An Online Wagering Encyclopedia
Despite the fact that online wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new bettors around the globe log in daily to wager at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of web wagering who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases used in online betting, and wagering on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and rules of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required value of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of cash necessary to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager equal to but converse of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has ascertained their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a point, or the first toss after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event 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 three groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to bet on a group or player to win or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical number as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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