• 1×2

Term used to refer to the possible outcomes of a football match – or any other sport that includes the possibility of a draw at the end of match completion. “1” refers to the “Home” team winning, “X” refers to the “Draw” being the case and “2” refers to the “Away” team winning.

• Against the spread (ATS)

A wager placed against the handicap.Similar to ‘beating the spread’ – a term used to describe a team or player beating the handicap that was applied to them. For example, if you bet on Atlanta to beat Cincinnati with an 8.5 point spread and Atlanta won the game by 10 points, you would say that Atlanta ‘beat the spread’ (since they scored 10 points – 1.5 points more than the 8.5 spread).

See also:Handicap and Spread Betting

• After Timing

Taking credit for (or boasting about) predicting a result correctly after the event has finished, without having mentioned the prediction prior to the start of the event. Quite often a technique employed by tipsters to make it appear that they are more successful than they really are – ie posting a string of apparently successful results after the event has finished, despite having never posted these ‘picks’ prior to the start of the event (so the veracity of these so-called picks cannot be verified).

• Ante

A forced/mandatory bet in poker used to get the betting started on each hand, most commonly towards the end of a tournament to make the pot sizes larger and to stimulate more aggressive play.Also refers to a side bet in three card poker.

• Ante post

A horse racing bet placed before all the runners are confirmed in a race. If your horse does not run then your bet still stands UNLESS the bookie has confirmed NRNB (no runner no bet), which they sometimes do on larger races.Ante post betting can present a welcome bonus for APers – if the horse you backed is declared a non-runner and the bet is voided on the bookie side (ie stakes are refunded) but you layed the bet off at an exchange, the lay bet will still stand and as a result you will receive the lay bet winnings without incurring any back bet loss.

See also: Non Runner

Full handicap:1AH(1) or 1AH(-1)

Refers to a full goal advantage (1 or +1) or handicap (-1) applied to team 1.Note, a ‘special case’ of full goal handicap is the ‘zero’ goal – 1AH(0) – handicap, whereby if a game is drawn, all bets on the zero goal handicap are ‘pushed’ (ie stakes are returned). 1AH(0) can be dutched with bets on the draw and team 2 to win to ‘lock in’ a return (be careful though, a specialized calculation is required, it is not the same as dutching plain ‘1×2’).

1AH(0) is the same as betting on the Draw No Bet / DNB bet type. Also known as ‘Moneyline’ in US betting parlance (although some vendors such as Pinnacle may supply both moneyline and AH(0) offerings).

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