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Bookmakers Tic-Tac and Slang

 

Bookmakers use a system of hand signals to communicate prices and bets to each other. This system is know as Tic-Tac.

They will also often use slang to represent the various prices.

The table below shows some of the more commonly used:

 

 

Tic-Tac and Bookmakers Slang

Jolly
Favourite
Evens
Levels
11/10
Tips
5/4
Wrist
11/8
Up the Arm
6/4
Ear 'Ole
7/4
Shoulder
15/8
Double Tops
2/1
Bottle
5/2
Face
11/4
Elef a Vier
3/1
Carpet
100/30
Burlington Bertie
4/1
Rouf
5/1
Hand
9/2
On the Shoulders
6/1
Exes
7/1
Neves
9/1
Enin
10/1
Cockle
11/1
Elef
12/1
Net and Bice
14/1
Net and Rouf
16/1
Net and Ex
20/1
Double Net
25/1
Macaroni
25/1
Pony
33/1
Double Carpet
100/1
Century

 

 

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