Game Parlay

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.
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  • That is called a correlated NBA parlay. Many sportsbooks offer the ability to make NBA bets against the spread and total in the same game. So if you have a great read on a game and expect one team.
  • We had three fantastic games Saturday during NFL Wild Card Weekend and the games only get better Sunday. With three games now on each day, it sets up endless opportunities for bettors. So without further ado, let’s take a look at our top NFL Wild Card parlay prediction for Sunday’s slate.
  • An open parlay is a parlay that you “don’t have to finish all at once”. This means that you can pick a few games and then add more games to that parlay at a later date. So for example, let’s say you see two games this weekend that you want to parlay, but you want to parlay them as part of a much bigger parlay.
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Parlays are many bets on one ticket. Instead of making a single bet on the NFL or NBA, you can combine different bets onto one slip. The only downside to making a parlay bet is that all wagers must hit, otherwise the entire bet is a bust. It can be a tad confusing when you’re trying to combine odds and/or determine the overall payout of your total wagers on multiple games. Enter Odds Shark. One Game Parlay cannot be combined with other One Game Parlay or other Parlay or Round Robin betting opportunities and will be placed as a straight only. A minimum of two picks and a maximum of 10 picks from a single game can be included in a One Game Parlay wager. If a pick within a One Game Parlay is cancelled, then the entire One Game.

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.

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.

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

8 Game Parlay Payout

Our total profit would be $272.73 if we bet all three of these games individually.

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.

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)

3 Parlays Of 2 Teams

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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3 Game Parlay

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.