Have you heard of friends making money from accumulator bets? Accumulator betting is fast becoming one of the most adrenaline-fuelled forms of tennis betting, both online and offline.
'Accas' give you the chance to generate huge returns from just a small stake. The biggest pay-outs require the most selections. It rewards those brave enough to take the risk and find the right selections.
Accumulator Betting: Tips
In its simplest form, an accumulator is a bet that combines at least two selections into a single wager. An accumulator bet only generates a return when all selections win.
When you place an accumulator, your winnings from the first selection carry over to the second selection and so forth. This ensures your winnings are much greater than if you had placed a number of single bets on individual sporting events.
The beauty of accumulators is that they can be used for all the leading sports. However, some sports lend themselves better to accumulators than others, which we’ll discuss in greater detail shortly.
There are a number of names used for accumulator bets based on the number of selections in a wager:
- Double – an accumulator bet consisting of two selections
- Treble – an accumulator bet consisting of three selections
- Four-fold – an accumulator bet consisting of four selections
- Five-fold – an accumulator bet consisting of five selections; and so on.
In fact, there is no limit to the number of selections you can make in an accumulator bet. This flexibility has enabled some punters to turn small bets worth £1 or £2 into hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of pounds.
Accumulator Betting: Pros & Cons
Pros:
- It’s a chance to generate massive returns on the smallest investment. To make the kind of returns from a multi-leg accumulator with a single selection bet, your stake will have to be astronomically bigger than the size of your accumulator bet.
- You can’t beat the adrenaline-fuelled nature of an accumulator. Sitting there knowing that you only need one more selection to go your way to win a huge pay-out is a huge thrill. Those adrenaline rushes rarely come with basic single selection bets.
- It’s a chance to find good value in alternative betting markets. Whether it’s the number of yellow cards awarded, the number of corner kicks taken or the likelihood of a horse placing in a race, if you can find and combine a string of value bets into one accumulator, you will be on the right path towards long-term profit.
- You can now “cash out” of accumulator bets midway through if some of your selections have already won and some are yet to play. This allows you to take a percentage of the overall payout if you lose confidence in your other selections.
Cons:
- The biggest disadvantage of an accumulator bet is the high level of risk attributed to all such wagers. All it takes is one selection to fail and you lose the entire bet.
- Given the risks involved with accumulator betting, be prepared to lose plenty of accumulator wagers before hitting a winner.
- As we’ve already outlined, some sports are better than others when it comes to acca bets. The most beneficial sports for accumulators are those with a high frequency of events, often within the same day, as well as those sports that have enough volatility to spot value odds.
Accumulator Betting: Best Sports
Football Accumulators:
If you are looking for a sport that offers daily accumulator betting opportunities, football is a great starting point for any punter.
At 888sport, we offer football markets on a vast range of matches played around the world. Whatever the time zone, there is always some football action to include in an accumulator, day or night.
Another reason why football is great for accumulator betting is that it allows football fanatics and enthusiasts to spot value in prices.
Perhaps a team is out of form or has a few key injuries, making them easier to bet against than usual. Knowledge is power and this can really help you find those big acca pay-outs.
Horse Racing Accumulators:
Horse racing also has a packed schedule of race meetings throughout the calendar year.
In the winter, it’s the jump (National Hunt) season – including the Grand National – and in the summer, it’s the flat race season. The volume of runners and riders in each race provides plenty of horses to incorporate into your accumulator.
Another benefit of horse racing accumulators is that most betting sites tend to price horses at higher odds than in football match odds markets, so you don’t need as many selections to generate exciting pay-outs from a horse racing acca.
Tennis Accumulators:
Tennis is another acca-friendly sport to bet on. This is also due to the high volume of tennis tournaments available to bet on each week around the world. These tournaments range from Grand Slams and ATP/WTA events through to Challenger and Futures events.
Tennis fanatics that are aware of in-form players or up-and-coming stars – or players that perform well against certain players or types of players – can often find value in match odds or set betting markets to include in a multi-leg tennis accumulator.
How To Place An Accumulator Bet With 888sport
Whether you are logged in to the 888sport website or the 888sport mobile app, placing an accumulator bet with 888sport has never been easier:
- Use the menu to find the sport and the sporting events you wish to bet on
- Click the odds you wish to include as a selection to add the event to your betting slip (you will see multiple selections placed in a single betslip under the “Multiples” tab)
- Repeat this process until all selections are added
- Once all selections are included in your betslip, enter your stake in the box provided and hit the ‘Place Bet’ button.
Using The 888sport Bet Calculator
If you are trying to calculate your first ever accumulator bet, we’ve made things nice and simple for you by launching our very own bet calculator.
All that’s required is for you to input the odds of every back bet you wish to make, and the calculator will do all the rest and let you know the projected returns from your chosen sports betting stake.
Remember: an accumulator bet requires all of your chosen selections to win in order for you to win the overall bet.
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Looking for new betting types and strategies to add to your sports betting arsenal? Read our ultimate guide to all the different types of sports bets available, each explained in great detail with working examples. If you are particularly interested in betting on horse racing, don’t forget to look at our in-depth guide to horse racing betting in the UK and overseas!
