An Internet Gambling Cyclopedia
Regardless of the actuality that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new wagerers world-wide sign on daily to gamble at internet casinos, there are still millions of new players to the environment of web gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect used in web gambling, and wagering on sports in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of their bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified number of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a gambler's cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of funds required to get in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager equal to but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the hurler has established his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to arrive at a point, or the initial toss after a point has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial two events of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action 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 any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, which means to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a match will finish in the absolute identical assignment as the wager - also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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