re: I played one of those local white football cards for the first time in 25 yrs

Some of the parlay cards out here are ties win, some are ties lose. Ties reduce on all off the board parlays. The parlay cards are tricky though, the payout for a 3 teamer is not 6 TO 1 it's 6 FOR 1. So with a normal $10 parlay that you hit you collect 70 bucks, your 60 win plus your 10 bet. Parlay cards you just collect the 60. So it's a ripoff unless you're getting a much better line on the card.