What is a chase in sports betting?
The short answer
Increasing bets to try to recover losses. Usually a bad idea.
Betting slang explained
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In plain English
Betting bigger to win back what you already lost. It feels like a plan and it is not one — the losses set the stake instead of the edge.
What to remember about Chase
The definition
Increasing bets to try to recover losses. Usually a bad idea.
In plain English
Betting bigger to win back what you already lost. It feels like a plan and it is not one — the losses set the stake instead of the edge.
Example in context
"Don't chase — walk away and come back tomorrow."
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