What Leg means
A leg is simply one individual bet within a larger parlay. A three-leg parlay contains three separate selections, each of which needs to win independently (subject to correlation, covered below) for the full parlay to pay out. Sportsbook apps typically let you build a parlay by tapping individual bets across different games or markets, adding each one as a new leg to a running bet slip.
Key points
- A leg is simply one individual bet within a larger parlay.
- A three-leg parlay contains three separate selections, each of which needs to win independently (subject to correlation, covered below) for the full parlay to pay out.
- Sportsbook apps typically let you build a parlay by tapping individual bets across different games or markets, adding each one as a new leg to a running bet slip.
Example and context
In practice
Sportsbook apps typically let you build a parlay by tapping individual bets across different games or markets, adding each one as a new leg to a running bet slip.
Related glossary terms
These terms sit in the same part of the betting vocabulary and are useful to read next.
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