An Online Wagering Cyclopedia


Even though the fact that web betting is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new players world-wide sign on every day to play at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of internet gambling who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the doublespeak employed in web betting, and gambling on athletics in general. However, insight of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and policies of play:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of their money into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with additional chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same event.

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary amount of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the lowest value of cash necessary to enter a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out bet.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager equal to but converse of the initial wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the player has arrived at his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to establish a number, or the 1st roll after a point has been ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first two matches of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event 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 gamble on any of three sets of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to gamble on a team or player to win or place in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same value as bet, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will finish in the exact identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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