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  2. Parimutuel betting - Wikipedia

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    Parimutuel betting or pool betting is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and the "house-take" or "vigorish" are deducted, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all winning bets.

  3. Fixed-odds betting - Wikipedia

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    Thus, even odds 1/1 are quoted in decimal odds as 2. The 4/1 fractional odds discussed above are quoted as 5, while the 1/4 odds are quoted as 1.25. It is considered to be ideal for parlay betting because the odds to be paid out are simply the product of the odds for each outcome wagered on.

  4. Sports betting - Wikipedia

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    A parlay is at least two bets, but can be as many as the bookmaker will allow. The possible payout of the parlay is determined by the combined likelihood of all bets placed. A parlay of riskier bets (more underdogs) will pay greater than a parlay of more likely bets (more favorites). In a parlay, all bets need to win in order for the parlay to win.

  5. How does a golf handicap work? Here's how to calculate your ...

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    The World Handicap System was rolled out in 2020. Here's how to find your handicap index for any course, plus some famous celebrity handicaps.

  6. Parlay - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of point distributions of the FedEx Cup - Wikipedia

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    In events in which there are cuts, only golfers who make the cut for an event will receive points for that event. In case of a tie, point totals are added together and divided among all golfers tied for a particular position at the end of a tournament.

  8. Par (golf scoring format) - Wikipedia

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    Par, or bogey, is a scoring system used mostly in amateur and club golf.It is a stroke play format played against the course, with match play scoring based on the number of strokes taken on each hole compared to a fixed score, [1] usually the par or bogey; in this context, bogey is meant in the traditional sense as the score a good player would expect on the hole, usually par but occasionally ...

  9. Par (score) - Wikipedia

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    A sign at The River Course at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wisconsin, indicating that the seventh hole being played is a par-four. In golf, par is the predetermined number of strokes that a proficient (scratch, or zero handicap) [1] golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the pars of each round).