An Internet Gambling Cyclopedia
Regardless of the actuality that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional players around the world log in every day to bet at online gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the catchphrases used in online gambling, and betting on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and codes of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified amount of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of funds required to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet equal to but opposite of the first 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 bet, but made after the shooter has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to achieve a point, or the 1st toss after a point has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st two races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event 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 groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to wager on a team or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same value as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a race will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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