One of the things that makes sports betting great is that there are many ways to bet on a game. You don’t have to just bet on which team will win the game, you can bet on the margin of victory, the total number of points scored, as well as many different types of bets. In this article, we will provide you with information on some of the most used bet types. This page may contain unfamiliar jargon; As such, we highly recommend checking out our Sportsbook Terminology.
- Single
A Single is a bet on 1 selection in 1 event. If your selection wins, so do you.
- Double
A Double is 1 bet made up of 2 selections in different events. Both selections must be successful for your bet to win.
- Treble
A Treble is 1 bet involving 3 selections in different events. All 3 selections have to win for your bet to win.
- 4-Fold Accumulator (same for 5,6,7 etc)
A 4-Fold Accumulator is 1 bet made up of 4 selections (or 5,6,7 etc) in different events. If they all win, so do you. But if any of the selections lose, your bet does too.
- Patent
A Patent has 7 bets, but is made up of 3 selections. Your 3 selections make up 3 single bets, 3 double bets, and 1 treble bet.
- Trixie
A Trixie has 4 bets and totals 3 selections. It contains 3 doubles and 1 treble bet.
- Yankee
A Yankee has 11 bets involving 4 selections. You have 6 doubles, 4 trebles, and 1 four-fold.
- Lucky 15
A Lucky 15 consists of 15 bets involving 4 selections. You will have 4 singles, 6 doubles, 4 trebles, and 1 four-fold.
- Canadian/Super Yankee
A Canadian (sometimes known as a Super Yankee) has 5 selections which total 26 bets. There are 10 doubles, 10 trebles, 5 four-folds plus 1 five-fold.
- Lucky 31
A Lucky 31 consists of 31 bets involving 5 selections. It has 5 singles, 10 doubles, 10 trebles, 5 four-folds and 1 five-fold.
- Heinz
A Heinz is 57 bets from 6 selections. There are 15 doubles, 20 trebles, 15 four-folds, 6 five-folds and 1 six-fold.
- Lucky 63
A Lucky 63 is made up of 63 bets from 6 selections. You have 6 singles, 15 doubles, 20 trebles, 15 four-folds, 6 five-folds, and 1 six-fold.
- Super Heinz
- A Super Heinz is 120 bets from 7 selections. It has 21 doubles, 35 trebles, 35 four-folds, 21 five-folds, 7 six-folds and 1 seven-fold.
- Goliath
A Goliath consists of 247 bets from 8 selections. There are 28 doubles, 56 trebles, 70 four-folds, 56 five-folds, 28 six-folds, 8 seven-folds and 1 eight-fold.