• Scoop6
A prize pool where payouts are made based on the correct predictions of six Saturday races. Won by TheGamblingTimes.
• Scorecast
A bet placed on both the first goal scorer and result.
• Scratch
Relating to a horse withdrawn before a race. All bets on this horse are voided.See also: Non Runner
• Sharb / Sharbing
Arbitrage using the method of backing at (inflated/higher shop coupon prices and laying at online exchange prices (usually a lot lower than the shop coupon price). Exploits the fact that shop coupon prices must be ‘held’ for quite some time (since they are often quite literally ‘printed’ on paper coupons or advertised in shop front hoardings and can’t be changed as quickly/easily as online prices), and so in that time the ‘real’ price of the selection can drop considerably on the betting exchanges.This is a good example that harks back to the original definition of ‘arbitrage’ as being a methodology for making money by exploiting a facet of the betting market’s ‘constitution’ (see the section on Arbitrage for more info).
• Shubbing
Contraction of the terms ‘shop’ and ‘gubbing’ – having your business turned away by a Bricks and Mortar bookmaker. You are no longer able to Sharb as you have been gubbed. Shubbed.See also:Sharbing and Gubbing
• Singles
Wagers placed on individual selections within an event. Also known as ‘Win Singles’ (compare with Multiples or other System / Box betting bets).See also:Multiple
See also: Box Betting
• Skrill
Skrill is an e-wallet service favoured by APers/matched bettors for the speed with which it allows for the transfer of money between gaming operators.Skrill was founded in 2001 under the name ‘Moneybookers’. Moneybookers announced in 2010 that they were to rebrand their company under the new name of ‘Skrill’. At the time of writing, both Skrill and Moneybookers domains are still active, although the branding on the site only refers to Skrill.
Skrill is a shortened version of the slang term ‘skrilla’. Both terms refer to the street slang for ‘money’.
See also:PayPal and E-Wallet
• Snake Eyes
A throw of two dice that results in a total of two, one pip on each die.See also:Pip
• Special Bets
Niche bets seen often in-play on next corner, next booking etc.
• Sportsman’s Bet
A wager of respect between friends, no money changes hands.
• Spot Fixing
Fixing individual small outcomes within an event. Associated with the delivery of no balls in cricket and the conceding of throw ins / corners in football. Spot fixing is easier to arrange than match fixing as it normally requires only one participant within the match.See also:Fix
• Spread Betting
Spread betting can refer to either a financial markets concept in which one buys or sells points on a market, or it can refer to betting on a team to win an event with a handicap of some number of points or goals applied in such a way as to ‘even’ the betting distribution/probabilities/odds.Financial spread betting extends the concept of buying shares in a company so that one can also sell shares in a company without actually owning the shares in the first place. In a spread betting market, one would either buy or sell points on a binary betting ‘selection’.
Financial spread betting is similar to exchange betting – indeed they are two different manifestations of the ‘binary betting’ concept.
For more information on Spread betting with handicaps, see the link below for ‘Against the Spread and for Asian Handicapping.
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