Newbie Question

  • I’ve been trying to wrap my head around E/W betting. But there is a term or acronym that people use that I do not understand.

    Below is a comment I pulled from the forum that contains the thing that is confusing me:

    “Loaded up on barbosa at 5s this 230”

    My question is, what does the lower case ‘s’ refer to when it follows a number, like the above example ‘5s’

    I know this is probably bread and butter stuff, but a quick explanation would go a long way 😀

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    Mr Crispy 29

    It’s referring to the odds of the horse winning.

    5s is another way of saying 5/1..

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    JMBing 0

    Really?! Oh wow…. now i feel thoroughly dense. Thank you for clarifying though!

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    Mr Crispy 29

    It was a sensible question.

    The other part of it is that some people will write the odds fractionally (ie 5/1 in your example) and some people, like me, will write the odds as a decimal (ie 6.0 in your example).

    I’ve only ever seen people use 5s to mean a fractional odd though.

    There you go – a lot more information than you asked for (or wanted)!

    Good luck with the ew arbing!

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    JMBing 0

    Haha, nothing wrong with more info! Thanks!

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