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Bookies Nightmare Bet Calculator

Calculate Bookies Nightmare returns — a massive combination bet from 9 selections designed for maximum coverage.

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Bookies Nightmare
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Betting Summary & Returns
Total Outlay
$440.00
Total Return
$7400.00
Total Profit
+$6960.00
Bet TypeBookies Nightmare
Number of Bets44
Selections9
Stake Per Bet$10.00
Calculations are estimates and exclude bookmaker-specific bonuses.
Quick Reference: Odds Formats
Decimal
Total return per unit staked, including your stake. 2.50 returns $2.50 on a $1 bet.
Fractional
Profit relative to stake. 3/2 means $3 profit for every $2 staked, plus your stake back.
American
Positive shows profit on a $100 stake; negative shows the stake needed to win $100.

What is a Bookies Nightmare?

The Bookies Nightmare is one of the most complex bets available. It uses 9 selections and combines every possible bet type — singles through to a nine-fold accumulator, plus SSA pairs — for maximum coverage. The total number of bets exceeds 500.

Why “Bookies Nightmare”?

The name says it all — settling this bet is a bookmaker administrative nightmare. The sheer number of combinations means the settlement involves hundreds of individual calculations.

Breakdown

  • 9 × Singles
  • 36 × Doubles
  • 84 × Trebles
  • 126 × Four-folds
  • 126 × Five-folds
  • 84 × Six-folds
  • 36 × Seven-folds
  • 9 × Eight-folds
  • 1 × Nine-fold
  • Plus 36 SSA pairs (72 conditional bets)
  • Total: 500+ bets

Example

At $1 per bet (total stake: $500+), if all 9 win at 2.00 each: the nine-fold alone returns $512, the eight-folds return $2,304, and the total across all bets is astronomical. Even 4-5 winners at these odds can return a profit.