If Bet

An if bet is a conditional sports wager that links two or more selections, where each later selection is placed only if the previous one wins, or meets a named trigger, so your money advances down the chain only while you keep winning. It is a stake-control tool: you fund the sequence with a single starting amount rather than risking full stakes on every leg at once, which caps your maximum loss to that first bet if the opening selection loses. The trigger condition is set when you place the wager. An "if win" bet only advances the next leg when the prior selection wins outright. An "if win or push" (also called "if action") advances when the prior leg wins or ties/voids, returning that stake so the sequence continues. Unlike a parlay, an if bet does not multiply odds together, and unlike a parlay a losing early leg simply stops the chain instead of killing an accumulated payout. Worked example: you place a $100 if bet on Team A at -110 (win $90.91), then "if win" on Team B at -110. Team A wins, returning $190.91; your original $100 rolls to Team B. If Team B also wins you collect roughly $181.82 profit. If Team A loses, Team B is never placed and your loss is capped at $100 — versus $200 had you bet both games separately. Why it matters: an if bet lets you chase two plays on one bankroll while ring-fencing downside, but the sequence only fires in the fixed order you set, so a first-leg loss forfeits an otherwise-winning second leg. Compare with the reverse bet, which runs the same selections in both directions to remove that ordering risk, and with the parlay and hedge bet.