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The ideas behind the terminal.
amparo is easier to use than to explain — but the concepts underneath are worth understanding before you trust a terminal with your money. Here they are, in plain words, with the honest limits kept in view.
Matched betting
What matched betting is — and how a free bet becomes cash
Bookmakers hand out free bets; matched betting covers the other side so you come out ahead whoever wins. How the math works, where the profit actually comes from, and what can go wrong.
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Prediction markets 101
What prediction markets are and how the price becomes a probability
A share that pays 1 if an event happens and 0 if it doesn't — so its price reads as the odds. How Polymarket, Myriad, Azuro and Limitless differ, and why one board across all four beats four tabs.
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Self-custody
Non-custodial betting: what it means when the keys are yours
Most platforms hold your balance — which means they can freeze it, lose it, or be breached for it. Non-custodial flips that: the keys never leave your device. What that buys you, and what it asks of you.
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Reference
Glossary — every term amparo uses, defined
Free bet, lay, hedge, non-custodial, SEPA, USDC, perpetual, slippage. The vocabulary of the desk, each defined in a sentence you can quote.
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These guides are educational, for adults (18+). They are not betting, investment or tax advice. amparo is software you run over your own accounts — it is not available in every country, and where it isn't offered, these pages don't change that. Bet only what you can afford to lose.