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| Accountant |
What some call their bookmaker |
| Across the Board |
Wagering on a horse to win place & show. |
| Action |
A bet . |
| Agent |
A person that places customers into a book for a commission. |
| Alpo |
The underdog |
| Back Door Cover |
When a team usually out of the game scores meaningless points to cover the spread. |
| Bad Beat |
A game you thought you had won and then lose. |
| Beard |
A person who makes plays for someone else; a runner. |
| Beef |
A claim or dispute with your bookie over the outcome of a bet. |
| BM |
Bookmaker |
| Book/Bookie |
Short for bookmaker or a person who takes bets. |
| Bow-wow |
An underdog. |
| BR |
Your bankroll |
| Chalk |
The favorite. |
| Chalkeater |
A person who plays only favorites. |
| Circle/Circle Game |
A game where the betting limits are lowered, usually due to injuries and/or weather. |
| Clone Joint |
A sportsbook that moves its lines to conform with everyone else |
| Cover |
Win the game by more points then you laid or lose by less points then you had taken, a pointspread win. |
| Degenerate |
A compulsive gambler. |
| Dime |
In betting terms, $1000 |
| Dog |
The underdog |
| Dollar |
In betting terms, $100 |
| Earn |
Percentage hold. |
| Even Money |
A wager on which a side lays no juice or vigorish. |
| Exotic |
Any wager other than a straight bet or parlay; a proposition or "prop". |
| Exposure |
The maximum amount of money a sports book stands to lose on a game. |
| Figure |
What you won or lost last week or the amount in you account; or, an amount owed to or by a bookmaker. |
| Form |
A tabloid used for horse racing data. |
| Futures |
Bets made on one day that don't take place on that day, but take place on a later day. |
| Getting down |
Placing a bet. |
| Handicapper |
A person who studies factors such as statistics, injuries, weather and news to predict the outcome of games. |
| Handle |
Total amount of money wagered. |
| Hedge |
To reduce amount of action by wagering on the opposite side of a previous bet. |
| Hook |
The half point in point spreads. As in 6.5, 6 and a hook. |
| Juice |
Amount of the commission kept by the house, also called vig or vigorish |
| Laying a price |
Playing a favorite. |
| Layoff |
Money bet by a house, with another bookmaker, to reduce it's liability. |
| Limit |
Maximum amount of money accepted for one wager. |
| Lines |
The odds on a game (also refered to as price). |
| Lock |
Used to describe an easy winner or a can't lose game. |
| M.L.B. |
Major League Baseball |
| Martini |
A legal pain killer for losing days |
| Matador |
A cover that occurs in the last moments of the game (also refered to as a "back-door-cover). |
| Middle |
Betting both sides of a game at different prices with the hope of winning both wagers: example - if a bettor played Chicago (minus 4) and Los Angeles (plus 6), and Chicago won, 100 - 95, the bettor would win both bets, or "catch the middle"). |
| Middler |
A player that bets both sides of the game. |
| Mush |
A bettor who is bad luck. |
| N.B.A. |
National Basketball Association |
| N.C.A.A. |
National College Athletic Association |
| N.F.L. |
National Football League |
| N.H.L. |
National Hockey League |
| Newbie |
A person who is new to gambling or to forums. A rookie. |
| Nickel |
In betting terms, $500 |
| Off The Board |
A game on which bookmakers are not accepting wagers (generally because of injuries). |
| Overlay |
A situation in which the odds on a game favor the bettor, rather than the house. |
| Parlay |
A one bet ticket written with at least two wagers (ALL bets must win for the ticket to cash) Example- Yankees to win, Raiders to win. Both teams MUST win for the bettor to win the wager. If either loses, the ticket loses. |
| Past Post |
A bet made after the start of a game or horse race. |
| Pick/Pick'em |
A game where neither team is favored, an even game. |
| Pointspread |
The amount of points or goals that the favorite gives the underdog for betting purposes. |
| Price |
The odds, or line, on a game. |
| Pup tenter |
A company who sets up shop for a season, then disappears with bettor's deposits. |
| Puppy |
The underdog. |
| Push |
A tie. |
| Round robin |
A single ticket which is comprised of more than one parlay. |
| Rundown |
A list of odds on a particular day's game. |
| Runner |
One who places bets for another; a beard. |
| Scalper |
A player that lays a low number and takes a higher number...usually plays at no risk. |
| Scamdicapper |
A tout that gives outlandish promises about win percentages and expectations. |
| Score |
A big win. |
| Sharp |
A sophisticated or professional sports bettor. |
| Spread |
Short for pointspread. |
| Square |
A novice sports bettor; rookie. |
| Steam |
When a large amount of money starts to come in on one side of a game and the line moves rapidly. |
| Straight bet |
One wager (as opposed to a parlay). |
| Sucker bet |
Parlays, teasers or exotics (anything bookmakers use to entice squares to bet more). |
| Taking a price |
Betting on an underdog. |
| Tapped out |
Broke from gambling. |
| Teaser |
A type of bet where you get to adjust the point spread in your favor. |
| The short |
The underdog |
| Total |
Number put up by a bookmaker on a game where a player bets either over or under the # of runs, points or goals scored in that game. |
| Tout (service) |
A person (or company) that either sells or gives away selections on games. |
| Tweeners |
A book that has all it's numbers in the middle of all other books. |
| Underlay |
A situation in which the odds on a game favor the house, rather than the bettor. |
| Uniforms |
Referees, officials |
| Value |
An overlay. |
| Vig/Vigorish |
An amount of commission kept by the house, also called juice. |
| Wager |
A bet. |
| Wise Guy |
A smart bettor, one that plays the "steam" before it becomes "steam"; a professional sports bettor. |
| Zebras |
Referees |