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2. Spread betting - Wikipedia

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   Spread betting. Spread betting is any of various types of wagering on the outcome of an event where the pay-off is based on the accuracy of the wager, rather than a simple "win or lose" outcome, such as fixed-odds (or money-line) betting or parimutuel betting . A point spread is a range of outcomes and the bet is whether the outcome will be ...

3. Martingale (betting system) - Wikipedia

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   Martingale (betting system) For the generalised mathematical concept, see Martingale (probability theory). A martingale is a class of betting strategies that originated from and were popular in 18th-century France. The simplest of these strategies was designed for a game in which the gambler wins the stake if a coin comes up heads and loses if ...

4. Parimutuel betting - Wikipedia

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   Parimutuel betting. 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.

5. Odds - Wikipedia

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   In order to generate a profit on the wagers accepted, the bookmaker may decide to increase the values to 60%, 50% and 20% for the three horses, respectively. This represents the odds against each, which are 4–6, 1–1 and 4–1, in order. These values now total 130%, meaning that the book has an overround of 30 (130−100). This value of 30 ...

6. Charles Ponzi - Wikipedia

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   1⁄2 years before facing state charge) 1920–1922; 9 years state 1927–1934; deportation in 1934. Charles Ponzi ( / ˈpɒnzi /, Italian: [ˈpontsi]; born Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo Ponzi; March 3, 1882 – January 18, 1949) was an Italian swindler and con artist who operated in the U.S. and Canada. His aliases included Charles ...

7. Agreement with Russia is 'deal with the devil,' adviser to ...

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   Signing an agreement with Russia to stop the war with Ukraine would amount to signing a deal with the devil, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as pressure mounts on ...