Heinz Calculator
Six selections, fifty-seven bets — named for the varieties.
A Heinz covers six selections with every combination from doubles upward: 15 doubles, 20 trebles, 15 fourfolds, 6 fivefolds and a sixfold. Fifty-seven bets, which is where the name comes from.
Your 6 selections, in American odds
Selection 1
Selection 2
Selection 3
Selection 4
Selection 5
Selection 6
Stake per line
Bets placed
57
Total staked
£57.00
If all win
£716.00
Break even at
4 of 6
| Winners | Lines that cash | Profit |
|---|---|---|
| 6 of 6 | 57 | £659.00 |
| 5 of 6 | 26 | £175.00 |
| 4 of 6 | 11 | £15.00 |
| 3 of 6 | 4 | −£37.00 |
| 2 of 6 | 1 | −£53.00 |
| 1 of 6 | 0 | −£57.00 |
| 0 of 6 | 0 | −£57.00 |
Winning half your selections still loses money here. You need 4 of 6 before this ticket breaks even.
The same £57.00 on a single 6-fold accumulator would return £3648.00 if everything won, against £716.00 here. The difference is what you are paying for the softer landing — and each line carries its own compounded margin, so this is a way to spread risk, not an edge.
Common questions
- How much does a Heinz cost?
- A Heinz is 57 separate bets, so your total stake is 57 times your stake per line. A £1 Heinz costs £57, not £1 — the single most common surprise with these bets, and the reason the calculator shows total stake before anything else.
- How many bets is a Heinz?
- 57. It covers doubles, trebles, 4-folds, 5-folds, 6-folds across 6 selections. That count is fixed by the maths — it is every combination of those sizes — which is why every bookmaker's Heinz has exactly 57 lines.
- How many winners do I need for a Heinz to pay out?
- To get anything back, you need at least two winners before anything comes back. To actually profit is a different question and depends entirely on your prices — at short odds you can win most of your selections and still lose money, because the losing lines outnumber the winning ones. The scenario table shows the exact point where your ticket turns a profit.
- Why is it called a Heinz?
- Because it is 57 bets, after the "57 varieties" slogan. The naming is a piece of British bookmaking humour rather than anything mathematical — but the 57 is exact, being the sum of every combination of six selections from doubles up.
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