horse racing betting

[dylanfanatic]

I placed a £1-00 e.w.cross bet £1-00 e.w. double today (not my normal bet) ladbrokes cashier said £3-00 stake. I have a first at 7-2 and a second at 14-1 (thanks Sir Henry) and cannot calculate returns. I normally use online bet calculator but it doesn't do e.w. x and doubles. Any help greatly appreciated please.
Cheers
Bob (p.s. 'hisbobness' received U.S.A.Medal of Honour yesterday)

[Psybbo]

£6.46 for £1 e/w if the odds were a fifthbut I'm not familiar with a cross bet

[New Judge]

What do you mean by a cross-bet? I’ve never heard of it and I know a fair bit about gambling. Why were you charged £3? The £1 E/way double costs you £2. What is the other £1 for? Is it something to do with the “cross-bet”?

In fact there are six possible returns for your place double, depending on the odds for a place offered by your bookmaker:

7/2 (one-fifth); 14/1 (one-fifth) = £6.46
7/2 (one-quarter); 14/1 (one-fifth) = £7.12
7/2 (all-up); 14/1 (one-fifth) = £17.10

7/2 (one-fifth); 14/1 (one-quarter) = £7.65
7/2 (one-quarter); 14/1 (one-quarter) = £8.44
7/2 (all-up); 14/1 (one-quarter) = £20.25

But I’d love to learn what the “cross-bet” is.