An Online Betting Encyclopedia
Even though the reality that web betting is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional players around the globe sign on every day to bet at internet casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online gambling who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect employed in web gambling, and wagering on athletic event in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is essential to interpreting the games and regulations of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary figure of money into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of cash required to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager on par with but opposite of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a number, or the first roll after a point has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action 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 categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, which means to wager on a team or player to win or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical amount as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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