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2. Greyhound racing - Wikipedia

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   Like horse racing, it is popular to bet on the greyhound races as a form of parimutuel betting. Greyhound racing enjoyed its highest United Kingdom attendances just after the Second World War—for example, attendances during 1946 were estimated to be around 75 million based on an annual totalisator turnover of £196,431,430.

3. Greyhound racing in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Beginning in roughly 1990, and continuing over the next three decades, the vast majority of greyhound tracks have closed due to declining betting revenue, encroachment by Native American gaming and commercial casino gambling into states with greyhound racing, the legalization of sports betting and concerns over the welfare of racing greyhounds. [4]

4. Ante-post betting - Wikipedia

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   In horse racing and greyhound racing, an ante-post bet is a bet placed before the horse/greyhound racing course's betting market has opened, and is made on the expectation that the price of the horse/greyhound is presently more favorable than it will be when the course's market opens. Generally, this includes any bet placed before the day of ...

5. Best Odds Guaranteed Online Betting Sites - AOL

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   Punters can also enjoy a £10 free bet for every 10 bets they place, a profit boost on any winning racing accumulators and the option to live stream races from this best odds guaranteed bookmaker.

6. Parimutuel betting - Wikipedia

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   The parimutuel system is used in gambling on horse racing, greyhound racing, jai alai, and other sporting events of relatively short duration in which participants finish in a ranked order. A modified parimutuel system is also used in some lottery games. Betting on the Favorite, an 1870 engraving

7. Daily double - Wikipedia

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   An example of 1950 racing results from Washington Park Race Track highlighting the payout for successful daily double wagers. A daily double is a parimutuel wager offered by horse racing and greyhound racing tracks in North America.

8. Off-track betting - Wikipedia

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   At legal off-track betting parlors, if bettors win, they have to pay the parlor a surcharge taken directly from the winnings. Bettors in New York can avoid paying the surcharges by placing their bets via an off-track betting corporation's account wagering service or at so-called super branches or teletheatres that charge a daily admission fee.

9. Tote board - Wikipedia

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   Behind the betting windows at Ascot racetrack, Australia February 1939. An automatic totalisator is a device to add up the bets in a pari-mutuel betting system. The whole of the pot (the stakes on all competitors) is divided pro rata to the stakes placed on the winning competitor, and those tickets are paid out.