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Accountant
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What some call their bookmaker
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Across the Board
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Wagering on a horse to win place & show.
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Action
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A bet .
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Agent
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A person that places customers into a book for a commission.
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Alpo
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The underdog
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Back Door Cover
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When a team usually out of the game scores meaningless points to cover the spread.
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Bad Beat
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A game you thought you had won and then lose.
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Beard
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A person who makes plays for someone else; a runner.
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Beef
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A claim or dispute with your bookie over the outcome of a bet.
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BM
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Bookmaker
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Book/Bookie
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Short for bookmaker or a person who takes bets.
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Bow-wow
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An underdog.
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BR
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Your bankroll
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Chalk
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The favorite.
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Chalkeater
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A person who plays only favorites.
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Circle/Circle Game
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A game where the betting limits are lowered, usually due to injuries and/or weather.
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Clone Joint
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A sportsbook that moves its lines to conform with everyone else
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Cover
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Win the game by more points then you laid or lose by less points then you had taken a pointspread win.
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Degenerate
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A compulsive gambler.
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Dime
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In betting terms $1000
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Dog
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The underdog
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Dollar
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In betting terms $100
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Earn
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Percentage hold.
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Even Money
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A wager on which a side lays no juice or vigorish.
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Exotic
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Any wager other than a straight bet or parlay; a proposition or prop.
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Exposure
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The maximum amount of money a sports book stands to lose on a game.
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Figure
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What you won or lost last week or the amount in you account; or an amount owed to or by a bookmaker.
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Form
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A tabloid used for horse racing data.
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Futures
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Bets made on one day that don't take place on that day but take place on a later day.
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Getting down
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Placing a bet.
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Handicapper
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A person who studies factors such as statistics injuries weather and news to predict the outcome of games.
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Handle
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Total amount of money wagered.
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Hedge
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To reduce amount of action by wagering on the opposite side of a previous bet.
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Hook
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The half point in point spreads. As in 6.5 6 and a hook.
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Juice
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Amount of the commission kept by the house also called vig or vigorish
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Laying a price
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Playing a favorite.
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Layoff Money
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bet by a house with another bookmaker to reduce it's liability.
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Limit
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Maximum amount of money accepted for one wager.
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Lines
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The odds on a game (also refered to as price).
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Lock
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Used to describe an easy winner or a can't lose game.
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M.L.B
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Major League Baseball
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Martini
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A legal pain killer for losing days
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Matador
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A cover that occurs in the last moments of the game (also refered to as a "back-door-cover").
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Middle
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Betting both sides of a game at different prices with the hope of winning both wagers.
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Middler
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A player that bets both sides of the game.
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Mush
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A bettor who is bad luck.
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MVP
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A Most Valuable Pick (Play of the Day) or a "lock" on tickets played.
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N.B.A
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National Basketball Association
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N.C.A.A
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National College Athletic Association
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N.F.L
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National Football League
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N.H.L
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National Hockey League
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Newbie
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A person who is new to gambling or to forums. A rookie.
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Nickel
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In betting terms $500
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Off The Board
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A game on which bookmakers are not accepting wagers(generally because of injuries).
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Overlay
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A situation in which the odds on a game favor the bettor rather than the house.
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Parlay
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A one bet ticket written with at least two wagers Example: Yankees to win, Raiders to win. Both teams MUST win for the bettor to win the wager. If either loses, the ticket loses.
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Past Post
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A bet made after the start of a game or horse race.
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Penalty Killing Unit
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TMB Power Play Unit (forum) moderators grouping.
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Pick/Pick'em
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A game where neither team is favored an even game.
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Pointspread
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The amount of points or goals that the favorite gives the underdog for betting purposes.
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Power Play Unit
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TMB forum where members post plays and discuss Canadian sport proline wagering.
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PP Winners
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Points that are rewarded to members for posting 3 correct picks according to Ontario game list.
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Price
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The odds or line on a game.
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Prospect
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A new member on the Power Play Unit forum.
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Pup tenter
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A company who sets up shop for a season then disappears with bettor's deposits.
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Puppy
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The underdog.
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Push
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A tie.
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Round robin
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A single ticket which is comprised of more than one parlay.
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Rundown
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A list of odds on a particular day's game.
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Runner
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One who places bets for another; a beard.
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Scalper
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A player that lays a low number and takes a higher number... usually plays at no risk.
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Score
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A big win.
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Sharp
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A sophisticated or professional sports bettor.
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Spread
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Short for pointspread.
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Square
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A novice sports bettor; rookie.
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Steam
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When a large amount of money starts to come in on one side of a game and the line moves rapidly.
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Straight bet
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One wager (as opposed to a parlay).
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Sucker bet
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Parlays teasers or exotics (anything bookmakers use to entice squares to bet more).
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Tailing
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Following another players/members pick or play.
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Taking a price
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Betting on an underdog.
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Tapped out
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Broke from gambling.
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Teaser
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A type of bet where you get to adjust the point spread in your favor.
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The short
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The underdog
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Total
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Number put up by a bookmaker on a game where a player bets either overor under the # of runs points or goals scored in that game.
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Tout (service)
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A person (or company) that either sells or gives away selections on games.
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Tweeners
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A book that has all it's numbers in the middle of all other books.
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Underlay
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A situation in which the odds on a game favor the house rather than the bettor.
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Uniforms
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Referees officials
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Value
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An overlay.
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Vig/Vigorish
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An amount of commission kept by the house also called juice. Wager A bet.
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Wise Guy
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A smart bettor one that plays the steam before it becomes steam; a professional sports bettor.
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Zebras
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Referees
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