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The winning three-digit number from 000 to 999 was determined by the closing stock market results in the evening papers, with one digit each being taken from the totals for advances, declines, and unchanged. Bets of up to $2 would be placed with hundreds of numbers writers around the city, who would keep 25% of the money bet as their fee.
"pays +X" (moneyline odds) means that the bet is fair if the probability is p = 100 / (X + 100). "pays −X" (moneyline odds) means that the bet is fair if the probability is p = X / (X + 100). The numbers for odds can be scaled. If k is any positive number then X to Y is the same as kX to kY, and similarly
a single roll bet for 2 or 12 hi-lo-yo a single roll bet for 2, 11, or 12 high A bet on or roll of 12, also see boxcars hop A single roll bet for a specific combination of dice to come out. Pays 15:1 for easy ways and 30:1 for hard ways horn A divided bet on the 2, 3, 11, 12 horn high A horn bet with addition units going to a specific number.
[1] [2] The game is similar to a numbers racket. “Fah-Fee or Fa-Fi, a modification of roulette, is a Chinese game. The meaning of the word Fa-Fi is unknown by those who are interested in the game”. [3] Actually, the name comes from Cantonese Chinese faa wui (花會, Mandarin hua hui), also called Chi-Fah (Mandarin zi hua).
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.
A parlay, accumulator (or acca), combo bet, or multi is a single bet that links together two or more individual wagers, usually seen in sports betting. Winning the parlay is dependent on all of those wagers winning together. If any of the bets in the parlay lose, the entire parlay loses.
The first spread Andrews comes to for an NFL game is simple math, using the power ratings: If Team A is 90, Team B is 91 and at home with a 2.5-point home-field advantage, the line is Team B -3.5.
Assuming a 5% cut, the final payout for a "Fan" win is 95% of 3×, or 2.85× the amount bet. Similarly, the odds of winning a "Tan" bet are 6 ⁄ 12 and the odds of losing a "Tan" bet are 3 ⁄ 12 (a push will occur for the remaining 3 ⁄ 12), so the net payout is ( 3 / 12 ) ⁄ ( 6 / 12 ) = 1 ⁄ 2, before the cut for the house is ...