An Online Wagering Encyclopedia
Despite the actuality that online betting is now a many billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional wagerers around the globe sign on daily to play at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of online wagering who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the dialect used in online wagering, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these ideas is essential to comprehending the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of his money into the pot. A side pot is developed for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a player's cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of cash required to get in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a bet equal to but converse of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a point, or the first roll after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial two races of the day.
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 referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, which means to bet on a team or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical number as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in an event will finish in the exact same assignment as the bet - also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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