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Bet Types Explained
- 028 What Is a Rule 4 Deduction? How a Withdrawn Runner Changes Your PayoutYou backed a horse at a fixed price, then a rival was pulled out before the off. Your winnings may now be cut by a Rule 4 deduction. Here is why, how much and how to read it on a settled bet.Bet Types Explained 4 min 4
- 024 Forecast and Tricast Bets: Calling the Finishing OrderPicking a winner is hard enough. Forecasts and tricasts ask you to name the order of the first two or three home. Here is how the straight, reverse and combination versions work and how quickly the stakes multiply.Bet Types Explained 3 min 7
- 023 What Does ATS Mean in Betting? Covering the Spread, ExplainedA team can lose the game and still win against the spread. Here is what ATS means, how a 7-4-1 ATS record is read and why those records say less than they seem to.Bet Types Explained 4 min 11
- 022 What Is a Palpable Error? When a Sportsbook Voids a Mispriced BetSpot a price that looks far too good and there is a clause in the terms that may undo it. Here is what the palpable or obvious error rule covers, how bets are resettled and what to check before staking.Bet Types Explained 4 min 15
- 015 Asian Handicap Betting, Explained SimplyLevel ball, half lines, whole lines and the quarter lines that split your stake in two: a step-by-step guide to how Asian handicap bets settle.Bet Types Explained 4 min 19
- 014 What Is the Vig in Sports Betting?Vig, juice, margin, overround: four names for the same charge. Here is how a sportsbook builds it into the odds and how to measure it on any market yourself.Bet Types Explained 4 min 23
- 013 What Is a Teaser Bet? Shifting the Line for a Smaller PayoutA teaser hands you extra points on every leg of a combined ticket and takes part of the payout as the fee. Here is how to judge whether that swap is any good.Bet Types Explained 4 min 27
- 012 What Is a Prop Bet? Player, Team and Novelty PropsProps turn a match into dozens of small questions, from a striker's shots to the first team to score. Here is how those questions are framed, priced and settled.Bet Types Explained 4 min 31
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