What are folds in football betting?

Andy
April 18, 2018
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What are folds in football betting?

What are folds in football betting – read on to find out.

A fold in football betting is any accumulator bet of four selections or more.

A fold accumulator bet can consist of multiple selections from different football matches. You can only win a fold football bet if all the selections in the wager are successful.

For example, if you select four teams to win in a four-fold accumulator, all four results selected must be correct to win the bet.

What are Folds in Football betting? – types of bets

When wagering on football, you may choose a single, double or treble bet. However, if you are looking for something larger with the possibility of a bigger payout, you may choose to wager on a four-fold, five-fold or another fold bet.

Different Types of Fold bets

  • Four-fold: When you make one bet based on four selections. All four selections must be correct to win.
  • Five-fold: When you make one bet based on five selections. All five selections must be correct to win.
  • Six-fold: When you make one bet based on six selections. All six selections must be correct to win.
  • Seven-fold: When you make one bet based on seven selections. All seven selections must be correct to win.
  • Eight-fold: When you make one bet based on eight selections. All eight selections must be correct to win.
  • Nine-fold: When you make one bet based on nine selections. All nine must be correct to win.
  • Ten-fold: When you make one bet based on 10 selections. All 10 must be correct to win.

Example of Folds in football betting

When making a fold accumulator bet in football, you must get all the selections correct to win. For example:
You select:

  • Manchester United to win (1/5)
  • Chelsea to win (1/5)
  • Newcastle United to win (5/2)
  • Southampton to win (2/1)

You stake £10 on the four-fold accumulator.

All results were successful on match day, which means your £10 bet on the four-fold accumulator wins. Your total winnings for the bet are £151.20; and the profit you make is £141.20. A great payout for the four-fold accumulator.

If any of the four matches would not have ended in the result selected – for example, Southampton had only managed a draw – then the bet would have lost.

The Variations of Fold bets

A fold bet only works if the results are successful. However, there are other multi-bet types that involves punters not getting all of their selections correct to win. These bet types include trixies, patents, yankees and more.

A fourfold or other fold football bet does involve risk. Punters need all their selections to be successful. However, if they are correct, punters can find plenty of profits for making such a wager.

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Author Andy

I have been placing bets online for over 25 years and specialise in horse racing bets and the different types available. If there's anything you need to know about betting I can advise using my expertise gained over this time.

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