{"id":23872,"date":"2026-10-19T12:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=23872"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:40:22","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][vc_row][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"23881\" img_size=\"full\" alignment=\"center\"][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]<h1 style=\"font-size: 36px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Sports Betting Glossary<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Clear definitions of sports terms and betting markets, with practical examples, starting with tennis.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<style data-type=\"vc_shortcodes-custom-css\"><\/style>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column el_class=&#8221;eb-tournament&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Every sport has its own language. This glossary explains the terms you will hear during a match and the betting terms you will find on our markets, with clear definitions and practical examples.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Each sport has its own glossary, split into general terms that explain how the sport is played and betting terms that explain how its markets work. New sports will be added over time.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Sports Glossaries<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color:#18ae62;\" href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/glossary\/tennis\/\">Tennis Glossary<\/a>: scoring, serve, shot and court terms, plus tennis betting terms from handicaps and totals to live and outright markets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\">For current matches and odds, visit <a style=\"color:#18ae62;\" href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/betting\">7bet sports betting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#18ae62;\"><em>Betting is only available to participants above 18 years. Please bet responsibly. 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