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GET TODAY’S FREE PICKS →Parlay payouts multiply, which looks like magic until you notice the failure risk multiplies too — and so does the vig. Each standard -110 leg quietly hands the book about 4.5% in edge; stack three legs and roughly 13% of the ticket’s fair value is gone before a single game starts. That is why parlays are the most advertised product in betting: not because they are how sharp bettors get rich, but because they are how books do. Our parlays vs. singles breakdown runs the full comparison.
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