An Internet Wagering Dictionary
Even though the reality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide sign on each day to play at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of web gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the dialect employed in online betting, and wagering on sports in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is essential to knowing the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her money into the pot. A second pot is created for the bettors with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required amount of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of money required to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet equal to but converse of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has achieved their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a number, or the 1st toss after a number has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial two matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of three categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, which means to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical value as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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