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The glossary of Betting Terms

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Placing A Bet

Single Bets

Place Terms

Multiple bets

Forecasts:

Types of betting odds

Rule 4

Dead-Heats

Other types of betting

This is like a patent but with four selections and no single bets. So a yankee is 11 bets: 6 doubles; 4 trebles; 1 four-fold accumulator.

What is a Lucky 15?

This is the same as a yankee but it also includes four single bets on each of the four selections, hence there are 15 bets in total.

What is a Super Yankee?

A Super Yankee is the same as a yankee but it involves five selections. A super yankee consists of 26 bets: 10  doubles; 10 trebles; 5 four-fold accumulators; 1 five-fold.

What is a Lucky 31?

This is the same as a super yankee but it also includes the five single bets on each of the four selections, so there are 31 bets in total.