Win more on eSports with parlays? Parlays eXplained

How to win more on eSports with parlays: Parlays eXplained

By Jack Ratcliffe Jul 11, 2013

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You can now combine many eSports selections in one bet with Pinnacle Sports’ parlays option, potentially multiplying your winnings. So how exactly do parlays and accumulators work, how much can they pay out what are their drawbacks?

How parlays, accumulators and combo bets work

When you make a parlay bet (also known as an accumulator or combo bet), you’re actually combining several individual bets on different events. To win, however, all of your bets must be successful, with the payout the combination of the odds of each of the component bets.

Importantly, this is different to traditional betting, where you bet each event individually, and you win even if your other bets lose.

For example, an eSports accumulator might look like this:

Selection 1: StarCraft 2: Seed 1.775

Selection 2: StarCraft 2: Roro 1.364

Selection 3: DotA 2: NaVi 1.709

The above selection shows that a bet has been placed on Seed, Roro and NaVi to beat their opponents,

If all three of these won, the payout would be the three sets of odds multiplied together:

1.775 x 1.364 x 1.709 = 4.138

Therefore if you placed a 100 bet on this accumulator, you would get back 413.80: 313.80 profit plus your 100 stake.

If you simply bet 100 on each of these three outcomes (like a traditional bet), you would have won 77.50, 36.40 and 70.90, for a total profit of 184.80 (from a stake of 300).

As you can see, even simple accumulators can win you more. With increased winnings comes increased risk, however. Should any of those three selections be incorrect, you won’t win anything.

This is why it’s considered a good tactic with accumulators to have “anchors”, selections where you feel more strongly about the outcome. You can then use these to build bigger winnings using slightly longer-odds bets.

As the above example was a handicap bet, it’s important to take note of what happens when an outcome is a “push”, which means after the handicap is taken into account the game is a tie. For this circumstance, that selection is removed from the parlay, the winnings are recalculated and that part of the stake is returned to you.

Parlays at Pinnacle Sports

The number of selections in parlays can range in size from just two selections up to eight, which means it’s possible to get some very large wins from them.

Parlays at Pinnacle Sports now start from $99, with limits going up to as high as the maximum eSports bet. This changes depending on the events, however, with the limits clearing displayed on the website.

With an increasing number of eSports leagues and competitions offered at Pinnacle Sports you can now parlays across DotA, StarCraft and League of Legends, all on one slip or if you prefer combine with other regular sports bets.

For further information on parlays at Pinnacle Sports, please visit our Parlay Rules section here.

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*Odds subject to change