An Online Wagering Cyclopedia
Despite the fact that online betting is now a many billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new bettors world-wide log on each day to play at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of online wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in web betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary figure of money into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don't win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler's cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of cash necessary to enroll 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 stay in the match without betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet on par with but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager 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 established their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to achieve a point, or the initial toss after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st 2 events of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event 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-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, meaning to bet on a group or player to succeed or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical value as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a race will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the wager - also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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