Lucky 15 at William Hill
William Hill pays double the odds when just one selection wins and adds 10% to the winnings when all four win. Its bonus is already picked in the calculator.
William Hill's Lucky 15 rules
- One winnerDouble the odds on the win part
- All four win10% added to total winnings
- To qualifyAll four selections run, the same stake on every bet, one selection per race, and no ante post prices (early prices taken before the final list of runners is fixed)
- Paid onWinnings only, never the stakes
At William Hill, a Lucky 15 comes with two extras: double the odds if just one of your four picks wins, and a 10% boost on your winnings if all four come in. Both are calculated on winnings alone, never on your stake, and both depend on your slip following a few set rules. The bet itself joins four selections into 15 separate lines, made up of four singles, four trebles, six doubles and a fourfold.
Rules from William Hill's help page Bonus and Consolation Bets: Rules, read on 22 October 2026.
William Hill's Gambling Commission licence is held by WHG (International) Limited, account 39225, listed on the public register.
What does William Hill add to the bet?
When three picks lose and one wins, that winning single is settled at double its price, so 4/1 becomes 8/1. When every selection wins, William Hill boosts your winnings by 10%.
That 10% goes on the winnings rather than the full payout. Picture a £1 slip whose four picks are priced 2/1, 3/1, 4/1, 5/1, with every one of them winning: you receive £839.00, and since the winnings are £824.00, the bonus adds £82.40 on top.
How much does a Lucky 15 cost?
All 15 bets need paying for, so you spend 15 times whatever your unit stake is. Going each way takes you to 30 bets, since each one now carries a win half and a place half.
| Unit stake | Win only | Each way |
|---|---|---|
| 10p | £1.50 | £3 |
| 50p | £7.50 | £15 |
| £1 | £15 | £30 |
The Yankee uses the same four picks but drops the singles, giving 11 bets for £11 at £1 stakes. That extra £4 in a Lucky 15 pays for the singles, and those are what let a single winner still return some cash.
Rules the slip has to meet
Under William Hill's terms, every one of the four selections has to run, each bet must carry an equal stake, and only one pick per race is allowed. Your selections must be horses or greyhounds, and the price must be the starting price or a William Hill price.
Prices taken ante post are excluded. Ante post simply means taking an early price, usually days or weeks ahead, before the final list of runners is fixed. If your slip is each way, the doubled odds only apply to the win half, never the place half.
What comes back if only one selection wins?
Only the winning single pays out when just one selection wins, so everything hangs on that single price. Below is a £1 win Lucky 15, a £15 outlay, comparing the standard single with William Hill's doubled version.
| Price of winner | Standard payout | Doubled at William Hill |
|---|---|---|
| 2/1 | £3 | £5 |
| 4/1 | £5 | £9 |
| 6/1 | £7 | £13 |
| 10/1 | £11 | £21 |
The bonus helps, but a lone winner at a short price still won't recover your £15. It takes the edge off the loss instead of creating a profit.
What you get back when 2, 3 or all 4 win
The moment two selections win, their double pays alongside the two singles, and returns climb fast after that. The numbers here assume a £1 win Lucky 15 where all four picks share one price, with no William Hill bonus included.
| Price of all four | One wins | Two win | Three win | All four win |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evens | £2 | £8 | £26 | £80 |
| 2/1 | £3 | £15 | £63 | £255 |
| 3/1 | £4 | £24 | £124 | £624 |
| 5/1 | £6 | £48 | £342 | £2,400 |
Mixed prices follow the same pattern. Say your £1 slip has picks at 2/1, 3/1, 4/1, 5/1, and the two shorter-priced ones win while the rest lose: the singles pay £3.00 and £4.00, the double pays £12.00, and £19.00 comes back from your £15, leaving you £4.00 up.
Each way slips at William Hill
Going each way splits every bet into two halves, one on the win and one on a placed finish. That makes a £1 each way Lucky 15 cost £30.
Say one horse wins at 4/1 on a £1 each way slip at William Hill, with places paid at 1/4 the odds and the other three unplaced. The win single pays £5.00, the place single pays £2.00, and the doubled odds add £4.00 to the win half only, so your £30 stake returns £11.00 in total. If all four picks, priced 2/1, 3/1, 4/1, 5/1, come in, the win half pays £839.00 and the place half £66.03, £905.03 in all. William Hill's 10% on the £875.03 winnings adds £87.50, so £992.53 comes back from £30.
Non-runners and the bonus
A selection withdrawn before its race counts as a non-runner, and because all four must run, your slip loses the extras. The bet carries on regardless and still costs £15 at £1 stakes.
That non-runner's single gives your £1 back, and any line containing it is settled on the remaining picks, which turns the fourfold into a treble. Imagine a £1 slip with three winners at 2/1, 3/1 and 4/1, while the last pick doesn't run: £239.00 comes back from £15.
WHG (International) Limited holds William Hill's online betting licence, registered under account 39225 with the Gambling Commission.