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In my little experiment from the past, I was betting on Sportsbet.io on very likely outcomes with very low odds (1 point something). I won three single bets in a row:
https://i.imgur.com/6qYrqkK.png
But after a discussion on this forum I accepted the idea that these low odds give very low profit and are not worth the effort. So then I thought: why not make a multi bet consisting of these very likely winners and boost the profit this way? I decided to give a multi bet which combines three of such very likely outcomes a shot. And... I lost it because two out of three one and in one case another team won.
https://i.imgur.com/VTjJsBT.png
So my question is whether you prefer multi bets to single bets and whether you find multi bets significantly more risky than single bets.

Of course, multi bets are more risky because in this game the odds are combined and eventually the winnings become very serious. And where high chances of serious multiplication of funds are always very high chances to lose these funds. In my opinion, multi bets are more suitable for beginners or if you play for small amounts.

"Accumulators" as they are known are one of the biggest and best sources of income for gambling (sportsbook-type) institutions. That should tell you that they are not a good thing for gamblers. They are one of the best sources of revenue because the odds are heavily stacked against the person placing the bet - they might misunderstand the mathematics behind it and tend to think of it as a simple win/loss equation, but you really just end up with 3 chances to lose in a 3 way bet. It's similar to betting on a roulette wheel in many ways and everyone is aware that there is no way to beat the house edge in that scenario. If you have to bet on a regular basis, as your previous experience shows (although it is a insignificant sample) - then you'll get much more consistent results by placing individual bets. I always stick with single bets unless there is a very special offer that makes an accumulator worthwhile.

By multi-betting, do you mean parlay right?

Generally, neither of two can't give us an assurance that we can win most of the time. By doing parlay, aside from maximizing the best odds we can get, we consider those low odds "as safe" since likely it can win. However, as usual in sports betting, there are unexpected results and so-called upsets.

I prefer single betting but I do parlays if I want. Honestly, both are entertaining to do.

That's the challenge in sports-betting. The output will depend on our own strategy and knowledge.

Thats indeed parlay and we cant deny that when it comes to odds then this one is much more attractive but we know its con's that once you lost even one game then thats considered to be a lost bet.
This is why i dont really play with parlays even on 3 multi games only and tend to play with single which i do like even odds arent really that appealing.Upsets can really happen anytime and
basing of with my experience with 5-game parlay where my last game was a loss which really make me to punch a wall due to frustration.

It seems to me that the answers to your questions are known in advance. Of course, multi bets are much more risky than single bets. This is normal. In order for the multi bet to work, you must guess several events, which is more difficult to do than guessing a single event. That is why the odds on the bets is much higher and is calculated from the number of events in a multiple bet.

Preferably, I prefer single bets than the multiple bets, single bets with good research will yield more wins because of the odds that are likely to be. The multiple bets sometimes are not good because one odd from the multiple game can render one efforts useless. Most of my bets are done on a single bet and have been yielding good result than the multiple bets and it disadvantages.

Same here where i do make out single bets rather than on making multibets.I dont just like to wait up for that long for me to see if i would win.

Yes, odds are quite nice but as expected where the risk is much more higher compared if you do make out some single bets.Once the game is over then you do know the outcome
then you can make another one not like on multi where waiting up is much longer since you do need to finish the games that are in line.

Its a matter of preference though yet there are gamblers who are really that fan on playing up multi-games or parlays due to nice odds.

I have done a lot of experiments and I think that it is better not to bet, even your favorite team with odds of 1.01 is easy to lose, bets are the usual roulette, in which you will stay anyway - on your balance if you bet only on the team, because you are a fan and believe in this team

In my opinion multi bets are much more risky than single bets, because you combine multiple bets into one. Sometimes when I am really sure about the some games I combine a few bets for higher payouts, but in general I try to stick to single bets. Personally I prefer winning more often with lower payouts. When I started with sports betting I used multi bets much more often than these days. One good way to use mutli bets is when taking part in some giveaways where there is a minimum odds of 2 or higher required. So combining many low risk bets into one can make it eligible for free bets while still having a good chance of winning.

It's like if you want a nice profit on low odds which is sometimes considered a sure win, then you have to fulfill a requirement first or takes risks. There is no easy money in sports betting and we need to work on that.

Even via a single bet or parlay, it won't increase our winning chances. Those are betting method and not a strategy.

On where to stick, it depends on your taste. If you think you are fine taking the risks in a parlay, then continue. But don't focus on that betting method but rather on the sports itself. Knowledge is the best foundation. It's risky to just choose random odds just because it's safe in our eyes to form a parlay.

in general, I think that single bets are better, you can analyze your opponents in more detail and place a bet, and it depends on how much you understand the category you are betting on

It depends upon the match situation, in Boxing and MMA i always go with Parlay by picking the best possible candidates to win the fight and make some combinations of that and if there is a clear favorite i might include them but after the pandemic some of the results are strange and hence i concentrate only on fight events for Parlay and then in soccer i always go with goals scored over under in parlay rather than wins as i have seen many upsets in the past two months.

It doesn't really matter the ones more preferable, it matters the outcomes. The both are more preferable but depends on the strategy used.
Multibets are more risky so its good to stake with less amount.
Single bet is less risky so its good to stake with high amount of money.
Lets take an example,

Multibets.                               Singlebet
1. A Vs B                                1. G Vs H
Pred. A @1.23.                     pred. H @ 1.20     
2. C Vs D.                               total odds = 1.20
Pred. D @1.20                      stake = 0.01BTC
3. E Vs F.                                potential winning= 0.012BTC
Pred. E @1.28
Total odds= 1.8892
Stake= 0.002BTC
Potential winning= 0.00377BTC

So in conclusion, the more bets the less amount of stake.
The less bet the high amount of stake.

When you decided to increase your bet expect as well to increase the level of risk and remember that this is still a gambling, a risky way to collect profit. Increasing your bet doesn’t change the fate of winning so don’t expect that you’ll win even if you do multi-bet, this will still depend on the result of the game. You can just do a small bet, and at least have a sure profit even if its small, that’s still a profit if ever.

I prefer to single bets. For each bet that I make, I'm making sure that it's already clear before I go to the next match. There were times that I did multi bets but I want to watch the games that I watch because those bets were playing at the same time.
It's your daily preference to go for multibets or just single bets. Whichever makes you even better and comfortable, single or multi, you know yourself better.

I bet on both single and multi bets, but I am putting more value and coins on singles.
I play multi bets just for fun and I don't invest high amounts and I never play on odds like you did 1.01 and 1.08
Loosing on low odds like that would made me go nuts :)

^ I voted 50/50.
Going back to the basic knowledge of ratio and proportion multi bets gives us a higher chance of winning but still, it remains chances absolutely it will not give us any guarantee. Moreover, if we do multi bets and we lose in the game then it hurts because we also lose a bigger amount which we can still use for later games if we didn't bet it in one single game. While with single bet we only have a low chance of winning but if we only look gambling as entertainment then might as well do single bets besides in gambling we can never tell if it is your lucky day and no one can predict who will win and who will lose in the game.

Everything is risky but multi-betting (parlay) is riskier than single betting.

Don't be blinded by those set of low odds as if gambling is that easy, then we already beat the sports bookies now. And to have good final odds in a parlay, you need to add more bet slip on it.

Just do the math on how many matches you need to get a good profit if you will only choose an odds between 1.01-1.1 and you need to hit it all just to win.

Multi bets stops you backing out when the odds and winnings gets too high, it also makes the chances of pulling off the overall win quite remote yet sometimes people are on a run and shouldnt stop.   Its ideal for the small bets but purely in a logical way you could just manage every single bet manually and carry it over and thats smarter active management however I reckon most people mess it up or question their own insight wrongly and regret it later.
   Im a big fan of multi bets but also it takes alot of time and investment in the game to be this certain, multi bet is ideal for the working man who has little time to actual place or even watch the games.

The lower the risk, the higher the chance of winning. Your question is to combine the low multipliers in order to get higher odds but the chosen games will be more than 5 for 2 odd. What if one of the chosen matches with low odd becomes lost. Betting a high amount at low odds can hurt one day like me, I have lost $1932 in a tennis match which has the clear favorite player with 1.05 odd. On the last set, the player from France has decided not to play and odds started to drop for OP player, I have lost all bankroll which I build during 1 month in the single-game due to this low odd, sadly.

I am not a risk-taker, so I choose single bets. Multi bets can give a big win if you win, but it could give you a big loss if you lose. But I won't say that a single bet can't give you a big loss because if you place the high odds and lose, your loss will be bigger. But if you can predict many events and know which teams that have a chance to win, you can try with multi bets with various bets amount. Perhaps, you can experiment by yourself to find out which will work well for you, whether it's single bets or multi bets because I think we have our selection based on our knowledge.

Multi bets of course. My friend won 1 btc just with 0.001 btc as bet at 1000x multipler on 12-13 parlays game few years ago on direcbet.eu, (sadly because that site already closed now). That was very crazy and didn't thought he managed to win all those parlay games.

Betting huge amount in single bet would only pain since low odds won't guarantee you will win the match. It's better to bet 1000 times with 1 btc (Bet 0.001 btc)  rather than bet 1 time with 1 btc.

I prefer only a single bet compared to multi bet because for me it is riskier to have multi bet on which when you got lost all of those then you will lose a big amount of money compared to a single bet. If you want to play for the long run then you better keep on a single bet, that is what most of the bettors do. It would give you more chance of winning even though it will take for so long. 
The only advantage of the multi bet is that there is a good chance of winning but is winning won't always by your side and if that would be the case your money will lose quickly.

If you do the math, multi bets are the biggest contributor in profit of sports betting or any other gambling games that allow multiple bets. The chances of winning is the same as single bets, yes the profit is low in singles but it is better because you will not lose big time with single bet.

If you bet 10 and your bet lost, you lose 10 which is not much if you are an avid gambler, but if you bet 10 on 3 games and 1 of them lost, you win 20 but you bet 30 which means that the only way you can get a decent profit is by winning all the 3 bets. I like to think of multiple betting as a speedrun into losing your money.

There was a time when I was fascinated with multi-bets. It was my primary option when the odds were really low. I would usually place 4 to 5 bets in parlay to kind of make something worthy out of odds as low as 1.05 to 1.20. But then somehow I got disappointed because most of them would turn out a loss. And the worse thing was that the game which I was almost sure to be just a like a bonus in my multi-bet was the only one that would spoil everything. After several losses in multi-bets, I shifted back to single bets.

I do both, single bet on bigger amount, multi bet on smaller amount.

Some people say that parlay is making you lose overtime, it maybe correct but the fun and experience is really great when I'm doing a parlay bet.
Not only two legged parlay but even more, the higher the better as the payout will increase.

If you are serious with sports betting, you should focus on single bet instead.

I'm a simple man when it comes to betting. I don't like to analyze too much that's why I don't do parlays. However small the winnings in single bets are, they're equally good if done consistently. To try to maximize my winnings, I only pick games with good odds most of the time. 

Simple man as well, but I don't analyze my parlay bet, I just bet it for fun and just hoping that I'll be lucky.

That's the principle I've been following, as a gambler, you don't risk big when you are not consistent yet but the moment will come you can prove you are consistent, that should be the start in putting a decent bet, for me it's like investing with knowledge, not gambling hoping for luck.

its the momentum . this does happen to me when i win two to three bets , thats my luck got triggered and will give me more wins but if i start verry bad ill just loose the next bets and so on . you only need to know when to stop because theres no way you can win forever .

 multi bet can save time and you can pull it off properly if you have a wider knowledge on sports  . i mostly bet single in my case and it works wonder to me somehow

I don't bet too much but single bets are better than multi bets you don't have to depend on others here you can bet by analyzing the betting sites yourself reducing the amount of damage, even if it is loss increases both knowledge skills. It is better to play with small amount of capital and gradually increase the amount but in multi bets the amount of capital is more that's why I like to bet alone.

Practically wise for me is single Betting and this is also safer,and why do i need to make multi betting when i only play occasionally and not a Habit.

I only play with friends and never come in casino on my own,i would rather watch movies than doing such,and also in online betting
we usually do this together and that is our way of keeping us safe.

We as group knows the risk of becoming addicted so just to make fun in gambling we decide doing it together and yes we are successful in this part.

So Single betting is what i voted in Poll and its winning lol.

I am more fan in a betting of a single because it will just create confusions on where to side. Like for example you have bet to that team and then you have bet also previously on the other side which will then confuses you what team will then you will going to bet. I have experience that kind of betting and regret on losing my bet where I had to chose which team I do like the most for my bet since both of the team had let me won in their match. This is why now I am more focused on betting a single team rather tha multiple bets.

I am fond of creating multi bets before in sports. (Parlay bets)
But, there are just few multi bets that I luckily won. Most of them were loss like kinda frustrating because only one game failed to win. What I like the most, too is that we can bet smaller amount but we can win big on that multi bets. However, the chance of winning is also based on the luck too because games are unpredictable.

Right now, I've been mixing single bets and multi bets. And recently, most of my single bets won always rather my multi bets.

Placing multi bets will be okay if you have more data about each match because you can increase your chance to win in some match. But I don't know how it feels because I don't try with the multi bets. We need to familiarize ourselves before using multi-bets to select more than one match because we can feel it difficult to manage or handle the bets. If we can win from the multi bets like you, that is because we have luck in all match, but we might difficult to try it again because sometimes the luck is already gone after we won.

I suggest not using a big amount when you use multi bets, especially if you don't have much info about the match, and make sure that you have valid data before placing any bets.

For me single bets is always the better option and i've had more success with singles than parlays.

I still make multi bets when the match starts within the same hour as the other ones. Multi bets are great when you hit one but it'll take you several betslips (sometimes hundreds) before you hit one and it's annoying to see your multis that are just one win short from paying out.

I understand why you and probably many other people might find it appealing to place multiple bets, because sometimes it negates the loss you get from your other bets and it also can give you a better edge, but the thing is even if you only bet on teams that have better odds of winning you can still lose the bet and I'd say apart from securing your betting position a bit more it's not going to affect your amount of profit by a large degree and as good as it may look on theory it's not going to be that effective on practice.

Single betting is fine for me and I don't want to take more risk on this one and beside if the game is already on-going my focus is to watch the game and not to think about my bets, and mostly I forgot to place my bet because of my busy schedule. Anyway, if the chance to get profit is high I'm sure that's a lower risk of bet and don't be sad if you earn small profit because it is still a profit, if you have extra money to bet then you can do Multi bets, you have to analyze first your capital. The probability to lose money is high, this is gambling even if you think that you bet on the winning team the odds can still be change.

I liked making single bets before but multi bets are more attractive than them from now on. But when I lose the bet with just 1 match, I get sad about it. For example, I got sad for this bet that I lost recently. https://i.hizliresim.com/YEl7O9.jpg (https://hizliresim.com/YEl7O9)

I mostly prefer single bet but due to some greed  inside me,

exploring multi bet to have a much better odds I sometimes tried but success rates is more lower than doing single betting.
It's annoying when you regret adding the game that supposedly boost your earnings but in the end shit happened and it was the bet that you are really thinking as sure bet that will ruined your suppose profits.

rest of us can related to that . before i start i was only contented on what single bet has to offer but later on i have an urge to find thrill or adventure so i tried to bet riskier by doing multi bets  .

my luck have a hard time to penetrate on this kind of betting so i decided to go back on single bets and sticked to it .

 dont regret to those bet that you dont add because that can be a trick to make you add them but this time the result can be different , that always happened to me but i learned to not get tempted  .

A lot more votes for single bets, that means something! What you say for greed is what hits most of us, and for that reason we explore multi bet, to raise odds! In most cases we lose that multi bet tickets, I barely win 1 or 2 multi bet tickets from 10, sometimes I get into a series of losing, so maybe it's even worse than 2 out of 10! Luckily I don't risk too much with that, I bet a dollar or two, so it's more like a fun for me. I have a lot more luck and profit with single bets, but I place higher bets!

As I have looked in your post history it seems you are not very familiar with the German language. I`m asking this because your multi bet was a bet for the german cup. So it is not easy to predict the outcome, even for the people who are interested in these games. The german cup has it own rules.

Doesn't multi betting (parlay) have the same risk as betting on high odds, or maybe even more? Not that they have the same logic of risk, but the risk is still there nonetheless (I think, never really parlay'ed). It's a rather easy way to actually burn through your funds. The saying "high risk, high reward" is always true, so if there was a chance where you would get a "low risk, high reward", be wary cause either that's a scam, or you missed something.

As I said, I've always done single bets most of the time, and I bet for fun in sportsbooks anyway. Not much research done, either I just vote my favorite teams, or I just watch past matches of the two teams for the match I'm betting on and judge who's better from there.

So far the poll results show an overwhelming preference given to single bets. That's interesting to me because I actually assumed that multi bets were equally popular within the community.
I actually assumed the opposite. If a person's very good at betting on soccer matches, would not this person want to make the most of it and thus make multi bets so that the profit is higher? If a person is less experienced, on the other hand, it would make sense to place single bets because of not seeing the general picture.
Technically, this is not necessarily the case. There can be a single bet with 4.5 odds and a multi bet that combines very likely outcomes with the cumulative 3.1 odds, right? So it may be not so much about the type of bet as about the odds. So I think there's space for opinion here.

I choose 50/50 because I'm a fan of both multi and single bet.

Been gambling for years already and I learn that risking our money on parlay is just a waste of time, but it's fun so it's okay to waste some money just to have fun, ever experience the feeling when you have a parlay and only 1 game left for you to know if you win or not, some site have a cash out option but if me, I would not use it, I will go with the flow and let my luck dictate the outcome.

I often prefer single odd bets on individual games but I too use multibets/parley when I'm quite sure about the results of two or three games and their odds are smaller. Going anywhere above 3 different games would be a suicide. Two games is the best option if you are not satisfied with the odds of one. But overall it's a loss if you are gambling on low odds bets. When you parley, your combined odd should better be no less than 1.75.

That's seems very easy to say but it's hard to do it, some games even with odds of 1.20 still lose as no bet in any sport is guaranteed. IMO, if I would bet on parlay, I'll make sure I'll do a big number of odds on combination, for 3 parlay resulting to 1.75 odds only, I'd rather bet on one game with 1.90 odds.

I prefere single bets. Probably with multi bets there are better odds but I'm not se dedicated to gambling and don't do too many calculations and combinationd so single bet is my choice. I'm sure that professional and passionate gamblers are more into multiple bets.
So far on this thread majority of users chosen single bet as a preference, that can be a basis for some kind of conclusion.

multi bets with more than three games could be played for fun only, it could not be played with intention to win, the probability is too low

actually, i rarely play single bets, but do play two or three pairs together, when play more than three do not count it as serious bet, just play for fun, similar to lotto, could win, but do not think that as normal thing

regarding quotes, from my point of view, quotes are not that important if you do not play something on 4+ quote, that is not likely to happen, usually play 1.5-2.0 on multi bets, but do put a bigger quote as well

I am for 50/50. Although I am mostly involved in single bets, I am also making the best of very low odds. It is hard to risk betting on very low odds like 1.02. That is not worth your money if you consider the proportion of the amount you bet and the return you will get out of it.

But I am really more on single bets. Sometimes I would just skip betting if the odds are very low. Betting on what you think is a sure win because of the low odds is a recipe for a terrible upset.

I always do single bets on events that I feel that are worth it to place my money on, otherwise I'll not bet at all. On multi-bets or parlays, I usually do this on MLB and NBA--games that I follow and know somewhat extensively--and do some safe bets only on money line for MLB and over/under on NBA. It's kinda risky since if one event on the bet goes red, the bet is already lost even if the rest are wins. It's only worth it to do parlays if there is a promotion that the platform is holding for the said type of bet, or if the events lineup you know too well that you are confident that you'll hit every single one of them.

If you place single bets for such low odds, you are taking much risk for earning a little amount. But if you place multi bet, you are taking almost the same risk with same amount of a single match but your output is way higher than single bet. From this perspective, I think multi is good (normally I place single bets if the odd is above 1.6). However, I lost a multi bet recently for the draw of Real Madrid in UCL where I supposed to get win this match 100%. So, there's the risk of multi. No matter which team is playing, it's possible that you will miss a single prediction out of a lot.

I was really a multi bet bettor before and I could really tell that it's really risky to have a multi bets rather than a single bet.
Right now I'm into single bets since i'm doing some leisure playing gambling right now I've also realize that betting multi bets
really needs some good analysis and computations which I wouldn't want to stress out myself with.

ya.ya.yo!

I voted for single bets because that is what i am doing now.Not like when i was addicted that Multi betting is what i love to do.
and single betting is the safest to gamble,and also to prevent from becoming addicted as you can still control your desire to win from betting in single/.

Single bet works for me, since I don’t need to make more research about the match and I always bet on my favorite team whether they are the underdog or not, I still bet with them. Gambling is about taking risk, don’t take gambling seriously and just enjoy your free time in gambling.

Betting more means taking more risk and don’t expect that you’ll win on every bet so you wont get sad again.  :D

Its worth it if you have a big amount to bet because even small amounts when many, they can be profitable. You should think of a higher price which you can afford, and will not affect you financially. Single bets in my perspective are lot riskier because in one fell swoop, your money can vanish especially when you've been tempted to bet all in. Let's be honest, we all have that one bet that we became to greedy.

Lol then why not focus on the single bet that is possible you have a win from it. You can increase the money to bet for single and you can get higher rate of winning. The profit also can come that way and not betting in multiple chances and lose frequent.

Maybe I did not say exactly. I compared the multi betting ratio to the ratios of each event, which is included by betting on each event separately.
Here is a screenshot below as an example where the odds for each single bet match are less than the final odds in the multi bet.
https://i.postimg.cc/fRyyvMpm/Multi.png

I think single bets are the best. You can make less money but they are less risky too. There could be many fallacious matches in betting. So, the risk of losing in multi bets is higher than single bets. ::)

As has already been said, multi bets are riskier than singles. Whenever there are more possibilities, there are also different outcomes.

There is one user in the german board who was (I'm not sure if he really did) betting, that Bayern Munich wouldn't lost any game in german bundesliga. That was before the second game day. So there were 33 days left. Much possibilities. And what happened the second game day?

Gonna be depending on how much you bet in every set of games. Because I'd find it the same, they are all risky...

For example,
If can make a single bet worth $500, if ever I've lost that game, I lose them all that $500. But if you gonna put it in a multiple which consists of $100 per bet, that will be 5 more bets and possibly one or two amongst those will have a chance to win. What I mean is that having a multiple bet could give us a chance to recover if ever we lose on the other bets and can still keep us on the game. Unlikely, if we have it all in a single bet if ever we lost, it ends up your $500 instantly.

A single bet involves just two teams which greatly reduces the risk of losing unlike multi bets which are risky because there are more chances of losing.
Personally, I prefer single bets. Although the odds are low, the high percentage certainty of winning is enough to make me go for it.
When I make single bets, all I do is simply stake high. Staking high might be risky for those who practice multi bets but it's a way of increasing our winnings for us who play single bets.
I, however, think the best option is to practice both.

Basing up on your response then i can tell that you arent a bettor.You cant differentiate those multi-bets which is supposedly showing off that it is a parlay?
You are just saying about single bets with 5x of chance for you neither to win of those bets which you had mentioned that you can potentially make out some recovery?
Thats not the case when you are playing with parlays because one lose then all of those 5 are considered lost so better to review on next time on what are
the things had been discussed.

With my answer about multibet or single bets? Single bets is much preferred even though odds arent that too appealing but im much confident
and i do like on having this kind of betting rather than on stressing myself with parlays.

I found out that quick before, the advantages of multi bets vs single bets. On my side, I prefer single bets as others already pointed out, the risk is lower as compared to multi-bets. But maybe, it does really depend on how confident you are with your bets.

What you are saying is literal betting in a different bet slip. It's like not putting a single egg in one basket although can't be applied for me in sports betting. The risk is just the same even you place a bet on other sports as to able to recover lose on your other bet in case of a loss, it still depends on the odds you choose. Why settled on different picks if you can choose a single one that you are comfortable to bet with.

In the case of parlay, you need to win all your picks. One wrong bet, then you will lose. Likely, you will consider picking only low odds here but you need several of those if you want to get the best odds. The more you add a bet, the more it increases the risk.

Multi bet won't save you even if you have the knowledge, if you can't do consistently with winning on single bet then I don't think you'll be able to pull a win on a more difficult to win which is the multi bet. Just imagine, with 3 bets combine, if you lose 1 pick, you lose the entire bet, that's hard says it's hard to win unless you are lucky, but consistency would not be achieve as no consistency on luck.

I prefer single bets because of good odds than on parlays but i did vote on 50/50 because there are times that i do make out some parlay bets if i do see its worth.

Currently on poll results:
https://i.imgur.com/y8iLLEP.png
It seems people do really prefer single bets than multi's which is understandable.

This is really amazing how people chooses single bet, but in reality that doesn't confirm due to several times folks tend to bet all over again. Often times we used single bet as an escape from reality and addiction comes when everyone desired to recover every loss after certain bets. On my side of opinion, better use multiple bet if you do have enough money to risk on one time gambling and wait for whatever results it might come up.

I think it's up to your risk aversion, I mean I do multi bets or parlay, but there is a danger that once you missed only one bet, they all bets are lost, so if you are willing to take that risk then there should be problem. But majority of my bets are single with odds like 1.8 or higher, or even as low as 1.68 when I think that it will definitely win according to my analysis, put good amount of stake and see how it goes. Most of time I don't want to complicate my betting pattern though and doesn't want to spread it out, all in or nothing mentality.  :), you win big, you lose big.

You'll need to win all of that to win, me, I think it's very risky, anything that says "parlay" is a risky bet though in general betting is risky despite of the odds but what I'm saying is there's lesser chance.

This topic is 8 years ago but it's still applicable now

Why are parlays bad? (https://www.reddit.com/r/sportsbook/comments/11pkzo/why_are_parlays_bad/)

Before placing the bet in multi bets, they dream of winning at least 2 games, and they say they can accept the risk of losing the money. But then, they lose the games and their money, and that makes them feel sad. We can use multiple bets if we don't think much about the loss that can happen at any time. But many times, people regret why they choose multi bets.

That is what our concern with any bets, whether it's multi or single bets. As you said, if you are willing to take that risk, we don't have to think much, even if, in the end, we are losing the money because we can accept anything that will happen. Besides accepting the risk, we need to know how much money we need to use for one bet, so if we lose the game, we can know how much we lose.

Yes, I agree to some point. Actually there is no fun in pure betting. The essence of betting is add more excitement in watching the sports happening. This is why I am not in favor of multi bets where you only focus on winning and not getting fun from the events.
Why bets if you are not willing to take losses? When you gamble you are already like giving tha money you bet and there is nothing wrong about it because the money you used to bet could also be doubled. This is why there are advises that also are good to take like bet only using your money that you can affors to lose and never bet for more beyond your capacity that will compromise your daily life expenses.

I prefer single bets.

There are instances that I bet on teams that I know, most of the time that would be on esports like Dota 2 and CSGO, in sports I just do it on NBA but I only bet on one team. I think multi bets is more risky since you can't thoroughly analyze most of their games while you can do that with single bets.

This is a good point, we need to analyze the game before we put a bet, and it's not easy to win multiple games when we are even having a hard time to win in a single game only, that's why most gamblers will prefer and single bet and if you notice, they put a decent amount on single bet while on parlay, they only put a small amount.

I personally prefer multi-batch compared to single bet because the amount of prize from the bet is much larger than the single bet. But I choose the match and the favorite soccer team to win and also see the opponents it faces, not randomly choosing a team even though the odds are bigger. Moreover, if there is a champion league or English league we can choose which team has a big chance of winning and which team will lose, usually the big teams will be easy to win and why not choose multi bet compared to single bet.

But isn't betting in the favourite team also pretty risky? If you just support the team you like, you are not being objective and are bound to lose sometimes even when you know that the team is likely to lose. Since in this case betting is not about maximising profit, I guess the risks associated with multi bets are also not a big deal. But I understand why you prefer single bets anyway.

Meanwhile, the multi bets are getting some votes in the poll, but single bets are leading.

I voted 50/50 because I really can't favour one over the other. Usually, I like placing risky bets with high outcome odds, and you can do it two ways: you can place a single bet with, say, 6.93 outcome odds, or you can place 5 multibets with 1.34, 1,53, 1.63, 1.49, 1.41, and get approximately the same result regarding the odds. I think the probabilities of winning/losing in both cases are equal.

I would rather favor a single bet if they have the same odds on the parlay bet, I don't know about the probability but I'm more comfortable on a single bet than a small odds parlay as one mistake, everything is ruined, and less stress on my part as I only have to monitor one game.

I'm just betting for entertainment and just placing bet on the team that I support and really like and so I just bet on the who would win or who would lose in short a single bet. I think by just betting it's risky already but placing multiple bets would increase the risk.

I do think twice before I bet for a particular team so I don't need to vote for any other team and also I have limited money access that's why I only bet one time. And those who bets for almost all the teams, they have a lot of money to spend with, well good for them but us who has a limited money ones is really enough. I also bet for entertainment purposes only.

Once you bet you are already taking the risk, but we don't talk of risk here anymore but the chances of winning.

Single bet with odds 1.90, your chances of winning is 50/50 but parlay with multiple bets on it, the chances are low but normally the payout is good.

It's up to you to choose, sportsbook are always willing to accept your bet, whether single bet or multi bet, but they'll like more the multi bet as most of the time gamblers loses money on that, that's why in my part I don't put big bet on that.

Personally, i prefer single betting. It's much more simple to predict it (first point)

Also, this is where math is rules everything:

For example, you have 3 event with 50 % chance each of needed outcome.

Single bet has a 50 % chance (which is enough good)

In the same time, multibet has a chance 0.5 * 0.5 * 0.5 which is 12 %. Because wee need to win first event AND second AND third to get our money.

But yeah, if we will success with our 12 % the reward will be also reward1 * reward2 * reward3. But man, there just 12 % chance!

It really depends on what you want to achive. If you want to win big like a jackpot or something you need to hit multiplier bets and get as many matches to win it all and win big! If you want stady winning matches singles match is the key,but with an avg odd of 1.75 at least

Depends on the situation still. If you are in control of the betting variables, you won't be scared to diversify your bets simply because you know how the 'game' works in the first place. Sports betting as an example; you are familiar with the teams and you know which teams would be worth betting. Team 1 got your first vote. But you know to yourself team 7 and 8 are also having chances to win. You would probably make multiple bets simply because it is not a gut feeling, but you are just analysing the capabilities of the teams. It would still generate risk indeed but in this sense, you will enjoy things because of interests. Losing is more certain in the first place, enjoying the activity will ease the pain somehow.

It does make a sense. Probability in this case is being divided to losing more or earning more. Diversifying your bets could give you bigger profit but it can as well generate bigger loss due to the number of bets, especially if there is only one bet which would win. If you are not aiming for bigger profit, betting with limits of one, is enough. Both has risks as a bottomline. Either way is risky from one another it just depends on your habits of playing. You could still get huge losses if you are single betting but also "heavy" betting.

I chose multi but I also do single bets just not as often I do multi bets. I just got used to it, there are times that I will just play 1 bet at a time and there are times that I will be doing 2 -5 bet slips at a time. Really depends on where am I betting. I see no difference in risk because both still have the chance for you to lose money.

Well can we fuck with math and just do it in multibet for the sake of luck?
Yes sometimes this is all about luck.
Mathematically a team with 1.2 odds will win for 80% but doesnt mean there is no way they will lose. Luck determined everything in gambling at the end.
I have once created 3 multi bet with odds over 50 and all of them won
That is the moment you are loving your multibet habit and hoping for luck is not that hurt.
It is even much more hurting  when you found your bet on 1.01 lost. Cry in blood.

I think in a different context it still depends right?

There are a lot of people that support a lot of teams or have a lot of team in mind that they could tell who would win ours not without analyzing since they have this deep knowledge of that certain sport or game. Let's say, he supports these teams and bet on them, he doesn't mind taking the risks since he will bet on them because he supports them.

Single bet still most votes at the moment
but, there are still less than who have posted in this thread (79 User).

I also voted on a single bet where I have experience with multiple bets when get winning and losing at the same time, I think it's wasting my time.

In my opinion, I have only 2 choices, win or lose.

There is a different advantages between single bet and multi bet. Focusing your money to bet on a single side can give you a big earnings if you win but have a small chance of winning but when you have multi bet you have a bigger chance of winning but you will only earn small. If you are gambler who can predict easily the game, why are you using multi bet but if you are not a pro gambler and don't know what to win then it is better to have multi bet.

Single bet is my favorite but since we enter pandemic it hard me to win as usual. The game is not too hard to win but since covid-19 came many has loss a lot of money on single bet. When the profit of multi bet is too high but the profit is a good profit if you can win. But many people don't like multi bet because of the high fees that attached to the bet. Single bet carry more population of Gambler than multi bet that every gambler is afraid to bet because of the high fees.

Single bets or multi bets, it doesn't matter because in the end it will come down to these 2 things
Win or Lose.

I don't think that betting on single or multi doesn't matter because what matters is your winnings but to answer the question, in terms of profit single bet is obvious to choose because putting it on one team that has a higher chance to win will give you more profit than diversifying it but the downside of that is it is more risky than multi betting since you are diversifying your bets so that if the one bet win and one losses then still you have some money left to use.

Diversifying is does not guarantee a win, it's purpose is to minimize the risk and actually it's more applicable when investing where we allocate a certain percentage on different coins to complete your 100% investment.

Here in crypto gambling, you minimize the risk by using the "bankroll management", you make your bankroll for long term that you only put a certain percentage every time you bet.

That is because people don't think about taking losses. They only place their bets and want to enjoy the game. If they are losses, in the end, some of them will not think because lose and win will be part of the game. Using your money that you can be the best suggestion for all people who want to gamble.

I prefer to diversifying in an asset than diversifying in gambling ;D
Because an asset can give me to make money, but in gambling, I feel it's hard for me to make money since I don't know much about sports betting. But multiple bets can work well if they can have valid data to select the team on each game. Maybe if people can collect many inputs from many sources and know which team to choose, they can use multi bets. But don't forget that you will have a bigger risk if you choose multi bets than if you choose a single bet.

It turns out that many choose a single bet, definitely because they are eyeing a big win. Though I love multi bet, because I believe multi bet
can increase our chances of winning. By betting on several matches, usually one of them will work. To reduce the risk, multi bet can stake with
less amount. Even though the profit I made from multi bet was smaller than the single bet. But for me playing multi bet is more interesting,
because it is more challenging.

Actually if you combine all the probabilities, the chances of winning is actually 50% and not 12% because if the whole event is taken into one account, chances are it will happen or not happen, which is 50-50.

Generally, speaking it has as much winning chance than a 50% win chance. Plus it's easier to make more amount on multiple single bets which I won't disagree. But, I have seen many people making huge money off multi-bets!

No, it's not like that, multi be in reality will lower your chances of winning compared to single bet, maybe big winning but you need to be lucky to do that.

Huh? your statement seem to be different to what everyone are thinking and experiencing.

Multi bet results to bigger win due to high odds, single bet lower win due to lower odds, should work that way.
Unless you are betting $1000 for a single bet and 1$ for a multi bet.

You are wrong, please read something about probabilities. :)

@johhnyUA said it right, to obtain the probability of several events to occur(or, your several predictions to be true all together), you need to multiply the probabilities of each event.

In this case (betting on small odds), I prefer to combine my bet into 1 mixparlay.
Let say the highest odds you will bet is x1.1, you will need to win 10 matches before you can lose once.
Once you lose your bet, you need to recover it from a bunch of match again.

Also, I believe you will still check more information about the match, not pick it blindly.
It’s not a dice game where you can just click roll button.
Soccer bet is time and mind consuming  ;D
Make it worth it.

in the beginning I made simple bets, but what I realized in the long run is that my profit was very small that sometimes I no longer saw the grace of making sports bets. until I started making Multi bets and the first time I lost, the second time I lost and lost again the third time, but the fourth time I won and recovered my losses and I had huge profit and the advantage was that I only had to place a bet with the same amount and I won the fifth time and I had profit and then I just started making multi bets. I prefer to lose on the Multi bet, but at least I know I had fun watching the game and placing a bet and if I win I know that the profit will be very large. I see Multi bets as a lottery ticket but with a better chance of getting it right

Obviously i am for single bet because i am not really a gambler and only plays when having a time and enough Budget.
this is never been a priority to me though i open bet in Local basketball gambling in which i am lucky mostly.
so Single betting is much safe and tender for people like e.
and also those gamblers that i knew had been using this strategy because they are preventing self from becoming addicted ,because multi betting may sort to this kind of behavior when you cannot control yourself anymore from betting .

If I would play gambling, I would say I'd choose single bet, because for me it's nonsense to place multiple bets and just one of it will give you profits while you lose even more. I mean let's say I'd do multiple bets like 1-10 (choices) and then number 8 would win and I'll lose the rest of my bets (betting same amount of money each number).

So betting a single bet is more reasonable to do, keeping the winning chances low but winning bigger amount while you lose or win your money slowly.

I guess this depends on the amount that I am betting. I am not that big of a bettor but if I wanted to bet big, it is a small amount to other big gamblers though, I usually go with a single bet. Usually these bets are those bets that I do to teams I actually support and have a confidence that would win. I do multi bets some time but with lower amount.

What kind of multi-bet are you referring to? I don't understand your opinion at all. What do you understand by multiple bets? I don't know your personal experience, or if you indeed have one on multi-betting, but in a multi-bet or parlay betting, if you lose a single bet you lose everything. There is nothing like what you said that you lose your 9 bets and 1 is winning so you are winning a little amount compared to your loss.


Single betting does not mean your chances of winning is low or high. It depends on the odds.

Most might be doing the same in terms of betting with single bet, whenever you feel that the team or player that you
are picking or if the said pick is the one that you truly supporting, you tend to bet on it big time.

There are gamblers who are good in finding great selections of parlay bets, they are really take some time
looking for games that valuable and combine them for much better winnings.

After all this, it's still depends from your intentions, and how you manage your gambling,
but practically it's more enjoyable when you hit the big win when you do parlays.

Likewise me too, becasue sometimes i do prefer to bet on a single bet than multi bet. Currently, from the new opening after the pandemic, i have made some single bets which has given me the required profits from my bets[going for the team i trusted most in this regard], those single bet when assured are the best than going for the multi best which can be ruin by just a score.

From a mathematical point of view, single bets are much better, since although they are unprofitable in the long run, they are much less unprofitable than multi-bets. I can't give a link now, but there have been many calculations on this topic.
From the point of view of psychology, it is still easier - it is much easier to come to terms with the defeat of the team on which the bet was made than with the fact that the multi-bet lost due to any one event.

That is just a coincidence or pure bad luck I would say. Doesn't matter if you place a single bet or a multiple bet, your outcomes won't change. You managed to win all bets placed serially. But this does not automatically mean that all single bets you placed will always be a winning game. Keep on playing like this and you will see that you are also losing bets. You might even face some situation where a lot of single bets you placed didn't win at all.
As far as I know, all bets has the same amount of risk. So it doesn't matter if you place multiple bets or a single bet. Though placing single bets gives you better opportunity to handle everything.

Actually betting multi bets is very risky in my experience but quite fun and exciting if you are good to analyze all the match you would be able to gain good profit out of it and I do it occasionally, I prefer single bets for most of the time.

Multibets is the best option if we have a small bankroll, with them, we can win big multipliers. But if our bankroll is big then we can place big bets to low odds to have more chance to win, because if we choose 3 games with low odds then there is a probability for one of them to lose.

Every player has its own preferences when it comes in betting the game. Since I’m just small time player, I prefer the single bets as convenient on me everytime I’m playing. Even though in multi bets a player has the high chance of winning and has the high chance of profit but with high risks also. So it depends on a player on which he can manage the game and can manage the loss.

In my opinion, it depends. If I want to stake for multiple bets, I will prefer to use a very low amount of funds, because the higher the accumulations the higher the chance of losing, it is better to go for single bet if staking with high amount of fund. But, regardless of multiple bet or single bet, bet remains bet, and it is very risky, the chance to gain is much more lesser than the chance to lose.

I don't think anyone can guarantee that you will win or lose because I see gambling like this depends on luck, and when you do that you have already made a profit, then you should be able to withdraw assets, because if you try to do the same thing then the percentage very few wins and very risky.

For people who look sports betting as entertainment they tend to play with a single bet for it doesn't matter to them whether they lose or win instead they see it as fun besides, oftentimes they are only after on the result of the game and not with what they can earn from their bets.

Moreover, people who do multiple betting takes the game more seriously for they see it as another way to earn and tends to be more emotional with the results after the game has ended. Nevertheless, it will still depend on how you see and how much you are attached to the betting but the risks are still the same since no one can know the result until the end of each game.

Kind of counter intuitive actually in real life. Coz muti bets work like the lottery, the more you put in, the less your payoff is going to be. Knowing that everyone around you is gonna chip in the same amount of bets like you or sometimes even more. So I prefer single betting, if I lose, at least it's not that big.

Obviously, the chances of getting busted with multi bets is higher due to the risky odds which boost the final multiplier. The luck-based casino games have the house edge and the odds also carry the hidden house edge in sports betting. I prefer to bet on the exchange type gambling websites because betting against the house/bookie is also risky especially if the gambler is a high roller with a deep pocket. The boosted wins are attractive for new gamblers but experienced gamblers know how hard it is catching the low odds with playing a high bankrolls.

Both single and multi betting has equal risk most of the time. Choosing between these two is more likely not to get bigger winnings but to lessen the total losses such that will I lose "everything" in a single bet or will my other bets result to losses. If it is to minimize the loss, adjusting your bets would be more advisable than to make more bets to come up with a good outcome. There are games wherein there will just be a single bet that would win the most, betting on multiple won't make sense in this scenario.
Quite true. Losing is more certain in gambling, to make it simple. What happens most of the time is a battle of gut feeling which pushes some players to still continue despite of the losses or winnings, associated with frustrations and/or greed.

This is true and most likely people who do tend to consider on making multiple bets or parlays are the ones who do took seriously on making some money with sportsbet.

Im aint saying that those people who do engage with single bets arent aiming for money but in most cases peoples insights towards sports will differ on whats their behavior
when it comes to the way of betting.

Some will really matter for the outcome and do move one yet this one give out enjoyment or entertainment for them but if you are a bit serious on making out some
money then multiple bets will be your primary choice yet odds are much more better or multiplier but as everybody been saying where winning this
 streak cant really be that easy.

Diversifying funds in betting causes the high chance to lose these funds, like what you did. Mulitiple bets could suit best for all beginners who are playing with small amount of funds. There is no denying that the chance of winning is higher but same goes with the risk it offer. Mulitiple bets are risky since the odds are combined.

Managing your bankroll is just the most important things to learn, there are two kind of gamblers, one are those who have a small bankroll which aims to win big while the other are those with a decent bankroll who just want to earn a certain percentage of their bankroll, and most likely they are the serious ones.

Just try to imagine, a gambler has a bankroll of $100 aiming to grow it into $1000, I think it's hard to do it but it's not impossible and the thing that made it hard more is when you still diversify that amount, let's say you put only $10 per bet, that's even aggressive as that is 10% of your total bankroll, hence the risk is high.

I always prefer multi-bets.
Thankfully, Sportsbet added the betbuilder system and it helps when I only want to watch one game and bet for players stats and score.

Whoever told you that it was a waste of effort then I am on his side.
That is just how I look at things when it comes to gambling. My own humble opinion only.  ;D
I like taking the larger risk for a larger win. Below x1.5 and I'd prefer to just add another bet.

https://i.ibb.co/BCy3Fk1/323232.png (https://ibb.co/Ny9CbR4)

Maybe if you are confident and you have valid data to win with multi bets, you can choose the multi bets, so you can have a chance to win more than two matches. You can win more money if that happens, but you need to be careful because the match can change anytime, especially if our favorite team makes a mistake. Yes, with multi bets, you will have the chance to win, but you will also have the opportunity to lose.

If you are not a risk taker, you don't have to try on the multi bets because that can make your heart beat faster than usual.

Despite of having a knowledge, multi bet is still not easy to win, knowledge does not ensure a win, we have to understand that.
Gambling is easy to understand as there are only two outcome but in reality, people still lose money regardless of the betting style, so that explains it's hard.


I can try a multi bet even if I'm not  risk taker, I just have to put a small bet on it.

Interesting opinion, I did not think of it this way. I did see a couple of huge wins with small bet amounts on crazy odds on Sportsbet.io. Losing a small bankroll is not a big deal, and if the bet amount is small and the single bet odds are low, the win is insignificant. That being said, if what matters is the odds, than it's irrelevant if it's a multi or a single bet (it can be a single 3.5 bet or a multi 3.5 bet, and in that case the risk would be equal). However, it does not feel equal because one event going wrong out of many, and you lose the whole multi bet, whereas with single bets it's easier to distribute the money and win some while lose others.

Another good thing about single bets is that you can also replicate a multi bet by rolling over the initial bet and winnings from one match to the next until the last leg. Also you get better payouts if you suddenly back out on a match because if you try to opt for the cash out option on your multi bet there's always noticeable 5-10% cut.

I think it's the opposite I also often find other sports bettors placing multi bets for fun knowing they'll most likely lose.

Difference is on odds itself yet parlays do even give much more but the way or risk is not really that appealing thats why majority do stick out with single bets.The illustration you had said about 3.5 bets in both single and multiple is true but in general sense where you do able to feel up that confidence into your bets are totally different. You wouldnt worry much if making single bets because if its lost then its lost but when you do deal up
with multi or parlays then losing 1 of those games into your selection then that would be a lose bet which sucks specially if you do already had several wins in the line and then the last one was a lose.

with multibets you can win a lot more. you can also just make a few bets and then a single bet each time. then you actually have a kind of multi-bet for yourself. what seems especially annoying to me is if you would use it for live betting and then you have to have several matches right at the same time that takes a lot of stress  ;D

Checking the live statistics and deciding which team will score first is my favorite strike method for increasing the multiplier on the bet slip. The chances are high to get busted by one team and a single goal can change the outcome, luck is needed to win on multi-bet. System betting is the way to go and one goal or team will be the reason for low odds instead of total loss in this betting type. Low odds with more games is not good choice because a 1.1 odds game can ruin the total multiplier if there is no system betting. Being careful and playing safe is better than sorry.

You need to plan well and indeed it's stressing you out when finding good game to pick and use for multi bets, it's useful doing it with pre-match

taking time to pick unlike with live games which you can mostly make a mistake whenever you didn't do a much deeper research.

Multi-bets if being escalated well brings big profits, it takes time but the win is really nice to bank out.

Seems fine. Multi bets are not bad,  ;D. as different on my comment above, I think multi bets are good when having a minimum balance and want to bet on the favorite team.

https://i.postimg.cc/1zb1L9gM/multiple-bet.jpg

I had experienced it in Futuur and get my asset back in one night. or maybe I get luckier when a single bet?.

No, it's not easy to just think you'll win when betting on the favorite team.
We just have to respect everyone's style in gambling, some wants to do multi bet while some just stick to single bets, besides we cannot boost as most of us here are losers in overall, we maybe lucky sometimes but let's try to review our overall performance and we will be surprise.

You just go lucky, but luck is not consistent and it does not come most of the time.

I really like multi bets because if done correctly it will give big profit, the obstacle is that you have to do in-depth research on
the several teams that will play and this is quite a waste of time. But that way you can choose matches that are sure to win,
and you really need luck to win at multi bet. For me multi bets is more challenging and interesting to do than single bet. But that
doesn't mean single bets aren't profitable, but I am more comfortable playing multi bets.

I doubt you'll make an easy win on multi bet even if you make a research.

Actually that "research" thing is must for every gambler if they don't want to fully rely on their luck, but despite that research thing, it's still hard to win in a parlay. Everyone their own way but per number analysis, multi bet is harder to win than on a single bet.

I always bet (99%) only single bet.
Because I don't want risk the chance for having a good result while playing another one that I am not feeling very confident. Generally I prefer to play two separate single events, since  I like to play with stakes at least of 100 euro.
Even when I am playing in live I will never bet two teams together. Ok the final win could be bigger but the risk isn't worth the try.

Multiple bet odds is way higher than the sum of 2 single bets. So if you are confident on the teams that you want then it's worth it a try unless you are focus on one sports and one team only. Most of us have a different favorite multiple sports and team so multiple bets is preferably for those person that has a multiple team and sports favorite.

The risk is a bit neglible compared on the possible amount that you will win considering that you will still bet a 2 singles.  ;D

Not only the odds increases in a multiple bet, risk also increases significantly. Multibet are not much useful when you are combining low odds as the odd would remain low while a single loss would make you lose. If you are confident about some good odd games, you can combine two of them to have a much more higher rewards. If you are having multiple bets, don't bet on more than a pair and the combined odds should not be less than 2.

My experience so far with multi bets: let me clarify that I usually bet for fun and I know I will never become rich with this  ;D
I do not bet on more than 5/6 games and I never bet more than 5$ equivalent (if betting with crypto). I try to mix games in order to achieve a max potential profit of $250 even though I go mostly for $100/150.

I'm comfortable with losing that amount if I'm betting on multibets, if I lose I can just move on to the next day and put my multi bet again. For single bet, should be higher than that as it's also boring to bet on small amount and win a small amount, you'll lose your interest in the long run as you are not gonna win all the time.

Sometimes you hear stories of people who bet 1 usd and then suddenly win 10,000 usd which is really great if something like that happens to you. On the other hand, the chances are slim with multibets.
I'd rather go for single bets and experimental multiple bets.

I guess if you really knew that you will never get rich on this then better not use multibetting right?instead you should do single bets since this is safer and needs no big  capital.
I may consider multi bet when time comes that I have more capital to gamble.
There are couple of threads here that tackle about this in which with small bet he become rich.

But of course this is isolated cases only.

The reward is really attractive and it's not impossible as there are people who really won that amount, however, chance are very low so you need to be so lucky in order to win. $1 is not a big amount, you can bet that on parlay and just don't think after you bet, who knows you time will come that you are so lucky, $10,000 is big amount if you are struggling financially. s

Maybe bet on lotteries to make that huge win, but there is a need to do multiple bets and consistently bet if we want that happen unless we're too lucky that in one try we will able to win such amount. I prefer to bet only on games I know, and sometimes if I feel lucky I do try lotteries. Even we wanted to do it a single bet, when we're already doing the bet we tend to doubt and bet in multiple to atleast secure a slot to win in whatever results may happen.

It's not possible. I see many times people won multiple 1000x and over. maybe you just need to sit on the chair for about a day or so.

sometimes people have expected another bet if the other one has lost,  although play with small capital.

Yeah right? So go on and bet $100 on a single bet to win 105 and then come here to cry. What kind of suggestion is this? Come on be serious.
I am certainly more confident in playing $5 bets and be ready to not winning then placing huge bets and losing everything.

Making a multiple bet it's really welcomed development for those that have financial capability to bet because the loss and the risk is very high due to it's expenses, i think going on single betting is better and more preferable than multiple, because the chance of winning through single betting is there, but from my perspective i think the difference between the multiple and single betting is the profit involves only, but the possibility of it winning in multiple betting is very very high.

I likely with multi bet than single bet because have higher reward payment although with little amount using, but really choose with football team which one have the seeded team to win and not choose by system give big odds. I know with many gambler always choose multi betting than single betting because they like get higher reward payment but have risk when one our team choose lost all betting place lost and gone. Just one time I win last week after six games I choose win with my prediction but last night I lost with one match and have lost all my betting although have win in six match before.

6 game parlays isnt something for someone that can easily make win which means you're pretty doing impressing on here yet you are making money
with parlays or multi bets which isnt something everyone can attain. Majority is preferring single bets rather than multiple one even though the odds
are much less or rewards but the risk on getting it directly or the price is there without having those 1 bet loss then you lose it all but somehow
the amount you had risked out is just less and do able to make it big when you do bet on parlays.It does have its own advantage and disadvantage though
but i do prefer single bets most of the time.

Winning this kind of parlay with a decent bet would already change our lives.

Imagine putting $100 for at least 1.90 odds per bet, that's equivalent to x47 and that would give you $4,700  winning, it's a huge amount already, something that you can enjoy for a longer period of time. I know these are just figures but it's possible to achieve this, however the difficulty level is so high, even if let's say you are good enough.

Well it can be said that this was its lucky day. For me the chances of winning in multi bets were slim and so the chances of winning in single bets. Its true that there are instances which one person pay for a single bets and suddenly win but then if he/she would repeat it again the roulette of winning doesn't favor him at all. Sometimes there are also an instances that a person who were lucky enough to win in a bet with luck. So this might be called as a pure luck based kind of bets.

I usually do multiple bets. I don't think either way is more beneficial, that is just the way that I play. Over the course of time I get a similar winning percentage either way. Placing multiple bets at once feels better to me because you have a better chance of winning something whereas the other way I might end up walking away with nothing for that day.

If you can win using both single bets and multiple bets and you can win many times, that is because you have the luck that comes to you. Not many people can win many times in gambling, and many of them are losing their money while playing gambling. Maybe some people will have their winning in the multiple bets to make them win the money. But we should not forget that no matter what we choose, single bets or multi bets, the chance of losing the money will be there. So you don't have to tempt because of your winning because you can lose the win money in the next round, so stopping gambling will be better to do.

Sure, multi bets means higher odds of risk but also wins as your spread is greater. Even in cases where you have the house edge while the risk is greater simultaneously you also push up your odds of winning. This is a strategy in itself and if confident I can imagine to work reasonably well.

Thus, if a player doesn't feel comfortable with the idea then best not to practice it. Only copy and implement things you know will work based on knowing how you strategise and play. Better still go with the experience rather than the hope of winning. This way you will be disappointed less  ;)

It depends on the match, which is the big team or not, I choose multi bet compared to single bet, if you play big team champions league team, we can predict which team is seeded and which team will lose, but if the strength of both teams is the same I prefer just single bet or choose another option because if one loses the other multi bet bet will also lose. One who considers why choosing a multi bet is because the odds given are much higher than the signle bet, for example, a 1k DOGE bet with a multi bet system, we can get almost 30K DOGE profit, different from a single bet, only getting 3K DOGE profit.

In my opinion, from a mathematical point of view, a single bet with 2.25x outcome odds has absolutely the same probability of winning as a multibet of 2 with 1.5x for each event.

Please be so kind to provide a link to the calculations, you've mentioned. It would be really interesting to examine them more thoroughly.

You got the point because some people do find multi bets is effective than with single but some do make use of this two since its been giving out some profits to them.
So this will matter into someone on which one they would choose but if both do works then its normal for them to stick out. I agree being mentioned above ^ that
odds given on single bet would have corresponding equivalent when you do make multiples.Thing here is that they do differ with the amount to be spent or to bet
because in multi bet you can make your small bet with some decent multiplier which i do see the main edge.

Why to use multiple bets an not like a series? It's much more chances to get some outcomes in your side with logial OR (event 1 OR event 2 is like P(1) + P(2) - P1-2 ) rather than with logical AND (from my previous post here, where probabilities multiply)

Depends on the bet you are making and the teams you are betting for.

People love to talk about individual bets having a higher turn around for profit because you do not risk as much, if you wager on 10 games that week and 9 of them wins while one of them losses that means you are going to end up with a loss just because you did multi bet versus if you did each individually you will be making a profit thanks to that 9 game wins and that 1 loss won't be a big deal. However that is just one example, what about that 3 game almost guaranteed teams?

They are giving 3.9 even when you combine all three of them, it is that "guaranteed" that they will win, if you end up betting individually you are not going to make anything but if you lose one of them you are losing it all as well. Hence, why I think it all depends on the bet you make.

Exactly, the whole point behind using multiple bets is to minimize your exposure to risk by choosing many different teams/players instead of just one, but you should never forget that there's still some chance even if its small that you lose all your bets at the same time but when you make a comparison between single and multiple bets you can easily realize that if you bet on single bets there is way more chance of you losing that one single bet comparing to if you chose 5 teams/players for your bets, so the odds of losing 5 different bets at the same time is way higher, so while you can make more money by betting on single bets you can also lose it all on that but multiple bets gives you better odds of getting at least some of the money you bet on back, so it's all about your risk tolerance.

I've never opted out and don't really intend to, so I didn't know this one. But I get it that it's important because it allows to minimize the risk if that's the strategy a person chooses. In the meantime, two thirds seem to prefer single bets according to the poll results.
Yeah, I also wanted to point out that multi bets allow big wins. For instance, I've seen a couple of wins on odds like 1300, and it's would be next to impossible to find a match and place a single bet, taking this risk. So multi bets open new possibilities of winning way more that the bet amount, while also betting not on the no-name teams and events (the odds get crazy because of the combination, but every single outcome might be pretty reasonable).

This is just correct, I have placed so many accumulated bets before, I remember I won only ones before, but in a single bet, I won as many as possible, one thing I do noticed is a game to cut my bet. But take these scenario as examples for better clarification and betting strategy:

1. If I want to accumulate bet, I will use money I can afford, the money will be very low like $10

2. If I want to stake single bet, I can use $50 to $100. Although, I am patient to get the money in a way I can afford to lose it too.

That is how I do it now, I believe I can win accumulated bet one day but I still get back my funds using single bet.

Actually, it depends on the situation. Firstly, I look at the matches and glean information about them. Then, I wait for the matches to start, observe them and make a live bet. If there isn't more than one bet that seems logical to me, then I choose single betting. If there are two or more bets that I find logical, then, I choose multi betting. But I don't usually bet on more than 2 or 3 matches. It is that simple for me. So, I can say my answer is 50/50.  ;D 

The concern is when you're doing that you don't really choose the other matches you're betting on. It means you'll bet on them while you wouldn't do it for a single bet, then you're more likely to lose your bets on those matchs and finally to lose your parlay.

I would rather single bets than multi bets. Because the risk continues to increase when you keep adding new matches to your betslip. Of course, this doesn't mean that if you make single bets, you will always win. There will always be low risk or high risk. When I make bet on just one match, I can choose it more easily. But I have difficulty in choosing when I decide to bet on multiple matches.

The multi bet is something that interests me, so I prefer the multi bet. Indeed, a single bet with lower odds might be said to be a safe bet, although I realize in a bet it is not possible to be 100% safe but at least, if we bet single at low odds for me personally it is a safe bet. It's different if you bet multi by only placing low odds, it will still make you slip like the picture in the OP and this happens often for me personally. Actually high or low odds, multi or single bet is a choice and anyone is free to choose but for me, I would prefer to look for high odds by means of multi bets and not single bets with high odds.

Actually we can make our own preference, some gamblers would love a multi bet with small odds as they think their chances are betting compared to betting a single bet with lower odds, that's only because of the payout which is the cumulative odds for multi bets or parlay, but they forgot to tell that analyzing the game is the most important as that's where we can see the value, regardless of the odds.

If I prefer multi bet compared to single bet, multi bet has many advantages, for example with a small bet amount we can get a big profit but there are always risks. In soccer betting I always choose multi bet rather than single bet because the number of odds offered with multi bet is much bigger than if choosing single bet. From that I am very careful in choosing the football team that I bet on, for example I see the results of the last two or three matches and I keep checking the composition of the players so that the most important position in the standings is an important determination.

Never thought of it that way, but I think it is very close to what's really happening. Indeed, when betting on several events simultaneously I don't have the time for a proper research on each of them. I mean, I definitely spend much less time(if any) on some of my picks, compared to when making a single bet.

Good point! +1 :)

Obviously there is an added extra risk involved with doing multi bets, nobody denies that and the math is clear about it as well. However we do also realize that we make more profit this way as well, which means we are making more profit if we win and that risk is worth it sometimes.

If I am betting on multi with just guaranteed teams for a small win, I rather not do that, it doesn't make sense to have 3 game multi with 2.6 return, that is not something worths the risk of having 3 games on my slip. However if I pick 3 games with over 7 that I could win, that suddenly becomes entertaining and yes it is riskier but it also worths it for me. So at the end of the day single vs multi comes down to what I am betting on, sometimes single makes more sense and sometimes multi makes more sense.

One of the pro's on playing with parlays is that you can really make that small amount to make it big but if you were able to win those bets on consecutive manner.
It would really be that appealing for you to see the profit that you would make with just having that small amount of bet but some gamblers arent really that patient
to wait for and also this kind of way is a bit stressful for me when you do win the last 3 games and suddenly the 4th ones had been lost then you would surely
end up on frustration. Single bets is preferable neither you do win or lose then thats already an on point result which doesnt really need any further games.

Multi bets or single bets, it's just all about luck. Single bet can also be risky too if you go all-in.
While multi bets is also not good if you lose only once, it's difficult to recover your bet from that loss. It would take many games and there's a high chance that you would lose again recovering your losses.

More on your own understanding, if you really see the potential combining bets will give you good compensations.

Lots of gamblers do parlays most of the time when they are seeing small odd with their chosen picks, in order to got something great
they are risking to see if luck will permits them to win, but likewise single bet yoloing all in same risk and same luck to wait to accompanied
your bet.

Not just choosing many different teams/players, but teams with strong chances of winning, based on the bettor experience/knowledge/research. It'll be better to spend lots of time researching about the teams a bettor wish to bet on. This should minimize the risk for the bettor... And as the risk is reduced the bettor could aswell increase his/her betting fund a little bit. But bet with little/small amount if the risk is too much

You look for high odds and that is actually the sole reason why most of the gamblers are making multi bets or parlays because they pay high by accumulating small odds and stacking them into a multi.

The problem with multi bet with me I always pick 3-4 good games then I add some unknown matches with low odds just to increase the odds even more and those unknown bets are often that betray me and become the reason for my loss. I also like bet builder feature recently launched by SB actually because I can make multiple selections on the same match and make a multi which is not possible on other sites yet and hopefully everyone adopts that system soon.

There's not a lot of advantage with multi bets other than combining bets that start at the same time or within the same match (also called same game parlay). The big potential profit you can get from multis isn't always an advantage since you can also do it with singles. For example if you go all in and win every single bet you'll most likely end up with the same balance as someone that placed a multi.

I don't understand why some of you are so into single bets. If you place single bets and go all-in I suggest you rather play a single dice roll. At least if you lose you would know that you were playing provably fair.
Once, I lost big on a single bet made on a champions league game: I was so sure of one team winning (odds were 1.12 playing home) and they eventually lost. Of course, I lost too. That's when I started playing multi bets only: I play less than $5 and sometimes I end up winning nice amounts.
No more single bets for me.

I think most of us here on the forum are trying to minimise their own risk while still trying to profit of a bet. Single bets are best for such bets in my opinion. You know exactly what kind of risk you take even though the payoffs might be lower than with multi bets. As someone who gamble and bets regularly you should never go all-in on one bet in my opinion. The risk of losing is just too high. It's best to spread out your bets across multiple different bets.

I would be rather curious to know how you guys bet and how you make use of singles. Do you really believe in minimizing risk when placing single bets? It's like going all-in, you basically flip a coin, either you win or you lose. If you like that, keep on playing. That's not for me. ;)

Going all in is like a desperate move of a gambler, that's not thinking the possible loss because all in the mind is just to "WIN BIG", which is being unrealistic as a gambler, and that's the reason why gamblers are losing money that they can't afford to lose.

The risk is always there, you are right on that, but after following this thread for some time, I've come to the conclusion that multi bets are riskier than single ones. And it's not like, the more risky your bet, the higher multiplier you get, no. You are more likely to win a single bet with 1.9 odds, than a multi bet of 3 that gives you the same outcome odds. And the main reason for that is that you can't research as thoroughly about 3 events, as you can about 1 event.

If you use the single bets obviously the risk is very small compared to multiple bets where the risk is high.
In this way of betting there's no assurance for us to win big here, this is more likely rely on luck for real, there is no technique
here that we need to apply, of course not! all we need to practice is to minimize our loss, that's it!

Single bet is not really risk but just receiving little reward with your betting, but if you choose multiple bet you will earn much profit but your betting must true and never miss or wrong although one match. I will prefer with multiple betting because with little salary we can get much profit depend how correct my prediction, but when have five or seven match pass with true I will cash out than have waiting all match finish because always have one match to make you lost. For single bet I think is for gambler have much money and can try it because single bet just giving higher odds maximum above 2,3 and many single bet odd just 1.4.

Of course, and that is a gambling fact. There is no guarantee that we can win any bet. Therefore, if we decide to gamble then we must also accept defeat. I also agree that the single bet is a safer way of betting on sports because the risk is less than the multi bet. But that doesn't mean we never have a chance to win if you bet multi, but the winning percentage is very small and really requires luck.

There is no doubt that it is very difficult for us to correctly guess several matche at once. Even if we bet on the single bet then we can't or really have a hard time guessing more matche right and I believe that. I prefer the single bet over the multi bet just because of the risk.

It depends, even though you only play a single bet it can still get big profits and clear, all bets have their risks because even if you bet at the lowest odds it still doesn't guarantee you to win even though indeed, the winning percentage is bigger but still gambling will always there is a risk of losing. Betting single or multi depends on your taste and goals, but whatever your goal is you will still be able to bet on both, because when you are ready to gamble then you are also prepared for the risks.

You know I always prefer to put 1 unit on each bet which I plan to pick for multi bet instead of putting 1 unit on the multi bet because the chances are high that I will end up losing it. This is how I go when I feel I have a good multi bet shared from someone.

- There are say 5 bet slips combined to make a multi bet
- I will add those 5 bets in single bet and put 1 unit on each

Now, if I was expecting to win all the 5 bets I can surely be assured that at least 3 will hit and that means profit so that is how I make my bets, not very successful but it is better than burning money in multi bet.

And that's  how gambling works, no guarantee whatsoever,  a matter of luck as always, as even you have specialties  on certain  events there's still chances of losing.

Small or big odds,  single or parlays  once bad luck  takeover then expect  to lose your money,  no one can change  that fate, luck always  the key factor to win.

The good catch is whenever you use parlays  and you win the pride inside your heads is much bigger  than hitting  a single pick  bet. Ain't new to anyone  to try keep repeating since inside your  head the chance of getting big profit rside behind multibettings.

I like this opinion but can you see it the other way, normally gambling is risky, the betting companies never gone bankrupted because 99.99% of people that are gambling are losing to them while the betting companies are gaining. If you stake a single bet, you will increase the amount you will use to stake, and nothing guarantee that you will still win, I see accumulation as the best, using very little amount of money that you can afford to lose, thinking you have lost already and seleted big odds without you thinking to win, luck could come, and if you lose, you are not depressed but still happy.

It depends upon the match situation, i usually go for full house if i am wagging a bet on soccer, cricket, boxing and UFC and it depends upon the level of competition and usually if place a multi bet it will be from a combination of different sports i follow, sometimes it pays off big time and sometimes you would see upsets and it is part and parcel of sporting events.

I've preferred a single bet, multiple bets won't give you assurance to win but most likely, it adds more losses to our part. Thus, a single bet gives the same winning chances as multiple bets because if you are lucky in our first bet might not be in the other bet we made. The same thing into making a single bet.
We are just enjoying here in gambling, having a single bet will help you stay for a little bit longer, quite different when you place several bets just a reason to make money and enhance winning chances which literally not possible.

Both of this betting style does not add assurance, you can also lose even taking the lowest odds. As a gambler, make a betting style that you feel you are comfortable and that it would result you to a better bankroll management so you'll not be frustrated once you loss your discipline.

But that's not necessarily the case. For instance, if a person is betting on EPL matches, this person probably has good knowledge of the teams and what they're capable of. So in that case, if one already did research about Manchester City, one can apply this knowledge to multiple matches where they're playing, and a multi bet might make more sense here.
The odds on a single bet might be more tricky than one would expect, so you don't exactly know the risk. You know it better than with multi bets, I guess, but have a look at this discussion (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5285995.0) about the same bet having different odds on the same website.

Man, betting is not like science. The amount of effort you put into researching what the possible outcome of an event could be will never be enough. There are always unexpected circumstances that will blow away your conclusions. Really anything can happen that you couldn't foresee. And, also, how much money do you bet @1.90? Again, better to flip a coin.

Every pick we make is coming from our conclusion based on our research, there's no guarantee to win but at least we always try our best to win. Every gambler has our own style of analyzing the game, but the only thing that would measure our success is our gambling record, if we boost we are a winner, we should back that up with proof.

This is a tricky one. It's really an option based on you finance a d need capacity. Your meant to choose or favour one after putting this two options in consideration. Single bets always seems like the most sure or have a high probability of a win as, the best teams are considered in placing your bets but, you tend to benefit more should you put a higher stake and that's where the risk lies. As much as you tend to win huge, your loss as well could be ground breaking based on your stake. It's always an option either taken out of despiration based on an individual's need or by someone with a high staking power and the capacity to do so.

Accumulation bets on the other hand often becomes an option for very skeptical users and then, to increase their winnings mainly not by staking huge but increased bets. It's an income conservation strategy. I go with this often so, it's most preferable to me as loss is not greatly felt.

There are things that you can't research in advance about. However much you know about Manchester City, it's not gonna help you in making the right prediction about their performance in a particular game, if you missed the latest news about an injury or disqualification.


There is no science for purely luck based games, that's true, but sports betting isn't purely luck based. Your research can significantly improve your chances of winning, although it can't, of course, guarantee a positive outcome. But then again, can science do that? I mean, not for betting, but for some major things like climate, health, space travelling? Not always, that's for sure.

Both true... I always believe that there's a way to be a successful sports bettor, but you can't be successful playing consistently on luck based games, unless you'll win millions and then you stop. End result, you are in profit.


That's what I always thought, it only does improve our chances of winning but we have to be realistic that it does not guarantee a win.
More information you know, the more it increase your chances as you can use that information to analyze which team will win in the game, but then, there are things that would happen that is unlikely to happen, so it's possibility to consider.

Performance is greatly affected of your bankroll while playing single vs parlay.
I prefer single as it has less risk.

Single bets are the best form of bets because, your almost sure of your predictions before actually staking on a bet. It offers more chances for a win than the multi bets, though the outcome in monetary terms might be low depending on your stake but then, the chances are more. Why is this so, you may ask?
This is because, predicting a lot of matches correctly takes only luck and hope w far before luck runs out of you as at least one or two big teams have got to loose every match days. Compiling bets brings the possibility of adding one or two of these supposed sure bets to the multiple.

single bets are good when you gamble with big money. multi bets are usually made with small amount of money. as for me I make both of them and don't have any preference.

p.s. try to avoid low odds and bet and least 1.4-1.5.

When it comes to this topic then these articles are really worth to read.

The pros and cons of multiple betting (https://www.pinnacle.com/en/betting-articles/Football/pros-and-cons-of-multiple-betting/TH52KLHL5HL6CGRS#:~:text=The%20pros%20of%20multiple%20betting&text=Increase%20the%20number%20of%20selections,in%20favour%20of%20the%20bettor.)
https://www.bettingwell.com/sports-betting-guide/interesting-bookmaker-facts/which-type-bet-better-single-or-multiple
https://www.gamblingsites.org/sports-betting/beginners-guide/accumulators-multiples/

Single bets are much preferred but if you do tend to have a small amount of bet and reaching high multiplier then parlay would be the best.

What's the logic? Why not that odds?

I'm curious  with your suggestion because I myself is also betting at that low odds when I really see a great advantage from one team.
For me, odds is just a number but the real value is seen when you analyze a game, and you can decide on what odds you'll take.

because even there is a great advantage from one team and odd like 1.05 or 1.1 seems to be winning there is a chance of losing. and you will have to bet 20 or 10 similar bets just to return your initial bet.

Right, also consider the following. The analogue of sports multibetting is playing slots with high volatility: your chance of winning anything is less that on low volatility slots, but if you are lucky you can get some great multipliers. But in sports multibetting this is not the case. If you missed an important info on just one team or player, nothing can help you to win that multibet.

Overall I think multibetting makes sports betting more like purely luck based gambling, only your chances of winning big are lower than on slots or dice. I was winning countless of times with 990x multiplier on dice, but we all know that it's impossible to win a sports multibet with those odds.

Same scenario for me, having so much trust and being so much of a fanboy made me broke on sports betting. There is no right and wrong in single and multi betting, we all have our own preferences and our own way of profiting from gambling. Me multi bets works really well for me, ever since I experience losing an all in bet in a most favored team I switch to multi betting and spreading my money on different match ups and teams and yes same as you results are better with multi.

Maybe because of the risk and the possible return. Betting in low odds teams will tend to make you bet more in order to win more and the risk it has is not worth it for its possible return. Betting in such low odds is as risky as betting at high odds, no matter what is the team advantage a sports or a game is a game anything may happen.

I've said in my previous answer that I never do Parlay but broke that one just now with my bet on UEFA Nation's League. I placed a few bucks on Portugal, France, and Netherlands winning (total odds at 5.4). Sorry can't take my vote back, there's always a first time for everything ;D

Logically right, once you got busted with some shits loses in order to recover those loses, you need to win and risk much higher amount or it takes longer  for you to completely cope up with certain loses.

But in some point, if you really paying attentions and you deal with good research, getting a huge percentages of winnings also value that small odd's bet, depends from how you trust your judgement.

It doesn't matter because most importantly you do it comfortably even though it takes mentality and patience to bet the parlay, because you put the Netherlands in the parlay whereas it is the match for the next day. Honestly, I often bet on parlays but wouldn't be comfortable making parlay bets but one of the matches was not played on the same day. Parlay or single bet depends on the situation and chance, because I'm not sure a sports gambler is only betting single or parlay continuously, at least there must be something different.

I make both of them. But I can say that single bets is a better choice if you don't play with little money. Because the risk of losing is getting lower. When you make multi bets with much money, it doesn't feel as comfortable as single bets. So, I think it depends on the amount you play with.

In short, we do really have the option because you betting behavior will really vary into your interest and basing up with your analysis towards a certain team or a certain game
on where you do see that you do have the edge to win.

Ive been betting with parlays too and i agree to the point that this do really take some good control in mentally and emotional/patience aspect because if you do let
yourself lose your cool then making decisions will turn to bad.

It matters on where you do win neither you've been sticking with multi or single one but most of the time i do love to make single bets.

In the end you said it depends on the amount but you already mentioned that single bets is better even with a bigger bet amount so it doesn't have to do anything with the bet amounts to begin with.

That's fine even though a lot of us know that multi bets are bad we still do it from time to time.  ;)

There's no assurance that single bets will reduce your risk in betting. Both these results in the same percentage of winning depending on the mechanics of the game. But they have advantages and disadvantages such as how you want to enjoy gambling. If you want more time, you definitely divide your funds to be able to bet with higher frequency, you can also apply different betting techniques such as martingale when you are betting low. Unlike when you bet in huge amounts, since it is better for those who don't have much time, and just want to play. But for games such as poker and other card games that will last longer than slots, I think it doesn't matter how much you bet since the time will be the same.

I prefer multi bets despite huge amount of money involve in playing the bet is too high but it hard me to lose in multi bet compare to other single bet gambler that use to complain concerning their regular loss that is not giving them joy just because the way they lose on single bet.
Multi bet carry a lot profit if you win but the risk is too big if you lose your bet because the money spend on multi bet is too high compare to single bet you can play with small money.

Actually, no. When placing a multi bet, you can stake the same(minimum) amount as for a single bet. So, it's rather vice versa: betting on 5 events, one at a time, you have to wager 5 times more money than when betting on those 5 events simultaneously in a multi bet.

You can be right, but it can be other way around too, multiple better can comes with low fund staking like $5 but single bets can only come with high fund staking. If you like betting on a single game, there are still likely chances you can still lose, and the more you bet on single stake can be the more the loss. For me, I prefer multiple game in a way I am ready to lose my money, and I use low amount to stake infrequently.

Maybe it's the other way around?use Multi bets when you have limited money so at least if you lose there is no big amount involve.
While in Single betting when you have big budget you can put amount that you think fit in each bets and roll.
Specially if you are trying to limit yourself from betting.

I'll prefer to go with a single bets than multi bets its because i am controlling myself in betting. I don't know but i am not that lucky enough in betting and i'm afraid to lose as much i am willing to lose. I am just thinking that for a single bets you have only one chance either win or lose but in a minimal amount of lose i guess better than a multi bets though i guess winning in multi bets may have a high chance of probability.

And like you have said, the important thing is you are ready and willing to accept if whatever happened to your bet, using small amount
of money to take multi bets to try getting higher returned.

There are different opinions about this, gambler have their own choice of betting strategy. Either to choose single bet or multi / parlay
as long as you are okay if whatever result will happened to your money.

I always chose the single bets than multiple bets, the reasons you'll play it without any panic and with honesty the winning chances may increase, while with multiple bets you play with highly panic because you keep thinking about losing the money.
In my experience, I won single bets more than multiple.

Maybe just focus on the chances, single bets has higher chance of winning while multi bets has lesser, but if you panic, that means you can't control your emotion and it does not change whether you bet on single or multi bets.

I definitely prefer single bets. With multi bets, it can be very easy to be tricked into a false sense of confidence. Just because 5 individual events each have an overwhelming favourite, it doesn't mean that all 5 together are likely to happen.

Consider 5 events where a good team is playing a bad team. Each good team has a 90% chance of winning. You make a bet on one of these, you have 90% chance of winning. But make a multiple bet on all 5 big teams winning, and your odds are 0.9^5... which is only 59%.

The odds are even less than that, they are 45%. :) But I'm sure it was a typo, and I get your point.

If you ask me, I think it's easier to win a single bet with 45% win chance than a multi-bet of 5 with the same cumulative win chance, although mathematically the chances are the same. So, I too prefer single bets. But sometimes, when I win 3 bets in a row in one day, I think, why didn't I placed them all together as a multi-bet to win several times more? :) I  mean, I wouldn't avoid multi all the time. Sometimes it can be fun.

I don't think it was a typo. The calculation looks correct to me. Please let me know though if my reasoning is wrong!

0.9^1   0.9
0.9^2   0.81
0.9^3   0.729
0.9^4   0.6561
0.9^5   0.59049



 ??? But it's not easier if it's the same, it's the same. Unless you mean the psychological difference... which is interesting, because to me—intuitively—the multi feels easier, because you're stacking multiple individual outcomes that individually are easier.

What could be the difference of multi bets to single bets? Does multi bets means placing a fixed amount to different number of games? or something like accumulator which combines multiple bet into one bet?

Yeah, there are high chances for a single bet to be won than there is in the multiple bet. Personally, whenever spot-betting is be talk; i love it when it's single bet than multiple bet, i have made some good winnings from this single bet, though  have also made some reasonable win with multiple bet but not as single bet is concerns. My bet is done on the platform that i trusted the teams am betting on.

It depends on what game are we going to play and how many games we are going to gamble. There is a lot of factors that can give more advantage on multi bets or single bet. It is better if we single bet on a big rewards if we have a big chance to win it and we should multi bet if there are only small rewards and the chance of winning is not sure. If I were you, I won't stop finding a gambling scene where i can single bet because it will give me a lot of earnings more than multi bets but it also has a higher risk.

Recently made sure that all the same single bets are better than the express! Especially in the English Premier League, where the teams play unpredictably lately! :D
I used to love making express bets, but now I can't boast of winning... Single bets are much more likely to win...

Ops, likewise me. The last weekend was my worst experience with the England Premier League, they are seriously ruining tickets which are single bet and the multiple bets, nobody predict such to happen soon but that's what makes it gambling. Single bet is though better compare to multiple bet IMO.

Making multi bets doesn't really signify on being greedy because there are people whom do think  that making such thing is just a way on diversifying out their capital

in the sense that once they had lost some of them there still some bets that could possibly win and wont able to wipe out their balance in one go.This is what im thinking too

but this is really the common reason I do saw but if we do make out some realistic realizations then it would really be worth to be on single bets than multi ones.

On point. The term multi-betting, either betting on different betting slips or a single parlay, would not be heard as a gambling term if it's not effective to others.

There are reasons why a gambler are opting to choose that kind of betting and they might be comfortable doing that or the result are good if they did that betting strategy.

Whatever the kind of betting we choose, as long as we win, then that's what matters.

If you are just a common gambler who wants to focus on one game there is nothing wrong because you want to look at what are the possible odds you will get.

There are some people makes a multi bet because there is a possible higher chance of winning and I'm one of them because it's having too much fun but the problem is I can't watch the game I already bet because some of them are the same time or one hour time difference and both of them are already ongoing or in the game it's hard to know if you are already winning or not.

Since that's offered in sportsbook, gamblers would also be attractive on that, for people who are so focus and serious with their bankroll strategy, I think they would not play on that, or maybe play for fun only with a small amount.

Well, as long as you got proper bankroll you can still play with it and just enjoy it. It's hard not to enjoy the parlay when you are seeing some people making money from small amount to big amount, but of course chances are small so we can't expect an easy win, we need extreme luck on this.

I prefer single bets, because I'm a typical person who likes to focus on one thing. So my mind is not divided when do single bets gambling,
after all the profit generated is far more optimal. Because in my opinion, the capital I will use to bet can be much greater if I play single bets.
And also analyzing the match is not rushed, so I can make the right decisions.

Your mind divided? wow, I think it is not your mind to be divided but your focus on the game.  :D
By the way, I also prefer a single bet. Besides can focus on it, we also have a lower risk for the loss. While if you choose multi bets, you have more risks to lose more money although at the same time have a higher chance to get bigger money. However, it likely relies on your luck, I won't take a big risk on this kind of game.

The risk factor is always there if you wage for a single match or multiple matches, if you are talking about betting for heavy favorites then it is a different story and i do not always play like that. I would usually go for huge parlay with big odds and wage a small amount and even if you loose you are not hurting much but if you are lucky enough you could land a fortune and i usually make those kinds of bets most of the time and i have won those a few times, it is all about luck.

Multi-bet means combining a lot of bets into a single bet and this is usually one to gain high odds but the problem is that if one leg loses (leg means one outcome basically) your bet will be lost.

I prefer making single bets over multi-bets because it is easier to win each bet and actually if you have the ability to make a multi-bet where you win 10/10 legs then it is better to bet on those 10 bets as singles because in that case if you even win 6 out of 10 bets you should still be in profit and in case all 10 hits you will make good profit although not as much as betting the amount on multi.

The only difference between this two is that, the single bet is more favorable than the multiple bet, my recent take will be from these ongoing premier league, from the beginning of this league (Premier League) i often go with the multiple bets until they taught me a greater lesson which ruined my bet, but ever since i joined the single bet i have been doing well in this season.

Yes, but when one or two matches make our parlay bet crushed, even if it's low bet but still, we feel pain. I personally often look for high odds by means of multi-betting and indeed, I only bet low amount because that is the strategy. Single bet by putting in more money I think it is a higher risk. Well, it all depends and I'm sure, all of them have their own way of enjoying betting.

but if you prefer only low odds even single bets won't save you from losing because as you noticed the results of English Premier League matches are unpredictable. sometimes multi bets may give you a big win.

There's no specific game that would change your chances of winning, odds are created for a purpose, small odds gives higher chance of winning, but that's it, it's just a chance you will still lose. Betting on small odds blindly, that thing would make you lose more money, believe me, I experience that.

I know multi bet is better than single bet with calculation reward where multi bet have bigger odd than single bet, but depend with match and I never choose any thing without reason why have too choose many club for multi bet in betting. Looks simple if you have much or use bigger fund for betting better you try with single bet and choose depend with you favorite team to win like Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United when faced with small club, but if you have small fund for betting multi bet is the best solution to earn much money but you have correct prediction with your betting put.

Not automatically...  :)

you can do a multi bet on 5 different teams with at least 1.20 odds, (1.20x1.20x1.20x1.20x1.20) it will only accumulate to 2.48 odds, while there's a one team that can give 3.00 odds, so with that example, single bet gives better payout.

Aside with that calculation or mathematics thing then lets talk about the risk. Lets say that a team or player give 3.00 which indicates this is an underdog which mostly is where the chance is lesser for you to
win compared if you do bet on 5 different team with those favorite ones then you can really have the chance on committing such win but the risk here is that one lost then those bet is considered lost which is normal
in parlays but if we do talk basically with multi bets on individual manner then it isnt really worth for those odds to bet on but this will vary on someones risk management because some do even bet with 1.1 odds.
Im not really that much interested if it goes below 1.5 odds which is way too lower or wouldnt really be worth.

Many gambler see single bet as a hard bet in the gambling center which you can play with small money and win with big money. Anytime I play singles bet, it hard me to lose over some years now which is making some gambler calling me professor because of the money I use to win every day in the gambling center.

That's very impressive, you really are winning daily?

Never find a gambler like that, most of the gamblers I know though they are profitable does not win everyday, they win in the long run with some little percentage of profit, and that is due to a good skills in selecting the game, whether single bet or multi bet, and their discipline in bankroll management.

I would say maybe he's part of the house Roll Eyes kidding aside.

There's no possibilities to keep on winning in the daily process, even you are expert or you do have a good knowledge from the game
you are betting with, there's always a certain chances that you'll be picking side or the team or player are not in good shape. Though
maybe he already practice good discipline and he have a very well design pattern that brings passive outcomes.

Unfortunately when I read from above, there are some gamblers who use the method as he said, so in my opinion, if the person who does that, I think he already has a lot of experience and it is certain that he should already know that when gambling can lose his assets immediately because that he did it with pleasure.

I do the same unless there is some promotion like sportsbet.io provides multi bet insurance which is a good way to make multi bets and stake also offers promotions from time to time like the UCL multi bet promotion where you will get refunded if you lose by one selection.

Also at times when I am busted and have little amount remaining in my balance after busting like 0.00001 BTC or so then I just make high multiplier bets in case I am lucky I can get some big winnings but usually I lose them all and not worth it but I keep trying and yes at times I do win.

I think multi bets are good if you select 2-3 selections instead of bugging the betslip with 15-20 selections and burn your money.

I would suggest you to try the new bet builder feature because it is quite amazing to merge multiple bet options of a single match into a big bet and on the same event as well so you don't have to follow multiple games. The biggest problem with parlay is that you have to keep a track of so many games and it feels tiring to do so and hence bet builder is a nice feature so you just have to watch one game and yet get big time odds.

I was betting at bitsler a few days back when I saw someone actually won a parlay with decent odds and shared in the chat. There was soccer league going on and I think he got some good points for that bet, if he shared that in the bitsler forum.

It would be better if you will bet on a multiple games in which the more you bet then the more chance that you can win, or else the more money you may lose. But it would be worth it once you have hit an jackpot because there are some betting sites that the odds are double or triple than other odds of single bets so if that will happen then probably there are a high chance that you can earn more due to having a multiple bets.

I don't think this is an advantage since an higher odds doesn't help for the final result (win the bet).
Some bookmakers love these type of promotion since they are pretty aware that a lot of newbie will place long list of bets just for the sake of 5-digits jackpot.
This it could be called as "paying an emotion" or something like this. The real probability for a win is so small, it is a safe business.

From my perspective, betting on multiple games won't definitely help you gain more money because the more you bet, the more you also lose if you didn't hit any of the winning output of the game you play. It is why I suggest you should only be playing on a single bet because the advantage of it is you will stay longer in playing gambling, and it will be easy for you to control your limit.

Multi bets and single bets has their own different advantages and disadvantages so we cannot say that one is better than another. Multi bets is better if all of betting team has a small chance of winning but if one team has a big chance of winning then it is better if we choose to focus all you money to get on that team. You have to decide wisely and you should have a lot knowledge about that sports so that you know what team has a advantage and disadvantages.

When I saw his message the first thing I thought about is this. Many times I've met players who lied about their winnings, and I've seen people advertise casinos with stories about non-existent successes many times. But I have never seen a person who constantly won  ::)

With such chances it is better to bet on the team that occupies a low place in the standings. If the favorite has already left the group and the game is not important for him, he can let out on the field a spare lineup and he can be beaten by a weak team.
However, I would not advise to make either bet. Multi-bet bets are good only if made on a small number of events.

Or it could be he has no idea what is gambling and has not gambled at all. Winning daily is like surpassing the impossible, and you need to know how to cheat a gambling site in order for you win, regardless if you cheat or not but you still win daily, you'll still be ban sooner or later.

I agree both have their own fair share of advantage and disadvantage but you can easily tell which one is better. And as what bitbollo mentioned above sportsbook make a lot of money from these multi that's why they keep pushing these promotions and encourage different types of multi bets such as same game multis. Taking underdogs in multi is okay but it shouldn't be all of them as those scenarios rarely happen.

And if I may add another tip, refrain from doing multi-bets that reach more than 5 games. I don't know if others would agree but I think multi-bets should just number to around 3 or 4 on the average. There is a juicier winning return if multi-bets are full-packed. Furthermore, there are encouraging news about gamblers making a lot of money with only a small capital because of multi-bets. But if you are eyeing the price, please make sure that you don't lose sight of the fact that it only takes a single losing match for all your dreams to vanish.

Precisely, I agree with your statement regarding about this matter of choices. Multi bets vs. Single bet are both profitable in my opinion depending on a person, but single bets is the most profitable when it comes to long term betting that has an average odds ranging from 1.75 to 2.25 according to the article I've read. Multi bets to make it short is a way of playing safe, compare to single bets because you're gonna win in one of your bets every game unlike in single bet.

That's for sure. And I am sure even if there is someone who can honestly win every day, he will be banned very quickly. Casinos and bookmakers have the right not to provide their services without giving reasons, and they use this right. Therefore, those players who have found loopholes sit quietly and try to get the most before they are banned.

Exactly, but even if they can't prove the user is cheating, they would still banned the user anyway as they will not welcome constant winner since that's a big risk for their business, and winning everyday, that's a complete questionable because no one can do that and it's not possible.

That's a good question, In my humble opinion, multiple bets are more risky than single bets.
The possibilities are combined and the gains / wins are more serious.
Single bets, on the other hand, may yield more wins due to the odds.

Not my friend, it still depend on the odds you'll choose.

For single bet, you can choose an odds even 10.00 and higher, while with multibets, you can parlay a small odds and you'll get 1.50 for combined odds.
Now, tell me which bet is risky based on the odds?

Yes, normally, multiple bet are riskier than single bets, but there is fun in multiple bets. Bettors play single bet with high amount of money while reducing the amount if staking for multiple bets because they know the chance not to win the games is higher. The best is for someone not to be an addict, he can go for multiple or single bet, but reducing the betting amount while going for multiple.

In my opinion it actually depends on the bet because certain times we are likely sure that a single bet would be sufficient and it's either a win or lose situation.
The other times it's a complicated situation though. It's quite hard to predict the winnder and in that case I consider placing multibet.
Also, I only place a multi bet if sum of the bet amount is lower than the winning odds. So in that case, even if I lose the other bets and win one of them I get back my invested amount and a little profit.  ;D
It's risky though and so single bets is often the better option.

Nowadays many persons are expecting huge profits in gaming so multiple bets are more profitable in soccer. But single bets also better platform for choose the odds and we expect small profit compare to multiple bets. At the same time we will not win every time, so we must survive it make profit or loss in soccer. I like multiple bets because of more risk is interesting to handle with me.

I think that's normal that we expect big profit.

Here's the reality, people expect big win from small bet so they have to take a higher risk.
Some people gambled using a big bankroll but they are very conservative with their bet amount, so that's another type of gambler.
I think we should choose where we belong but most of us does not have a good bankroll.

No one would take a x10 odds though it's just a single bet, unless he was just trying to try his luck, but for me, there's no way I would take that.
I'd rather have a parlay of small odds which totals to x10 as I find it having  better chance.


based on the example, multi bets is less risky.

You have a point it is better to take a single bet if you are going to spend a high amount while if you are going to play with multiple bets reduce it as much as possible.
In my opinion single bet is more profitable compared to the other one but also riskier because you have less winning odds while multiple bets, it does have a higher odds of winning but the rewards will not be as much as a single bet can provide.

Good suggestion, I'm thinking of the same.

In terms of profitability, you can't based that on single bet or multi bets, you ability to cap games or analyze games, with the right bankroll management makes you profitable, and it's a long term process since winning short term does not prove consistency.