Thread: Football Ive got $500 riding on The Broncos winning this weekend
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Old 01-12-2012, 09:52 PM   #59
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Originally Posted by Dayze View Post
I must be missing something. So the parlay is both teams win in order to win. So if that happens wouldn't the bettor win 5.5 & 3 for every dollar bet? So 8.5 x 20?

I'm a complete gambling noob so I'm sure I completely missing something
If you bet $10 on each separately, then yes. But since both must win in order to collect, the odds increase exponentially.

It's basically a +2500 money line bet
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