An Online Wagering Cyclopedia


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Despite the actuality that online betting is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of brand-new players around the globe log on each day to play at online gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak used in online betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and policies of play:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of their bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary figure of money into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.

BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of funds required to appear in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously carried out bet.

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the initial bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has ascertained their point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a number, or the initial roll after a number has been achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st 2 events of the day.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome 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 bet on any of 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or position in a match.

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

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will finish in the exact identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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