Knowledge Base
Glossary
Plain-English definitions for the terminology used across មគ្គុទ្ទេសក៍បាល់ទាត់.
- Accumulator
- A type of bet where multiple selections are linked together and the winnings from each selection are placed on the next, increasing potential returns.
- American odds
- Odds expressed as a positive or negative number indicating how much you win on a $100 bet or how much you must stake to win $100.
- Arbitrage
- The practice of betting on all possible outcomes of an event across different sportsbooks to guarantee a profit regardless of the result.
- Asian Handicap
- A handicap betting style that eliminates the draw result and offers two possible outcomes with half‑goal lines.
- Bankroll
- The total amount of money you have set aside for placing bets.
- Bankroll management
- The practice of deciding how much to wager on each bet to protect your funds over time.
- Cash out
- An option to settle a bet before the event ends, letting you lock in a profit or cut a loss.
- Decimal odds
- A way to display odds as a single decimal number that includes your stake in the total payout.
- Edge
- The statistical advantage you have over the sportsbook’s odds in a particular wager.
- Expected Goals (xG)
- A metric that estimates the number of goals a team should have scored based on the quality and location of their shots.
- Fractional odds
- Odds expressed as a fraction that shows how much profit you will earn relative to your stake.
- Handicap
- A virtual advantage or disadvantage given to a team to level the playing field, reflected in the odds.
- In-play betting
- Placing bets on a match after it has already started, with odds that update as the game progresses.
- Juice
- The commission or fee that a sportsbook charges for taking a bet, built into the odds.
- Kelly Criterion
- A mathematical formula that calculates the optimal proportion of your bankroll to bet when you have an edge.
- Line shopping
- Comparing the odds offered by multiple sportsbooks to find the best possible price for a bet.
- Moneyline
- A bet on which team will win the match, with odds shown as a positive or negative number that determines how much you can win.
- Over/Under
- A bet on whether the total number of goals scored in a match will be higher or lower than a set figure.
- Parlay
- A single bet that combines two or more selections; all of them must win for you to receive a payout.
- Payout
- The total amount of money you receive when a bet wins, including your original stake.
- Push
- A tie result in a spread bet where the sportsbook refunds all stakes because the margin matched the line exactly.
- Spread
- The predicted point difference between the winning and losing teams, used to make both outcomes equally attractive for bettors.
- Stake
- The amount of money you risk on a bet.
- Value bet
- A bet where the odds offered are higher than the true probability of the outcome, giving you an expected advantage.
- Void bet
- A bet that is canceled and the stake is returned, usually because the event did not occur as scheduled.