An Online Wagering Cyclopedia

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Regardless of the actuality that web wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new gamblers around the globe log in every day to play at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web gambling who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the catchphrases used in internet gambling, and gambling on athletics in general. However, insight of these terms is essential to understanding the games and policies of wagering:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of their money into the pot. A second pot is created for the wagerers with remaining chips.

ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical event.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.

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

BUY-IN: The the lowest value of money necessary to get in a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made bet.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager equal to but converse of the first bet.

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 bet, but carried out after the player has achieved their number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a point, or the initial roll after a point is achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st 2 events of the day.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

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

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

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same amount as gambled, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in an event will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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