An Web Wagering Dictionary
Even though the reality that online gambling is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional wagerers around the globe log in every day to play at online casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of internet betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology used in internet gambling, and gambling on sports in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these ideas is indispensable to understanding the games and codes of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of his money into the pot. A second pot is created for the gamblers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary value of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of funds necessary to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager equal to but opposite of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has ascertained her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a number, or the first toss after a point has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial two races of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet 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 gamble on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, meaning to wager on a team or player to succeed or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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