An Internet Wagering Dictionary


Despite the fact that web betting is now a many billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of brand-new bettors world-wide log on each day to bet at web casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of web wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in internet wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these ideas is essential to understanding the games and policies of gaming:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of their money into the pot. A side pot is developed for the gamblers with remaining chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same contest.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified sum of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.

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

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

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

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

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

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has ascertained her number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a number, or the first roll after a number has been established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.

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

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to wager on a team or player to win or position in a match.

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

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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

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