An Online Gambling Glossary


Regardless of the actuality that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide sign up each day to gamble at online casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of internet gambling who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the catchphrases employed in online gambling, and betting on athletic event in general. However, understanding of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and codes of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical contest.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary value of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of funds required to enter a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the first bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has achieved her number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a point, or the 1st roll after a point is achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two events of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result 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 groups of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical sum as wagered, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the absolute identical order as the wager – also referred to 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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