An Internet Gambling Cyclopedia
Regardless of the reality that web wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional bettors around the world sign up each day to wager at web gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the jargon used in internet gambling, and gambling on sports in general. However, understanding of these terms is essential to understanding the games and policies of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of her money into the pot. A second pot is created for the gamblers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary value of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of cash required to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without wagering. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has established his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to arrive at a number, or the initial toss after a number has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial 2 events of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower 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 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will finish in the absolute identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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