Free Canadian calculator
5 selections, 26 bets — 10 doubles + 10 trebles + 5 fourfolds + 1 fivefold. Also known as the Super Yankee — same bet, two different names.
| Type | Bets | Stake | Win | Place | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
What a Canadian actually is
A Canadian (or Super Yankee — different bookmakers, same wager) is the 5-selection equivalent of a Yankee. You pick five selections — A, B, C, D and E — and the bookmaker writes 26 bets covering every combination of two or more: 10 doubles (every pair), 10 trebles (every three), 5 fourfolds (every four), and 1 fivefold accumulator across all five.
No singles. A minimum of two winners is needed to return anything. At £1 a unit, that's £26 outlay — roughly 19% cheaper than a Lucky 31 on the same five picks, in exchange for no singles cushion and no bookmaker bonus terms.
Worked example — five winners at evens
Five selections, all priced Evens (2.00), £1 unit stake — total outlay £26. Settling each component:
- 10 doubles × (£1 × 4.00) = £40
- 10 trebles × (£1 × 8.00) = £80
- 5 fourfolds × (£1 × 16.00) = £80
- 1 fivefold × (£1 × 32.00) = £32
Total return = £232 on £26 outlay — a profit of £206, or about 8× your stake. Note how the fourfolds and fivefold dominate: with five evens winners, the trebles already match the doubles in pure return, and each additional fold on top is another doubling of the multiplier. This is why even-money Canadians at long-shot prices can deliver life-changing returns from small unit stakes.
And with only 2 of 5 winning at evens? You collect on one double — £4 return on £26 outlay, a £22 loss. The no-singles structure means modest winning days look like losses, but the all-five jackpot dwarfs the bookkeeping.
Canadian vs Yankee vs Lucky 31
The Canadian sits between the 4-selection Yankee and the 5-selection Lucky 31:
| Bet type | Selections | Bets | Singles? | Bonuses? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yankee | 4 | 11 | No | No |
| Canadian | 5 | 26 | No | No |
| Lucky 31 | 5 | 31 | Yes (5) | Standard |
The Canadian is the lean 5-selection bet. If you're betting short prices where singles add limited value, the Canadian is more efficient than a Lucky 31. If your selections are longer-priced and you want the single-winner safety net plus bookmaker bonuses, step up to a Lucky 31.
Where the bookmaker's margin compounds
Twenty-six bets means 26 layered slices of the bookmaker's margin. The fivefold in particular compounds the overround across all five legs — a Canadian with five legs each carrying 4% margin gives the bookmaker about 21% expected take on the fivefold alone. The structural reason long-priced multiples almost always lose is the cornerstone reference for why even big-priced Canadians look attractive but rarely close their EV gap.
Related tools and guides
- Betting Calculator — full multi-mode calculator: accumulator, system bets, lay, free bet, arbitrage.
- Lucky 31 Calculator — same 5 selections plus 5 singles and standard bookmaker bonuses.
- Yankee Calculator — the 4-selection version of the same structure (11 bets).
- Heinz Calculator — the 6-selection step up (57 bets).
- Odds Converter — Decimal ↔ Fractional ↔ American with implied probability.