By SoloPredict Tips Desk · Updated 2026-09-28
A flexible bet lets you decide how many of your selections actually have to win. Put eight matches on the slip, set the winning condition to six, and six correct results pay you something instead of nothing. What you hand over for that is size. The payout drops the moment you flex, even if all eight land.
How does a Flexi bet work?
You build an ordinary multiple, then set the number of correct selections you want to be paid on before you confirm. SportyBet's own promo copy puts it as choosing 3 out of 5. The app recalculates and shows you the new return.
Read that number. It is the whole decision, and most people tap straight past it.
What is the difference between Flexible and One Cut on SportyBet?
One Cut forgives exactly one wrong leg. Flexible lets you choose the number, so it can forgive two, or three, or more.
One Cut is a fixed setting. Flexible is a dial, and the further you turn it the more it costs you.
If all my teams win, do I get the full amount or the flex amount?
The flex amount. Flexing rewrites the bet, and the only slip that pays is the one you confirmed.
That is the most common complaint about the feature and the answer nobody wants. You bought insurance. The premium came out of the win, quietly.
Can you cash out a flexible bet?
SportyBet's help centre says no, flexible bets cannot be cashed out. That article is years old, so check your own slip rather than taking my word or theirs.
So you are locked in until the last match settles. Both of SportyBet's landing pages for the feature were 404ing this morning, which is probably why so many people are asking Google instead of the operator.
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Everything we rate today is on the live football predictions table with its league, kick-off in WAT and the price we took. If you are going to flex a slip, build it from calls you would have backed singly, not from filler added to reach eight legs.
Prices move on team news. Check your app before you stake.
What happens if one of my selections is voided?
SportyBet has said a voided or cancelled selection counts as lost when the flexible bet is worked out.
That is harsher than a normal multiple, where a void leg usually drops out at odds of 1.00 and the rest of the slip carries on. On a flexed slip a postponed match can burn one of the misses you were counting on.
Is a flexible bet worth it?
On long slips, sometimes. On short ones, rarely.
My own view is that flexing a five-fold is paying for cover you barely need, while flexing a twelve-fold is admitting the twelve-fold was never going to land and you should have played six. The feature is most honest when you use it on a slip you already believe in and want to survive one bad referee. It is least honest when it lets you keep adding legs.
The SportyBet predictions page lists which features each of the big Nigerian books carries, and our legit predictions page has the reasoning behind each call.
Questions people ask
Flexi bet meaning, in one line?
A multiple where you set how many legs must win, and accept a smaller payout for the privilege.
What is a flexible bet in Nigeria specifically?
The same feature. The naming differs by country more than the mechanic does.
How do I select flexible on the SportyBet app?
Build your multiple, then look for the Flexible option near the stake field before you confirm.
What is the minimum number of selections?
At least two, and it only appears on straight multiples rather than combination bets. The slip says when it is unavailable.
Do other bookmakers have it?
Several run their own version under a different name. Our Bet9ja predictions page carries the feature table for comparison.
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