{"id":36733,"date":"2023-07-12T15:29:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.safebettingsites.com\/?page_id=36733"},"modified":"2023-07-12T15:29:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:29:21","slug":"what-is-a-round-robin-bet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.safebettingsites.com\/what-is-a-round-robin-bet\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Round Robin Bet? A Guide for UK Punters"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may one day find yourself asking the question, what is a round robin bet? If that is the case, then you’re in luck as our betting experts have put together a comprehensive explanation of the round robin bet meaning.<\/p>\n

The round robin bet is one of the oddest types of bet available, and learning how to place a round robin bet is not easy as it involves a rare type of bet known as an up-and-down single-stake pair. We will explain this type of bet in full, and how it helps when you want to know how to work out a round robin bet.<\/p>\n

How does the Round Robin bet work?<\/h2>\n

First up, let’s get one thing out of the way first. If you’ve ever placed a bet in the US, or have heard bettors in the US talking, then you may have heard of the round robin bet … but that’s not a round robin bet! A round robin bet is the US is typically a bet on a number of selections that includes all possible combinations, except for the singles. For example, a round robin bet in the US on four selections would involve and an acca, trebles and doubles (but no singles). Let’s leave that there though, as a round robin bet in the UK is not<\/em> the same as a round robin bet in the UK. As we are a UK-based site, we are going to concentrate on the UK version of the round robin.<\/p>\n

We also need to get the term ’round robin’ explained too – it has nothing to do with robins, or people called Robin. It comes from the French word ‘ruban’<\/a> which means ribbon, and originally meant the custom of signing documents – or placing one’s ribbon – in a circle so that no one is deemed to have signed it first, or signed it last. Over time, round robin became the name of a tournament where every competitor plays every other competitor. The EPL, for example, is a double round robin tournament as every team plays every other team twice, home and away.<\/p>\n

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The Round Robin Bet Explained<\/h3>\n

The round robin in betting is a standard bet on three selections, as follows:<\/p>\n

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