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Old 02-21-2005, 09:33 PM
rwesty rwesty is offline
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Default Parlays

I keep seeing on this forum that parlays are -EV. Why is this? Are there cases when parlays are not -EV?
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Old 02-21-2005, 09:41 PM
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Default Re: Parlays

They are primarily -EV because the odds you are getting are so short compared to the true odds. In other words, you pay more juice with parlays (except three-teamers). There are generally two situations when you want to use parlays:

(1) when the outcomes of the events are correlated or
(2) when you are getting better than normal odds.

Other than that, the best play is to stick with straight bets.
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