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Betting basics

Where to start: odds and what they say, accumulators, system bets and value bets, explained with our match data.

Betting odds explained: payouts, chances and formats
How to read odds as a payout and a chance, and how often odds from 1.20 to 20 land: bets above 20 returned only £61.20 per £100.
Accumulator bets: odds, chances and hedging
How acca odds and payouts work, why five favourites landed together only 24.1% of the time and what hedging the last leg of a slip costs.
System bets: 2/3, 3/4, Yankee and Lucky 15
How many combinations a 2/3, 3/4 or Lucky 15 has, what it pays and why, in 3.2 million coupons, singles returned £94 of every £100.