An Internet Wagering Cyclopedia
Despite the reality that online wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional wagerers around the globe log in every day to gamble at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the catchphrases used in web gambling, and betting on sports in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and codes of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of his money into the pot. A second pot is created for the gamblers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required value of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of chips required to appear in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a bet on par with but converse of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the player has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to establish a number, or the initial roll after a point is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 categories of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, indicating to wager on a team or player to win or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same sum as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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