The calculator takes six selections at decimal odds and a unit stake, then prices all 63 bets from the six singles up to the six-fold. Back comes your outlay, the return if the full six land, and the point where losing legs stop the bet paying. At £1 a unit the outlay is £63, one pound per bet.
What Sits Inside a Lucky 63
Six selections generate 6 singles, 15 doubles, 20 trebles, 15 four-folds, 6 five-folds and 1 six-fold accumulator. Sixty-three bets, each staked at the unit you set.
Strip out the six singles and 57 bets remain, which is a Heinz on identical selections. Those six singles are the only structural difference between the two bets, and they cost £6 at a £1 unit.
A Worked Example
Six selections at decimal odds of 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.8 and 2.2, with a £1 unit stake.
- Outlay: 63 bets × £1.00 = £63.00.
- All six win: return £1,127.96, profit £1,064.96.
- The same six as a Heinz: 57 bets × £1.00 = £57.00 outlay, all-win return £1,114.46, profit £1,057.46.
- The gap: £6.00 more staked, £1,127.96 – £1,114.46 = £13.50 more back.
- The six-fold inside both bets: 2.0 × 2.5 × 3.0 × 2.0 × 1.8 × 2.2 = 118.8.
On the all-win outcome the singles turn £6 into £13.50, which is a modest premium for the extra stake. The case for them shows up on the outcomes where legs go down.
With one loser, 31 of the 63 bets stay live and 5 of them are singles. The Heinz on the same card drops to 26 live bets with nothing at the single level. Take it further: with five of the six beaten, the Lucky 63 still has one winning single on the board and the Heinz has nothing at all.
How to Read the Results
The outlay figure moves in steps of 63. Move the unit from £1 to £2 and the total goes to £126.00, which is the arithmetic most bettors skip when they think of the stake as the number they typed.
The all-win return is the ceiling, and it arrives rarely on six football selections. The rows below it matter more, because the return with four or five winners is what decides whether this bet type suits your card.
The singles column is worth reading on its own. It shows what a poor Saturday returns when only one or two names come in, and it is also the £6 of extra outlay you carry into every other outcome.
Six Singles Cost £6 and Do Not Always Earn It
Look at the prices. Three of the six sit at 2.0 or shorter, and three winning singles at 2.0, 2.0 and 1.8 pay back £2.00 + £2.00 + £1.80 = £5.80 against the £6.00 those singles cost. Short-priced selections weaken the case for the Lucky version of the bet; longer prices strengthen it.
The larger drag sits in the 57 combination bets. A two-way market priced 1.90 / 1.90 implies 52.63% on each side, an overround of 5.26% and a hold of 5.00% of turnover. Every leg you add multiplies that cut into the combined price. The Hold / Vig Calculator quantifies it on a single market and the Parlay Calculator shows the compounding across a chain.
No bookmaker bonus or consolation terms are included in the figures above. If yours applies them, your settled return will differ from the arithmetic here.
Further Reading
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What is the difference between a Lucky 63 and a Heinz?
The singles. Both cover six selections, but a Lucky 63 has 63 bets including 6 singles, while a Heinz has 57 and starts at doubles. On six selections at 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.8 and 2.2 with a £1 unit, the Lucky 63 costs £63 and returns £1,127.96 for all six winners, against £57 and £1,114.46 for the Heinz.
How many bets are in a Lucky 63 and what does it cost?
Sixty-three: 6 singles, 15 doubles, 20 trebles, 15 four-folds, 6 five-folds and 1 six-fold. Each carries the unit stake, so the outlay is the unit multiplied by 63. That is £63.00 at £1, £31.50 at 50p and £15.75 at 25p. Bookmakers show the total on the slip, so check it before confirming.
Do all six selections need to win?
No. One winning selection returns its single, and four or five winners leave a large block of the 63 bets live. Whether that clears the £63 outlay depends on the prices involved. With one loser, 31 of the 63 bets survive, made up of 5 singles, 10 doubles, 10 trebles, 5 four-folds and 1 five-fold.
Is a Lucky 63 better than placing six singles?
They answer different questions. Six singles at a £1 stake cost £6 and pay only on the selections that win. The Lucky 63 costs £63 and adds 57 combination bets that need at least two winners each. The combination bets carry compounding bookmaker margin, so the extra £57 buys a longer-odds outcome rather than a better-priced one.