Straight Up was a popular but short lived Canadian television series. Although critically acclaimed , the show only ran for 13 episodes on CBC from 1996 to 1998. Set in Toronto, the show dealt with the gritty problems of teenagers living in an urban environment.

A Straight Up (or just Up) drink has no ice. Really the opposite of "On the Rocks"

A drink served neat and without ice.

Drink is mixed with ice, and then strained into glass.

Place your chips directly on any single number (including zero).

A bet on a single number in roulette which pays off at 35 to 1.

a bet on a single number only

Since bets against the spread are common, you need two ways to describe which team won a game. You need to distinguish between which team actually won the game and which team won against the spread. Sometimes they are the same team and sometimes they are not. Winning straight up means winning without regards to the spread.

Refers to taking a team or a team's outright win or loss performance in the game regardless of spread.

This is a reference used to define many conditions that is usually negative in its terminology. For instance, if your car goes straight up the bank, it is not in the slot which is not good. If you car hits the glue zone and goes straight up it is not in the slot which is not good. Another use for the term is when you are running group 7 and disconnect your choke to run the power "straight up". Usually this condition will cause your car to leave the slot which is not good, or it will cause smoke to pour straight up out of a car sitting very still but still in the slot. You guessed it, a condition which is not good.

The results without taking the Vegas line into account.