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Must Know Sports Betting Terms & Glossary

Accumulator

An ‘Accumulator’ bet involves more than one selection on a bet, often consisting of four or more selections. All of your selections need to arrive for this bet to win.

Ante-post betting

Ante-post betting is often attractive to punters with a strong working knowledge of horse racing, as it allows bets to be placed days, weeks or months in advance of a specific racing event.

Banker 

A supposedly certain bet. Be careful when someone says something is a “banker” – plenty of punters have had their fingers burned when bankers don’t arrive.

Bookmaker

A licensed individual who sets daily betting odds and accepts bets. Hollywoodbets is a licenced bookmaker.

Bookie

Short for a bookmaker.

Blinkers

A type of headgear fitted to a horse that limits its field of vision, mainly from each side. Blinkers are designed to help horses concentrate in races.

Cheekpieces       

A form of headgear which consists of pieces of sheepskin placed on either side of the bridle and performs a similar job as blinkers in helping the horse to concentrate.

Double bet

Two single selections placed as one bet, with the odds being combined to give the player higher potential winnings. However, both selections in the bet need to come true for a payout to occur.

Cash out

To cash out means that you can get money back on your bet at any time during the event you’ve bet on, not just when the event is over. The amount you get back depends on the point during the event which you cash out, and because of that, you may actually get less out than the money you initially laid down.

Dead heat

Where an event is tied. Two (or more) selections finish level. This term is usually reserved for horse racing.

Draw No Bet

In the “Draw No Bet” type of bet, you would win if your team earns a victory, and you would get your money back if the match ends in a draw. It’s a popular bet type because the draw outcome doesn’t affect your bet.

Each-way

Common in horse racing, each-way betting takes a single amount and splits it on a horse to finish first or second. Both bets pay if the horse finishes first while just one bet pays if the horse finishes second.

Filly

A female horse aged four or younger.

Favourite

A team, animal or athlete that is favoured to win a game or event. Liverpool, for example, would be the favourites playing against Watford.

Full-Time Result (90 Minutes)

In the Full-Time Result betting market, the home team would win, the away team would win, or the game would end in a draw. In this type of bet, extra-time and penalties don’t count. Only the score after the second half ends are taken into consideration.

Maiden

A horse who has yet to win a race.

Place bet

A place bet involves backing a selection to finish in the top three or top 4 depending on how many places are opened for that event. The selection can finish in any position stated on your bet, if you top place bet where they offer three places it won’t matter if your selection finishes first, second or third. You will be paid the same amount.

Punter

A customer or bettor. The person placing the bet with the bookmaker.

Stake

The amount of money a punter risks on a specific bet.

Tipster

Someone who provides betting tips.

Underdog

An underdog is a person or group in a competition, usually in sports and creative works, who is largely expected to lose.  A team not favoured to win a game.

Over 2.5 Goals Betting Market

The over 2.5 goals market means that you are betting that the total number of goals scored during the match plus stoppage time will be over 2.5. You will win only if there are three or more goals during the game.

BTTS

Both teams to score. A bet on both teams in a match to score at least one goal each.

Fixed-odds betting

By securing a bet at fixed odds, you guarantee that your potential returns from that bet will not change, regardless of whether or not the odds on that market fluctuate after your bet is placed.

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