Below is a three-team NHL parlay for Thursday, February 14, 2013. The cells of the two charts are colour-coded based on wager type. This is to help with comparison analysis.

As you can see, the lottery corporations are not consistent in their offerings. Only BC and Quebec offer side betting on regulation time (first chart) and final results including overtime and shootouts (second chart).

Ontario, meanwhile, only offers side betting on final results, while the Atlantic Lottery (Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI) and the Western Canada Lottery (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta) only offer side betting on results after overtime, not including shootouts. (Pretty sneaky, eh?)

Regardless, you will also notice that the online sportsbooks – SportsInteraction.com, Ladbrokes.com, bet365.com – almost always have better odds and payoffs than the lotteries, which should come as no surprise. After all, the lotteries are government-owned.

Matchup	Pick	Atl.	Que.	Ont.	West.	BC
NYI@NYR	NYR	1.50	1.40	1.30	1.45	1.74	1.82	1.80	1.83
WAS@TB	TB	1.75	1.60	1.45	1.70	1.90	1.97	1.95	2.00
COL@MIN	MIN	1.65	1.60	1.40	1.65	1.80	1.90	1.83	1.95
Payoff on a $10 bet		$43	$36	$26	$41	$60	$68	$64	$71
Odds apply to regulation time plus overtime, but not shootouts
Odds apply to regulation time only
Odds apply to final game results, including shootouts

Matchup	Pick	Atl.	Que.	Ont.	West.	BC
NYI@NYR	NYR	1.50	1.30	1.30	1.45	1.50	1.53	1.57	1.54
WAS@TB	TB	1.75	1.45	1.45	1.70	1.57	1.61	1.64	1.62
COL@MIN	MIN	1.65	1.40	1.40	1.65	1.53	1.54	1.58	1.58
Payoff on a $10 bet		$43	$26	$26	$41	$36	$38	$41	$39
Odds apply to regulation time plus overtime, but not shootouts
Odds apply to final game results, including shootouts

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