An Internet Betting Dictionary
Even though the fact that online wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of brand-new wagerers around the world log on each day to play at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the jargon employed in web betting, and gambling on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is necessary to comprehending the games and regulations of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of their money into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified value of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of money required to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without wagering. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a bet equal to but opposite of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has achieved his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to ascertain a point, or the 1st roll after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first 2 events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action 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 three categories of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, which means to wager on a team or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical number as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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