An Web Wagering Encyclopedia
Even though the fact that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional bettors around the world log on each day to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of internet gambling who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the catchphrases used in internet gambling, and betting on sports in general. However, insight of these terms is essential to understanding the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the players with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required value of money into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of cash necessary to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager on par with but opposite of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has arrived at his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a number, or the first toss after a point has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first two matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event 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 any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, which means to gamble on a team or player to win or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same amount as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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