An Internet Betting Encyclopedia
Regardless of the reality that online wagering is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional gamblers around the globe log in every day to wager at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in web wagering, and gambling on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is essential to understanding the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified sum of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don't win; As in 21, when a player's cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of chips required to enroll in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet equal to but opposite of the initial bet.
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 wager, but made after the hurler has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a point, or the 1st toss after a point is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st two races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, meaning to wager on a group or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical number as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact same assignment as the bet - also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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