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  2. Sports rating system - Wikipedia

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    A sports rating system is a system that analyzes the results of sports competitions to provide ratings for each team or player. Common systems include polls of expert voters, crowdsourcing non-expert voters, betting markets, and computer systems.

  3. Fixed-odds betting - Wikipedia

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    Fixed-odds betting is a form of gambling where individuals place bets on the outcome of an event, such as sports matches or horse races, at predetermined odds. In fixed-odds betting, the odds are fixed and determined at the time of placing the bet. These odds reflect the likelihood of a particular outcome occurring.

  4. Sports betting - Wikipedia

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    Odds boards in a Las Vegas sportsbook. Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome.. Sports bettors place their wagers either legally, through a bookmaker/sportsbook, or illegally through privately run enterprises referred to as "bookies".

  5. Glossary of bets offered by UK bookmakers - Wikipedia

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    This is a non-exhaustive list of traditional and popular bets offered by bookmakers in the United Kingdom.The 'multiple-selection' bets in particular are most often associated with horse racing selections but since the advent of fixed-odds betting on football matches some punters use these traditional combination bets for football selections as well.

  6. Statistical association football predictions - Wikipedia

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    Statistical Football prediction is a method used in sports betting, to predict the outcome of football matches by means of statistical tools. The goal of statistical match prediction is to outperform the predictions of bookmakers [ citation needed ] [ dubious – discuss ] , who use them to set odds on the outcome of football matches.

  7. Swifties, here's your guide to football, explained by Travis ...

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    In terms of the origin of the position's name that has fans giggling under their breath, Jason Kelce explained that a tight end is historically a receiver who stays close to, or "tight" to, the ...

  8. Football Power Index - Wikipedia

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    Football Power Index (abbreviated as FPI) is a predictive rating system developed by ESPN that measures team strength and uses it to forecast game and season results in American football. Each team's FPI rating is composed of predictive offensive, defensive, and special teams value, as measured by a function of expected points added (EPA).

  9. Parimutuel betting - Wikipedia

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    The betting pool is split into three separate pools for all combinations of seven (40%), six (20%) and five (40%) correctly picked winners. This is the largest nationwide betting game in Sweden, running each Saturday with weekly pools of about 80 MSEK ($11 million). V86: The bettor must pick the winners of eight nominated races at the same track.