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Old 02-13-2013, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord View Post
Any multi-win wager should trounce the parlay.

Assume the win takeout is 16% -- you're getting six separate bites of it over the course of the bet.

Where as, for instance, a pick 3 with a 20% takeout is a single bite, so obviously it figures to pay more than the parlay.
Obviously. But unlike every other horizontal wager, this one only pays out 40% of the pool to the winners, so one would think the value relative to the parlay would be lower.
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