Learn Sports Betting Terms

The world of sports and horse racing betting includes many terms that can be confusing. Betting terminology differs in regions such as United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Free Tips have dissected all the key betting terms including some of the most common such as Against the Spread, Double Chance and Handicap. We have detailed descriptions for some of the obscure betting terms such as Chalk, Dutching Monkey and Wise Guy.

Learn how to use different Sports bets

Whether you are an experienced punter or if sports betting is new to you, be sure to know and understand all of the betting terms. This will ensure you can navigate the various sports and horse betting markets offered by bookmakers.

There are a multitude of different sports bets for any particular match. What's the difference between a win bet and a handicap bet? Knowing all of the betting terms is essential in giving you the best chance of winning your bets, beating the bookmaker and building your bankroll.

Learn when to place different Sports bets

Placing outrightbets for tournament or competition winners requires skill, knowledge and patience. There is little doubt that bettors using the outright betting markets for competitions such as the FIFA World Cup can often see plenty of success.

Outright bets can be the most profitable in sports betting and shouldn't be overlooked, but outright betting is just one of a number of ways to bet on sports.

To learn more about and understand all the other betting terms, click on the links below for a detailed description of all the major betting terms and betting terminology.

Accumulator	Action	Against the Spread	Ante-Post	Anytime Goalscorer	Arbitrage Betting
Asian Handicap

Banker	Bar	Beard	Best Odds	Bet	Betting Exchange
Betting Market	Bookmaker	BTTS

Canadian	Cash Out	Chalk	Chalk Player	Circled Game	Clean Sheet
Combination Bet	Combination Forecast	Combination Tricast	Correct Score	Coupon	Cover

Dog	Dog Player	Double Action	Double Chance	Double Result	Doubles
Draw No Bet	Drift	Dutching

Favourite	First Goalscorer	First Half Bet	Fixed Odds
Fold	Form	First Four

Half Time Bet	Half Time Result	Handicap	Handicapper	Hedging	Heinz
Hook

Margin	Match Betting	Monkey	Money Line
Multiples	Multi Bet	Mystery Bet

Parlay	Patent	Payout	Permutations / Perms	Points Spread	Pony
Price	Price Boost	Punter	Push	Place

Scorecast	Scout	Sharp	Singles	Special Bets	Stake	Straight Tricast
Straight Forecast	Spread Betting	Super Heinz	Super Yankee

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