An Web Betting Glossary
Even though the reality that web betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional gamblers around the world log on every day to bet at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet betting who don't as yet have a good understanding of much of the dialect employed in internet betting, and gambling on athletics in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their money into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary amount of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don't win; As in 21, when a player's cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least value of cash required to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior made wager.
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: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has achieved their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a point, or the first toss after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st 2 events of the tournament.
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 bet on any of three categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, meaning to bet on a team or player to win or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical order as the bet - also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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