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A detailed list of sportsbetting terms and abbreviations with their corresponding definitions. Sports bettors throughout the world use different terminology when discussing their betting progress. Some of the terms featured on this page are not universal.
== Glossary ==
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|[[Action]]
|A bet on an event or sports match.
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|[[Against the spread]]
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|[[Backdoor cover]]
|When a one or more late scoring play(s) causes plays lead a team to [[cover ]] the [[point spread]]. Most commonly frequently used to describe when the [[underdog]] [[covers the spread]]son a garbage time score.
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|[[Bad beat]]
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|[[Hedge]]
|A bet placed on Betting against the other side outcome ofan existing wager in order to secure profit or minimize loss.
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|[[Hook]]
|'''Associated Term'''
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|[[ATS]]|[[Against the spread]]|-|[[EV]]|[[Expected value]]
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|EV[[ML]]|Expected value[[Moneyline]]
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|ML[[O]]|Moneyline[[Over]]
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|O[[OTB]]|Over[[Off the board]]
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|[[O/U]]|[[Over/Under]]
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|[[PL]]|[[Puckline]]
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|[[RL]]|[[Runline]]
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|[[TT]]|[[Team total]]
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|[[U]]|[[Under ]] or [[Unit]]
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|[[WTD]]|[[Week-to-date]]
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|[[YTD]]|[[Year-to-date]]
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