Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of each way.
Exactly the same procedure can be followed for each-way bets; however, you may not receive the quarter of the win-odds for a place.
1969, Rem Plante, Australian Horse Racing and Punters' Guide, page 2623 more examples
To overcome these problems, an each-way bookmaker keeps his odds below a win bookmaker's, and refuses to bet each-way when there is an odds-on chance in the race or when the race contains fewer than 8 runners.
1979, Gazette - Australian Mathematical Society - Volumes 6-7, page 39Or, in the case of some of my dad's punters, there to deprive the wife and kids of any extra by putting it on an each-way bet on the 3 o'clock at Redcar.
2001, Jacky Hyams, Bombsites and Lollipops - My 1950s East End Childhood, →ISBNLater on, when we had a telephone, I heard him place each-way bets for a few shillings, but he was a steady punter, betting every day there was a race on.
2014, Jacqueline Wilson, Daydreams and Diaries, →ISBN, page 173
- alternativenonstandardnot comparableAlternative form of each way.
So why shouldn't I go the whole way and bet each-way as well?
2002, Nick Mordin, Betting for a Living, →ISBN, page 2492 more examples
To overcome these problems, an each-way bookmaker keeps his odds below a win bookmaker's, and refuses to bet each-way when there is an odds-on chance in the race or when the race contains fewer than 8 runners.
1979, Gazette - Australian Mathematical Society - Volumes 6-7, page 39This evidence, together with the issues discussed above, suggests that one of the important motivations for choosing to bet each-way is the protection of at least some of the original stake rather than the prospect of earning higher returns.
2008, Johnnie E.V. Johnson, Alistair Bruce, Decisions: Risk and Reward, →ISBN, page 211
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