See Also: Middles - General(gambling)
Middles Dealer - Poker(gambling)
Gambling(law)
gambling(dictionary)
gambling(encyclopedia)
gambling(medicine)
Women and Gambling(casino)
Gambling money(finance)
Guerrilla Gambling - Roulette(gambling)
Gambling Stake - Roulette(gambling)

Middles - General (gambling) and surgery (iou)


Middles - General (gambling)


To win both sides of the same Betting proposition; Betting the favorite team at -1.5 with one bookmaker and then taking +3.5 with another bookmaker; the game ends up with the favorite winning by exactly 3 points, you have then "middled the game"; a favorite Betting method of "Wise Guys".

surgery (iou)



surgery noun. ME.
[Old French surgerie contr. of serurgerie, cir-, from serurgien, cir-: see SURGEON, -ERY. Cf. CHIRURGERY.]
The branch of medical practice which treats injuries, deformities, and Other bodily disorders by physical operation or manipulation; surgical treatment, a surgical operation. ME.
conservative surgery: see CONSERVATIVE adjective. plastic surgery: see PLASTIC adjective 1b. tree surgery: see TREE noun.
Maledicta The operating room, with..a crucial surgery about to begin. fig.: Winning This year's course has undergone..drastic surgery involving a reduction in duration.
A place where a doctor (esp. a General practitioner) or dentist sees and treats patients; the regular session at which a doctor or dentist receives patients for consultation in this place. M19.
attrib.: P. Audemars These are surgery hours...I have patients waiting.
A (usu. regular) session at which a Member of Parliament, local councillor, etc., is available to be consulted locally by his or her constituents; a room or office in which this takes place. M20.
b. A similar occasion when free advice is provided by a lawyer, accountant, etc. L20.
Math. The topological alteration of manifolds by conceptually removing a neighbourhood and replacing it by another having the same boundary; an instance of this. M20.