Betting Glossary

     

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  • Accumulator: A series of bets on multiple outcomes, all outcomes must be successful for the Punter to win the bet.
  • Ante Post: Bet that takes place well before an event which includes all possible participants. If the selection becomes a 'non-runner' the bet is lost.

  • Arb: A bet that locks in a guaranteed profit, whatever the outcome.

  • Asian Handicap: A football bet that gives the least likely winner a head start to make betting more competitive.

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  • Banker: A bet that is considered to be a near certainty.

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  • Canadian: A bet on five selections covering doubles, trebles, fourfolds and a fivefold.

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  • Double: A bet on two horses where both are required to win.

  • Drifter: A horse whose odds are getting bigger due to lack of support in the betting.

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  • Each-way: A bet on a horse to place as well as win. Place terms depend on number of runners and type of race.

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  • Fourfold: A bet on four horses where all are required to win.

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  • Hedging: Backing another outcome in an event you have already bet on to decrease the risk involved.

  • Heinz: A bet on six selections covering doubles, trebles, fourfolds, fivefolds and a sixfold.

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  • Lay: Betting on something not to happen, for example a team not to win.

  • LSP: Level Stakes Profit. The amount of profit that would have been made if all stakes had been 1 unit.

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  • NAP: A tipster's best bet of the day.

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  • Odds on: Betting on an outcome that is odds on results in the profit of the bet being less than the original stake i.e. less than evens (2.0).

  • Over-round: The margin the bookmaker builds into their odds to ensure they make a profit on an event.

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  • Patent: A bet on three selections that covers seven bets, three singles, three doubles and a treble.

    • R

  • ROI: Return On Investment.

  • Round Robin: A bet on three selections containing ‘three pairs of singles stakes about’ bets, three doubles and one treble.

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  • SP: Starting Price - the price of a horse when the race starts broadly based on an average of the on course bookmakers odds for the horse.

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  • Tissue: A betting forecast designed to predict the odds of each runner in an event.

  • Treble: A bet on three outcomes where all are required to win.

  • Trixie: A bet on three selection which covers the three doubles and the one treble.

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  • Yankee: A bet on four selections that covers the six doubles, four trebles and one fourfold.

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Table for Horse Racing in April

 Name W/L Profit £
1 Hcap Service Horse Racing  17/31 +238.13
2 Tipwise Horse Racing  10/9 +218.50
3 ApprenticeJo Horse Racing  9/52 +88.00
4 Dynamite21 Horse Racing  9/21 -29.60
5 DaveStevos Horse Racing  0/3 -30.00
6 Jennifer19 Horse Racing  2/9 -32.50
7 Big Al Horse Racing  17/52 -40.50
8 Next Best All  3/13 -62.90
9 Tipwise WS Horse Racing  7/31 -63.00
10 TipOfTheDay All  2/16 -77.00
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The stake for each tip is 10 units

Table for Non-Racing in April

 Name W/L Profit £
1 Bet Monkey Football  3/2 +53.50
2 Big Dawg Greyhounds  8/14 +46.20
3 Footy Movers Football  8/28 -81.70
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The stake for each tip is 10 units