Money Line Parlays in the NBA = By Far the Best Way to Bet

[curious]

excuse my ignorance but what does RR x2,x3...x7 mean? is this a 7 team parlay.. is this for real?? DAM!!

RR = round robin
x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x7 means that all the teams listed are in games in every possible combination of 2 pick, 3 pick, 4 pick, 5 pick, 6 pick, and 7 pick.

When you do this make sure that you do all the parlays to win the same amount and set what you are winning for the worst odds 2 pick parlay. You can't do that at an online sports book so you have to create the RR by hand. It takes a while, so I created a spreadsheet to make all the picks for me and then I have to go fill the stupid things out 1 by 1 online. Since most people can't do this I just list it the way the online books will make you do it, all bets the same amount.

If you are picking good teams this is a fun way to play. I am hedging this play with a 2 pick parlay to win the same amount risked here. This was mainly just for fun. If my 7 teams all win I will win $13,000 and change. If more than half win then I will win a little money. If 1 or 2 lose I will win a lot of money.

[jolmscheid]

Curious...could you post the spreadsheet that you use?? Like I want to play on Pacific, Wyoming, Depaul, Lakers, Hawks, and Warriors....so how would I set that up??

Thanks curious

[firehoyt]

excuse my ignorance but what does RR x2,x3...x7 mean? is this a 7 team parlay.. is this for real?? DAM!!

Guessing it's a Round Robin Parlay......

[JBT]

Got owned by Dallas... WTF, really?

[dwang0725]

RR = Round Robin.

[jsmithj88]

I'm looking ahead to tomorrow, what are you guys thinking?? I say Heat Hornets 76ers Spurs maybe Bulls bulls are on a tear and raptors are struggling, so that may be a fantastic value (bulls may even be underdogs in that one)

how much do u normally wager on a parlay?

[jolmscheid]

But Curious said he sets it up differently....would appreciate some help Curious...thanks bro...

Like if I wanted to play DePaul, Wyoming, Pacific, Lakers, Hawks, and Warriors, how would I set that up like you do with your spreadsheet? Thanks

[curious]

Curious...could you post the spreadsheet that you use?? Like I want to play on Pacific, Wyoming, Depaul, Lakers, Hawks, and Warriors....so how would I set that up??

Thanks curious

I can't give away my spreadsheet but you can do this yourself.

In the far leftmost column list all the teams sorted by line.
Depaul -120
Warriors -150
Hawks -190
Wyoming -220
Pacific -300
Lakers -850

Now you need to take this list and create one column of 2 team games, one column of 3 team games...etc. If you know programming you can write a basic program to do this, basic is excel's built in programming language. If you don't know programming then you can create the lists by hand.

Determine how much you want to win on the Pacific Lakers parlay, they have the worst odds. Let's say you want to win $1000. One team @-300 x one team @-850 gives you -204 for the parlay, so to win $1000 you need to bet $2040.

You can write a formula to calculate the odds for each game, excel let's you create your own formulas.

Then you just need another formula to start at the amount you want to win, in this case $1000, and determine the bet size. Make all the parlays win your bet size.

If you don't know how to program you can do this by hand. It won't take that long.

[jolmscheid]

OK...so I place them all seperately at my book?? And I place them all to win the same amount? How many parlays would I need to place seperately?

[curious]

Example round robin to win the same amount in all cases.

Given these 4 teams with the listed moneylines:
Hawks -190
Wyoming -220
Pacific -300
Lakers -850

And you want to create 2x, 3x, and 4x parlays to win the same amount on each parlay, this is what you would have. In this example we are betting to win $1000 on each game, you can easily make it to win $100 or to win $10, or whatever else. The top number on the far right is the amount to bet, the bottom number is the amount you win, in all cases we win $1000:

Hawks -190 820
Wyoming -220 1000

Hawks -190 970
Pacific -300 1000

Hawks -190 1420
Lakers -850 1000

Wyoming -220 1065
Pacific -300 1000

Wyoming -220 1600
Lakers -850 1000

Pacific -300 2040
Lakers -850 1000

Hawks -190 510
Wyoming -220 1000
Pacific -300

Hawks -190 676
Wyoming -220 1000
Lakers -850

Hawks -190 707
Pacific -300 1000
Lakers -850

Wyoming -220 857
Pacific -300 1000
Lakers -850

Hawks -190 434
Wyoming -220 1000
Pacific -300
Lakers -850

[jolmscheid]

Gotcha....and so how many games would have to win in order to profit from this USUALLY? I understand that the odds dictates this...but for the most part, if 1 team loses you will profit? What about 2 teams? 3 teams?

[Pride]

i honestly think the hawks should be a no play today. they are a great road team and are only favored by 4 vs an atrocious pistons team.

something is off with that line

[curious]

Gotcha....and so how many games would have to win in order to profit from this USUALLY? I understand that the odds dictates this...but for the most part, if 1 team loses you will profit? What about 2 teams? 3 teams?

Well that depends on the odds of who loses. For example, if the Lakers lose at -850 you will be hurting. You will lose $3500. If the Hawks lose then you will lose $1500.

With 4 teams you will lose if 1 team loses. Depends on the odds of that team to know how much. With 5 teams you will make money if 1 team loses, maybe. Again it depends on the odds of that team.

A quick rule of thumb is that more teams have to win than lose +1, 4 teams 3 winners, 5 teams 4 winners, 6 teams 4 winners, 7 teams 5 winners. But that depends on the odds.

This only works if you are good at picking winners and you have picked only very strong plays. Of course, most people who know anything about this would say if you can do that then you don't need parlays. LOL

[curious]

Combined NCAAB / NBA parlay

Louisville -1300
Tennessee -815
Lakers -765
Rockets -470


4 pick parlay -152 $4560 to win $3000

[Baller85]

I was about to win a lot last night, but Mavs ruined my parlay lol

[brahmabull117]

i honestly think the hawks should be a no play today. they are a great road team and are only favored by 4 vs an atrocious pistons team. something is off with that line

are you gonna start with the trap nonsense??

there is nothing off with the line, hawks will win by 10-15


the bookmakers are giving you a gift and you are rejecting the gift?

[PAYTON20]

Anyone worried about the Mavs/Bucks game? The line has been dropping fast... could this be the night the streak ends for the Mavs?

[brahmabull117]

I'm thinking about just abandoning the mavericks on these ML parlays the rest of the year

this fukking team pulls this crap all the time...they can go play the heat and win by double digits but have trouble beating the milwaukee bucks and memphis grizzlies at home

[Pride]

gl whoever took the hawks

[brahmabull117]

^^^Detroit is the worst 2nd half team in the league I believe so I'm not too concerned but we shall see

[curious]

^^^Detroit is the worst 2nd half team in the league I believe so I'm not too concerned but we shall see

detroit will get totally blown out in the second half.

dude, i keep telling, take detroit first half and whoever they are playing for the game and the second half. money in your wife's garter belt.

[Pride]

oakland about to beat the vols

[brahmabull117]

this wizards game is about as much fun as getting a root canal with no anaesthisia


I counted a 10 possession streak in which the lakers scored on their first attempt on 6 possessions and scored on their 2nd attempt on the other 4 with the offensive rebound

dear god washington is awful, how do you get blown out of your own stadium playing the defending champs?

[Jive]

Vols can't make a FT

[Pride]

Vegas and Tennessee didn't give Oakland enough credit. 10.5 points was way too many in a huge letdown spot for the vols.

[Jive]

Oakland is a good team, and apparently Tennessee is still Tennessee. They've pulled stunts like this (blowing double digit leads at home to an inferior team) a lot past years. I am glad to win with Oakland plus the points, but it screwed one of my parlays so slight loss for me on this game.

[Pride]

looks like i was dead on with the pistons/hawks game

[brahmabull117]

what the fukk happened with Atlanta??

man that team was just surging and playing fantastic ball on both sides. Did they underestimate this awful pistons team??

[curious]

Well, I got killed yesterday. I think I'm down about $10K for the season, which just started for me a few days ago.

No worries. Switching to 2 pick parlays only.

Doing a RR for all possible combinations of 2 pick parlay on the listed teams.
Risking $19,500 to win $10,530. This is $1300 per parlay.

Dallas -280
Phoenix -550
San Antonio -400
Memphis -400
New Orleans -700
OKC -375

If this wins I think I'll be about even, if my wife finds out I have lost money I am dog food so I hope this wins.

[curious]

Philly vs Clippers what do you think?

Does anyone know anything about this Philly / Clippers game? Why so few points for Philly?

[Nellyinctown]

I think that every point spread favorite on the board will win tonight on ML except possibly Dallas or Chicago. Will put a small parlay on this with a few two and three teamers.

[RDWHAHB]

Does anyone know anything about this Philly / Clippers game? Why so few points for Philly?

Was wondering the same thing.

[RDWHAHB]

So who is the weakest here?

76ers -210
Thunder -400
Hornets -600
Grizzlies -450
Suns -550
Mavericks -270

[jolmscheid]

Hawks killed my parlay too..will be sticking to my filter of HOME teams only....i just feel it is a little more insurance in close games...3 teams MAX! Good luck guys.

[Nellyinctown]

If you were to pick a team to lose tonight pick Phoenix. The reason is because I have them ML on 4 different parlays