An Online Wagering Cyclopedia

Regardless of the actuality that online betting is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of brand-new bettors around the world log on daily to bet at internet gambling halls, there are additionally millions of new players to the environment of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect used in internet gambling, and gambling on athletic event in general. However, understanding of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and policies of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has risked all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the players with additional chips.

ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same race.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary value of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimum value of funds necessary to enter a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior carried out bet.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager on par with but opposite of the first wager.

COLUMN BET: To bet 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 ascertained her point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a number, or the 1st toss after a number is arrived at.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares 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 champions of the 1st two events of the night.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to wager on a group or player to win or position in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical number as gambled, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a block of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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