What is a lucky 15 bet?
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The 'Lucky 🔑 15' bet is a popular multiple bet, which involves 4 selections, amounting to 15 invdividual bets across those. This bet 🔑 type consists of 4 singles, 6 doubles, 4 trebles and 1 four-fold accumulator. In order to gain a return, the 🔑 bettor requires just one of the four selections to be settled as a winner.
Bettors wishing to cover a range of 🔑 outcomes and bundle numerous wagers into one multiple bet could consider the Lucky 15 bet. This type of bet allows 🔑 punters to make four selections and 15 different wagers from those selections.
Four, three, two or just one of those selections 🔑 can win and the bettor can make a return. The bet is called a Lucky 15 because in certain scenarios, 🔑 a bettor can earn bonuses from bookmakers and add more money to their winnings.
Lucky 15s are more expensive to place 🔑 that regular bets. This is because for every bet placed, a new stake is being added. For example, if the 🔑 punter wishes to place a £2 unit stake per leg, this total would rise to £30 overall because a £2 🔑 unit stake is being placed on each of the 15 bets.
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Lucky 15 bets
As part of 🔑 a Lucky 15 bet, punters make four selections and 15 bets are placed from those: one four-strong accumulator bet, four 🔑 single bets, six double bets and four treble bets. These selections must be made across different events: for example, four 🔑 different football matches or four different horse races. A punter who wants to make numerous selections in one single event 🔑 should explore their options within the range of forecast bets that are available from most bookmakers.
To get a clearer understanding 🔑 of how the Lucky 15 works, it is worthwhile applying it to a real-world scenario based around a weekend of 🔑 football.
In this scenario, the bettor has selected four matches: Manchester City v Huddersfield Town, Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion, 🔑 West Ham United v Newcastle United and Leicester City v Cardiff City. From those matches, they have made the following 🔑 predictions:
Manchester City will beat Huddersfield Town
Liverpool will beat Brighton & Hove Albion
West Ham United will beat Newcastle United
Leicester City will 🔑 beat Cardiff City
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From these selections, the following bets would be made:
Four single bets
Manchester 🔑 City will beat Huddersfield Town. This bet does not require Liverpool, West Ham United or Leicester City to win their 🔑 matches Liverpool will beat Brighton & Hove Albion. This bet does not require Manchester City, West Ham United or Leicester 🔑 City to win their matches West Ham United will beat Newcastle United. This bet does not require Manchester City, Liverpool 🔑 or Leicester City to win their matches Leicester City will beat Cardiff City. This bet does not require Manchester City, 🔑 Liverpool or West Ham United to win their matches.
Six double bets
Manchester City will beat Huddersfield Town and Liverpool will beat 🔑 Brighton & Hove Albion Manchester City will beat Huddersfield Town and West Ham United will beat Newcastle United Manchester City 🔑 will beat Huddersfield Town and Leicester City will beat Cardiff City Liverpool will beat Brighton & Hove Albion and West 🔑 Ham United will beat Newcastle United Liverpool will beat Brighton & Hove Albion and Leicester City will beat Cardiff City 🔑 West Ham United will beat Newcastle United and Leicester City will beat Cardiff City
Four treble bets
Manchester City will beat Huddersfield 🔑 Town, Liverpool will beat Brighton & Hove Albion and West Ham United will beat Newcastle United Manchester City will beat 🔑 Huddersfield Town, Liverpool will beat Brighton & Hove Albion and Leicester City will beat Cardiff City Manchester City will beat 🔑 Huddersfield Town, West Ham United will beat Newcastle United and Leicester City will beat Cardiff City Liverpool will beat Brighton 🔑 & Hove Albion, West Ham United will beat Newcastle United and Leicester City will beat Cardiff City
One four-strong accumulator
All four 🔑 selected winners will win
Bookmakers often offer up a bonus if legs are successfully predicted. Some add quite a nice slice 🔑 of extra money to the return if the four selected teams are victorious. This is why the bet has the 🔑 name Lucky 15.
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Other kinds of multiple bets
A Lucky 15 is a form of multiple 🔑 bet and there are many different variations on this type of wager available to punters, each one offering a different 🔑 number of selections and bets.
A double bet and a treble bet mean punters make two and three different selections respectively. 🔑 If they all win then the bettor wins the bet and makes a return. A Trixie bet is a slightly 🔑 different spin on a treble bet in that three different selections are made. However, four rather than three bets are 🔑 placed within a Trixie bet. These are: three double bets and one treble bet. This offers the punter a little 🔑 security: one selection can fail to win and they will still make a return because of the three double bets 🔑 that have been included.
Patent bets, yankee bets and Canadian bets allow punters to make multiple selections and wagers, like in 🔑 Lucky 15s. Within these options, a bettor can make three selections and seven bets (patent bet), four selections and 11 🔑 bets (yankee bet) or five selections and 26 bets (Canadian bets). A patent bet also has the benefit of allowing 🔑 singles, so that even if just one of the selections made wins, the bettor will still make some form of 🔑 a return.
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Some other bets offer even more selections and bets. The heinz bet allows for 🔑 six selections and 57 bets, the super heinz allows for seven selections and 120 bets and the goliath bet allows 🔑 for eight selections and 247 bets.
Lucky 15s are good options for punters who are looking to widen the net with 🔑 their predictions. They offer more security than many kinds of bets and are therefore more likely to make a return 🔑 of some kind. They can be quite complicated to place, but are less complicated than the likes of a heinz, 🔑 super heinz or goliath bet. However, it is important that anyone looking to make this kind of a bet does 🔑 so with clear information about the sport they are betting on and the participants they are selecting. Those who place 🔑 a Lucky 15 without this knowledge may find themselves losing out.
Plus, don't forget to check out our bet calculator, where 🔑 you can calculate your winnings.
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