An Web Wagering Encyclopedia

Even though the fact that online gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of brand-new players world-wide log in every day to wager at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the dialect employed in internet betting, and gambling on sports in general. However, insight of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and regulations of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

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

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same race.

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

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

BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimum amount of funds necessary to enter a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a bet equal to but converse of the first wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has established his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to ascertain a number, or the first roll after a point has been arrived at.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first 2 races of the day.

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 known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

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

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as gambled, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a contest will finish in the absolute identical order as the bet – also referred to 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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