An Internet Wagering Glossary
Even though the fact that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new wagerers around the world log in daily to gamble at online casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web gambling who don't as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak used in internet gambling, and betting on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and regulations of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her money into the pot. A second pot is developed for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified figure of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don't win; As in 21, when a gambler's cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of money necessary to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager equal to but converse of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has achieved her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a point, or the 1st toss after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial two events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event 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 one or more of three categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to gamble on a team or player to win or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical value as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a contest will finish in the absolute identical assignment as the wager - also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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