Acca bets<\/strong>, or accumulators<\/strong>, are a type of wagers<\/a> for which you have an overall bet with multiple selections within it. All selections must win in order to have the acca successful. A single selection is missed and the accumulator is lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accumulator bets have been made famous because of everyone's desire to strike lucky and become rich overnight. The reality is quite different. Although there is nothing particularly wrong with chasing this dream, we think it is important that you know that the chances of hitting those miracle bets are very unlikely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the UK and Europe, the term accumulator is preferred to its American synonym, parlay betting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What Is An Accumulator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
An accumulator (acca) is a type of multiple bet<\/a> that consists of at least more than one selection.<\/strong> All of these selections are added together to create one overall wager. In order to win an accumulator bet all selections would need to be successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even though double bets<\/a><\/strong> and trebles<\/a><\/strong> do classify as accumulators most bookmakers tend to use this term to refer to multiple bets of four selections or more<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the UK, an acca that only focuses on a single event or match is called bet builder<\/a>. These builders allow you to create your own single bet out of multiple combined selections. Odds get larger, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The rules for accumulators are mostly the same throughout every bookmaker. Most bookmakers disallow placing multiple selections on the same event<\/strong>. This is because one outcome is likely to have an influence on the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several bookmakers state that accumulator bets must be placed on events that are happening on the same day<\/strong>. However, this is not too common and for the most part, you should be able to bet on multiple markets and multiple sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Odds & Payouts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The odds for acca bets<\/strong> will be entirely dependent on the odds of your specific selections. The way the final payout is calculated will be through the accumulation of your proposed winning bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To calculate an accumulator bet odds<\/strong>, you need to multiply the odds of all individual selections together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, if you bet on four different matches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chelsea to win at 2.15<\/li>
Real Madrid to win at 1.85<\/li>
Paris Saint Germain to win at 1.70<\/li>
Bayern Munchen to win at 2.00<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The odds will be the product of all selections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Odds = 2.15 x 1.85 x 1.70 x 2.00\nOdds = 13.52<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Therefore, if all selections are successful, your acca payout<\/strong> for a total stake of \u00a310 will be \u00a3135.20, with a net profit of \u00a3125.20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having read this you might now have an understanding of why accumulators can have such high payouts. If you were to go with four singles instead of an acca, the odds would be summed, not multiplied. With an accumulator bet, you adopt a higher-risk and higher-reward strategy. It's not better or worse, it is just a different way of betting for punters with a higher risk-tolerance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each-way accumulators<\/h3>\n\n\n\nAn each-way bet<\/a><\/strong> needs to be placed on a sporting event that is also paying out for places as well as the outright winner. In a football match, this won't be possible as there are only two teams so there is no way this system could work. Therefore this particular type of bet is often associated with horse racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An each-way accumulator bet<\/strong> means that you will be placing an accumulator bet for the horse to finish as the outright winner and another accumulator bet for the horse to finish in the top few positions, depending on the number of runners this will usually be in the top two or three. This means your original stake will be doubled so you can cover the price of both bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accumulator vs Parlay<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
An accumulator<\/strong> and parlay <\/strong>are exactly the same thing. In Europe, the term \"accumulator\" is more commonly used while the term \"parlay\" is used in the US and other Americanized countries (e.g., Canada).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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