Question on 3 team parlay combination

**20Four7** · 10-12-09, 11:45 AM

I don't get the question. If you pick 3 teams and bet them as a parlay then there is only one combination that's the 3 teams you bet. Now if your asking how many combinations can be made out of 3 games that's a different question. Or are you picking 4 teams and want to see how many combo's of 3 you can make out of the 4.

**Hybris** · 10-12-09, 11:57 AM

3^2=9

**ThePhenom00** · 10-12-09, 12:13 PM

20four7 exactly how many combinations can be made out of 3 games.

**LT Profits** · 10-12-09, 01:00 PM

Originally posted by Hybris

3^2=9

You mean 2^3=8

**Hybris** · 10-12-09, 01:03 PM

Originally posted by LT Profits

You mean 2^3=8

yes

**snipeshow23** · 10-12-09, 01:39 PM

3 combinations of 2 teams can be made with 3 games... TEAM A, TEAM B, TEAM C.
Combo 1 = A and B
Combo 2 = B and C
Combo 3 = A and C

**IrishTim** · 10-12-09, 02:13 PM

Yup, 8. You trying to maximize a free play?

**RickySteve** · 10-12-09, 09:29 PM

Originally posted by IrishTim

Yup, 8. You trying to maximize a free play?

I'm assuming his answer is yes. While great in theory, this practice screams "I have a brain" and you will quickly be backed off, or even cheated by lesser books.

**arwar** · 10-15-09, 12:42 PM

if you assume that the chance of winnng any leg is 50% which is .5 which is 1/2,
the probablity of a combination of these legs (i.e. a parlay) is simply the product of
of the indivdual probs. p(2team)=1/2*1/2 p(3team)=1/2*1/2*1/2
p(4team)=1/2*1/2*1/2*1/2 etc. Coincidently the final denominators in these calculations will also tell you the number of combinations in the play. Therefore a 2 teamer has 4 combos, a 3 teamer has 8, a 4 teamer has 16, etc., or 2^n where n is the number of legs and the reciprocal (1/n) will be the probability.

**tltaylor89** · 10-16-09, 01:18 AM

Heres a parlay for you http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DqRn9yIIX4...ben+forbes.bmp

**shantystar** · 10-26-09, 03:58 AM

Originally posted by 20Four7

I don't get the question. If you pick 3 teams and bet them as a parlay then there is only one combination that's the 3 teams you bet. Now if your asking how many combinations can be made out of 3 games that's a different question. Or are you picking 4 teams and want to see how many combo's of 3 you can make out of the 4.

yes right