An Internet Wagering Cyclopedia
Even though the fact that internet gambling is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new gamblers around the world sign on every day to wager at internet gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newbies to the world of online wagering who don't as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the dialect used in web gambling, and wagering on sports in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is necessary to comprehending the games and regulations of play:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is developed for the gamblers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary amount of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don't win; As in chemin de fer, when a player's cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of cash required to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a point, or the first toss after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial two races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to wager on a team or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical value as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet - also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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