An Internet Wagering Glossary
Despite the reality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new wagerers around the world log on every day to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of web betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the jargon used in internet gambling, and betting on athletic event in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and policies of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his money into the pot. A side pot is developed for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required value of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of money required to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a bet equal to but opposite of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has established their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to achieve a point, or the first toss after a number is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet 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 twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to bet on a group or player to win or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical sum as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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