Posts Tagged ‘odds’
Posted by Nicolae on October 1st, 2008 under Gambling terminology
Tags: betting, fractional, odds, slang, words •
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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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Posted by Nicolae on September 28th, 2008 under Sports Betting, Sports betting guide
Tags: Asian, benefits, bets, betting, bookmakers, charts, description, example, football, formats, gamblers, handicap, odds, payout, quarter, reference, soccer, sports, spread, starters, terms, ties, Video, whole •
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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 [...]
Posted by Nicolae on September 20th, 2008 under Lottery Guide
Tags: annuity-value, Big Game, British, Christmas, El Gordo, EuroMillions, European, gambling, games, Irish, lotteries, lottery, lottery jackpot records, Mega Millions, national lottery, odds, prize, record, Spain, state, The Fat One, tickets, United States, USA •
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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 [...]
Posted by Nicolae on September 10th, 2008 under Wagering guide, strategies
Tags: betting strategies, betting systems, gambling, Independent Events, Kelly criterion, martingale, odds, winning •
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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 [...]
Posted by Nicolae on September 5th, 2008 under Lottery Guide, Rules, games
Tags: bet, bets, China, flower, gamblers, game, illegal, jue, Jueteng, numbers, odds, Philippines, scandals, teng, wagers •
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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 [...]
Posted by Nicolae on August 27th, 2008 under Blackjack, Casinos, Celebrities, Gamblers
Tags: Al Francesco, betting, Blackjack, Blackjack Hall of Fame, Breaking Vegas, card tracking, card-counting, casino games, gamblers, investigators, Johnny Chang, Ken Uston, links, media, methods, Million Dollar Blackjack, MIT Blackjack Team, odds, operation, plan, statistical advantage, story, Strategic Investments, strategy, students, team manager •
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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 [...]
Posted by Nicolae on August 22nd, 2008 under Slot machine Guide, Slots
Tags: cold, Hot, missed opportunities, misunderstandings, odds, payout changes, placement, play, progressive, random number generator, slot machine, Software, win, winning combination •
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“Hot” and “Cold” machines
Standard slot machines do not get “hot” or “cold”. The odds of hitting a winning combination are determined by a random number generator contained in the machine’s software and is exactly the same with every spin. Such slot machines are never “due to be hit” if they haven’t paid [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 23rd, 2008 under Poker, Poker terminology Guide
Tags: Ace-Ace, American Airlines, bullets, King-King, odds, Pocket Aces, rockets, seven-card stud, starting poker hand, texas hold'em, two Aces •
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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 [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 22nd, 2008 under Sports Betting, Wagering guide
Tags: bets, betting exchanges, bookie, bookmakers, bookmaking, gamblers, odds, Robert Angleton, turf accountant, winnings •
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A bookmaker, bookie or turf accountant, is an organisation or a person that takes bets and may pay winnings depending upon results and, depending on the nature of the bet, the odds. Bookmaking may be legal or illegal, and may be regulated; in the United Kingdom it was at times both regulated [...]
Posted by Nicolae on June 20th, 2008 under Sports Betting, Sports betting guide
Tags: alphanumeric display, American Totalizator Company, horse racing, odds, payoffs, race track, telethon, totalizator, tote board •
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A tote board is a large, numeric or alphanumeric display used to convey information, typically at a race track (to display the odds or payoffs for each horse) or at a telethon (to display the total amount donated to the charitable organization sponsoring the event).
The first tote boards were manufactured for [...]