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The glossary of Betting Terms

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Single Bets

What is a Win Bet?

What is a Place Bet?

What is a Show Bet?

What is a Single Bet?

What is an each-way bet?

Place Terms

What are place terms?

How are place terms decided for UK horse racing?

What if I bet Each-Way and the event becomes Win Only?

Multiple bets

What is a double?

What is a treble?

What is an accumulator (or acca)?

What is a parlay?

What is a Teaser bet?

What is a Patent or Twist?

What is a Trixie?

What is a Yankee?

What is a Lucky 15?

What is a Super Yankee?

What is a Lucky 31?

What is a Heinz?

What is a Lucky 63?

What is a Super Heinz?

What is a Goliath?

Scoop 6 Explained?

Forecasts:
What is a forecast?

What is a straight forecast?

What is a computer straight forecast or CSF?

What is a reverse forecast?

What is a combination forecast?

What is a tricast?

What is a combination tricast?

Types of betting odds

What is a Starting Price or SP bet?

What  are live shows or Board Prices?

What are Early Prices?

What is Fixed Odds betting?

What is Ante-Post betting?

What is Futures betting?

What is Tote betting?

What is Pool betting?

What is Pari-Mutuel betting?

Rule 4

What is Rule 4?

Can Rule 4 apply to anything other than horse or dog racing?

Dead-Heats

What are the Dead-Heat rules? 

Other types of betting

Betting Exchanges explained?

Live Shows or Board Prices are available approximately 15 minutes prior to the off-time of each UK horse race and dog race and they reflect the betting market from the racetrack.

Live shows / Board prices are effectively fixed odds bets. For instance you will see the fixed odds price changing in the run-up to the off of the race. You can choose to take the odds that are offered on your selection. In that case the price at the time of your bet is the price you get on that horse. You still have the option of choosing to bet on a horse at SP (Starting Price) if you prefer and in that case you will be paid out at the SP betting odds.