An Internet Gambling Glossary
Despite the fact that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new players world-wide log on every day to gamble at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the jargon used in internet wagering, and betting on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to knowing the games and rules of play:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified sum of money into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of cash required to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager on par with but converse of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to achieve a point, or the initial roll after a point is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first two races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 bet on any of three categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same sum as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in an event will finish in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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