[Kababayan]

Every year I have the idea that betting a parlay with five or so heavy favorites every week is a good idea, but I ultimately don't do it. It usually pays around a 30% return. Does anyone here do it consistently? Thanks.

[guy Fawkes]

I don't know how to define consistently in this context, but 5Dimes allows bettors to do rolling parlays and I usually have one going and I add a game or two each week. For the first week there are a lot of heavy favorites and this is what I ended up with (with very little research):

				Pending	8/29/13 7:00pm College Football 140 Central Florida -1500* vs Akron
				Pending	8/29/13 11:00pm College Football 147 USC -1800* vs Hawaii
				Pending	8/31/13 12:00pm College Football 156 Wisconsin -165000* vs Massachusetts
				Pending	8/31/13 12:00pm College Football 160 Ohio State -33000* vs Buffalo U
				Pending	8/31/13 5:30pm College Football 171 Alabama -1165* vs Virginia Tech
				Pending	8/31/13 7:00pm College Football 184 Oklahoma -2400* vs UL Monroe
				Pending	8/31/13 8:00pm College Football 202 Nebraska -7000* vs Wyoming
				Pending	8/29/13 6:30pm College Football 304 Wake Forest -50000* vs Presbyterian
				Pending	8/31/13 7:00pm College Football 338 Missouri -45500* vs Murray State
				Pending	8/30/13 7:00pm College Football 350 South Florida -1500* vs McNeese State
				Pending	8/31/13 7:30pm College Football 358 Baylor -7500* vs Wofford

It pays ~@ -250. Won't make me rich, but if you can identify games where the dogs could bite and avoid the landmines you can supplement a little. I would never, NEVER, suggest trying to do this as a reliable means of increasing a bankroll or a reliable source of income. Parlays rob the bettor of value and you should never gamble more on a parlay than you would on scratch-off tickets. For me, they are fun among the slough.

[Coach Jake]

I have been doing exactly this for a while...You'll make a lot of money if you do it right, and you'll win OFTEN. You might have to do as many as 4 or 5 to make a buck, but I mix them up. Good idea to do a few parlays, make sure not to use same team on all parlays.

[Kababayan]

Thank you very much for the responses.