An Online Gambling Cyclopedia

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Even though the reality that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of brand-new players world-wide sign up each day to bet at web casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases employed in online betting, and wagering on sports in general. However, insight of these ideas is indispensable to knowing the games and policies of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of their bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with remaining chips.

ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same event.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required figure of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum amount of cash necessary to get in a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet on par with but opposite of the starting bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has arrived at his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a point, or the initial toss after a number is ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st 2 events of the day.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, meaning to gamble on a group or player to succeed or position in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a race will finish in the absolute same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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