An Online Wagering Encyclopedia


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Even though the reality that web betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional gamblers around the globe log on each day to gamble at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online wagering who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the terminology used in internet betting, and gambling on athletics in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is essential to understanding the games and codes of gambling:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her money into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with remaining chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical race.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified value of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum amount of money required to get in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a wager equal to but converse of the initial wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has established his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to ascertain a point, or the initial toss after a number is arrived at.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the squares on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st two events of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be smaller 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 3 sets of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, indicating to bet on a group or player to succeed or medal in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same number as gambled, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: wagering 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 made on a group of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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