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Yankee Bet Explained
A Yankee is 11 bets on four selections: six doubles, four trebles and one fourfold accumulator. It has no singles, so at least two of the four selections must win for any return. Your stake is per bet, so a £1 Yankee costs £11, and an each-way Yankee costs twice as much. Fortune Games takes no sports bets, so the worked example below is a Yankee placed with a bookmaker.
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The 11 bets inside a Yankee
| Bet type | How many | Winners needed |
|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 6 | 2 |
| Trebles | 4 | 3 |
| Fourfold | 1 | 4 |
The four selections are in different events, and each of the 11 bets is settled on its own. Because the smallest bets are doubles, nothing comes back until two selections win, and every extra winner brings more of the 11 bets into play: three winners pay three doubles and a treble, and four winners pay all 11.
What a Yankee costs
Each of the 11 bets carries your unit stake, so the total cost is 11 times it: 50p a bet comes to £5.50, and £2 a bet to £22. Each way, the bet becomes two Yankees of the same size, one on the win and one on the place, so £1 each way costs £22. The place part pays at a fraction of the odds, and each-way multiples are settled win to win and place to place.
A worked example
Say you place a £1 Yankee with a bookmaker, £11 in all, on four selections at evens, 2/1, 3/1 and 4/1. A winner returns its winnings plus the stake, so £1 at 2/1 comes back as £3, and in a double or treble the whole return from one selection is staked on the next.
With one winner, or none, the Yankee returns nothing. With two, only the double between them pays, so their odds decide whether you get your stake back: if the evens and 2/1 selections win, the double returns £6, which is £5 less than the £11 staked, while 3/1 and 4/1 winners return £20. If evens, 2/1 and 3/1 all win, the three doubles return £6, £8 and £12 and the treble £24, so £50 comes back in total. If all four win, every one of the 11 bets pays, and the Yankee returns £345.
Smaller and bigger relatives
The same structure scales up and down. On three selections, a Trixie is four bets with no singles, and a Patent adds a single on each selection to make seven. On five, a Super Yankee, also called a Canadian, is 26 bets: 10 doubles, 10 trebles, five fourfolds and a fivefold, and it also needs two winners for a return. Add the five singles and you have a Lucky 31. On six selections, a Heinz covers 57 bets.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Yankee 11 bet?
The 11 is the number of bets inside a Yankee. Each pair of your four selections forms a double, each group of three a treble, and all four together the fourfold. They are 11 separate bets of the same stake, so different winners can pay different parts of it.
What’s a Yankee bet in horse racing?
The same 11 bets, with a horse in each of four different races; Yankees are popular on racing. Placed each way, a horse that finishes in the places without winning loses its win part but can still count towards the place Yankee.
What is the difference between a Yankee and a Lucky 15?
A Lucky 15 is a Yankee plus a single on each selection. That makes 15 bets instead of 11, so it costs 15 times the unit stake rather than 11, and it can return something from just one winner, where a Yankee needs two.
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Checked on 2 November 2026 against Wikipedia’s glossary of bets offered by UK bookmakers, OLBG’s guide to horse racing bet types, Gambling.com’s Yankee guide, the Gambling Commission’s public register and time-out rules, our terms and conditions, FAQ and responsible gaming pages, and the lobby feed. How we research and check our guides: our editorial policy.