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What's the difference in managing to win two single bets and two bets on the same parlay?
Statistically speaking, betting on the single matches and one full parlay in the end you will end with the same results, you will of course lose more parlays but the increased odds will get you to near the same result.
I did this
experiment here:
Total after all rounds and 327 games
- Individual bets balance +13.44
- Multiplier balance +2.58
Parlays vs single bets over 30+ rounds, almost no difference!
As I've said, in the long run, you'll probably lose. It's gambling, after all. It's always the platform that wins. So, yeah, it's
almost the same result. But, like your experiment's overall result would suggest, you'd probably last long with individual bets than parlay.
As you well know, the difference between placing two separate bets versus combining such bets into a parlay is that if you win one and lose one separate bets, you're only losing a little. Whereas, if it happens on a parlay, you'd lose all. If you win on all bets, however, the parlay gives you a bigger reward. Of course, because the risk is also higher.
If I may add, and I don't know if this also applies to others, combining only two bets for a parlay doesn't seem worth it. If it isn't 4 or 5, I'd rather bet on them separately, although the odds would significantly matter. For me, 1.80 or 1.90 and above may not fit in a parlay. The risk is already high and making it a leg of a multi-bet is pushing the risk even higher. I often only parlay bets with low odds.