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Gurgen Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Betting terms

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-What do you mean you don't have the rest of the money?!

-I thought it was a sure thing. There was a 14-point spread.

-I don't care what the spread was.

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It's easy money here, babe.Some knucklehead gave me 3 on a soccer game.

what doos it mean 3 on a soccer game.

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Betting on sports is a worldwide obsession. Some places it's legal, some places it's not. No matter where you are, however, some terms remain the same.

  • Betting on sports is a worldwide obsession.
  • Some places it's legal, some places it's not.
  • No matter where you are, however, some terms remain the same.
  • Spread is one of them.
  • Simply put, it is the amount of points one person thinks his team will beat another person's team by.
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Betting on sports is a worldwide obsession. Some places it's legal, some places it's not.

No matter where you are, however, some terms remain the same. Spread is one of them.

Simply put, it is the amount of points one person thinks his team will beat another person's team by.

Your Q1 is a common in US Football. "I'll bet you that the Dolphins will beat the Bill's by 14 p

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