It’s no secret that sportsbook odds are often manipulated for the booker’s vig (the charge for accepting bets). But with high-risk, high-reward wagers like parlays, you would want to maximize your possible winnings more than ever. Players can force true odds in parlay bets by adding a wager priced at -120 instead of the standard -110. This would make the potential winnings significantly higher than the offered fixed-odds payout.
For instance, a parlay bet with six legs priced at -110 ends with 40-1 odds. But if five wagers were priced at -110 and one at -120, the odds climb to 46.49 – 1. It requires calculation, but players can force better odds using this trick when offered unfair payouts.