Flat staking yana ɗaukar adadi ɗaya kaɗai, wanda aka kira unit, akan kowane bet ko da yake ba ka da karfi. Unit shi ne yawanci 1–2% na bankroll. Abinsa mai kyau shi ne gaskiya: samun kuɗi a ƙididdige a cikin units ba za a iya yin magana a gida ne ta daukar nauyin ƙida bayan da abin ya faru, wanda yasa jefe-jefe masu gaskiya suna buga sakamakon kamar '+8.40 units' maimakon a cikin kuɗi.
Duk sakamakon akan wannan gida an ƙamata a jajere a flat unit ɗaya: bet mai nasara a odds 2.50 yana ɗauka +1.50 units, kowane bet mai yaudara yana ɗauka −1.00, void yana ɗauka 0. Shi ne sauƙin lissafi — babu 'confidence multipliers' da aka ɗauka bayan, babu hanya da za a iya yin gida wajen wata mai rashin nasara.
Gida gida gida gida gida gida gida gida gida gida flat-staked: 4 suka nasara a average odds 2.40, 6 suka yaudara. Samun kuɗi = 4 × 1.40 − 6 × 1.00 = −0.40 units — win rate 40% ba ya ishe a waɗannan odds. Ɗayan ƙarya a average odds 2.80 zai ɗauka +1.20 units.