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| Handful | UK Horse Racing slang. The 'tic-tac' term for 5-1. |
| Handicap | A system which gives an advantage (head start) to the weaker individual or team in one-sided events. Bookmakers use it to make of an event a more attractive betting proposition to the punters. |
| Handicapper | A person who studies and analyzes sport events, and predicts outcomes. |
| Handle | US term to indicate the total amount of money taken in bets by a bookmaker over a given event or period of time. |
| Hang Cheng | This is a form of soccer betting popular in Asia where returns on a team winning are determined by part-goal handicaps. |
| Hedging | Placing bets on the opposite outcome to the original selection in order to guarantee a winning or cut a loss. |
| Hold | The percentage the house wins. |
| Holding your own | Breaking even., neither winning nor losing. |
| Home Team Advantage | Edge the home team is expected to have as a result of familiarity with the playing area, favorable demographics and effect of travel on the visiting team. |
| Hook | The half point in pointspreads. |
| Hoops | Basketball. |
| Hot Game | A game which is drawing a lot of action on one side by knowledgeable punters. |
| Hot Tip | Information not yet in the hands of the bookmaker. |
