[Dunbar]

Scav, if you have any spreadsheet program, you can use this. Start in the upper left corner of the spreadsheet (in Excel this would be "A1". Use 5 columns.

$2 pay, $2 win, odds to 1, cumulative $2 win, cumulative $1 win
9, =A2-2, =B2/2, =A2, =D2/2
16.8, =A3-2, =B3/2, =D2*C3+D2, =D3/2
2.7, =A4-2, =B4/2, =D3*C4+D3, =D4/2

(leave out the commas). If you want to extend the parlay to a pick-4 or pick-6, just "copy down" the last row.

For your payoffs, the numbers would look like this:

$2 pay $2 win odds to 1 cumulative $2 win cumulative $1 win
9, 7, 3.5, 9, 4.5
16.8, 14.8, 7.4, 75.6, 37.8
2.7, 0.7, 0.35, 102.06, 51.03

When I get home from vacation late next week, I'll put together a sheet that I can send to anyone interested.

--Dunbar