Multi bets vs single bets

[bct_ail]

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?

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[Yamifoud]

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

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.

[goldade]

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.

[dunfida]

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

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.

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.

[Twinkledoe]

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.

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.

[harizen]

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.

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.

[Finestream]

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.

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.

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.  

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

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.

[stomachgrowls]

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:

It seems people do really prefer single bets than multi's which is understandable.

[AliMan]

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:

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.

[Baofeng]

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.

[Vaculin]

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.

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.

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.

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?

[michellee]

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.

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.

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.

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.

[jademaxsuy]

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.

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.

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.

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.

[Janation]

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.

[Questat]

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.

[asus09]

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.

[kryptqnick]

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.

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.

[Betwrong]

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So my question is whether you prefer multi bets to single bets and whether you find multi bets significantly more risky than single bets.

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.

[Vaculin]

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So my question is whether you prefer multi bets to single bets and whether you find multi bets significantly more risky than single bets.

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.

[kkaroul4]

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.