An Online Wagering Dictionary


Despite the fact that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional gamblers around the globe log on each day to wager at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of web gambling who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the jargon employed in web wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these ideas is necessary to understanding the games and codes of betting:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with additional money.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary number of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a player’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The the least value of money necessary to enroll in a game or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the leading wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has established his point.

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

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two races of the tournament.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 categories of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to gamble on a team or player to win or place in a match.

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

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in an event will finish in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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