An Online Wagering Encyclopedia

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Even though the fact that internet betting is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new players around the globe sign on every day to gamble at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the jargon used in web betting, and wagering on sports in general. Nonetheless, insight of these ideas is necessary to understanding the games and regulations of gambling:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the gamblers with additional chips.

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

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

BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimum amount of cash necessary to appear in a game or tournament.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a bet on par with but converse of the opening wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has arrived at their point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to achieve a point, or the initial toss after a point has been established.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial 2 matches of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager 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 bet on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, indicating to gamble on a team or player to win or position in a game.

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

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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