An Online Betting Dictionary

Even though the actuality that internet gambling is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional wagerers world-wide log in every day to bet at web gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online betting who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in online betting, and wagering on athletics in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to understanding the games and regulations of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with additional chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical contest.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a required amount of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.

BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.

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

BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of funds required to get in a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager equal to but converse of the initial wager.

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

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has ascertained their number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a point, or the initial roll after a point is established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket 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 pick the champions of the first 2 matches of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action 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 wager on one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to wager on a team or player to win or medal in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical amount as bet, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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