ATS-
against the spread
10 Cent Line
- The money line difference (10 cents)
between what a bettor would lay with the
favorite or take back with the underdog;
see Dime Line
20
Cent Line - The money line
difference (20 cents) between what a
bettor would lay with the favorite or
take back with the underdog
Action - A wager of any kind
Bad
Beat - Tough Loss
Beard - Messenger bettor
Buck
- $100
Chalk - Favorite
Circled Game - Game where action is
limited due to uncertainties about
weather, injuries, etc.
Cover - Win by more than the
pointspread
Dime
- $1000
Dime
Line - Slang used to designate the
10 cent money line. The money line
difference (10 cents) between what a
bettor would lay with the favorite or
take back with the underdog; see 10 Cent
Line.
Dog
- Underdog
Dollar - $100
Edge
- Advantage
Even
Money - A wager on which neither
side lays any odds or vigorish
Exotic Bet - Action other than a
straight bet or parlay
Exposure - The amount of money one
actually stands to lose on a game
Favorite - The contestant in any
given contest that is considered the
most talented, or has the best chance to
win the contest
Firing - Betting a lot. A player who
is "firing" is wagering large sums
"Foots" - Slang word used sometimes
for football
Futures - Wagers made, or lines/odds
posted on an event or outcome taking
place some time in the future, e.g.
betting during the season on the
SuperBowl winner.
Get
Down - Make a bet
Halftime Line - A line on only the
first half, or only the second half
scoring of a football or basketball game
Handicapper - One who studies sports
and predicts outcomes
Hedge - Bet the opposite of your
original wager in order to reduce the
amount of exposure you have on a game
Hook
- Half point in pointspreads
Home
Field Advantage - Edge the home team
is expected to have as a result of
familiarity with the playing area,
favorable demographics and effect of
travel on the visiting team
Hot
Tip - Information the bookmaker is
not yet privy to
Juice - Bookmaker's commission, most
often refers to the 11 to 10 football
bettors lay on straight wagers. Also
known as vigorish or "vig".
Lay
The Points - A wager on a favorite
in a pointspread contest
Lay
The Price - A wager on a favorite in
a moneyline contest
Limit - Maximum bet accepted by the
house before the price will be changed
Line
- The moneyline, odds, or pointspread of
any given contest
Lock
- Easy Winner
Longshot - Large underdog
Middle - To win both sides of a
game. For example, if you bet the
underdog +3 1/2 and the favorite -2 1/2
and the favorite wins by 3, you've
middled the book. The book has been
middled.
Moneyline - The amount you must bet
to win 100 or the amount you win if you
bet 100
MVP
- Most Valuable Player. Leagues give MVP
Awards to the best regular-season and to
the outstanding player in championship
games or series
Neutral Site - Arena, court or field
where neither side has a home field
advantage
NFL
- National Football League
Nickel - $500
Off
The Board - Game where no bets are
being accepted
Over/Under - A bet on whether the
combined total of the points/goals
scored by the two teams will exceed or
be less than a specified number
Overlay - When the odds on a
proposition are in favor of the bettor
rather than the house
Overtime - The continuance of a
contest that is tied at the end of
regulation time until a winner is
determined or the maximum number of
overtime periods have expired
Parlay - A bet with two or more
teams where all the teams must win for
the bettor to be successful
Past
Post - To make a bet after an event
has started
Penny Line - A money line that is
adjusted in increments of a penny, or
one cent at a time
Pick
or Pick'em - A game where neither
team is favored
Player - Bettor, gambler
Pointspread - The handicap, or head
start, which the favorite gives to the
underdog for betting purposes
Press - To bet a larger amount than
usual
Price - The moneyline odds on the
favorite of a given match
Puppy - Underdog
Push
- A tie between the bettor and the
bookmaker that is the result of the
score of an event falling exactly on the
pointspread number, or the total points
number
Rain
Out - A contest that has been
canceled because of bad weather
Round Robin - A series of parlays. A
three-team round robin consists of one
three-team parlay and three two-team
parlays
Rundown - Line update
Runner - Messenger bettor; see beard
Scalper - One who attempts to profit
from the differences in odds from book
to book by betting both sides of the
same game at different prices
Score - To win a lot of money
Scratch - Withdraw; cancel
Sharp - Wise guy
Side
- To win one side and tie the other. For
example, if you lay -2 1/2 and take 3 on
the same game and the favorite wins by 3
you have sided the book. The book has
been sided.
Side
Bet/Side Wager - A wager on a
particular team, or side, to win a
contest
Soft
Line - A wagering line that is not
current with the true posted line. A
line that has been adjusted or moved as
a result of action and does not reflect
the true line as posted.
Spread - An abbreviated form of
pointspread
Steam - When a betting line starts
to move quite rapidly. Most "steam
games" do not necessarily reflect the
"right side", but are games that the
mass of bettors somehow decide to key on
Straight Bet - A single wager on a
selected side or over/under
Sudden Death - An overtime period in
which the first contestant to score is
declared the winner of the contest
Superbowl - NFL Championship game
Take
A Price - A wager on the underdog in
a moneyline contest
Take
The Points - A wager on the underdog
in a pointspread contest
Teaser - A bet on 2 or more teams
where the line on each team is adjusted
in the favor of the bettor. Like a
Parlay, all selections must be correct
for the teaser to win
Toss
Up - Game where the line is close to
pick-em
Total - The line on a given contest,
representing the combined number of
points scored by the two teams; see
over/under
Tout
Service - A business that sells
opinions on sporting events
Underdog - The contestant in any
given contest that is considered the
least talented, or has the least chance
to win the contest
Underlay - When the odds on a
proposition are in favor of the house
Value - An overlay
Vigorish - Bookmaker's commission,
most often refers to the 11 to 10
football bettors lay on straight wagers.
Also known as juice.
Wise
Guy - Established and successful
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