Bankroll and stake sizing

Bankroll is an input, not a balance

The Bankroll setting is one number DawBets multiplies to size the stake it suggests on a new bet. That is all it does. No tracked bet debits it, there is no running balance in the app, and changing it does not restate a dollar of profit, ROI or CLV in My Bets — that page is built from the stakes you actually recorded.

The three settings, and what each one moves

Wager sizing has three controls. Bankroll is the pot every suggestion is a fraction of. Risk Tolerance picks which fraction of the Kelly stake to use — a bigger fraction is a bigger stake on the same bet, never a better bet. Round wagers to snaps the result to a dollar step last of all, to the *nearest* step, so it can round a stake up.

That is the whole of what they do. How we size your wager works the maths through with examples — the Kelly fractions, the extra cut on player props, and where rounding stops applying.

Where to change it, and what moves when you do

On the web the controls are in Settings, under My Wager Sizing. There is no Save button — each one takes effect as you set it, and the worked example underneath recalculates so you can read the dollar difference before committing. Leave the bankroll blank or at zero and sizing falls back to a built-in default rather than recommending nothing.

New suggestions change immediately, everywhere the app prints a stake: the feed card, the Track sheet, the parlay builder. Nothing already tracked moves — a tracked bet stores the dollars you actually staked, and every figure on My Bets is computed from those.

Sizing in your own dollars is a paid feature. On Free, bet cards show a flat example stake instead of one sized to you — current plans are on the pricing page.

When there is no suggested stake

On a Fan Bet or a Caution Bet, and on any row we could not price at all, Kelly's answer is "do not bet" — so the bet card prints no stake rather than a made-up one. Bet badges explained covers what earns each badge.