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Picklebet Throws a Hail Mary with New Betting Feature

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Last updated: Thu 24 Sep 2026 08:08

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Picklebet have launched their brand new betting feature 'Hail Mary'
Hail Mary allows punters to build a multi to varying degrees of risk/reward
Sports such as NRL, AFL, Soccer, Tennis & Basketball all have new multi feature

Picklebet has introduced a new betting feature called Hail Mary, giving Australian punters another way to adjust the risk and potential reward attached to their bets.

How Does Picklebet Hail Mary Work?
What Makes Hail Mary Different?
What Sports have the Hail Mary Feature?
A Different Approach to Finding a Bet

The feature is built around a simple sliding scale that allows customers to choose how adventurous they want to be. As shown in Picklebet’s interface, the Hail Mary scale contains five different levels - Steady, Juicy, Spicy, Big Swing and Hail Mary - with the risk increasing as users move further along the slider.

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Rather than presenting every customer with the same type of bet, the concept gives punters a visual way of choosing how aggressive they want their selection to be. At the lower end is Steady, while the opposite end is the appropriately named Hail Mary, representing the biggest swing on the scale.

How Does Picklebet Hail Mary Work?

Picklebet’s Hail Mary feature revolves around its five-level slider.

At one end of the spectrum, Steady represents the more conservative option. From there, customers can move through Juicy and Spicy, before reaching the higher-risk Big Swing and Hail Mary settings.

Each category is accompanied by its own icon, making the feature easy to navigate visually. Steady is represented by an anchor, Juicy by a juice box, Spicy by a chilli, Big Swing by a boxing glove and Hail Mary by praying hands.

The interface also provides feedback as the slider moves between the different levels. For example, the photo in the image above shows the slider sitting around the Spicy level, with the message “Getting interesting.” displayed underneath.

The basic idea is to allow a customer to decide what level of risk they are comfortable with before exploring the corresponding betting option.

Level	Position on Scale	What it represents
Steady	Lowest	The more conservative end of the Hail Mary scale
Juicy	Low-Medium	A step up from the lowest-risk setting
Spicy	Medium	The middle of the scale
Big Swing	High	A more aggressive option
Hail Mary	Highest	The most adventurous end of the scale

The design makes the progression particularly clear. The slider begins in green around Steady before transitioning through yellow and orange as the selections become more aggressive, eventually moving towards the highest-risk end of the feature.

It effectively turns the process of finding a bet into an interactive experience rather than requiring customers to manually work through a long list of markets.

What Makes Hail Mary Different?

The most interesting element of Hail Mary is the way Picklebet has packaged the traditional relationship between risk and potential return.

A punter who wants something towards the conservative end of the spectrum can remain around Steady, while someone searching for a more ambitious bet can move the slider towards Big Swing or Hail Mary.

Importantly, moving further along the scale should not be interpreted as making a bet more likely to win. The opposite principle generally applies when comparing betting selections: higher potential returns ordinarily come with a lower implied probability of success.

That distinction is particularly relevant with a feature such as Hail Mary. A larger potential payout may be more eye-catching, but customers should consider the actual selections, odds and conditions presented by Picklebet before placing a wager rather than choosing a bet purely because of its position on the slider.

What Sports have the Hail Mary Feature?

Picklebet have provided the Hail Mary feature to a number of sports, including:

NRL
AFL
Soccer
Basketball
NFL
Tennis
Cricket
Rugby Union

A Different Approach to Finding a Bet

Hail Mary continues Picklebet’s focus on presenting sports betting in a more interactive format. Picklebet already operates across sports, racing and esports, with its website providing both single and multi betting functionality.

The Hail Mary interface takes that approach further by asking a straightforward question: how much of a swing do you want to take?

From the anchor of Steady through to the praying hands of Hail Mary, customers can quickly indicate the type of bet they are looking for and then assess the option presented to them.

For punters, however, the fundamentals remain unchanged. Before confirming any Hail Mary selection, it is important to look at exactly what the bet contains, the price being offered and the amount being staked. The slider provides a simple way to navigate between different levels of risk, but ultimately each bet still needs to be assessed on its own merits.