Types of Bet

A lucky 15 consists of 15 bets based on four selections. The combination of bets is: 4 singles, 6 doubles, 4 trebles, and 1 four-fold. A unique feature of lucky 15 bets is that if one selection wins a consolation return is paid to treble the odds, and if all four win there is a bonus added to winnings. A Lucky 15 bet is essentially like a yankee but with the additional singles bets added into the equation. The bet involves spreading your stake over a number of bets which could be perceived to be a negative, but the plus side of that is that you have more combinations of bet working for you.

With yankee bets we really start ramping up the the number of different bets contained within this particular multiple bet. Yankees consist of 11 bets in total across four selections (6 doubles, 4 trebles and a four-fold accumulator) so there is a bit of everything going on. Due to the number of total bets, the stake is spread out across all 11 bets. Consequently this is a type of bet better suited to speculative selections, as one of them losing isn’t the be all and end all (you’d still win 4 of 11 bets), unlike with a straight forward accumulator bet. Of course there is a trade off in how much you can win in total though, since your bet is spread relatively thinly when compared to a 4 fold acca.

Now that we’ve discussed singles, doubles, trebles and accumulators in general, we can focus on more specific bets. A Patent involved three selections and is a bet that is comprised of 3 x single bets, 3 x double bets and 1 x Treble bet, so seven bets in total. If even one selection wins, you win that bet, though of course this has be weighed against the bets that don’t win assuming that you’re not successful across the board. Patents offer the hope of a nice sized win if your luck is in, and at least some return if you’re thereabouts in your assessment.

An accumulator bet, or acca, is a bet that combines four or more selections. If there are four selections it is sometimes also known as a four-fold accumulator, or for five selections, a five-fold, and so on. The more parts to the bet the greater the potential return as the odds are multiplied and the proceeds of each winning bet rolls over to the next. The downside is that one losing bet upends the entire bet. Accumulators can be rather speculative in nature, but there are a great many examples online of huge odds football and horse racing acca wins over the years.

A treble bet (often simply called a treble) involves three selections. If the first result is a win, the returns are then the stakes for the second bet, and if that wins it all rides on the third and final bet. The potential returns of a treble are greater than a double (due to the increased odds and rolling over of the returns), but it also comes with an increased risk due to the reduced probability of all three bets winning. As with doubles an each way treble is also possible, where half of the stake does on being placed rather than winning a bet (well suited to certain bets, such as a horse placing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a race).