2-LEG PARLAY
Vikings ML, Cowboys ML
A Pick Six parlay is a ticket with exactly six legs, and all six have to win for it to cash. It is one of the four jackpot tiers in our builder. The other three are Scratch-Off, Power Parlay and Mega Parlay.
The other tiers are defined by an odds window. Pick Six is defined by its leg count. Its odds float with the legs you choose. Six picks near even money land around +6,300, roughly a 1 in 64 shot before margin. Six longer picks can push it much higher.
Below are the math, where Pick Six fits on the board, and how to build and read one.
Each tier in the builder answers a different question:
- Scratch-Off covers +2,500 to +50,000 with three to five legs. - Power Parlay runs +50,000 to +500,000. - Mega Parlay is +500,000 and up. - One- and two-leg tickets are Quick Picks.
Pick Six ignores the odds window and fixes the count at six. That makes it easy to compare. Every Pick Six has the same number of chances to break, so the difference between two of them is the quality and price of the picks, not how many were stacked.
It also makes a good middle ground. Six is enough legs for a real payout, without the very long odds of a Mega Parlay.
Vikings ML, Cowboys ML
Brown, Lopez
Pittman, Over 44.5, Hollins, Henry, Over 45, Mumpfield, Nacua, Williams
Olson, Ohtani, Rice
Parlay odds multiply. Convert each leg to decimal odds and multiply all six together.
- A leg at +100 is 2.0 in decimal. - Six of those give 2 to the sixth power, which is 64.0. That is +6,300, with an implied chance of 1 in 64.
The hit chance shrinks the same way. Six coin flips all landing your way happens about once in 64 tries. Add the sportsbook margin on each leg and the true chance gets a little longer than the price suggests.
That is why every ticket here shows both the estimated hit chance and the fair price from market consensus. You can see how much margin six legs have quietly added.
Open /build and choose Pick Six. The builder spins a six-leg ticket from live lines on the sports currently on the board, which can include NFL, college football, MLB and NHL depending on the day.
Each ticket shows three things:
- its price at one sportsbook - the estimated hit chance, written like "1 in 66,091" - the fair price
Hover over any leg's odds to compare every book. With six legs, a slightly better price on one or two of them makes a real difference to the final number.
If one leg looks weak, that is the one to question. Every pick has to land.
Once a ticket is posted, others can tail or fade it, or tail or fade any single leg. Picks that show up on several open tickets appear in Hot legs. Each ticket has a live chat room for sweating legs as games finish.
Grading is automatic from ESPN box scores. Open tickets with legs still alive sit at /?status=alive, and tickets that cash move to /?status=won.
For a full walkthrough of the numbers on a ticket, see /guides/how-to-read-parlay-odds. For a sense of how the house ladder spaces its risk from rung 1 to rung 10, see /picks.
For entertainment only. Long parlays almost never hit; the hit chance on every ticket is an estimate from market prices. You must be 21+ and in a state where sports betting is legal. If gambling stops being fun, call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.