An Web Wagering Encyclopedia
Regardless of the fact that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new wagerers around the globe sign on each day to gamble at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the dialect employed in web betting, and gambling on athletics in general. In any case, understanding of these ideas is necessary to understanding the games and policies of betting:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified figure of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of chips necessary to appear in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a bet on par with but converse of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a point, or the initial roll after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first 2 matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result 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 three categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same sum as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will finish in the exact same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a grouping of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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