An Internet Gambling Glossary

Despite the fact that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional wagerers world-wide log in every day to bet at web casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the dialect employed in web betting, and wagering on sports in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and policies of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same race.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary amount of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.

BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The the lowest value of cash necessary to enroll in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior carried out bet.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a wager on par with but converse of the leading bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has arrived at their number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to arrive at a number, or the 1st roll after a point has been arrived at.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 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 event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of three sets of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to gamble on a group or player to win or position in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same value as wagered, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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