SPORTS BETTING TERMS

ACTION - Any bet or wager

ATS - against the spread

BOOK - A sports book or betting establishment that sets odds and accepts wagers on the outcome of sporting events.

CIRCLED GAME - A game in which the sports book reduces its normal betting limit usually because of an injury or weather condition.

COVER - When the team wins by more than the point spread.

DIME - $1000

DIME LINE - A money line in which the vigorish or bookie's juice amounts to 10 percent. (No point spread involved)

DOG - the underdog or the team getting points.

DOLLAR - $100

EDGE - Advantage

FUTURE BET - Bets accepted well in advance. Examples include betting on which team will win the World Series or Super Bowl months before the event.

LINE - The current odds or point spread on an event.

LOCK - A term meaning can't lose. (NO SURE THING)

MIDDLE - When both sides of a point spread proposition win.

ODDS-ON-FAVORITE - A horse, team or individual so favored by the public that the odds are less than even.

OFF THE BOARD - A game in which the sports book is not taking wagers on.

POINT SPREAD - The predicted scoring differential between two opponents listed by a sports book.

POST TIME - The scheduled starting time.

PUSH - A tie in the betting.

ROUND ROBIN - A method of parlaying two or more teams in all possible two-team parlay combinations.

SIDE - When one side of a betting proposition wins and the other side ties.

STRAIGHT-UP WIN - A victory by a point spread underdog.

TAKE THE POINTS - A wager on a underdog.

VIGORISH - The juice or commission taken out by the sports book for accepting the bet, usually 10 percent.

WAGER- Any bet.