Gambling question

[Jackass]

Not a huge gambler other than pools, etc., but was debating this with a friend and just looking for the answer.

 

Can their be a tie on a game that's part of the parlay?

 

So if you have Giants -3 and it lands on 3 and say you win the other two games what happens as part of a 3 game parlay?

 

Or do they change all the lines to 1/2 point, but that doesn't seem to make sense either.

[i_am_the_swammi]

Not a huge gambler other than pools, etc., but was debating this with a friend and just looking for the answer.

 

Can their be a tie on a game that's part of the parlay?

 

So if you have Giants -3 and it lands on 3 and say you win the other two games what happens as part of a 3 game parlay?

 

Or do they change all the lines to 1/2 point, but that doesn't seem to make sense either.

In most books, the the 3-game parlay becomes a two-game parlay if one of the games pushes (and thus you get paid odds on the two-gamer).

 

However, some local/non-legal bookies require all games be winners, or you lose the parlay.

 

Should be in the rules of the site you wager.

[Chaos]

Vegas will pay out for the games you get right (without a loss of course). So like the previous post said, a 4 game parlay with 3 correct and 1 push, you'd get paid at the payout for a 3 game win instead.

 

I run a parlay pool at the office. For our specific rules, somebody wins all 4, or the money rolls to the next week. We have to get 4 out of 4 right, and a push basically counts as a loss. There's probably slightly different rules in different places/games/bookies I would guess.

[SheikYerbuti]

1. Don't bet parlays. They're for suckers.

 

2. If you have no choice but to be a sucker and your bookie doesn't knock ties off the ticket, find a different bookie.