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parlay

parlay

5 8.9
A series of bets that uses each win for the next bet
  • noun
  • /ˈpɑrleɪ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : apuesta combinada
  • From straight bets to parlays, teasers, and any prop bet you can dream up.
  • parlay bets
  • team parlay
  • three-team parlay

The Bet the Boys parlay, we hit it last week.

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Examples

  • I wanna make a six-way parlay, Celtics, Sixers game.

  • We could bet a five-game parlay and take those winnings right to the Indian casino.

  • The Bet the Boys parlay, we hit it last week.

  • Do another parlay if you make it to the next round.

  • It's a bad parlay, Doc.

  • You called this parlay for a reason.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Can I interest you in a parlay or a teaser?

  • A three-game parlay?

  • I had an incredible, lucrative six-team CFB parlay go out the window when Spurrier's South Carolina Gamecocks decided to go for, and get, a fourth down TD instead of kicking the FG when down 9, and then this Cowboys game.

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  • After winning the first game, they decided to place a risky parlay on the remaining matches to maximize their potential winnings.

Synonyms

bet
vsparlay
665 1.4

Money that you risk on the result of an event

uses each win as the stake for the following round

How Risky

parlay
  • Jargon
5 8.9
bet
665 1.4
dutching
  • Jargon
9.9

Surface Forms

parlay singular
parlays plural

Etymology

Parlay is related to the word parley, from the French parler which means 'to speak'. Gamblers used the idea of making a deal or turning one win into a better chance, so a parlay became the name for a series of bets where each win is used as the next stake.