Betting Glossary

Trixie

A trixie consists of 4 bets involving 3 selections in different events, 3 doubles and 1 treble. Any two winning selections guarantee a return.

If any 2 of your selections win, 1 of the double bets gives a return. If all 3 of your selections win, all 3 of the doubles, and the treble give a return.

Patent

A patent consists of 7 bets involving 3 selections in different events, 3 singles, 3 doubles and 1 treble. Any one winning selection guarantees a return.

If any 1 of your selections wins, 1 of the single bets gives a return. If any 2 selections win, 2 of the single bets and 1 of the doubles give a return. If all 3 selections win, then all 3 singles, all 3 doubles and the treble give a return.

Permed Patent

A permed patent involves between 4 and 6 selections, with the patent being made up of all the possible combinations of three different selections.

The permed patent would be 28 bets (4 individual patents)

	Singles	Doubles	Trebles
Patent 1- a, b, c	a, b, c	ab, ac, bc	a, b, c
Patent 2 - a, b, d	a, b, d	ab, ad, bd	a, b, d
Patent 3 - a, c, d	a, c, d	ad, ac, cd	a, c, d
Patent 4 - b, c, d	b, c, d	bd, cd, bc	b, c, d

Yankee

A yankee consists of 11 bets involving 4 selections in different events, 6 doubles, 4 trebles and 1 four-fold. Any two winning selections guarantee a return.

If any 2 of your selections win, 1 of the doubles gives a return. If any 3 selections win, 3 of the double bets and 1 of the trebles give a return. If all 4 selections win, then all 6 doubles, 4 trebles and the four-fold give a return.