When looking for the betting odds on a particular AFL team to win the Grand Final, one is actually looking for the odds on that Australian Football League team ‘to win outright’.  OddsJet compares AFL outright winner odds from several reputable online sportsbook companies.  This allows OddsJet to display the best odds for every team to win the AFL Grand Final so bettors may maximize their potential returns.  OddsJet also shows you the top Aussie Rules odds for AFL matches.

AFL Futures and Ante Post markets explained  

AFL outright winner betting is by far the most popular AFL futures betting market.  Futures markets, also called Ante Post markets, are those that are available for wagering several weeks or even several months away ahead of the potential result.  These betting markets tend to concern results that become final over the course of a season or tournament, rather than a single match.  In general, the highest paying odds for outright and futures betting markets will come before the season begins.  As the AFL season progresses and certain teams go up in the ladder and others fall down the ladder, the odds will tighten and pay less for those teams in position to play in and win the Grand Final.

Examples of AFL Grand Final outright winner odds expressed in American, Decimal and Fractional formats

For American odds format, given the number of teams with a chance to win the Grand Final and the format of the playoffs, the odds will almost always be a positive figure, meaning above even-money.  This means you might see odds of +250 on Hawthorn to win outright.  This odds price is expressing that if you were to bet $100, your potential profit would be $250 for a total potential return of $350.

With Decimal odds format, know that the odds express the full amount that would be returned on your successful wager including the stake amount.  For this, simply multiply the Decimal odds by the stake. For example, if Geelong is listed at 5.75 to win outright, a $100 bet would return a total of $575 including your stake, so the potential profit would be $475. 

For Fractional format, the odds express the amount of potential profit that will be returned on a wager.  For example, with a wager of $100 and odds of 10/1 on Freemantle to win outright (said 10 to 1), one could see a profit of $1,000 (10 divided by 1, multiplied by $100) plus the stake amount for a total potential return of $1,100.