What Is An Accumulator In Betting?

An accumulator in betting is actually quite a common type of bet. If for example you are doing an accumulator for horse racing, you can select say six horses from different races throughout the day which you think will either win or come in. You put on say 10p to win and that would mean that each horse would have to win to get you some money back.

Basically what would happen would be that you put 10p on to win, that 10p would go on the first horse and if that won the prize money that you won from that would go on the second and so on. It is only if all six horses came in that you win anything, if one goes down then you lose the bet completely. This can be frustrating, especially if you have five winners and then the last one lets you down. However it is a gamble which would pay off nicely if all six horses won!

You can also have an accumulator bet with football where you choose various different teams which are playing that day and you would say whether you thought they were going to win, lose or draw. If you get them all right you can win a lot of money depending upon how much you actually put on.