An Internet Wagering Encyclopedia
Despite the fact that online gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of brand-new bettors around the world sign on each day to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology employed in web wagering, and betting on athletics in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these terms is necessary to comprehending the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of their chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary figure of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least value of chips necessary to appear in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager on par with but opposite of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has established her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to ascertain a number, or the first roll after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of three groups of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to wager on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical sum as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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