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Re:wagering. I have just learned about "a calcutta" wherein players in a competition are auctioned and the buyers collect on their wagers depending on "their" player's performance. Now, what is a "nassau"? It also seems to be some form of wagering.
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Nassau -- A three part bet in which separate wagers are made on the first nine, last nine and complete round.
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Golf, in my experience, dear AnnaS.
The odd bit was that I couldn't choose the player to bet - and it was expensive to "buy" one of the better players.
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Sorry. I should have given credit to a golf dictionary. Had I written the def I would have said front and back nines.
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Thanx Ted. My husband was right (as usual). He said it was a golf bet. In contrast, a calcutta can be in any sport. He once organized a calcutta for a martini-making competition. The judges were the big winners.
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players in a competition are auctioned Um--does that mean that I couldn't just walk up and place a bet on Joe Blow--that I'd have to outbid the other bettors just to secure any possibility of winning? Weird.
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Calcuttas are usually under the radar. In other words, they are organised apart from "regular" betting.
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how is nassau pronounced?
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like the NY country club/state county its named for..
(proper pronounciation requires a nasal tone--a la Fran Dresher) NAAH saw.
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ah, thanks, Helen. I think I was hearing the na more like nasty, and wasn't sure of the last vowel sound.
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