Using the Boost Builder
Boosts & parlays · Web & iOS · Last updated August 28, 2026
Quick answer
The Boost Builder assembles the best +EV parlay it can find for a profit boost at one sportsbook. Pick a mode and a book, set how many legs and what percentage your boost pays, tap Build Parlay, and you get a priced ticket with a suggested stake and a link into the book’s slip. It is a Pro feature.
What it does
Your book hands you a profit boost and you have to decide what to put it on. Open Boost Builder, name the book and the boost, and it builds a parlay from the +EV bets on that book’s board, prices it and links you to the slip.
A boost lifts your profit, not your stake, so it is worth more on a long price than on a short one — which is why the builder will trade up to longer legs when you ask it to. The arithmetic is in Profit boosts, and what makes one +EV.
It is a Pro feature: Free and Plus see a sample ticket and an upgrade prompt, and the build is refused server-side. Prices are on the pricing page.
| Capability | Free | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live odds, no delay | not included | included | included |
| Kelly stakes in your own dollars | not included | included | included |
| EV% on every bet | not included | included | included |
| The full bet feed | not included | included | included |
| Real-time edge alerts | not included | included | included |
| Bet tracking with automatic settlement | not included | included | included |
| Parlay pricing | not included | included | included |
| In-game odds while the game runs | not included | not included | included |
| Boost Builder | not included | not included | included |
| Same-game parlay pricing | not included | not included | included |
| Fair (no-vig) prices | included | included | included |
Current prices are on the pricing page.
Filling in the form
- 1
Choose a mode
Multi-game takes one leg per game and works at every book. Same-game (Beta) puts every leg in one game, at a short list of books and one league for now; your other same-game books sit under Coming soon. See Parlay, SGP and SGPx.
- 2
Pick your sportsbook
Required — every leg and price comes from this one book. The list is your books from Settings, narrowed to the beta list in Same-game mode.
- 3
Same-game only: pick a Game
Leave it on Best value to let the builder choose, or pin a matchup. An empty list means no games from that league are on, not a broken book.
- 4
Set Legs and Boost %
The stepper only offers what the mode supports, and Same-game tops out much lower. Boost % is whatever your promo pays — set it to 0 and the ticket shows plain combined odds.
- 5
Open Filters to narrow it
Min combined odds, markets, teams (My Teams fills your saved ones), players, an odds range, a minimum EV per leg for props and game markets, and today’s games only.
- 6
Tap Build Parlay
Legs come from the same live board the bet feed uses at that book, ranked by expected value and always pre-game. Bets you have tracked or hidden are left out.
Min combined odds is a target, not a filter
It filters nothing out. The builder takes the best-EV legs first, then swaps in longer-priced replacements — positive-EV ones that genuinely lengthen the ticket — until it clears your floor. If nothing gets there, you get the best ticket available and a message naming both prices.
Type it as a real American price
+400 and -250 work. A number that is not valid American odds — 50, 0, -50 — is ignored rather than rejected, so you get a normal build with no floor and nothing explaining why.
Reading the ticket
- Boosted odds is the big number, with the pre-boost price struck through beside it.
- fair is what the parlay is really worth, with the sharp book’s logo (or "Avg") beside it. A same-game ticket shows none: no book quoted that combination, so the number is our own estimate.
- EV and a badge. Same-game tickets publish a range, and the badge is keyed to its low end, so a range straddling zero never wears a good one. See Badges explained.
- Bet → win is a fractional-Kelly stake on your saved bankroll and the payout at the boosted price — see How we size your wager.
- Multi-game combined odds are our multiplication of the leg prices; a same-game headline is the book’s own quote for that combination.
Swapping legs and comparing books
More picks to add holds the alternates the build did not use: expand it and drag one in, or use its add button. The bin icon puts a leg back in the pool. Multi-game reprices instantly; a same-game ticket is re-quoted at the book, and if the book refuses that combination the swap reverts and says so.
Same parlay, other books prices the identical legs everywhere else. A book that cannot price every leg is left out rather than shown with a shorter parlay, and the sharp books we measure fair prices against never appear. Live · refreshed says how old the numbers are, and returning to a stale ticket re-quotes it.
Placing it and tracking it
Add to slip opens the book’s one-tap combined link. Without one, a Multi-game ticket offers Open each leg in a new tab, since those legs are independent singles; a same-game ticket does not, and asks you to build it in the book’s app instead — When we can’t price your parlay says why.
Track parlay saves it at the price you are getting — boosted odds, with the unboosted price kept so My Bets strikes it through. See Tracking boosted parlays.
On iOS: On iPhone this is the Parlay tab. Swipe a leg for Swap, which re-rolls that one slot and keeps the rest, or Remove. There is no dragging.
Saving a setup as a preset
A preset stores the book, mode, leg count, boost percentage and filters — not a pinned game. The rail groups them by sportsbook; tapping one loads it and builds, and its ⋮ menu holds Edit, Rename and Delete. Edit an active preset and a dot marks it unsaved: the save button becomes Update, with Save as new preset in the dropdown.
Bet responsibly
A boost improves a price; it does not make a parlay safe. Parlays lose far more often than they win, and stacking legs for a longer price raises your variance. Betting is 21+ — never stake money you need. Get help.
Common questions
Why does my boost parlay only take one leg per game?
In Multi-game mode the combined price is your leg prices multiplied, which is only right when the legs are independent. Two legs from one game affect each other and would be mispriced by that maths, so they belong in Same-game mode, where the book quotes the combination itself.
I set a minimum of +400 and got +310. Why?
The floor is a target, not a filter. The builder swaps in longer-priced legs to try to reach it, but only legs actually on the board at your book, and only ones with positive EV. When nothing reaches your number you get the best ticket available plus a message saying so.
It says no qualifying +EV bets were found. What now?
A Multi-game parlay needs as many qualifying games as legs. Cut the leg count, widen markets, teams or players, lower the per-leg EV floors, or wait for a fuller slate. If the message names bets you already hold, turn off Hide Odds Cards in [Settings](/settings). Same-game builds fail with their own messages — [When we can’t price your parlay](/help/parlay-pricing-unavailable) lists each one and what fixes it.
Can I lock a leg so the builder keeps it?
Not on the web — every build picks its own legs. What you can do is edit afterwards: remove a leg or drag one in from More picks to add, and the ticket reprices around your change. On iPhone, adding or swapping a leg on a ticket you are holding does keep the rest.
How do I reuse the same filters next time?
Save them as a preset. It stores the book, mode, legs, boost percentage and all filters, and one tap loads and rebuilds it. Presets are part of Pro, and the rail groups them by sportsbook so a preset per book stays easy to find.
Related help
Profit boosts, and what makes one +EV
What a sportsbook profit boost actually pays, how DawBets decides whether a boosted bet is worth taking, and where to enter your boost.
How we price a same-game parlay
Where a same-game ticket’s price, fair odds and EV range come from, why the edge is a range, and what the beta covers today.
When we can’t price your parlay
Why DawBets sometimes refuses to show an EV or a same-game price, what each message means, and what actually fixes it.
How boosted parlay stakes are sized
Where the suggested bet on a boost ticket comes from: fractional Kelly, your bankroll and risk setting, the player-prop cut, and rounding.
Tracking and settling boosted parlays
What Track parlay saves on a boosted ticket, how a parlay settles, and what happens when a leg pushes or voids.
Responsible gambling and getting help
Helplines, warning signs, the 21+ rule, and why self-exclusion and deposit limits run through your state and your sportsbook, not DawBets.
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