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Glossary

What's a same game parlay?

A same game parlay (SGP) stacks several outcomes from one match into a single bet — a scorer, a goals line, a card count. Because outcomes from one game move together, the book prices the correlation itself — with a fatter margin than separate bets would carry. Fun product; priced accordingly.

How it works

Pick one match, stack outcomes, take one price. The catch is correlation: a striker scoring makes the over likelier, and the pricing model knows those relationships better than any bettor. The quoted price bakes the correlation in — plus margin hidden where it's hardest to see. SGPs turned every match into a build-your-own lottery ticket; know what the ticket costs.

SGPs and bonus bets

Most books allow bonus bets on SGPs, and given the margins, that's the right money for them: winnings are real, the stake was never yours. BetMGM's UK cousin literally hands out builder-only free bets; expect US structures to keep leaning the same way.

The mistake everyone makes

Stacking obviously-correlated legs and calling it value — team to win, striker to score, over the total. Those travel together and the model priced them together; you're not outsmarting it, you're paying its favorite toll. SGPs are for expressing one match's story, not for beating the algorithm that wrote the odds.

Frequently asked

Can I use bonus bets on same game parlays?

Usually yes — SGPs generally accept bonus bets like any market, though a few books fence off specific combinations. Spend them like real money, because that's exactly what they're worth when they win.