Multiples and Full Cover bets remain great fun and bet365 offer a comprehensive variation of these bets on their site. For a novice though, these bets are hard to get to grips with at first and it is best to do a little homework before throwing your money at them.

The bigger the full cover bet, the more a punter should be careful about their unit stake. For example in the case of the Goliath, there are 247 different bets in the combination meaning even a 20p unit stake would cost a total of £49.40.

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In all cases, when you have entered your total number of selections, simply click ‘multiple bet options’ at the bottom of your bet slip and bet365 will work out for you how much your total stake is when you enter your unit stake.These bets of course are multiples, so at least two of the selections must win to create a winning double as a minimum.

Here we look at some of the multiple bet options available at Bet365:

Bet365 Banker

As well as placing your standard bets with bet365, you may now alter your selection and make it a ‘banker’ bet. As part of an accumulator, you can choose one selection to be your ‘banker’ and this selection must win, otherwise the whole bet fails regardless of any insurance.

Once you have chosen your desired teams for you acca, change the bet type at the top of the slip from ‘standard’ to ‘banker’. Then, simply choose the one you think has the best chance of winning and click the box marked ‘B’ next to the team’s name. Having done this, options will appear for the various combination bets available using your banker selection.

All that is required to place the banker bet is to enter in each bet the amount you would like to stake on each selection, though your overall stake will be multiplied by the number of bets in each section as explained below.

Bet365 Trixie

A Trixie is a bet consisting of three selections meaning there are four individual bets based on the number of combinations available; three doubles and one treble in this case. Should one of the selections lose but the other two win, the gambler will be paid out on the ‘double’ consisting of those two selections. After making 3 selections trixie bet option will appear under the multiple options tab in your bet slip.

Bet365 Yankee

This time you will have made 4 selections, the combination being 11 different bets consisting of 6 doubles, 4 trebles and an accumulator containing all 4 selections. There is no double in this bet, which many punters forget about so do ensure that you are fairly sure about 3 of your 4 selections. After making 4 selections yankee bet option will appear under the multiple options tab in your bet slip.

Bet365 Super Yankee

A Super Yankee has 5 selections containing a combination of 26 bets, this time it’s 10 doubles, 10 trebles, 5 fourfold accumulators and a fivefold accumulator. Already we are at the point where our unit stake must be kept under control; even a £1 unit stake here would cost £26 in total. After making 5 selections super yankee bet option will appear under the multiple bet options tab in your bet slip.

Bet365 Heinz

6 selections are needed for this one and it is so no named because of the ‘57 varieties’ in the bet, similar to that offered by food retailer Heinz. The combination is; 15 doubles, 20 trebles, 15 fourfolds, 6 fivefolds and of course a sixfold. After making 6 selections heinz option will appear under the multiple options tab in your bet slip.

Bet365 Super Heinz

The Super Heinz has 7 selections containing 120 bets in total made up of 21 doubles, 35 trebles, 35 fourfolds, 21 fivefolds, 7 sixfolds and finally the single sevenfold straight accumulator. You have to make 7 selections to see Super Heinz under the multiple options tab in your bet slip.

Bet365 Goliath

This time we have 8 selections made up of 247 bets including 28 doubles, 56 trebles, 70 fourfolds, 56 fivefolds, 28 sixfolds, 8 sevenfolds and of course the eightfold. As mentioned above, even a 20p unit stake here would cost £49.40 in total so be careful with this type of bet. The overall stake can get away from you very quickly if you don’t keep an eye on it, especially when you have money sitting in your account anyway which can be used at any time. You need to make 7 selections to see Goliath bet under the multiple options tab in your bet365 bet slip.

bet365 Block

A Block bet consists of 9 or more selections across different games or events. The bets are combined and comprise an accumulator of all 9 selections, then perms of all the lesser accumulators; various 4-folds, 5-folds etc and all the way down to double and trebles. bet365 is currently the only major online bookie accepting straight block bets.

Naturally, to gain your full potential returns then all selections must win. Blocking the bets though is a great way of covering yourself should one of your selections fail early on, keeping the bet alive. Your potential winnings will be cut by the appropriate amount should a selection fail.

Once again, keep stakes to a minimum. Even a 9-selection block bet will be calculated at 502-times your unit stake!

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