An accumulator bet is a bet which involves three selections or more. Accumulator bets are a great way of making a lot of money by betting on horse racing for a small stake. There are many instances of huge wins from tiny stakes such as the lady from Nottingham, UK who won a 5p accumulator bet and took home £150,000 ($250,000).
Even people really into watching and betting on horse racing, can sometimes find horse racing accumulator bets hard to understand and even harder to work out (Although working out accumulator bets is now super easy thanks to the advent of online bet calculators). Well now help is at hand folks with our comprehensive guide to those sometimes strangely named accumulator bets:
A Round Robin
Three selections (Horse A, Horse B, Horse C). A Round Robin makes 10 Bets in total (3 Doubles, 1 Treble, 3 pairs of ‘Up and Down’ bets). ONE selection winning will guarantee a return.
A Trixie
Three selections (Horse A, Horse B, Horse C). A Trixie makes 4 Bets in total (3 Doubles, 1 Treble). TWO selections winning will guarantee a return. Each way bet available.
A Patent
Three selections (Horse A, Horse B, Horse C). A Patent makes 7 Bets in total (3 Singles, 3 Doubles, 1 Treble) ONE selection winning will guarantee a return. Each way bet available.
A Yankee
Four Selections (Horse A, Horse B, Horse C, Horse D). A Yankee makes 11 Bets in total (6 Doubles, 4 Trebles, 1 Fourfold) TWO selections winning will guarantee a return. Each way bet available.
A Lucky 15
Four Selections (Horse A, Horse B, Horse C, Horse D). A Lucky 15 makes 15 bets (no way!) in total (4 Singles, 6 Doubles, 4 Trebles, 1 Four Fold). ONE selection winning will guarantee a return; in fact most bookmakers will double the odds on your only winning selection. Each way bet available.
A Lucky 31
Five Selections (Horse A, Horse B, Horse C, Horse D, Horse E). A Lucky 31 (yes you’ve guessed it) makes 31 bets in total (5 Singles, 10 Doubles, 10 Trebles, 5 Fourfold, 1 Fivefold). ONE selection winning guarantees a return. Each way bet available.
A Lucky 63
Six Selections (Horse A, Horse B, Horse C, Horse D, Horse E, Horse F). A Lucky 63 makes 63 bets in total (6 Singles, 15 Doubles, 20 Trebles, 15 Fourfold, 6 Fivefold, 1 Sixfold). ONE Selection winning will guarantee a return. Each way bet available.
A Super Yankee / Canadian
Five Selections (Horse A, Horse B, Horse C, Horse D, Horse E). A Super Yankee/Canadian makes 26 bets in total. (10 Doubles, 10 Trebles, 5 Fourfold, 1 fivefold). TWO winning selections guarantee a return. Each way bet available.
A Heinz
Six Selections (Horse A, Horse B, Horse C, Horse D, Horse E, Horse F). A Heinz makes 57 bets (hence the name) in total (15 Doubles, 20 Trebles, 15 Fourfold, 6 Fivefold, 1 Sixfold). TWO winning selections guarantee a return. Each way bet available.
A Super Heinz
Seven Selections (Horse A, Horse B, Horse C, Horse D, Horse E, Horse F, Horse G). A Super Heinz makes 120 bets in total (21 Doubles, 35 Trebles, 35 Fourfold, 21 Fivefold, 7 Sixfold, 1 Sevenfold). TWO winning selections guarantee a return. Each way bet available.
A Goliath
Eight Selections (Horse A, Horse B, Horse C, Horse D, Horse E, Horse F, Horse G, Horse H). A Goliath makes 247 bets in total (28 Doubles, 56 Trebles, 70 Fourfold, 56 Fivefolds, 28 Sixfold, 8 Sevenfold, 1 Eightfold). TWO winning selections guarantee a return. Each way bet available.
A Straight Accumulator
Four or more, Selections. A Straight Accumulator is 1 bet. ALL selections must win to guarantee a return. Each way bet available.