An Online Gambling Dictionary
Even though the reality that web wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide sign on daily to bet at online 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 doublespeak used in web wagering, and gambling on athletic event in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is essential to understanding the games and rules of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is created for the gamblers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified value of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of funds necessary to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager equal to but converse of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the player has ascertained their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a number, or the first roll after a number is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to wager on a team or player to succeed or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical value as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the absolute identical assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a group of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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