An Web Betting Cyclopedia
Despite the fact that online betting is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of brand-new players around the world sign on daily to bet at online casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of internet betting who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the jargon employed in web gambling, and gambling on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and regulations of play:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of her money into the pot. A side pot is developed for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary value of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of chips necessary to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a bet equal to but opposite of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has achieved her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to ascertain a number, or the initial toss after a number has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first two races of the day.
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 referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of three sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to bet on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same sum as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in an event will finish in the exact identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a block of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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