Straight
Also known as an accumulator bet. This is the most popular kind of lotto bet. To win you must match all of the numbers you have chosen. For example:
You select numbers: 5, 15, 25, 29
Odds are 8500/1 for a four ball Straight bet.
You stake £1
Potential Winnings: £8,501 (1 x 8500 + stake)
Singles
A single bet on each individual number. Your stake will be multiplied by the number of balls chosen. For example:
You select numbers: 5, 15, 25, 29
Odds are 6/1 per Single
You stake £1 per Single
Total stake: £4
Potential Winnings: £28 (4 x 6 + stake)
Doubles
One bet per every permeation of two numbers. For example:
You select numbers: 5, 15, 25, 29
These four numbers have six possible Doubles:
5, 15
25, 29
5, 25
5, 29
15, 25
15, 29
Odds are 60/1 per Double
You stake £1 per Double
Total stake: £6
Potential Winnings: £366 (6 x 60 + stake)
Trebles
One bet per every permeation of three numbers. For example:
You select numbers: 5, 15, 25, 29
These four numbers have four possible Trebles:
5, 15, 25
5, 15, 29
15, 25, 29
5, 25, 29
Odds are 700/1 per Treble
You stake £1 per Treble
Total stake: £4
Potential Winnings: £2,804 (4 x 700 + stake)
Yankee
Only available when selecting four balls
All permeations of Doubles, Trebles and Four-Fold within your chosen numbers. For example:
You select numbers: 5, 15, 25, 29
These four numbers have six possible Doubles:
5, 15
25, 29
5, 25
5, 29
15, 25
15, 29
And, these four numbers have four possible Trebles:
5, 15, 25
5, 15, 29
15, 25, 29
5, 25, 29
And, one four-fold accumulator:
5, 15, 25, 29
This gives us eleven bets in total.
You stake £1 per bet
Total stake: £11
Potential Winnings:
6 x Doubles (6 @ 60/1 = 360)
4 x Trebles (4 @ 700/1 = 2800)
1 x Four-Fold (1 @ 8500/1 = 8500)
Total Potential Winnings: £11,671 (11,660 + stake)
Canadian
Only available when selecting five balls
All permutations of Doubles, Trebles, Four-Fold and Five-Fold within your chosen numbers. For example:
You select numbers: 5, 15, 25, 29, 32
These five numbers have ten possible Doubles:
5,15
5,25
5,29
5,32
15,25
15,29
15,32
25,29
25,32
29,32
And, these five numbers have ten possible Trebles:
5,15,25
5,15,29
5,15,32
5,25,29
5,25,32
5,29,32
15,25,29
15,25,32
15,29,32
25,29,32
And, five four-fold accumulators:
5,15,25,29
5,15,25,32
5,15,29,32
5,25,29,32
15,25,29,32
And, one five-fold accumulators:
5,15,25,29,32
This gives us twenty six bets in total.
You stake £1 per bet
Total stake: £26
Potential Winnings:
10 x Doubles (10 @ 60/1 = 600)
10 x Trebles (10 @ 700/1 = 7000)
5 x Four-Fold (5 @ 8500/1 = 42500)
1 x Five-Fold (1 @ 150000/1 = 150000)
Total Potential Winnings: £200,126 (200,100 + stake)