Many sports betting experts do not recommend accumulator bets because they claim that the relationship between risk and possible gains results in a negative balance. One way to carry out this kind of bet is to choose a certain number of favorites (if they play at home, the better).

The truth is that it is probably individual quotas and, although everything seems very safe in the previous analysis, there is almost always one that fails.

A good way to understand how difficult it is to win with accumulator bets is to calculate the possible combinations. For example, a double combination has 9 options, of which only one will be a winner.

Thinking of a multiple bet, made up of about 5 forecasts, the number of possibilities will increase to 243. The conclusion is the following: to win in a combination of 5 bets there will be only one possibility in 243, which is really complicated.

Just as we calculate the implied probability of an outcome through its odds with simple bets, we can do it with accumulators. In a triple combination whose final quota is 6.24, we will have to carry out the following formula: 100/6.24.

The result, which in this case is 16.02, will be nothing less than the probability that said combination will happen (16.02%).

Before starting in the world of combined bets, it is worth being clear that achieving regular and safe profits with this modality is practically impossible. Based on this premise, the ideal is to make forecasts with low stakes and bet carefully.

For this, it will be important to remain firm and sensible in the face of the seductive temptations proposed by the high odds of the combined ones, and which entail enormous risks for our bank.

Bookmakers will constantly try to sell accumulators as the great opportunity to win a lot of money with little investment. You can even see news about it periodically.

You should not be captivated, which does not mean that this mode should be discarded. It is worth not losing sight of the fact that long-term profits will be obtained by betting with low stakes and that, the more selections are made, the chances of defeat multiply.

In conclusion, combined bets should only be made when we are convinced that the real probability exceeds that implied in the odds of the bookmakers.

Even that way, there will be no guarantees of success, of course, as there never are in this area. Likewise, before betting, it is worth analyzing whether the selections chosen for the combined would not be more profitable individually.