JILIWIN Dejado Meaning at a Cockpit

E-sabong operations have been suspended since 2022, and Executive Order No. 9, signed on 28 December 2022 by President Marcos Jr., continues that suspension nationwide. The word dejado belongs to the licensed cockpit, and the law behind that setting is laid out in the page on cockfighting legal rules. Here you get the meaning, the pairing with llamado and a labelled example of how the odds read.

Dejado meaning in plain words

Dejado is Spanish-derived and means “left” or “left behind”. At a cockpit it names the bird the crowd expects to lose, so it is the underdog. Its partner word is llamado, “the called one”, which names the favorite.

Every match has one of each. A cockpit announcer or bet taker calls the pair, the pit settles on which bird is llamado, and the bettors line up on one side or the other. That is all dejado means, and it has no connection to any casino game.

Three points to carry away:

1. Dejado is the underdog and llamado is the favorite.
2. The words name sides of one match, not two kinds of bird.
3. The same bird can be llamado in one derby bout and dejado in the next.

Dejado and llamado side by side

The two words describe sides, not quality, and the table shows how they read.

The price row is the practical part. A favorite costs more per peso of winnings, and the underdog pays more per peso staked.

A labelled odds example

This is an example with round numbers, not a rule and not a quote from any pit. Say the bet taker calls the match at 10 to 8 in favor of the llamado.

1. A bettor backing the llamado stakes 10 pesos to win 8.
2. A bettor backing the dejado stakes 8 pesos to win 10.
3. If the llamado wins, the dejado bettor loses 8 pesos and the llamado bettor collects 8 pesos.
4. If the dejado wins, the dejado bettor collects 10 pesos and the llamado bettor loses 10 pesos.

Real calls differ from pit to pit. The point is that the dejado pays more per peso staked and the llamado costs more to back. Who sets the numbers is the next question.

Who calls the dejado side

Three licensed roles touch every match, and PD 449 defines each in Section 4:

1. The bet taker or promoter calls and takes care of bets from owners of both gamecocks and other bettors before ordering the fight to begin, then distributes won bets after deducting a commission. The floor name for this role has its own page on the kristo at a sabong.
2. The gaffer arms the bird, a role covered under gaff cockfighting.
3. The referee decides the result. A bettor’s side, llamado or dejado, never changes how the referee rules.

Section 7 requires all three to hold a licence from the city or municipality, renewable every year on the birth month.

Where dejado fits in a derby

In a derby, the pairing repeats for each match. A 5 cock derby entry fields five birds, and each of the five bouts can have its own llamado and dejado, as this invented example shows.

A bird that is dejado in one bout says nothing about the entry’s overall standing.

What the law says about dejado betting

The decree regulates the person and the premises, not the vocabulary:

1. Section 5(f) bars any other gambling during cockfights on the premises.
2. Section 8 punishes violations, with a fine of two thousand pesos in its higher band.
3. EO 9 Section 1(b) suspends online, remote or off-cockpit wagering on live cockfighting, so a dejado price you see on a stream away from the pit belongs to the suspended activity.

You can read both texts at lawphil.net. You must be 21 or older to take part in games of chance.