What Is A Treble Bet?

A treble bet combines three selections from three separate events into one bet.

It’s more complex than a single bet but basically works the same as a double bet with an extra selection. The next step up from a treble bet is a four-fold accumulator and the risks and complexities increase at every level.

In very basic terms, treble betting is combining three single bets into one bet in order to multiply the odds and increase the payout.

So, let’s take a look at the different types of bet trebles you can place, how it differs with various sports, how to place a treble bet, tips on placing treble bets and where to find the best odds.

How Do Treble Bets Work?

A treble bet is when you place a bet on different outcomes of three separate matches or events. In order for the bet to win, all three outcomes need to happen. If just one fails, the bet will lose.

Treble Bets cannot be placed on the same match or race, they must cover different events, and they can cover different markets too. If you want to place a bet that covers three elements within the same match, then this is a Bet Builder, not a treble bet.

The key benefit of placing a treble bet over three single bets, is that the odds are multiplied giving a much bigger return. This can be demonstrated in the table below:

In the above example, if you placed a £10 single bet on Arsenal to draw with Brighton at 5.50, you’d receive £45.00 profit. If you placed a £10 single bet on Everton to beat Bournemouth at 2.25, you’d bag £12.50 profit. If you placed a £10 single bet on Manchester United to beat Liverpool, you get a £27.50 return.

Assuming all outcomes were successful, your total profit for these three single bets would be £85.00.

However, if you combined them into a treble bet, the odds are multiplied together (5.50 x 2.25 x 3.75 = 46.41) to give £454.10 profit - a difference of £369.10 profit.

Of course, the reason the odds are so different is because the treble bet comes with a much higher risk than the single bets.

If you placed the single bets by themselves, there’s a chance that some might win and some might lose. The disadvantage of the treble bet is that all outcomes must land for it to win. It then just comes down to whether you want to take that extra risk, in order to potentially gain the bigger profits.

Examples Of Treble Bets

With football, treble bets don’t have to be all about the result, as long as they are from three different matches or competitions, you can mix up the markets you want to bet on.

Here’s a few examples of how you can place different treble bets on different outcomes in football:

Treble Bets In Different Sports

Treble bets have so much flexibility, you can place them in different sports, over a variety of markets, you can even place them across events from different sports too.

If you wanted to place a treble bet on Jannik Sinner to win the US Open, Luke Littler to win the PDC World Championships and Rory McIlroy to win the Masters all on one treble bet, there is nothing stopping you.

Many bettors tend to place treble bets on one sport or one weekend though so that all of the results come in together. For example, placing a treble bet on which horses will win the next three races, or which three football teams will win on Saturday.

You can place treble bets on almost all sports and each have their own unique markets that you can utilise in your bets. Here’s just a few ideas to get you started:

Golf – place a treble bet on who you think will win the next three major golf tournaments

Snooker – you can place treble bets on several combinations relating to outright tournament winner, match winner, correct scores, if there’ll be any 147’s or who will get the highest break

Darts – you can use combinations such as tournament winner, match winner, correct score, highest checkout, or how many 180’s will be thrown to make up your treble bet

Boxing – bouts tend to come with an undercard of three or four fights before the big event so you can place treble bets on the three winners of the night or alternatively on elements such as what round a fight will go to or the method of victory

Cricket – treble bets can be placed on tournament or league winner, match winner, top batsman, top bowler, runs scored or even who will win the coin toss in three upcoming matches

Tennis – you can place treble bets on who you think will win the next three Grand Slams or use a range of different markets such as match winners in each round, set winners, correct scores or even how many aces will be served.

How To Place A Treble Bet

The good news is that placing treble bets is fairly easy, the bookmaker does most of the work for you. All you need to do is look for your chosen bet selections and enter your stake.

Browse through the betting markets and when you find one of your three selections, just click on the odds and it will automatically go into your bet slip. Do the same with the other two selections and all three should be visible on your betslip with their individual odds beside them.

At the bottom of the betslip, you should be given the option of placing a ‘Treble’. If it's not clear, then look for a drop down menu under ‘Multiple Bets’ and this should open up the treble bet option.

Beside the treble bet, the multiplied odds will be on display, so just enter the stake you want to bet in the box beside it and click confirm.

Tips On Placing Treble Bets

Let’s be clear, treble bets can be hard to win, that’s why the bookies offer such good odds on them. They wouldn’t be that generous if they were easy to win. But there are a few ways you can help maximise your chances.

Research/stats

It’s always a good idea to have as much knowledge as possible about the markets you’re betting on, especially one with so many variables.

Even just simple details such as the current form of the players/teams, injuries, suspensions, and recent results will give you a head start.

But there is also a plethora of stats and in-depth data on the internet which can be utilised to give you all the information you need to place informed bets. Of course, there is never a guarantee that it leads to success, but it all helps when placing treble bets.

Things like knowing which surface a tennis player plays better on, searching previous head to head records between teams, finding out how often a referee issues yellow cards, looking at stats on assists, saves, corners, shots on target, 180’s etc can give you the edge when placing treble bets.

Bet Boosts

Some bookmakers offer promotional Bet Boosts on treble bets, for example - Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool to all win their games at the weekend.

If you see this, you might want to give it a go as it usually comes with some increased odds. Of course, it doesn’t mean it will win, so you have to make a decision on whether you want to place the bet or not. But, it is often a simple way to get some extra value on a treble bet, especially if the bet on offer is for the favourite teams in each match.

Find the Best Odds

If you want to go further in finding the best odds for your treble bet then you can make use of betting comparison sites such as Oddschecker.

These sites search all the online bookies to find out what odds they are offering for all the big markets and they put them all in one handy table with the best odds in bold.

This means you can quickly and easily find which bookies are offering the best odds for your particular bets. It won’t provide the overall odds for the treble bet, but you can search the individual selections and then base your decision on which gives the overall highest odds for your bet.

Tournament betting

Treble bets can be used strategically when it comes to tournament betting in some sports. For example, all tennis tournaments are seeded so it means that the higher ranked players play the lower ranked players in the early rounds.

If you were planning on placing single bets in the early rounds on the best players, the odds will generally not be worth it. However, if you place a treble bet instead, on three different games featuring top tennis players, then this will make it much more worthwhile doing.

Another example of this is in the early rounds of the FA Cup or World Cup when you potentially have much stronger teams playing weaker sides. By placing treble bets in these scenarios you can multiply the odds making it much more attractive.

Pros And Cons Of Treble Bets

Treble bets do come with both pros and cons, so it’s up to you to decide whether you think they are for you or not. Let’s take a look at the key ones below:

Pros

• Reasonably easy to place

• Huge range of markets and sports to choose from

• Multiplied odds can provide highly profitable payouts

• Can help to increase odds while betting on favourites

• Can do research to help make predictions

• Can use bet boosts and odds comparison sites to get the most value

• Can be used strategically in tournament betting

Cons

• Higher risk than single and double bets

• All elements need to win in order to be successful