Writing out a bet properly

[WEMBLEY76]

Can anyone help me with this...

If I want to put a bet on 3 matches and cover all possibilities what is the best way to write this on a slip,for example,say City,Bolton and Derby to win as an accumulator,if I wanted all singles,doubles etc..what is it called ?
And how is it written down on the slip,also how many bets is it in total ?

 

[IFeedGoats]

Can anyone help me with this...

If I want to put a bet on 3 matches and cover all possibilities what is the best way to write this on a slip,for example,say City,Bolton and Derby to win as an accumulator,if I wanted all singles,doubles etc..what is it called ?
And how is it written down on the slip,also how many bets is it in total ?

its a Patent

3 singles
3 doubles
1 treble

I would write it as

Patent 7 @ 50p

City
Bolton
Derby


Total £3.50

 

[Blue Punter]

Its called a Patent and consists of 7 different bets.

A Patent consists of 7 bets involving 3 selections in different events. Write it out as:
3 singles, 3 doubles, and 1 Treble.

I do Patents all the time. However remember the golden rule. Stagger your stakes, so the biggest stake on Singles, medium stake on doubles, lowest stake on Trebles. That's because statistically you have more chance of getting 1/3 than 2/3 or even 3/3.

£5 single, £3 dbls & £1 treble works for me. However I only back at odds af around 4/1.

 

[The Iceman Cometh]

round robin would pay more than a patent.
£1 win round robin on 3 selections would cost £10 (i.e. 10 bets)

 

[WEMBLEY76]

Iceman,

Thanks for your info

How would you write it out (round robin) ?

 

[Blue Punter]

Round Robin:

A wager on three selections and consisting of 10 separate bets: 3 doubles, 1 treble and 3 up-and-down bets (each of 2 separate bets). It may be considered to be a Trixie to which 3 up-and-down bets have been added. One winning selection will guarantee a return.

A Round Robin would pay more than a Patent, but costs 30% more to put on.

Yankees, Canadians, Patents, Trixies & RR's all have their own bet slips in bookies. The bookies love people doing these bets as essentially you are backing each selection (regardless of implied probability) to the same stake.

i.e. a £1 patent on 3 x 4/1 shots places £1 on each outcome. despite the odds on each leg being:

1 single 4/1.
1 double 25/1.
1 treble 125/1.

As I said earlier, it makes more sense to have the majority of your stake on the single and reduce accordingly for doubles and trebles.

 

[The Iceman Cometh]

Round Robin:

A wager on three selections and consisting of 10 separate bets: 3 doubles, 1 treble and 3 up-and-down bets (each of 2 separate bets). It may be considered to be a Trixie to which 3 up-and-down bets have been added. One winning selection will guarantee a return.

A Round Robin would pay more than a Patent, but costs 30% more to put on.

Yankees, Canadians, Patents, Trixies & RR's all have their own bet slips in bookies. The bookies love people doing these bets as essentially you are backing each selection (regardless of implied probability) to the same stake.

i.e. a £1 patent on 3 x 4/1 shots places £1 on each outcome. despite the odds on each leg being:

1 single 4/1.
1 double 25/1.
1 treble 125/1.

As I said earlier, it makes more sense to have the majority of your stake on the single and reduce accordingly for doubles and trebles.

Spot on blue punter, however, one winner would return more than 1 winner in a patent, thus negating the extra expense (if it was a good price!).

You can write it out on a plain slip as:
£1 win round robin
selection 1 (e.g. Man City to beat Man Utd @ 2/1)
selection 2
selection 3
Total stake £10

There are also pre-printed bet slips for patents & round robins which are easy to follow.
You can even get a round robin with 4 selections which would cost £23 ( i think), and that is a nice payout if all 4 come in!
Happy punting!

 

[Boff]

Over here they only do decimal betting, that with the language gets me well mixed up!

anyone got any experience on betting in decimals instead of fractions?
ie. if it says 0.25 does that mean 4 to 1?

 

[IFeedGoats]

Over here they only do decimal betting, that with the language gets me well mixed up!

anyone got any experience on betting in decimals instead of fractions?
ie. if it says 0.25 does that mean 4 to 1?

2 is evens
1.25 is 1/4
5 is 4 to 1
you can not have 0.25 as you always have 1.something as the 1 is you stake which you always get back with a winner


basically subtract 1 and that is what you will win for a £1 stake you can then multiply it by your stake.

 

[Boff]

Over here they only do decimal betting, that with the language gets me well mixed up!

anyone got any experience on betting in decimals instead of fractions?
ie. if it says 0.25 does that mean 4 to 1?

2 is evens
1.25 is 1/4
5 is 4 to 1
you can not have 0.25 as you always have 1.something as the 1 is you stake which you always get back with a winner


basically subtract 1 and that is what you will win for a £1 stake you can then multiply it by your stake.

cheers mate, I'll have a dabble this weekend and probably come back with more questions :)

 

[IFeedGoats]

2 is evens
1.25 is 1/4
5 is 4 to 1
you can not have 0.25 as you always have 1.something as the 1 is you stake which you always get back with a winner


basically subtract 1 and that is what you will win for a £1 stake you can then multiply it by your stake.

cheers mate, I'll have a dabble this weekend and probably come back with more questions :)

No worries mate, I think the best thing to do is forget about converting it into fractions and follow the simple rule above.

 

[Ja Salford Blue]

Its called a Patent and consists of 7 different bets.

A Patent consists of 7 bets involving 3 selections in different events. Write it out as:
3 singles, 3 doubles, and 1 Treble.

I do Patents all the time. However remember the golden rule. Stagger your stakes, so the biggest stake on Singles, medium stake on doubles, lowest stake on Trebles. That's because statistically you have more chance of getting 1/3 than 2/3 or even 3/3.

£5 single, £3 dbls & £1 treble works for me. However I only back at odds af around 4/1.

I fancy doning one of these patent bets this weekend, Ive just opened an online account with Paddy Power does anybody know how I fill it in online, Ive had a look and its baffled me?