Pelle Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Hi punters! I've been betting on european football matches for some years now, nothing big though, just for pleasure :) I recently changed my bookmaker so that I now have an account with Unibet. Here i discovered a bet called a Yankee bet. I've read what i could find about this bet on the net, but i still don't quite understand the major advantage/disadvantedge the yankee bet holds compared to a traditioal bet (in my case it would be a quad). Can any of you tell me the pros and cons, if i should go Yankee or quad? Thanks in advance -Pelle, Denmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danoxford Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Re: Yankee bet? A yankee is a four-selection multiple bet which has all multiples except singles. 1 Fourfold (Quad) 4 Trebles 6 Doubles So it totals 11 bets. If you add singles on also, you get 15 bets (Lucky 15). Multiple bets like these are usually used on higher-priced markets like horse racing, or football correct scores. Seeing as your return for, say, short-priced football result betting is going to be minimal if you only get 2 out of 4, stick to accumulators for that sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 Re: Yankee bet? So when a bet is quite "safe" then use normal bets like single, double, etc., and when a bet is less safe (i.e. gives higher retrurns), a yankee bet would be more preferable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danoxford Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Re: Yankee bet? Yes, in a nutshell. The difference is the fact you're either shelling out 11 times your stake unit for all the different multiples, or only staking 1/11th of what you normally would on the accumulator. If you normally place £10 fourfolds, you may place a £1 yankee instead (£11). But if all four win, you have a £1 fourfold, £1 trebles etc. which won't pay as much. For example, four winners all at 6/4. £10 Fourfold = £390.62 £1 Yankee (£11) = £139.06 75p Lucky 15 (£11.25) = £111.80 However, if you are placing bets which are more speculative, at higher odds, and you may only be expecting 2 to return a result, a yankee may well be the best way to go. For example, four horses at 8/1. Two come in. £10 Fourfold = £0 £1 Yankee (£11) = £81 75p Lucky 15 (£11.25) = £74.25 I feel like I've just made this far more complicated than necessary but hope you've got something out of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanPad Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Re: Yankee bet? Well it seems you two understand this yankee bet, But me on the other hand lol, Would one of you mind explaining in the simplest way ever how they work? Id be much appreciative, You dont have to tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsul Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Re: Yankee bet? A yankee consists of 4 selections Lets said ABCD The bet would then be as follows AB = £1 double AC = £1 double AD = £1 double BC = £1 double BD = £1 double CD = £1 double ABC = £1 Treble ABD = £1 Treble ACD = £1 Treble BCD = £1 Treble ABCD = £1 Accumulator If you get 1 winner no return, 2 winners you will have a £1 double, now the returns will depend up on the prices you have got. In reality you have loss 10 bets and won 1 if 1 loses you have already loss over half the bet, as 3 winners only give you 4 winning bets, as 3 x doubles and 1 x treble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froment Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Re: Yankee bet? This inspired me to create a simple spreadsheet to calculate returns on Yankee, and compare them with singles and accumulator: http://gubbed.me/fair/?p=849 I've checked the file against Danoxford's examples from post #4, and it works; bear in mind that figures he provided in that post are returns, not profits, i.e., include your stakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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