Betting to Win: A Professional Guide to Profitable Betting

Author: Leighton Vaughan Williams
Publisher: High Stakes
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FAIR AND UNFAIR ODDS

doubles, trebles, four-selection accumulators, and five-selection accumulators. This is obviously rather more costly for a given unit stake, but the advantage is that you will get some return if only some of your selections win. Bookmakers often offer incentives to punters to make these sorts of wagers, usually by offering a bonus payout to winning bets.

Some common examples of this type of multiple bets are as follows:

Trixie three selections, four bets (three doubles, one treble)

Patent three selections, seven bets (three singles, three doubles,

one treble)
Yankee four selections, eleven bets (six doubles, four trebles, one

fourfold) Lucky 15 four selections, 15 bets (four singles,six doubles,four trebles,

one fourfold). Canadian five selections, 26 bets (ten doubles, ten trebles, five

fourfolds, one fivefold) Lucky 31 five selections,31 bets (five singles, ten doubles, ten trebles,

five fourfolds, one fivefold)
Heinz six selections,57 bets (fifteen doubles, twenty trebles, fifteen

fourfolds, six fivefolds, one sevenfold) Lucky 63 six selections, 63 bets (six singles, fifteen doubles, twenty

trebles, fifteen fourfolds, six fivefolds, one sevenfold). Super Heinz seven selections, 120 bets (21 doubles, 35 trebles, 35

fourfolds, 21 fivefolds, 7 sixfolds and one sevenfold).
Goliath eight selections,247 bets,28doubles,56 trebles, 70 fourfolds,

56 fivefolds, 28 sixfolds, eight sevenfolds, one eightfold.

In addition to win multiples, bettors can also stake each way multiples. Each part of the selection is then treated as an each way bet. Since the each way bet is made up of a bet to win and a bet to place, naturally the number of bets is doubled when placing the each way equivalent of each of the above.

When betting tax was levied on the stake, the advantage of the multiple bet option was that the same tax was levied on a multiple of a given stake, say £10, as on a single of the same stake. The potential winnings were higher, therefore, for the same tax.

Since the abolition of betting deductions, there is no advantage

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