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The same four selections, five ways to bet them (legs at 1.40 to 1.80)

What this shows: the bet type decides how often you get something back, not how much you win in the long run. Four singles paid out almost every day; a 4-fold acca only on the days all four won. Over the period all of them ended close to each other, because every bet carries the same bookmaker margin. Pick the bet type for the ride you want, and use the calculator above to see what each one pays on your own odds. The detail per bet type is on our Lucky 15, Yankee and acca calculators.

Method: every day since 3 July 2026 (4,859 matches) we took the shortest-priced selections inside the odds range, one per match, from match result, double chance, goal lines and both teams to score, with the bookmaker odds before kick-off. Every bet type was settled on the same four legs per day at 1 unit per bet. "Paid out" = share of days with any return, "In profit" = share of days the return beat the total stake, "Return" = profit or loss over the whole period at 1 unit per bet. The same rules pick our daily acca tips.

1. Choose the bet type. The number of selections fills in automatically.
2. Enter your stake, per bet or as a total.
3. Tick Each way if you placed an each way bet and choose the place terms (1/4 or 1/5 of the odds).
4. Enter the odds of every selection, decimal (2.50) or fractional (6/4), and set the result: won, placed, lost or void.

The return updates as you type. The total return includes your stake; the profit is the return minus the total stake.

You can type either format. Fractional odds of 6/4 mean a profit of 6 for every 4 staked, which is decimal odds of 2.50 (6 / 4 + 1). Evens is 2.00. Want to convert odds or see the implied probability? Use the odds converter in our guide How to Read Football Odds.

Most free bets are "stake not returned": if the bet wins you get the winnings, but not the free bet amount itself. A 10 free bet at 3.00 therefore pays 20, not 30. Tick Free bet (stake not returned) below the calculator and every winning bet is worked out without its stake.

That is also why free bets are worth more at longer odds. A 10 free bet at 1.50 can win at most 5, at 3.00 it can win 20 and at 6.00 it can win 50. Bookmakers often set a minimum price for free bets for the same reason.

Singles keep things simple: every selection stands on its own. Doubles, trebles and accas multiply the odds, but one loser sinks the whole bet. Full-cover bets such as the Trixie, Patent, Yankee and Lucky 15 combine all of them, so you still get a return when one or two selections let you down, at the cost of more stakes.