An Internet Betting Cyclopedia
Despite the fact that online gambling is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional bettors around the globe log on each day to wager at internet casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online gambling who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in online wagering, and betting on sports in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and regulations of betting:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary value of money into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of money required to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a bet equal to but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has ascertained her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a point, or the initial toss after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first 2 matches of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 sets of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to gamble on a team or player to succeed or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same value as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will finish in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a block of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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