An Online Wagering Glossary
Even though the reality that online gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional wagerers around the globe sign up each day to wager at online casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the doublespeak employed in online betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. However, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and codes of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary sum of money into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of cash necessary to enroll in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a wager on par with but opposite of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has ascertained her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to arrive at a point, or the initial roll after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, which means to bet on a group or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical sum as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a race will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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