An Web Wagering Dictionary
Despite the fact that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional gamblers around the world log on daily to gamble at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology employed in online gambling, and wagering on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these ideas is essential to knowing the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their money into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required amount of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of cash required to appear in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet on par with but converse of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a number, or the first roll after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the 1st 2 events of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to wager on a group or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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