Betting

[bhamex1901]

First of all apologies if this is obvious but I am fairly new to betting and may have missed something obvious. Also I know the stake is small but I was trying it out.

What is the point in doing a 10 fold accumulator if you have bet on 12 teams (as one example). My stake had been 66p, 1p on 66 bets, but when Germany drew the maximum I could then win was about 30p when it had been about £3. So what exactly is the point? I appreciate if you were betting more then you could save yourself a bit of money, but is that really worth the smaller odds?

Once again I am sorry if I am being an idiot.

 

[8ace]

Nothing wrong with small stakes, I'm not sure I understand your question though.
Bookies love multiples - if you do a Yankee (11 bets) and the first one loses then you've already lost 7 bets.
Also the overround is compunded with each selection, so better for the bookie, worse for the punter.

 

[Mackenzie]

You say that [MENTION=588]8ace[/MENTION], but the pure joy of landing a £25 ew double or a tenner patent seems to somehow outweigh the bitter taste of a losing slip.

 

[8ace]

You say that [MENTION=588]8ace[/MENTION], but the pure joy of landing a £25 ew double or a tenner patent seems to somehow outweigh the bitter taste of a losing slip.

I'm not totally against multiples, I don't mind an acca on the football or an e/w double to cover the win singles on the horses.
I was just trying to explain to the OP how easily the majority of his tenfolds would become losing bets.

The reason [MENTION=17958]bhamex1901[/MENTION] wasn't able to cover his losses was because the odds of all his selections were too short.
In future you could use a betting calculator to see what your returns would be

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If it was me betting I'd have put the whole 66p on the 12 fold