An Internet Gambling Cyclopedia
Despite the fact that web gambling is now a many billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional gamblers around the world sign up every day to bet at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the jargon employed in internet gambling, and betting on athletics in general. However, understanding of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and codes of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler's cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least value of chips required to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet equal to but opposite of the starting wager.
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 carried out after the player has established their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to arrive at a point, or the initial toss after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first 2 races of the night.
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 known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of three sets of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to gamble on a group or player to succeed or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same value as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will finish in the exact identical assignment as the bet - also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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