- Maths reviewed by Josh Miller
- Tested by Diana Westfield
A 50p each way Lucky 15 costs £15, not £7.50. That surprise at the counter is what the CasinoCalcs bet cost calculator above is for. Pick the bet type, type your unit stake, and the free calculator shows the number of lines and the total before you place it. It handles every full-cover multiple from a Trixie to a Goliath, perms, combination forecasts and tricasts, and the Placepot.
Bet cost calculator: lines in every multiple
| Bet | Selections | Lines | £1 win | £1 each way |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trixie | 3 | 4 | £4 | £8 |
| Patent | 3 | 7 | £7 | £14 |
| Yankee | 4 | 11 | £11 | £22 |
| Lucky 15 | 4 | 15 | £15 | £30 |
| Canadian | 5 | 26 | £26 | £52 |
| Lucky 31 | 5 | 31 | £31 | £62 |
| Heinz | 6 | 57 | £57 | £114 |
| Super Heinz | 7 | 120 | £120 | £240 |
| Goliath | 8 | 247 | £247 | £494 |
The step from 6 to 8 selections is the expensive one. A Goliath is more than four times a Heinz for two extra picks.
Forecasts, tricasts and perms
A combination forecast backs every order of two from your picks: 3 horses is 6 lines, 4 horses is 12. A combination tricast does the same for the first three: 4 horses is 24 lines, 5 horses is 60. Perms are cheaper because order doesn’t matter: 5 selections in doubles is 10 bets, in trebles also 10. Pick the type and the number of selections, and the line count updates.
What a Placepot costs
A Placepot multiplies the selections in each race. One horse in every race is a single line. Two, two, three, one, two and two is 48 lines, and at 10p a line that’s £4.80. Add one more horse in the third race and it jumps to 64 lines, £6.40. Once you know the cost, the Placepot calculator works out the return, and the bet calculator settles every other bet on this page.
Know the total before you hand it over, and keep it to what you planned. BeGambleAware.org is free and confidential if it stops being fun.