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  2. The best £5 deposit betting sites for sport - AOL

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    With its comprehensive gambling site, multiple different ways of depositing £5, and a welcome offer eligible for £5 deposits, it’s difficult to find a more complete £5 deposit betting site. 2 ...

  3. Online gambling - Wikipedia

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    Advance-deposit wagering (ADW) is a form of gambling on the outcome of horse races in which the bettor must fund his or her account before being allowed to place bets. ADW is often conducted online or by phone. In contrast to ADW, credit shops allow wagers without advance funding; accounts are settled at month-end.

  4. Online casino - Wikipedia

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    Since all casino games have a house edge, the wagering requirements ensure that the player cannot simply walk away with the casino's money immediately after claiming the bonus. These wagering requirements are commonly set to be sufficiently high that the player has a negative expectation, exactly as if they had deposited and not claimed a bonus.

  5. Fixed-odds betting - Wikipedia

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    In making a bet where the expected value is positive, one is said to be getting "the best of it". For example, if one were to bet $1 at 10 to 1 odds (one could win $10) on the outcome of a coin flip, one would be getting "the best of it" and should always make the bet (assuming a rational and risk-neutral attitude with linear utility curves and have no preferences implying loss aversion or the ...

  6. Spread betting - Wikipedia

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    The eventual score is Underdog 8, Favorite 10: 8 + 4 > 10, so the gambler wins; The eventual score is Underdog 8 , Favorite 13 : 8 + 4 < 13 , so the gambler loses. If the gamblers bet on the "favorite", they give the points (sometimes called lay the points ) and will win if the favorite's score minus the spread is greater than the underdog's score:

  7. Betting strategy - Wikipedia

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    A betting strategy (also known as betting system) is a structured approach to gambling, in the attempt to produce a profit.To be successful, the system must change the house edge into a player advantage — which is impossible for pure games of probability with fixed odds, akin to a perpetual motion machine. [1]

  8. Sports betting - Wikipedia

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    In an example, if an MLB game has a total of 10.5, an over bettor will want the combined total to be greater, and the opposite for a bettor taking the under. If the combined total is the same as the proposed total, the bet is a push. Most sports books refund all wagers on pushes, though a minority counts them as losses.

  9. Odds - Wikipedia

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    However in many situations, you pay the possible loss ("stake" or "wager") up front and, if you win, you are paid the net win plus you also get your stake returned. So wagering 2 at "3 to 2", pays out 3 + 2 = 5, which is called "5 for 2". When Moneyline odds are quoted as a positive number +X, it means that a wager pays X to 100.