Parlay Ticket

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Before we go any further, we need to explain what a parlay is fully.

By definition, a parlay is a group of multiple individual bets (two or more) that are connected together and treated as one big wager.

When placing a parlay bet online, the bet slips automatically calculate your combined parlay odds, and the potential payouts once you have entered your stake. Types of parlay bets The most popular types of parlays are Against the Spread Parlays and Teasers but you can parlay many different types of bet and even a mixture of bets in the same parlay. Online sportsbooks automatically calculate bets and update your parlay odds as you add each pick to your ticket. There are also plenty of free parlay odds calculators that you can use to figure out parlay odds using American odds, fractional odds, or decimal odds. Step 1: Convert American Odds into Decimal Odds.

In order to win the entire bet, you have to win each of the individual bets on your parlay. If you lose one individual bet, then you lose the entire parlay bet.

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Why would you ever want to group bets together and force them to be dependent on each other?

The reason is that the sportsbook will pay you out much more money for correctly picking multiple individual bets together.There is more risk in this type of bet so it should be expected that we are offered a higher reward for making this wager.

A parlay bet is a sports bet that combine multiple straight bet wagers on one ticket. Usually, you would pool straight-up bets with spreads and totals. However, you can have multiple versions of the same bet as long as it’s on different games. ½ Point Parlay Card Important Rules Tickets must have a minimum of 3 player propositions (4 if applicable) in action or the wager is void and the wager amount will be refunded. Ties are considered “no action” and reduce to the number of propositions with action. Parlay bets are wagers where multiple teams are selected to win, linking them onto a single ticket. Instead of making multiple straight bets, parlays offer increased odds, giving handicappers the chance to turn a small bet into a large payday. With each team added to a ticket, the higher the odds.

Let’s compare betting three games individually versus betting them as a parlay.

Let’s assume that each game is -110 moneyline odds.

Let’s also assume that our bankroll for these three games is $300. We’re going to look at the scenarios if we picked all three games correctly and if we only picked two of the games correctly.

If we bet the games individually, we would bet $100 per game.

GameBet AmountOddsOutcomeProfit/Loss
Game 1$100-110Win$90.91
Game 2$100-110Win$90.91
Game 3$100-110Win$90.91
Our total profit would be $272.73 if we bet all three of these games individually.

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Now, what would happen if we picked all three games as a parlay bet? This time, we would place a single bet of $300. We will go over how to calculate parlay payouts in the section below here, but for now, we have done the calculations for you.

The profit on this bet as a parlay would be $1787.40! Even if we only bet $100 total, we would see a profit of $595.80. As you can see, you can bet 1/3 of the amount you bet total in the individual games and still make more than double what you would betting the games individually.

At this point, a lot of people are wondering why you would ever bet anything but parlays. You can bet less and make so much more! Well, as you are probably guessing, there is more to the story.

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Let’s look at what happens in our same example, except this time we only pick two out of the three games correctly. We bet the same games again for $100 each individually, and we are correct on two out of the three games.

GameBet AmountOddsOutcomeProfit/Loss
Game 1$100-110Win$90.91
Game 2$100-110Win$90.91
Game 3$100-110Loss($100.00)

If we bet all three of the games as a parlay for $300 (or $100), our profit is negative $300 or negative $100. If you get even one game wrong in a parlay, you lose the entire bet. You’ve now seen the downside to parlays.

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You have to be perfect to cash in, or you lose.

Even if you only get one game correct betting them individually, you’re only going to lose $109. If you bet the same $300 on a parlay, though, you lose the entire $300. The risk is higher for parlays, but the associated reward is also higher.