I'm a complete noob. I need betting 101!

[pj.sports]

Hi members, I'm new here and to betting. I am completely cluesless with all the terms used here like spread, parlay, unit, the numbers with + or - in front, I mean virtually anything that's not used in everyday conversation. Can anyone please tell me what they are or direct me to a page where those infos are.

thanks,
PJ

 

[oldmanTED]

PJ Sports:

Welcome to the RX. Hope your find the site helpful and feel free to ask questions and become a regular poster. As to your question, below is a glossary of sports gambling terms. Take a look at them and if you have specific questions, we'll try our best to assist you. Have fun and enjoy yourself.

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Air Move

Angles

Against the Spread (ATS)

Arbitrage

Bad Beat

Bar

Barroom Bookie

Beard

Bet

Bet Limit

Betting Exchange

Bet to Win

Board

Book

Bookie

Bookmaker

Bonus Hustler or Bonus Whore

Buck

Chalk

Cherry Pick

Churn

Circled

Cover

Credit Betting

Data Mining

Degenerate

Dime

Dime Line

Dog/Fav Money Line Differential

Early Line

Edge

Even Money

Exotic

Fade

Favorite

Field

Flea

Front Running

Futures

Gamble

Group Matchup

Handicap

Handicapper

Handle

Hedge

Hook

If Bet

Juice

Laying

Line

Longshot

Matchup Betting

Maverick Line

Middle

Money Line

Neutral Site

Nickel

Odds

Oddsmaker

Off or Off the Board

Offshore Sportsbook

Online Sportsbook

Opening Line

Over

Overlay

Over/Under Bet

Parlay

Parlay Card

Past Post

Pick

Point Spread

Post-up Betting

Power Ratings

Press

Price

Proposition Bets or Prop Bets

Public Money

Puppy

Push

Revenge Game

Reverse Teaser

Round Robin

Rundown

Run Line

Sharp or Sharpie

Side

Smart Money

Sportsbook

Square

Straight-up

Syndicate

Systems

Teaser

Total

Tout

Trends

Under

Underdog

Upset

Vig or Vigorish

Wager

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[pj.sports]

thanks mod, you are the best!

 

[quantumleap]

Nice post OMT.

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