Sportsbook

March 16th, 2010

Sportsbook at Wynn Las Vegas, during Super Bowl XLII, February 2008
A sportsbook (sometimes abbreviated as book) or a race and sports book is a place where a gambler can wager on various sports competitions, including football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, horse racing and boxing. The method of betting varies with the [...]

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Betting odds slang

November 22nd, 2009

Betting odds slang is a series of words used to describe particular common fractional odds.

Evens – Levels, Scotch
2/1 – Bottle
3/1 – Carpet, Gimmel
4/1 – Rouf
5/1 – Hand
5/2 – Face
6/1 – X’s
7/1 – Nevs
8/1 – T.H.
9/1 – Enin
10/1 – Cockle, Net
11/10 – Tips
33/1 – Double Carpet
100/30 – Burlington Bertie

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Runner-runner outs in Texas hold ‘em

September 8th, 2009

Some outs for a hand require drawing an out on both the turn and the river—making two consecutive outs is called a runner-runner. Examples would be needing two cards to make a straight, flush, or three or four of a kind. Runner-runner outs can either draw from a common set of outs [...]

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The flop

May 8th, 2009

The value of a starting hand can change dramatically after the flop. Regardless of initial strength, any hand can flop the nuts—for example, if the flop comes with three 2s, any hand holding the fourth 2 has the nuts. Conversely, the flop can undermine the perceived strength of any hand—A♣ A♥ would [...]

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Powerballs And Bonus Balls

April 29th, 2009

Many lotteries have a “powerball” (or “bonus ball”). If the powerball is drawn from a different pool of numbers from the main lottery, then simply multiply the odds by the number of powerballs. For example, in the 6 from 49 lottery we have been discussing in this article, if there were 10 [...]

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Types of craps bets

April 27th, 2009

The fundamental bet in craps is the pass line bet, in which one bets that the dice will pass (that is, roll the point number before rolling a 7). A pass line bet is also won if the come-out roll is a 7 or 11. The following discussion assumes that the shooter, [...]

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Cribbage statistics

April 14th, 2009

There are 12,994,800 scoring hands in Cribbage (52c5 x 5, 5 cards then any of those 5 as the turn up card).
Approximately 8.5% of randomly drawn four-card hands will score 0 (not including pegging).
The highest score is 29 (555J in hand with the turn-up 5 of the same suit as the Jack).
The [...]

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Lottery Mathematics – Odds of getting other scores in choosing 6 from 49

April 3rd, 2009

One must calculate the total number of lottery combinations (c(49,6) = 13,983,816, as explained in the section above), and divide it by the number of those combinations which give the desired result – which equates to the number of ways one can select the winning numbers multiplied by the number of ways [...]

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Poker probability for Texas hold ‘em

March 13th, 2009

In poker, the probability of many events can be determined by direct calculation. This article discusses how to compute the probabilities for many commonly occurring events in the game of Texas hold ‘em and provides some probabilities and odds[1] for specific situations. In most cases, the probabilities and odds are approximations [...]

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Odds

March 10th, 2009

In probability theory and statistics the odds in favor of an event or a proposition are the quantity p / (1 − p), where p is the probability of the event or proposition. The logarithm of the odds is the logit of the probability.Odds have long been the standard way of representing [...]

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Pocket Aces

January 19th, 2009

Pocket Aces refers to a starting poker hand that contains two Aces. The most common context is a game of Texas Hold’em.Other names for Ace-Ace include American Airlines, bullets, and rockets.
In a conventional game of hold’em, Ace-Ace is the best possible starting hand. It is the best hand before the flop, is [...]

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Dutch book

December 1st, 2008

In gambling a Dutch book or lock is a set of odds and bets which guarantees a profit, no matter what the outcome of the gamble. It is associated with probabilities implied by the odds not being coherent.In economics a Dutch book usually refers to a sequence of trades that would leave [...]

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Online casino

November 28th, 2008

Online casinos, also known as virtual casinos or internet casinos, are online versions of traditional (“brick and mortar”) casinos. Online casinos enable gamblers to play and wager on casino games through the Internet.Online casinos generally offer odds and payback percentages that are comparable to land-based casinos. Some online casinos claim higher [...]

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Toy gun version of Russian roulette

November 7th, 2008

Equipment
The primary piece of equipment used to play modern Russian roulette is a toy gun that has a 1/6 probability of activating when the trigger is pulled. The gun may be a dedicated device, or it could be a video game light gun connected to a computer programmed for Russian roulette simulation.
Play
All [...]

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Betting odds slang

October 1st, 2008

Betting odds slang is a series of words used to describe particular common fractional odds.

Evens – Levels, Scotch
2/1 – Bottle
3/1 – Carpet, Gimmel
4/1 – Rouf
5/1 – Hand
5/2 – Face
6/1 – X’s
7/1 – Nevs
8/1 – T.H.
9/1 – Enin
10/1 – Cockle, Net
11/10 – Tips
33/1 – Double Carpet
100/30 – Burlington Bertie

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Asian handicap

September 28th, 2008

An Asian Handicap is a sports betting term used to describe spread betting in football (soccer). Described as Asian because of its Eastern origins, the phrase has little else to do with the region. This form of soccer betting has gained increased popularity over the last few years and is now offered [...]

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Lottery jackpot records

September 20th, 2008

Lottery jackpot records are a matter of some interest to both participants and observers of this form of gambling.It is often said that the annual Christmas lottery in Spain, dubbed El Gordo (The Fat One), is the largest in the world. In 2003 its prize fund reached (converting euros to approximate [...]

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Betting strategy

September 10th, 2008

Betting strategies or betting systems are approaches to gambling intended to increase the odds of winning.
Independent Events
The following betting strategies have been recorded as being applied to games which operate on independent events. For such games, the odds of a particular outcome are identical for every bet played. No such strategy can [...]

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Jueteng

September 5th, 2008

Jueteng (pronounced wet-teng) is an illegal numbers game played in the Philippines. Jueteng came from China and it means flower (jue) and bet (teng). Although illegal, it is a widely popular game with participation that crosses most, if not all social and economic boundaries, played by rich and poor alike. With [...]

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MIT Blackjack Team

August 27th, 2008

The MIT Blackjack Team, as the name suggests, was a group of students and ex-students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who attempted to beat casinos at blackjack worldwide. The team and its successors operated from 1979 through the beginning of the 21st century.
The plan and operation
Blackjack gives the house a low statistical [...]

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