* Scouts: Person(s) who study team plays and/or practice and report findings to handicappers.
* Smart Money: Sides that are bet on by the more knowledgeable handicappers.
* Sport Player: A person who waits for what he thinks is an unusually strong wager.
* Steam: When a betting line starts to move quite rapidly; most "steam games" do not necessarily reflect the "right side," but are games that the mass of bettors somehow decide to key on.
* Score: To make a big win.
* Scratch: To call off a wager.
* Side: When one side of a wager wins and the other side ties.
* Smart Money: Sides that are bet on by the more knowledgeable handicappers.
* Sport Player: A person who waits for what he thinks is an unusually strong wager.
* Star: Rating.
* Steam: When a betting line starts to move quite rapidly. Most "steam games" do not necessarily reflect the "right side", but are games that the mass of bettors somehow decide to key on.
* The Store: Bookie.
* Steuck: Behind, losing, buried, down for the week.
* Sucker Bet: A bet that is very disadvantageous to the player such as a public opinion game.
* Taking: Wagering on the underdog; taking the odds.
* Totals: Total combined point/runs/goals scored in a game; In baseball, if either of the two listed starting pitchers don't go the bet is automatically cancelled.
* Tout: Someone who sells his opinions on sports or horse wagers.
* Value: Getting the best odds on a betting proposition; the highest possible edge.
* Virgornish: The commission paid to the bookmaker.
* Wager: Any Bet.
* Wise Guy: A sophisticated gambler.
* Wood: Laying points.