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About this desk

This desk is one of a series of independent information sites about how online gambling mechanics actually work. It explains the channel a wager can be placed in by voice, and it is funded by a single disclosed partner link.

Desk spec
desk
81
topic
the wager placed by talking
funding
one disclosed link
ranking
none
advice
none
samples
10 invented
the price read aloudThe spoken price, obtained after a hold. Across 1,200 matched bets it was worse than the screen in 408 and worse by a mean 2.7%.
the recordingThe record of what was said, kept for a fixed window. Of 96 disputes it decided 71, and 46 of those against the caller.
the channel costHold time plus call time. A mean 9.5 minutes on the line, or 4.75 where a number is billed at 0.50 a minute.
Direct answer

This desk explains how a wager placed by voice works: how a call identifies the caller, what the recording is the record of, the spoken price against the screen price, the funded and credit accounts, the channel cost and the channel limits. It is funded by one disclosed partner link and it ranks no operator.

What this desk is

One topic, covered in depth: the channel a bet can be placed in by talking, rather than the product behind the bet. The arithmetic is shown so it can be re-derived, the terms are defined on first use, and no operator, bookmaker or brand is named, rated or recommended.

How it is funded

By a single disclosed partner link, present in the masthead and in the band beside the copy, carrying a sponsored relation and opening in a new tab. One link funds the desk; it is not a ranking and not a recommendation.

What it does not do

The desk gives no strategy for beating a market and no route around an eligibility rule or a limit. It explains how the channel works, and where a reader is in dispute with an operator the routes belong to that operator and to the regulator that licenses it.

Every figure on the site is illustrative and derives from ten invented samples. Nothing here is observed from a real operator, bookmaker, brand or person.