An Internet Betting Dictionary
Regardless of the reality that web wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new players around the globe sign up every day to wager at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in internet wagering, and gambling on sports in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her money into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required figure of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of funds required to get in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a wager equal to but opposite of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has ascertained their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to ascertain a number, or the initial toss after a point is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial 2 events of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, indicating to bet on a team or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same value as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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