Explaining Pleaser Bets - Sports Betting Basics and How-To Guides - YouTube

Welcome to this GamblingSites.org sports betting how-to video.

I’m Drew Goldfarb, and today we’ll be breaking down “Pleaser” bets.

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So before we get into the strategy for making Pleaser bets, let’s break down what they

are, exactly.

Pleasers are a type of parlay that involve combining multiple point spread wagers or

multiple totals wagers into a single bet.

Just as with standard Parlays, all selections in the Pleaser must be correct for the wager

to win.

Pleasers are much harder to win, however, as the spreads or lines are moved in the bookmaker’s

favor.

In this way, they are essentially the opposite of “Teaser” bets, and are one of the more

advanced wagers you can make.

… In this video, we’ll help break them down for you, so that you, too, can make informed

decisions and bets.

Let’s start with an example, and say that you’re looking at these two matchups on

the point spread.

Your preferred bookmaker has the Pittsburgh Steelers as 6.5-point favorites at home against

the Cleveland Browns, and the New England Patriots as 7.5-point favorites on the road

against the New York Giants.

A standard two-team parlay would be a logical bet if you felt that the Steelers and the

Patriots would both cover the spread.

It would be successful if they won by 7 points and 8 points, respectively, though it wouldn’t

give you a *huge* return for your money.

You’d probably end up winning about two-and-a-half times your initial stake.

Not bad by any means, but not spectacular.

… So let’s say you wanted to go for a bigger return, and you are confident that

the Steelers and Patriots will both not just cover the spread, but do so comfortably.

If that’s the case, you might consider a 6-point Pleaser.

This would move each of the spreads against you by 6 points apiece.

Now, you’d need the Steelers to win by at least 13, and the Patriots to win by at least

14.

This is less likely to happen, of course, but you’d end up with a bigger potential

payout of around six times your initial stake.

There are two main factors in determining the payout odds: the number of points the

spread is moved by, and the number of selections included in the wager.

Obviously, the more points you move the spreads by, or the more picks added to the Pleaser,

the more difficult it will be to get the selections right.

These higher payouts do mean that you don’t have to win on your Pleaser bets quite as

often to break even or win money long-term, but the payouts are higher for a very good

reason.

For example, using our 2-team, 6-point example that has a 6-to-1 payout, you’d need each

selection to be correct individually 37.8% of the time.

That would mean that 14.29% of the time, you’d get both selections correct and win your Pleaser

bet, which is the minimum amount in order to break even.

Many people view Pleaser bets as -EV, but there are rare times that +EV Pleaser bets

exist.

The best point spreads to Please across for two-team, six-point Pleasers are…

Teams favored by 7.5, 10.5 or 14.5 points, and underdogs listing at +13.5, +16.5, and

+20.5 or higher.

… If you want to know just how rare +EV Pleaser bets are to find, we went back through

NFL seasons over a specific five-year stretch, and found only 19 weeks had at least a two-team

Pleaser option available.

Only 4 of those times was it a 3-team Pleaser at +EV.

That’s over the span of 5 NFL seasons…

85 total weeks… and fewer than 20 opportunities for a +EV Pleaser bet.

Pleaser betting is a fun way to have a chance at a large payout for a small stake.

There’s nothing wrong with making $20, 6-team Pleaser bets, hoping to cash-in on a $6,000

payday.

It’s just important to note that this is for fun… don’t get carried away betting

more than you can afford to lose.

If you’re looking to make only +EV bets, then you’re probably going to want to look

elsewhere.

… … … … That’ll do it for our “Pleasers” guide.

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I’m Drew Goldfarb, thanks so much for watching.

I’ll see you next time.