DawBets to Claude
Add the DawBets connector to Claude in four steps, see which plans include it, and clear the two one-time approvals it asks for.
The “You’re leaving DawBets” screen
Why DawBets shows a notice before opening a sportsbook, what it does and does not reveal, and how to skip it next time.
Sportsbook links: what the button opens
What happens when you tap through to a sportsbook from DawBets — whether the bet is loaded into your slip, and why the button wording changes.
What the Claude connector can see
Exactly what the DawBets connector reads, the single thing it writes, and why it can never see your bankroll or place a bet.
What to ask the Claude connector
The kinds of questions the DawBets connector answers well, what it deliberately will not do, and how fresh its prices are.
Troubleshooting
When something looks wrong — stale prices, missing bets, sign-in trouble.
When Bet Check can’t find your bet
Every Bet Check error explained — no match, market closed, unreadable screenshot, confirm-which-bet, offline — and what to do about each.
Why a tracked bet is still open
What it means when a finished game’s bet still says OPEN, the grading failures behind it, and what to do about a stuck bet.
Fix a broken confirmation or reset link
Why a DawBets email link spins, expires, or says it can’t be verified — and the exact steps that get you signed in.
Why am I not getting bet alerts?
A checklist for silent alerts: your plan, iOS permission, the account switch, quiet hours, the daily cap, your minimum EV, and filters that match nothing.
iOSPayment failed or billing looks wrong
What DawBets does when a card is declined, why you keep access, and how to fix the common billing states without losing your plan.
Why you were signed out
What ends a DawBets session, what the app does when it notices, and how to stop being bounced back to the login page.
Why a price moved or vanished
Lines move, games start, and bets get hidden. The real reasons a bet changed or disappeared between seeing it and tapping it.
Trust, safety & privacy
Where our numbers come from, state legality, responsible gambling, your data, and reaching us.
How to contact DawBets support
Support is team@dawbets.com. What Send Feedback does, when to email instead, and what to include so we can answer on the first reply.
Delete or export your DawBets data
How to request a copy of the personal data DawBets holds about you, when erasure actually runs, and what still survives once an account is closed.
How DawBets makes money and stays neutral
DawBets earns from subscriptions, not from sportsbooks. No book pays for placement, there are no affiliate links, and here is how to report an error.
Responsible gambling and getting help
Helplines, warning signs, the 21+ rule, and why self-exclusion and deposit limits run through your state and your sportsbook, not DawBets.
State legality and where DawBets works
Whether you can use DawBets where online betting is not legal, how state pages are kept current, and what happens to outbound sportsbook links.
What data DawBets stores about you
The account details, bets, preferences, cookies and analytics DawBets holds — who processes them, and what we never do with them.
Where our odds and fair prices come from
How DawBets sources live sportsbook odds, strips the bookmaker margin out to get a fair price, and turns that into the edge on every card.
Still need a hand?
Email team@dawbets.com and tell us what you were doing and what you saw. If it is about a specific bet, the share link or a screenshot gets us to the answer fastest.
Looking for betting theory rather than product help? The Learn guides cover expected value, devigging and Kelly sizing from the beginning.