Yankee Bet Calculator: 11 bets on four selections

A Yankee is 11 bets on four selections: 6 doubles, 4 trebles and one four-fold accumulator. You need at least two winners for a return.

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What is in a Yankee

11 bets on 4 selections:

Part of the bet	Bets
Doubles	6
Trebles	4
4-fold accumulator	1
Total	11

A Yankee is a Lucky 15 without the four singles, so it costs 11 stakes instead of 15 but pays nothing on a single winner.

How the return is worked out

Each line is settled on its own: the line stake times the decimal odds of every selection in it, multiplied together. A losing selection makes every line it is in return nothing. A void selection counts as odds of 1.0. For each way bets the place part uses place odds: (decimal odds − 1) × place fraction + 1.

line return = stake × odds₁ × odds₂ × … and total return = sum of all line returns

Worked example

£1 a line: A at 3/1 (won), B at 2/1 (won), C at 7/2 (lost), D at 5/4 (won). Total stake £11.00.

Line that pays	Part	Returns
A + B	Win	£12.00
A + D	Win	£9.00
B + D	Win	£6.75
A + B + D	Win	£27.00
Total return		£54.75
Profit		£43.75

Not included: rule 4 deductions, dead heats, each way extra places and bookmaker bonuses (for example double odds on a single winner). Your bookmaker's settlement is final.

Questions

How much is a £1 each way Yankee?

£22: 11 bets, each with a win part and a place part.

Yankee or Lucky 15?

A Lucky 15 costs four more stakes and pays on one winner. A Yankee is cheaper if you expect two or more winners.

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