An Internet Betting Encyclopedia


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Even though the reality that web wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new players around the world log in each day to play at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the dialect used in internet wagering, and betting on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and codes of betting:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

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 gamblers with additional chips.

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

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

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.

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

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

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

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

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet equal to but converse of the leading wager.

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

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has ascertained their point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a point, or the initial toss after a number has been ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial 2 races of the tournament.

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

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

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to wager on a group or player to succeed or medal in a game.

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

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

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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