Combination Bets Explained
Combination bets, also known as system bets, are a favoured betting option for many regular horse racing and football punters, although they can be used on any sport and market. As these bets contain multiple selections and combine different bet types, it reduces the risk of losing your entire stake. The smallest combination you can make is a double – two selections combined into one bet. Since you have 3 selections in total, you can make 3 doubles. Furthermore, 3 selections can be combined into a Treble, which is another part of the Trixie. For example, let’s call the selections A, B, and C.
As the name indicates, with a single bet you only bet on the outcome of one event. Normallly this type of bet is only available for top (Football) Leagues.
Typical single bets are outright bets like »Who wins the German Bundesliga?« or »Who will be the overall winner of the World Cup?«
All bets which allow you to select more than one event, are called combination or accumulator bets.
A system bet constitutes a special variation of the accumulator bet. As a general rule, three selections or more have to be made on the betting slip. To make your selections, click on the »System« Button on the upper right-hand side of the betting slip.
Basically, individual combination bets are placed within one bet, and you decide for yourself which combination should be included in the combination/accumulator bet. Which system bets are available, depends on the number of bets (see below 3 »out of« 4).
In contrast to the combination bet you also win even if not all of your selections are correct. With the system bet 2/3 (»2 out of 3«), your bet consists of all possible combinations of accumulator bets covering two matches, which means three different combinations of two combination pairs in the example shown below!
Sample Betting Slip:
You place the following bet:
As outlined above, these are three win double combinations with two fixtures each. So the total stake of this bet amounts to 9.00 euro (3 x 3.00 euro), whereby the total stake is deducted 0,43 € fee, therefore the real stake is only 8,57 €!. For you to understand how the bet works, the three individual bets of this system bet are explained in the following:
System bet 2/3 (2 out of 3) = three bets
Combination Bets Explained
| 1. win combination bet | 2. win combination bet | 3. win combination bet |
|---|---|---|
| Germany Argentina | Germany France | Argentina France |
Accordingly, a system bet 3/4 (»3 out of 4«) does consist of four combination bets with three betting combinations each. Otherwise you would have to place four individual triple combination bets to achieve the same result.
The more matches that have been selected, the more possible combinations you have available. The number of bets is always shown on the betting slip. Give it a try on your own betting slip!
Combination Bets Explained Against
Find below some useful betting charts and tables showing the number of selections for various permutations. Also shown are the numbers of bets for some of the well know bet types offered and promoted by bookmakers like Lucky 15, 31, 63, yankee, canadian, heinz, goliath. TIP:Have you noticed that bookmakers advertise and promote multi selection bets and permutations everywhere and when you see a big win announced in the newspaper its always about a lucky gambler who placed a small bet on a multi-selection permutation like a Super-Heinz and who won £500,000 on a £60 bet??? There is a good reason for this. Multi selection bets and permutations usually offer the gambler very poor value and making profit from such bets is very difficult. Just 1 selection failing to win can effectively wipe out any profits on certain permutations. The bookmakers don't mind the occasional big winner as they make a fortune from the millions of other gamblers who are wasting their money on such permutations. Our advice: Don't bother placing these type of bets and stick to Singles, Each/Way, forecasts with maybe the odd double or treble. If you do wish to place bets using some of the large permutation bet types like Heinz etc, always stick to very small stakes and its probably best to consider them as fun bets. Systems like Racing Synergy below use sound logic to select value horses to bet as singles either to win or EW. Take a look today. |