An Internet Betting Cyclopedia
Despite the fact that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide sign on each day to bet at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of online wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the dialect used in web gambling, and betting on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified number of money into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of money necessary to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet on par with but converse of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has ascertained his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to establish a number, or the initial toss after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first 2 races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of three categories of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, indicating to gamble on a group or player to succeed or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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